a wmmmmjr!z?viraiRr' :v ( S55RPIl9SB3$Kq Ti1"?'"7.- rfW ' ' ft " -F-'' 'ST V.1 " flHE LANCASTEK PAnArINTELTJQEXCEB, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1887. lj p CXv r es:. I"?. ft te s& w K- K aiS i W-if ."? :"5i i '" ' S5r : a. : HK'-l" Br" -hbi ST Rn ' -'. ,VgsaslBBsHsBBu' R9- . biIbkIbkIbkIbkIbkIbkIbV HiT L. VJBIBIBIBIBIBIBIBIBIBIBBBJ uSr .:' xIbkIbkIbkIbkIbkIbkItJxtJxY i wr . ,-v .:: .SSJBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBS. Ixc-.- -. .'.: :jfM. ' -. .VfcwviAv' f Aaeteat Laagaeges at Franklin as stjarssuUl College. fc.-gS3 r3f rIOf. JOMs H K-ieuer, i-u. x., prereiwur 11 ." . . . . i. ... liiVHt and Marahall :,x-.'jSBSSsstiai --"" --"., ; ', - Uaga, W aaaeenueu irem rrencn-uuguenei iieei r teem nnn i.erminn. no is me Oldest km of Kev. Kphralm and Kteaner BMMier Klefler, and was born In Itellefonte, ninii i. rw en una in mm iu '" lather accepted a call te the pastorate of the Jrwermed congregation atMiiiunmirg, union county, Pa., where be labored until the tall et 1857. Here Pret Kleffer received bla prepare. Ueb for college, first In the common schools of the place and afterwards in Mlllllnburg academy, an Institution which would deserve mere extended mention, especially during the prlncipalaulp of the lamented Aaren C. Fisher. In the fall et 18e7 Professer K lofler entered the sophomore class in Heidelberg college, mmn, Ohie, and graduated with the highest bonera in 1800. In lstil he was elected by the autherltlea of that Institution tutor el Latin and Greek te succeed the (then) Iter. K. K. Hlgbee, who had resigned both the pastorate of the First Reformed church or TlfHn and hi" connection with Heidelberg college. In 1SC3 Prof. Kieller was elected te tbe full professorship of the ancient language In his alma mater, but resigned lu 1S3 at the earnest solicitation of bis father and accepted the professorship of Greek and Latin lu Mercersburg college. Mercersburg, Pa. Here bn was the associate, llrat of Kev. T. G. Apple, new the honored president et Frank lin and Marshall college, and afterwards of Kev. E. 13. Hlgbee, state aupenutendent et publla instruction of this state. In 1H7 he was elected te the chair which he new occupies, and with much reluctance and many struggles, severed his connection with an Institution which 12 years or unre mlttlng labor had rraie very dear te him. in January 1S7S he entered upon his duties in Franklin and -Marshall, and In the following August was married te Miss Li. M. It, Troupe, of Mercersburg, Pe , formerly or Clear Spring, Md., and daughter et Mr.'Jes. Troupe, deceased. lie has one child a daughter seven years of age. Or his reur brothers there are in the min istry, viz: Kev. J. H. Kleiler, D.D., el" Ha Ha Kntewn, Md., and Kev. II. M. K letter, of isten, IV , In tbe Reformed church, and Kev. W. T. Linn K letter, of Mcrcarsburg, Pa., in the Presbyterian church. BMY. JOBKVB UMKKT It VII It'. It. It. " ii i:-:-K ' ".'' V .vVtV.v.'. Andsnrled frofester of Hlateir A Varied and acIItb Uterary Career. Kev. Jeseph Henry Dabbs, D. D., AuJen rled professor et history and archaeology in Franklin and Marshall college, was born October r, 1S3S, at North White Hall, near Allentown, Pa. He is tbe second son or the late Kev. Jeseph B. Dabbs, D. D., who was for mero than thirty years pastor of .Ien's Reformed Church, Allentown. Uis elder brother, Kev. A. J. G. Dubbs, D. D., Is new pastor of Salem church, in the same city. The Dubbs, or Dubs, family Is remotely et Bohemian origin. During the Hussite wars tbey removed te Htyria, In Austria, and subsequently te Hwitzerlaud. Here they set tied at Dirmaysderf, near Zurich, where some et them still reside. One of tbem, a distinguished statesman, was, some years age, president of tbe Swiss consideration ; another occupies a high position In tbe army. It I en record that the head or the family lest his lire at the battle or Cappel, In 15.il, at the side of Xwlngll, tbe reformer. The ances tor of tbe American branch was born at ltlr ltlr inensderr, August 31, 1710. He emigrated te America in 17.1'., and purchased from the Penn.lamllya tract of unoccupied land in tbe northern part of Phlladelpha county, which is m part still in possession nl bis de scendants. Tbosiiliject of this ftketch was sent at an early age te the Allentown seminary, an In stitution which has ulnce develnped Inte Muhlenberg college. Here be remained for lour years auda-hair, acquiring in the mean time a minute grammatical familiarity with the German language. In 1S,V1 lie entered the sopbemoro class In Franklin and Marshall college, where he graduated with honor in 1S.M!. After a course of three years In tbe theological seminary at Mercersburg he was graduated in ISj'.i, aud was licensed and ordained at tbe synod held In Harris. burg, en the 23d of Ootebor of the same year. Immediately alter his ordination Mr. Dubbs became bla father's assistant in Allentown, and after two years be assumed entire charge of the congregation. The charge numbered about twelve hundred members, and was very laborious, in February, lfti. lie ao ae ao eepted a call from Trinity Reformed church. Pottstown, Pa., taking charge at the same time of the alliliated congregations at Amity, In Berks, and Limerick, in Montgomery county. In tbls charge bis labors were very successful. Tbe membership increased rap Idly, and after several years lie was required by the authorities of the church te rea!gn tils country congregations ler the purpose or giv ing his whole time te the church in Potts l,. town. In tbe Utter place a large brown-stone p ahurch was erected which is still greatly ad-1-" Mired. Daring this time Mr. Dubbs began te de de veU special attention te literary aud lilator lilater leal atudla. At the request of Dr. llarbaugh he twgaa te write for The Uunrilinu, aud subsaqesflUy contributed te magazines, in preas and vera. lie was also a regular cor cer , respondent of Iter Jlauxreuntl, a Germsn . periodical. HU earliest contribution te tbe litrctrtburg -Review appeared in April, wi. auu wu cuiuieu "nuujiuauiiii ana I Kesiisin." He reviewed books regularly for I j r Um Bosten Uterary World and baa long l eentrlbuted te the New Yerk Iiuletemlent. 'A . l" sy, 187 L i,e accepted a call te tbe nas. I satawejchrlst Kefermed church, Pblladel- I.1 P church had auilered irreallv rs nesai dlssaosiena ami it n . n.. maimn - : . t -w "- T' "- ire ei ui (riends of tha ; SXSISXm 5S5ftMfewrtert.i sllfciiis i i.si. . - wMwseu iibj nrin aXrmE2.r"..Wa upon the dlllleult Tr?T"eMOrail for abnnt fnn, w.,a SSES " 104 tha mimbTrablD r7f it issssssss sssaasBSksrsssBB bfissss bi - - P1 Lwmizzr'.'" ?peisi t- aifa-Mi i.ijr-r.r.." " nrjurmen n.a.vwnr. nnmrnM k...i- v SSsskTrssateisS? ft? an his " W1 MteMtta baiera the Ataanl aaaoetaUosi el Fnaklhi art Marshall eella, aad the Alleatewa Keeaale college, all of which dlseettnaa wan published la patnphMt feYaa Daring hta pastorate In Philadelphia Mr. LewtaAudearied was admitted by renewed Srofessien te membership in the church. Ir. Autlenrled had been In his youth a member of tbe Reformed church, and had for Seme years Dtnneml In Imrn a liamlanma . bequest te Its principal literary Institution. no naum greatly aitacnea te nis pastor, and seem te have become convinced that he possessed a special aptitude for historical study. At his death, which occurred en the 17th el October, l!73, It was found that he had ertl owed a professorship et history and archeology In Franklin and Marshall col lege, and had in the same document ex pressed a desire that his pastor, the Kev. Jese.Mi It. Dubbs, should be the tlrst incum bent of said professorship. Having accepted a rail te this position, he entered upon Its duties en the !:h or September, 1S75. Since his connection With Franklin and Marshall college Dr. Dubbs has performed a crest (toil or literary labor. Hisaddreasesen "colonial ljiiersiurty- -imagination iu we study of History," "Surnames," etc., have appeared In pamphlet form. In 1SS0 be pub lished a monograph en "The Early Uyinn Uyinn Uyinn nlogyer Pennsylvania," which attracted at tention en account et its minute research In an untredden Held. In 1SSI he discovered and publlshed, with notes, a series of docu ments which cast a new light en the early history of tbe United Brethren in Christ His services in this respect are fully recognized by recent historians or tbe latter denominations. Frem InsHe 1SS1 he edited The (liMTilian, n monthly magazine pub lished in Philadelphia. He also contributed te the "Schatr-llerz"g Encvclepa-Jla." In 1S& he wrote and published, at the request of tbetleueral synod, the "Historic Manual el the Kelorined rburch," a volume of 4:U ppe. This work was very kindly received, and several large editions were sold. It is new out of print. In 1S7S Dr. Dubbs visited Knrepe, tiavel ing as tar south as Naples and Pompeii. In Paris he preached, by request, te "tbe American colony ;" and was, en motion of Prer. Charles Kudy and Count Leen de Kosny, elected a corresponding member of tbe l-.tiinegraphic Institute or France. Tbe degree of doctor of divinity was renferred upon him In ls7S by Urslnus college. In lMv") he became a Fellow of the Koyal Histor ical society or Great Itrlule. He has been for many years a member or the Historical society of Peuusylvanla, and has recently been elected president et tbe Lancaster County Historical soclety. In Hl Dr. Dubbs was married te Mary I Wilsen, a daughter or tbe late Themas Ulrd Wilsen, of Alleutewn, and grand-daughter et the Hen. James Wilsen, who is well known in the early history of the state. They have lour children. One of their sons Is a member or the present graduatlngclasa of the college. Since IsTT Dr. Dubbs has been secretary et the faculty or Franklin and Marshall col lege, a position which Involves a vast amount et clerical labor. He is at present engaged In editing and preparing for publication the " Centennial Memerial Volume" et the col cel col lege. He Is also engaged In translating and editing the early correspondence of the syneJs et Helland with tbe Reformed churches of America, a work of considerable hlstericil importance vmt r juhtivi i attmUALL WUHK. ahe ui 'rhnUnUn and ilufaruiuent Competent te lie rrnerTatlen "an Milrm by Hed. It. W. HaBlier, of Norfolk, Vs. Fkm.ew ClTlZKMt : Coming from the low lying seaboard beyond the Chesapeake te this beautiful plateau or tbe Su-qnebanna ; Irem a people diltttrlng much from Pennsyl vanlans in extraction, pursuits and local in stitutions ; crossing the courses of grand river, and the boundaries or great states ; and standing here, amid surroundings In extreme contrast with these left behind, a stranger among strangers, unknowing and unknown, still 1 am at home ; still, in the imtrlotlcrealirulenor common citizenship, 1 feel that this is my country, these my coun trymen. It 1 had cemn from the mountains or the Onadian frentier, or rrem the everglades et Florid, or Irem the Pacific front el our far western domain, and steed here as 1 stand new,nven then I could siy with tbeattectlnn atnlnyalty of an Americau citizen, your coun try is my country, your llg my flag. Hew shall we estimate the icratitude we ewe te the founders of our national govern ment, which slllllates and barmenlzas sixty millions or people, and, combining together forty states and territories, moulds into a Kingie nationality an empire as diverse and extimlveastne continent of Europe? Ki eiit the Divine Auther of our biassed relig ion and His holy spestles, no body of men In all time ever buitded se beneficently for mmklnd as these who founded tbeAmeri tbeAmeri ae Union and devlsM the marvelous sys tem el our ropublieorropubllcs. Tne history of Kure'pe, our fatherland, seems but little else than a demonstration, te the shame et humanity, et tbe audacious theory of Hebbo?, that war ia the natural state or mankind. It upon the map or Eng land, Scotland aud Ireland, the three coun tries when co the ancestors et most or us came, a red spot were marked wherever mtn has shed tbe bleed et bis brother, race warring against race, nation against nation, clan against clan, and, most sorrowful et all, nect against sect, hew deeply crimsoned would belts color ? Hew would tbe insen insen slent psrehment blush at the frailties el hu man nature? Se truly was It written : I.tnfls lutericted by a narrow frith Alihm-cucti ethur Slounuilininuirpejea MsttonHmlet n(Ulern, vhoeii4 uue, 1.1 ke kindred drop, bttm mingled Inte one. Well did the men et 17 SO profit by these tearful lessen of the pint. Tbey took care se te order that European blxtery should net repeatltseU In the New World. Tbey made It thelr cardinal aim te bring the discordant states Inte ene family under an organization that should net entaln within itself tbeseeds of dissolution. They sought te combine all the sutes under oue strong government, having tbe substance as well as tbe form of power, having tbe faculty el aeir.preservatien and the prestige of sovereign autonomy. As the states were the aggregation et citizens under governments adequate te tbe purposes of local administration, they enlarged tbe scheme and combined these bodies them selves Inte a republic of states under a gov ernment Invested with the exclusive control or national atUIrs, and armed witb powers adequate te all purposes or national adminis tration. They took ctre te provide tbe es- senllsl requlsite In each instance et plenary powers ; mo-ie or the states in local, and thoseortho Union In national concerns. Tbe meit anomalous feature of the system was theirnmnawerini; the national government te act directly upin the people cii mime, and net, as before, limiting its action exclusively te thn states as nrganlu bodies. They ae or dered that the national government was as much at home among the people as tbe gov gev erniueulM of the status themselves. Before their day the wit or man bad net conceived a schetue of international federa tlen mere substantial than that or league, resting upon treaty, with tenure et lire at tbe will et (well contracting power. Tbe states men of 17&) discarded this Iragile conception. Tbey disdained a league, they established a government of states. Anether anomaly characterized the na tional system which tbey ordained. They were net mere jealous of executive than of legislative and popular usurpation. Tbey were net mere llrmly of opinion that the welfare of the governed requires tbe limita tion or re,;.il prerogative than that a curb should be put upon the demos itself. Ac cerdingly, by carefully drawn charters or constitutions, they limited tbe powers left te the states and pet out a precise schedule of these which they granted te tbe nation. As the enforcement of the constitutions of tbe states had been entrusted by their authors te the respective state Judiciaries, se tbey con ferred the power or Interpreting and enforc ing the national constitution upon cue na tional supreme court aud IU ancillary tribu nals. Thus was devolved upon the Judges erAmeriut a function previously unknown te Jurisprudence; a function the most august tint could be conferred upon public servants. Net merely were the courts te arbitrate as usual the controversies that arise between man and nun, but it was made their duty, wbeu occasion arose, te declare te tbe legis latures, te tbe executives, or te the constituent cltlzsushin et tbe sUtes, and tbe nation, that this or that sutute, this or tbat proceeding, Is repugnant yy '? Jh n tbe organ le law, and thuretere null, void and forbidden. Tbey were nude governors of tbe government itself ; aud tbeugh net inemseivesarmeu witu me power euue veto, they were endowed with tbe conservative prerogative of voicing tbe organ le law when ever invoked for tbe prevention of abuses of power. OXK OH TUB MARVELS OF II IS TO It V. Tne aueeess or tbe founders or the national government In devising lu plan and la se curing lis Inauguration,! one of the marvels of history, at was a marvel that the plan was conceived at all, or combining a series of plenary governments in harmonious subor dination te a common nna. Itaalf. In It sphere, a government or plenary lowers. II I waa a aurrel tbat thirteen ludependeal eUtee.ee recently successful In throwing etT one denomination, should hare consented, under any persiissien, te as supreme an set of self abnegation as the surrender of the highest prerojallves of sovereignty. It was a marvel that, after such a union hsd been formed upon the btslsef a written ivmstllU ivmstllU tlen, that Instrument Itself, under tbe attri tion of local Jealousies and ctlenal animosi ties, had net been spetMlly construed by lltue-servltig Judges Inte a meaningless form of words, without subststict without vital ity, without authority. We ewo the success ful Inauguration of suc!i a governmeut chlelly te the Inlluence nl the grett character or Geerge Washington We ewe the estab lishment el the nstienal constitution In the full force aud rlllcacy or lu teal mesiilng, and In the plenitude or Its grand design, tJ tbe Judicial firmness, tholnteilecltMU'etirAi;e, the sterling vlrtue and the strong character of Jehn Marshall. Tbe paramount aim having leen te estab lish a government that should combine In permanent and peaceful union the status and peoples of a continent, 1 come te ak, did Us founders succeed In sedllllcult nud ambi tieus an object ; for It were Idle te pronounce tbelr eulogy If they failed ? The inquiry at once brings Inte contemplation the stctlenal war, which for a time desolated the land, aud during which we drank se deeply of the cup of European experience Dees that deplor able occurrence discredit the sUtesmsushlp of 17M, and prove the government then formed te have failed In Its primary purpose? 1 approach the Inquiry without dlsmav. Fer any vices which the men of 17,v.i may themselves have lucirueraml Inte the na tienal organlzttien, thev are responsible te history ; but nelther are tbey, nor Is their system, scoeuntablo for vices, whether patent or I stout, which Inhered In the organ isms of the states. They pose.sed only delegated powers. Thov worn at liberty neitner te reject nor reform the material el wblch they were te build. It was essential that every ene et the thirteen states then oc cupying tbe territory which had been wrested from the mother country should be oreugni into tne sy-tem. Te have uiscarueti a single state, much mere half et them, would have been, by that fact, te have planted discord and rivalry as perennial growths In the laud. They were under the necessity of bringing In every exlstiug state ; and, hav ing no commission te reterm, of admitting each with whatever vice or taipcrloetlou might belong te It. CUSB OFSKITION W. fONl Ml T. It Is a fact et universal recognition that slatery was the caue and the subject et the sectional con 11 let of 1m!1 5. Hut the Institu tion had grnwute maturttvbeferethefrnmprs et the constitution of 17'.' undortoek their task. Ineradicable by voluntary and peace lul means, lnextermlhable by any device or contrivance- within thelrnwu invention, these men could de no utheiwtse than te build not withstanding and evor it, and, wblle deplor ing its existence, te leave te ttme and oeuts the work or the accident et its extinction. The tluie did come for the extinction of slavery ; and though the event ocurred as the result of a ble.ly and daselatlug war; yet tbat cenillct grew out of the existence of a vice Inhering in the organisms of the states ; aud net originating in, belonging te or mere lnterentlally and regretfully re ferred te lu the constitution formed by the statesmanship of 1T'.. And may 1 net claim tbat the harmony of sections which was se speedily restored after In'O, and is net seen te be disturbed, ami which the country has since enjoyed, has rescue-l that states manship from the brief eclipse which It sul fered, aud constitutes even a m ire triumphant vindication thau if the ecllp-e had net no ne curred. Hate we net aright also te conclude that tbe fraternlzlzing lnlliiHtice which the na tional government bail exerted before the outbreak of war had much te de lu temper ing the spirit with which it was conducted by both tbe comb junts? Theso wars only are attended with Irremediable mil, which hae their instigation lu the hatred nr combatants for each ether. Was thorean elli'er or Intel ligent soldier In either of the armies engaed wne, in hatred and malice, thltulcd rer the bleed of his adversary ? IlilUt the goner gener goner eslty or my audlonee uuduly when 1 assert that the sentiments of the combatants en both sides of that cenillct were thoroughly patriotic? Net in the spirit et apology or crimination, but In Illustration ei tne motive which actuated theso who fought In opposition te Pennsylvania, I recur te historical circd.n stances. Encumbered as they were with an institution harmful te themselves alone, which bad bon thrti't upon their ancesters against unremitting pretest ; which had ben augmented throughout the colonial peried by the persistent agency or exterior govern gevern govern menUandclassas,lnsenslbleto remonstrance; and which had finally grown into propor tions tbat rendered any external Interference with tthazirdeus toseclHty; hew could their ellert te resist such interlerence btlairlya btlairlya crlbed toanyethnr motive thin an earnest patriotism? Would the world luve re spected our Southern soldiers, could they have respected themselves, it they had net rosisted tnva-deu with the resolution of pa trlets, and dolendol their hemns sud fire sides with the bravery of American fathers, brother end sons ? The wrongfulness et slavery may be con ceded; but this we knew, tha; the supposed victims of the Institution were tbe only class in tbe community where It was who profited by IU maintenance. Frem fetich worshiping savages, tbey became qualified for the high franchises of American citizanshlp. Hew my own people dealt with this Institution, bore themselves towards It, sud sultdred aud are still sutlering from it, Is ler the judgment et history, te which we confidently and proud ly appeal. Fer the puroses of the presenl occasion, this only need 1 maintain, th it theso who apparently fought for its continuance, were actuated by no mallei toward their al versaries, and solely by the premptiu-rs of a devoted patriotism. The war aocempllsbod Its object. Slavery was overthrown ; and compensation ler the sorrows and desolations et the con II Id, however inadequate, came in the fact of its overthrew. And tbeugh fratricidal, it has left, even lu the cup et the svldest mourner, none of the dregs et hatred aud malice. A grievous national evil has been uprooted ; a great national bennfactlnu achieved ; aud the couaelatary truth roierdn I anew, that from the cenlllcts et patriots ever comes geed te the republic. Was ever civil war lollewo.1 by mero cor cer dlsl reconciliation ? Was ever iutbruecin strife succeeded by fewer animosities? And te what Is tbe restnred peace of sections, se complete, mere largely due, than te the pa cific Intluenca whiui the great institutions rounded in 17s) ha I oxerted bofero tbe oc currence el the cenillct. and have continued te exert, with redoubled potency, at every moment since iu termination ? I have disdained te consider tbe power of the national government te crush ou. dlssen slen ; which it has iu common with Russia, Prussia and Great Britain. Its right aud tenure of existence rest selely upon its ca pacity te rraternUe the millions of freemen who own its allegiance, upon the Catholic basis of moderated liberty, impartial Justice, and equal laws provided by tha men of 'h'.l. Tbe lament Jehn Marshall rests upon the part be had In establishing and selidllylng the government whluh has been the subjt-ct of my inadequate laudations. His best ma. merlal Is that constitution le which be gave power and authority wherever the ter ritory et the Unluxt Sutes extends, and the stars and strlpes et America float. Frem tbe convention of 17s'J he recslved a parch ment ; and be made it the supreme law of states, tbe crucial law of lavs, and standard of American legislation. The architects of 17s!l made the draft of an Ideal structure; he erected the building which they designed, or suuncbly fitted timber, and of strength te withstand tbe shocks et revolution aud the vicissitudes et time. -I0II.V MAIISIIAM.'S YOUTH, Jehn Marshall was reared iu the Piedment county el Fauquier, Virginia, under the shadow of the lllue Ridge. Ills lather was an agriculturist of exceptional intelligence and worth, who pose-soJ a landed estate et moderate proportions aud value, and com bined land surveying with tbat noblest of occupations. This father was Ids first and prluclpal teacher, conjointly with a mother who was tbe educated daughter or an edu cated clergyman. It was lu this manner he received Instruction In the elemenUry stu dies usually pursued lu primary schools, mm was woreiigniy gruuiiutxi in iue r;ug ligb classics, lis bad tbe benefit of but a single year's tuition In a puhlle academy; and that was in Westmoreland, tbe county or tbeWashingtnnsand Laes. He returned home te receive private Instruction in Latin Irem an English clergyman who had taken charge et the parish te wblch bis family was attached. Ha alterwards eujeyu I the udvau udvau Ugeer realiugsin law under the direction or Chancellor Wythe at Williamsburg ; and of lectures in natural, moral and (Mimical science at William aud Mary cel lege from President and - llisbeii Jauiu Mi.n.mi . cousin el tbe statesman. Jebn Marshall was VirgluU-bern, or Vlr gluts born rather and mr.her. Ha was tha produet el the soelal life, tbe Intellectual sud moral training, aud the political aud rolig relig rolig ieui thought el his uative colony. Like Washington, Henry, Jellersnu, Majluoe and ether leading men of his state ; be became mere conspicuous than the mass or bis com. peers; bat At was only one of tens of thousands et men who were like him In moral, Intellectual and social characteristic!. He came of Church el England stock; dis tinguished ter loyalty te the English crown, allegiance and lalth. His nativity waa In a colony rounded, Ter tbe English crown j by Englishmen proud of the English lass, nauie and church ; who had come evor the water, net as refugees or exiles, but as pro pre teges and agonU'et tbe rulers and ruling lowers at home. Memorials of the loyalty et the Virginia peeple te the royal pjrs mages and titled worthies or England are still te be read en the map et all that pari of thn state which hal been populated bofero l"7.". The colony It self was called Virginia, alter that Virgin queen who was IU projector. Ellzibeth City, l'Uabetb river, Jamestown, James City, Honrlce, Prince Edward, Careline. Char Char eotte, Louisa, King Geerge, King William, rriuce William, Williamsburg, William ami Mary, King and ijueen, Fluvanna, Kapldau, North Anna, Seuth Anna, Gloucester, Lan caster, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Station), Fairfax, Buckingham, Rockingham, Bruits, wick, Mecklenberg, 1. inenberg, Halifax, Am herst, Albemarle, Nelsen, Pittsylvania, Pin castle, Botetourt, are names which bespeak a loyalty as undlscrimiuatlng as devoted. Such were the dominant seutlmeuts, and such tbe inimical and social auspices, In and under which Jehn Marshall was bem and raised. Virginia having been a colony In which loyalty te the British crown and altectteu for the home country were the warp aud woof of popular sentiment, te what must we ascribe the mmarkable fact that at the time of Marshall's maerity she had assumed a leading and controlling part lu the move ment ier separation, au exceptional cause must have existed ler the extreme revolution which had occurred In her political senti ments. That cause Is easily discovered, 'through the avarice or crowned heads and leading elllclalslu Eugland, Interested In tbe slave trade, and In maritime expeditions fitted out ter IU proaeculen, the colony or Virginia, mere than anv ether, had become se populated with Atrlcana, that general alarm had come te pervade the community ter the well being of the colony and even safety of the social rabrlc The uiother country refused te realizj the decree of this appalling danger, and turned a deaf ear te the remonstrances wblch continually went te heron the subj'ci. It was a danger that did net admit of vehement public discus Men and was, by tbat fact, the mere par Hiving le the loyalty of the colonists. In ether respects the grievances of Virginia were Identical with these of tt-e mere North ern colonies. Hut In respect la this peculiar ilanger her grievance was cumulatte, and w as for th it reason e ou mere trying te her tralitlenal loyalty. VIIUiINIA'h lll!i:V.VM'K. An expression of it was niaue a prominent feature of Mr. Jetlersen's original drstt of the Declaration el independence iu a para graph containing these sentences : "He has waged cruel war against human nature Itself, xlelatlng Its most sacred rights of lire aud lllerty, in the persons of a distant people who never otlended him, captivating and conveying them into slavery In another hemisphere, or te incur mtseraole death in tbeirtransportatien thither. Determined te keep open a market where men should be bought and sold, he has pros tituted bis negative for suppressing every legislative atttuipt te prohibit or te restrain this execrable commerce." Mr. Bincrert says that "thesj wrrds ex pressed precisely what had happened in irglnla, which, as well as ether colonies, had persaverlngly attempted te repress Iho slave trade; wldte the king hal persavor persaver inely used his veto te protect it." Thus It appears that m the part of ir glnla the war or 177C was, like the later one of our own tlmes, a war of self-protection from the same danger, returning in another form. History but repeated In l the role of 177u M vu-.li vi.r. As a set.l'li:ii. Jehn Marshall was born In 17.V, and was Just attaining his majority when the Dccla ration of Independence was adopted. Ills twenty yetrs of youth bad occurred In the period when the minds and conversation or his elders were engrossed with the momentous tople of separation, and with the causes which were making it mero and mero Inevitable. Hew could se clear and apprehonslve a mind, thus dally tutored, have become ether than thought fully solicitous for the reasons of the solemn measures then constantly debited. In this period of anxious thought, this epoch of momentous problems, lie was tee young te be mero thin a Ustener. He was lilty years -eunger than Franklin, twenty-two than 'Washington, twenty than Adam", nineteen than Patrick Henry, twelve than Jedersen, and four than Madisen. In his twentieth year be had been the first te eullst the Cn llncnlal army, and be remalnel in the lisld as a private or captain, until a:tlve hostilities bad aeased. As member of a company of which bis father was captain, he fought against Lord Denmere in the battle and victory et Great Bridge In 177 ". His command seen repairing te Washington's army, be was in the battles of Iren Hill, Brandywlne, Germantown and Monmouth. He was with Washington in the bitter winter at Valley Ferge, and was as signed by him, tbeugh a mere youth, te im portant special duties. Hu cheerful and joyous nature relieved the despondency and gloom of that dark crisis of the revolution. He was with Mad Antheny Wayne at tbe storming or Stenev Point, and was in the en en gsgemeut at I'ewl's Heek Ha was a prompt, diligent, faithful, cheertill, brave and self sacriticings3ldler, throughout a camp llfe of reur years. It was In consequenceof his being engaged with these humble and pitr lotto duties, that he fall 0,1 te be associated in the public coun cils, with the statesmen et the Revolutionary period. But the clrwe of the war round him atUined te tbe age or manhood, quilllied and equipped te take his deslined part In the great work et devising a plan or national government, and Imparting te it tbe guaran tees of enduring stability. It was then that, standing shoulder te shoulder and moving side by side witb James Madisen, tbelr mether sute began te contemplate with pride and f-llclty, the conspicuous conduct and beautiful character of two or the most talented and conscientious statesmen that ever labored rer the welfare of Amerliv. MAItSIIAI.I. AT TIIIUrY-TWO. Marshall was thirty-two tears old when the convention of 't7 met In Annapolis te devise a scheme et uatlenat government. Men who bad already achieved exceptional promi nence In his sute were delegated te repre sent ber there, and he was prevented, by tbe misfortune of being a young man, from bdng chesen as a member or that historical body. It is well known tbat tbe Virginia pUu of I'nlen was the ene that was preferred, and with Judicious modification, adopted at An napolis; and it is one of the enigmas of American history, that when this plan of Virginia came te be submitted rer ratifica tion, itonneiintored a mero determined and formidable opposition from herseir than from any ethor statu. It was as a member el the state convention called at Richmond In I'M te decide whether or net Virginia should en ter tbe proposed Union under tbe constitu tion promulgated at Annapolis, that Mar shall began the brilliant civil career wblcb made his namoeue of the most conspicuous in American annals. As coadjutor with Edmund Randelph, Madisen and ethers, in advocating in convention tbe ratification of the constitution, ha was brought into ardent contestation witn a formidable array of re nowned men, headed by Patrick Henry, Geerge Masen and William Graysen; men who undoubtedly for a time represented a majority or the body. It is dlllluult te dis cover in tbe publUbed argumenU or these who were opposed te ratification, sufficient grounds for tbelr reslsunre te a measure of such obvious expediency and necessity, as that or the I'nien of tbe American states. Only by reading betkeen the lines or these debates can we dlsoeraytbe real causa of op. position, tbe monstruuT'berrendum which filled the breasts or some or the best patriots or the day with apprehension et tbe danger tbat would result tru it merg ing a commonwealth tilled witb African slave), lute such a union, under such a gov ernment as was propose I, They lelt tbat the exclusive right el the domestlo government te deal with this dangerous institution, ex euipt from external interference was a right essential te self-perservatlen, and would ex necciwait rei ue jeopardize, ir the state should pass under tbe domination or a national government invested with control ever matters of general welfare. While Madisen ani Marshall shared Intensely in these apprebousiens, yet they hsd such faith In tbe conservative Inlluence nl ustlenal in stitutions, aud such ueufidence In the bene licent spirit and itellcy which would Inspire the general government, tbat they were content rather te run tbe hazard or tbat single dauger, than te leave tbe county a prey te tbe local Jealousies, rivalries and animosities, that would have mil course In septratlen, and might become, In all quarters, bitter enough, as described by Ellswerth, te inskea "Tepbet el the Uilverae." Here was a algnal nianlfesUtleu of tbat faith in the catholic inlluenus el ustlenal Institutions, w,blch was displayed In the character el Marshall throughout bU civil and JudlcUl career, It was Impossible tbat iueh a cbarae- ter and such talents as Itis should net have exerted a great tnlluence In the Virginia con vention tr IT'S and his contemporaries united In ascribing te him a large share in bringing that Ixsly te a vote rer ratification. The action of Virginia upon the question was equivalent te the acceptance of the cenMltu tlen by all the sutes yet undeMdrd, which seen occurred ;and Madisen and Marshall, tbolaverlto sons of their mother com mon men weatli, at once took rank among the most conspicuous statesmen ei me union. HIS KAIIMKIl riWMC NKRVIl'l-., A seriatim recital at the dixit si Is of tbe lite of Jehn Marshall would net befit tbe present occasion. The Interesting biography of Mr. Flanders, the tasteful and alltvtlonate pen pen plcture drawn by Judge Htery, the eloquent eulogy prnununced shortly after his death by your own Her ace Itinmiy, and thn recent scholarly oration delivered at the unveiling of bis statue at Washington by Mr. Kswle, another Pennsylvanian, have rendered useless the ropetlilou of a story se well and soelten told. A rehearsal of It by me would be like an at tempt te gild refined geld. Hew be married a beautiful and dellcate girl of Richmond who was the object of a tender aud attectlon attectlen attectlon ate care which was tbe uppermost thought of a busy life hew he moved from Fau quier te Richmond, the mero successfully te pursue the profession whose members In two hemispheres honor him as one el Its most Illustrious ornaments ; hew he was contin ually called upon te serve the city of bis res- iiimiun iu me legislature ei tue sute, ami re sponded at personal sacrifice as long as a sense of duty seemed te enforce tbe appeal ; hew, In the conduct of suits involving large amounts and questions or rare difficulty and novelty, he held rank as leader at a bar sec ond in learning, talent and reputation te no ethor lu the newly united states bow, at the personal solicitation of Washington, leaving with reluctance this congenial and lucrative theatre of Intellectual gladlatlen he entered the halls of Congress, mid became there a leader among the Intellectual giants of these dajs ; hew be was sent by President Adams as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo tentiary te tbe Directory ei France, where this honest servant of a virtuous republic, when apprenched with the coarse Intimation that he could net obtain a hearing unless the doers of audience were first opened by adeuceur te the wretches with whom he was te treat, re jected the overturu and returned home te re ceive the plaudits silken! political fees and friends ; hew he was shortly afterwards ollered two places In the cabinet of tbe pical dent, and declined them ; bow he subse quently accepted the olllce of secretary of state, and left en tile In that department a serins of state papets which have been guid ing lautimarKa in tne lernlgn policy anil di plomacy et our country evor since ; hew, Irem secretary et state. hu was olevated te the exalted position of chlef justice et the I nited States -these thing are pirt of the public history of ourceuntry known toevery cltl911 et intelligence. l'ltl tk axi sei-ivi. vinn us. It would be Interesting also te dwell upon his private and social lrtues which threw a charm areum his fireside and domestic life ; upon the r -e combination of probity and wisdom un.fermly manifested iu bis public and personal conduct ; upon the natural dignity and considerate propriety that marked bis whole doertmont ; upon his lete of truth and deep sense nf moral and re llgleus obligation ; bis leve el home and taste for the pleasures nt domestic circle ; his rhsprtet, courtesy and kinduess ler the female sex ; his baneveleuce and charity which was an Innate sentiment nl the heart but these personal traits have b.Mm se dell citely and graphically depicted by his most Intimate asseciate upon Iho bench that a roetitl()u of them would but dull the plc plc tueo. it Is reasonali'e te conjecture that if Msr shall had net Iwn transterred from political IKe, be would have succeeded Menree in the presidency. It was the geed fortune or the country that he was assigned te another field or duty. It is no disparagement et the two chief justices who had actually occupied the seat before blm te say that tbey bad been lit lit tle felt In the exercise of the functions nf tbe high position which they held. Courts of Justice can only act through the medium of pending suits, and possess no ether function than that of pronouncing Judgment Incases at law and In iquity submitted ler adjudica tion. In the first years of the national gov gev ernmint but low cases could arise under con ditions which brought them within tbe Jurisdiction of the supreme court They were se lew in tne tlme of Jay that even whlle holding the oil! of chief jus tice be went abroad en a protracted foreign mission. Judge Ellswerth, te whom the country ewes the Judiciary actor 1..V. i, wuic'i was second only te the constitu tion itself. " ihe most wonuerful work ever struck oil at a given time by the brain and purpose nl matt," was en the bench tee short a tlme bclore his own mission te France, te deal with mero thau the few important cases that had matured for bis consideration. Judge Marshall ascended the bench In full time, uutra'iuneled by precedents, te settle the principles which should govern the decisions nf the supreme court en the Im portant questions which were just begin ning te come under Its jurisdiction. Tbe proprieties of the occasion forbid my Indulging, before an audience of laymen, In a technical exposition of the principles of political and constitutional law which Judge Marshall enferced in the high olllce of chief justice. The moreimiiorlautol hlsileclnlens went searchlngly into tue theory and charac ter of the national government, Inte tbe cor relative powers et the state governments, and into tbe rights and duties of the states and nation towards each ether. 1 need net premise tbat two distinct theories touching ihe powers of the national government were respectively maintained ny the two great political parties of Judge Marshall's day. Te it se his own language, one et them " contemplated America as a nation, aud labored Incessantly te invest tbe lederal government with powers competent te the preservation of the union. The ethor attached Itself te tbe state governments, viewed all tbe powers et Congress wltii Jealousy, and assented relucUntly te meas ures wblcb would enable the head te act in any respect independently et the members." Judge.Marsball belonged, from tbe begin ning, te tbe party wnlcb Insisted upon strengthening the federal government. He believed in bis cenrclence, tbat tbe intention of IU authors was te establish a strong gnvernmei.t or lndeiwndent powers and resources, ami that tbe Interests ei the country required an effectuation or tbat Intention. Hu ascended tbe supreme bench thoroughly Infused witb this procon precon procen ception ; and, possessing the courage of his convictions, be Interpreted tbe constitution in accordance with what lie conceived te be its real design. It may net occur te tbe super licial student of tbe controversy which se long divided opinion between the champions of state severeignity and federal supremacy te Inquire what was the underlying senti ment which animated the party wne, fur three-quarters of a century, resisted every measure tending te increase the strength and independence of the federal government. It had lis principal seat and constituency in the Southern states, and iu prime object was the protection or tbe slsve institution Irem external Interference. Mr. Madisen defined tbe line et ail verse opinion when he said, in ttie convention or 17S7 " the sUtes were di vided into dlllnrent Interests, net by tbelr ditftfrence in size, but by ether circumstances; tbe most material of wblch resulted partly Irem climat, but priuclpa ly rrem tbe ef fects of their having or net having slaves. These two causes concurred In ferinlug the great division of Interests In the Southern United States. It did net lie between the larger and smaller states ; It lay between the Northern and Southern." Till! qUKSTION Ol' BI.WKItV. Parties formed themselves at tbe outset en this question of slavery. Tbe Fedsrsllsu, under Washington, eseued the cause of Union and Nationality. Tbe Republicans first opposed tbe Union, aud then, as a means or protecting the tieculiar Interests or tbe Seuth, asserted tbe doctrines or State Rights, ami promulgated, chlelly in the in- uiresisei slavery, tuu toneiser that political school. . The mission or the State Rights party from tbe beginning of tbe Union, was te defend tbe institution or sla very. In rulllllment or tbe mission it advanced the doctrine that tbe sUtes were muepenueni sovereignties, that the Union was but an alllsnee between soverelgntlts, and that therefore no set et states hsd a right te leek into tbe Internal economy or another set of sutes. Tbe object waa te relieve tbe conscience of tbe North from any sense of re sponsibility en tbe score el slavery, and te prevent any Interference by tbe states ex. emptfrnui saveryin the Internal manage ment of theso encumbered with tbe Institu tion. It waa a conservative theory uiaiu Ulned ter a patriotie purpose. Fur a time tbe doeirlue answered IU ob ject. When tbe Union waa originally formed the North and Seuth were lu equilibrium, having about equal political aud material strength. At first there were no great physi cal agencies, like railroads, Steamboats and telegraphs, operating te annihilate dlsunce, te compact widespread territories, and te consolidate tbe InUresU of extended regions. Hut In course) of time, the Uect el these great mechanical agencies was te undermine tbe local powers ei ine stales, and le nation alize the Union. And, as thn Interests or llie ?rU,itr?r.T:re,T nor nt mero national, and LhlI,-1.0.m,.mll,?c,r,","0f ' mero fa ffT.. .h 2.l,nlul Mcendoney.ttaoeonsclotico sla ery. S i that, by tbe year IsiM, of all the population ,el the United Wes, twenty.uve mil Ions or whiles were oppesh,,, and only six millions el whites upholding tbe Instllii- Under the pressure el thesa clrcnm.i.nA. the State Hlgnts parly had for some time foil that tbelr doctrine could no longer serve the purixise or protecting the slave Institution. Its lettunes were felt te liedosperste, and Its cam te require an extruitie remedy. Thern was but one recourse ler the protec tion et thn liiMllutien, and that wassecea. slen. It was tried, ami we all knew what the result preunl te be In ImI'i. Slav ery was completely abolished. The Union was nationalized. Thore was no slave Insti tution loll te defend, Thern was no further use for the doctrines et state rights In their ex treme application, and thn nation entered upon a new carmr. Hew fortunate was It that a war with some i;ureKiati power was net penning w lien Recession was tints ven tured upon. With the experience or tliesn later ovents In mind, hew vividly de the dangers which beset the Union in the adolescent period nt Its existence present themselves te the vision. That the I'nlen should have lHeu tnrmed at all is marvelleus In the extreme that It should net have iterlshml In the early years of Its existence swets lillln less than a miracle due te a providence evor benignant te our country. SI MISIIAI.I.'S IIIIKAT XVOIIK. The disturbing forces which lu Nil event. ually sccntn pUshed a temporary dissolution of the I'nlnu en the Uue otslsvesor no slaves had been relt potentially In obstructing IU original formation, and, alter this event, In embarrassing thn ellerts or Washington's school ers'atesiiien te gle vigor, authority and paramount soverelgntv In IU govern ment Against this force 'Judge Marshall found himself censmntty arraved j aud Ills largely due te his cogent reasoning and un faltering courage, both In legislative debate and lu leftv deliverances from the supreme bench, that the edlllce of our national govern ment was firmly compacted lu Its trams work, aud fitted te withstand the ferinldaliln hostilities which censUnlly tMwtt It. Ills conspicuous activity nud elllcliiiicy In the Usk which seemed providentially assigned te him, of confirming te Ihe national govern ment the functions granted by the con stitution, brought him Inte painful antagon ism with the most honored and popular men el that portion or the Union of which be was a uative and dovetod cltlzsn. Wlinnnver he was at home, be fund himself In an at mesphere of opinions alverse te thew iu which ills convictions held blm, and he telt 'keenly the dlsagrenable In cldenU.i'.teudlng such n state of alltlrs. Yet nerved by rectitude of purpose, and thrice armed in the faith that lusciuse was Just, his ceurse knew no xariahloneas nor shadow of turning; aud bis conduct lu the gre.it cities of chler justice rurnlshes Ilia most con spicuous example In Judicial history, of cour ceur cour age enlightened by vigorous Intellect, over coming intluencfts thn most Imposing, formidable and persuasive ihst ever co operated le swerve a great Jurist from the pain or (i uiy. it is lortunt'e tint, although living and dying a slave-holder, he yet gtve the best energies el his lite te strengthening a government ler which tint class of citlzsus felt and inculcsted an unylnldlugjoaleusy. It was fortunate I r ttie ceimtrv tint se able a man, occupying fera third or acsntury the controlling olllce nt chlel justlc-i, should have entertained the political opinions en which he net I. Hew he catne te lupeus them was best uxplalnrsl when lis wrote: " I am disposed te ascritx) my devotion le thn Union and te a goveruiiieut cemitnut te Us preservation, at letst us intic'i le ctsiul cir cir eumstsucs as in judgment. 1 had grown up at a time when the love or the I ulen nud 10 slstance te the claims nflire.it Itrlinlii worn the Inseparable Inmates of thu ranis b isoei ; when pt'rletlsm and strong follew-foellng with our fellnsr-cltlzsns of Itestn i were Iden tical ; when thn maxim "United we stand, divided we fall, " was the maxim of every orthodox A'uarlcin. 1 lul liuhlhei theso sentiments se thoroughly that they constitu ted a part el my bilug. 1 carried thorn with molnte thsarmy, whsre I found myself as seclated with brave men from illlfurent states who were risking I irnatid every thing valuable In a common canst, Iwlleved by nil in be most precious; aud where 1 was In the habit of considering Amsrica hs my country, and Congress as my govern menr." Such was his own explanation el ihe itnotier In which, tbeugh Irginla-lern. he was a Federalist mdi.i el in enfe. Yes, " the I'nlen and a governmont cetnpetsnt te Its pre ssrvatlen," were the loud creed of Ids entire public Ufa Yes, " America Is my country," was thesantiuisiit which inspired alike the young soldier at Valley Feigu and the chlef justice at Washington. After thlrly.fe'ir years el soryle In the most exalte I poiltiet It novo te our la as, iu the metropolis of your own sttte, at the ad vanced age of eighty, he who had b ion the chief Instrument in uitklu thu national government " cempjteiil te tne preservation or the Union," died the peaceful death or a Christian and patriot. A president of the United States -piaklng of him hascetidened a volume of niilivluin in a single sentence: 11 He leund the constitution paper, and he made it a power ; he found It a skeleton, and he made It llesh and bleed." His princlpil glory Is the constitution, te which he gave llte and )Wr ; and Jehn Marshall, thspttrenym of the noble college wblch you have cilltsi in bis honor, is a name that will ever be associated with the strength, stability and grandeur or the American Union. And as that Union has new been relieved of the danger whi-h at tended its birth and imperllet Its existence for nearly a i-intury, let us hepe tint Us des tiny shall be te endure for all tlme. HKf. .1. a. KIKfMMk'M ADIIHHItn. He I'ululs Out lbs chief Claims el ihe College Upen the Church. Address at ihe centennial celebration or Franklin sud Marshall cellege by Kev. J. Spingler IC teller, D. I)., June l.r, Is-7. It could net well lie olherwlse than thai, nn tbls Interesting und august occasion, some special mention should be made or the Inti mate relation which has always existed be- iswjit tne institution ei learning woese Hun dredth anniversary we arecelebrating te-day, and the church under whose festering care it lias from tbe beginning steed. It is as natu ral as it issignihcantthat the sUtemeut of the subject cm which we are asked te address you te day Joins together the college and the church. These two are ancient, Immemorial friends, associates and allies; standing con stantly In need of each ether ; never, except at the cost of serious detrement, separated the one Irem thn ether. The Christian church throughout her long history, has everywhere exhibited, among ether characteristics, that of being the founder and the falthlul foster fester mother of schools and colleges, nf seminaries and universities. And, as regards these in stitutions nf learning, they, en the ether hind, have inanlfustt-d the greatest vitality, force, and continuing siwer, have wielded their widest influence and achieved their highest rennwn, when standing In connection with the church of Him whose name Is above every name and whose kingdom is au ever lasting kingdom. It Is true the cellege and the church have sometimes been separated. Men have sup posed tbat Isjtter results might thereby be gained for the cause of education. Such di vorce between religion and learning might well sesin te In a putting asunder by man el uiiuifB hiiiuii nave eeen joined togeinor by Ged. But the elnl wn ate making new, i, that such separation has net been usual tilth erte. In tbe main, the cellege has hitherto been the child or tbe church. The historical fact is, that, in tbe stahllhment of Institu tions or learning, the Christian church has besn the one great founding ami organizing force; In this respect she has hail no equal aud no competitor. Is there anywhere in the world an ancient university, which for centuries has blessed mankind with iu light, and which still lives and thrives in these modern times, being old new and august and illustrious with the associations aud tradi tions el past ages, and yet quick with the lire of te-day and vigorous as It were with the vigor of Immortal youth? Tbe proba bility Is that religious causes bad much te de witn the esUblishmeiit of It: that tbe Christian church presided at its birth and watched ever its growth. Tnls Is true or many or tbe ancient and Illustrious Institutions el the old world; it Is true also or tbe chief colleges and universities nf America. Iu a pamphlet published iu Londen, iu the year liil-, one of tbe New England colonists, giving an account et the doings, plans and purpose of the first settlers of Massachusetts, says that as seen as they hsd builded their beuses aud provided ler necessary feed, ler GeJ's worship snd for civil gevtrnuuut, "tbe next thing we longed ter and looked alter was te advance learning, te perpetuate It te posterity, dreading te leave an Illiterate ministry te tbe churches when our present ministers shall lie In the dust" Tnls dietd of leaving an Illiterate ministry te the churches) was the linmely root out of wblch New England's eldwt and west Illustrious university grew. POSTKHKD II Y TIIK CUUKOnT. It te te similar desire of obtaining aa fslilealiiil atnl altl n,lHl.u- . l he churches that the Institution its wheae honor we are assembled here te-day ewes lis existence. CerUIn It Is, that had It net lieen for thn spiritual needs or a few scattered coo. gregatlunsofthe Kernrmed ehumb, Mauled atan isuly day within the bounds of the commonwealth, and for Ihe anxiety aid con I'irn et theso fathers of the church, who con suited for Iho welfare of these congregations, and who grieved te see them as shseii with out shopherds, this Institution would never have beeu established, It Is well that wn should remember thle today. It Is III thai lu our present Cem mpmoratlen mention should he made el the original and hitherto uiihrekeu relation sus tained by Hits cellege te the church, whose needs called It Inte helng. Net only Is this Institution an insunce and Illustration or the natural and constl censtl constl tutlensl alllnlly existing between religion and learn ng, but, being the ell spring el J..?.,ll.n!ll,, ,U eleimient and history ! .. !?..! Y " K""r""le manner Ihe In In lueiice and operation or thn law bv which me development or the church Itself Is governed, our Saviour aald or Ilia klna seed, which a man leek and sewed In his Held ; which indeed Is the least of all seeds, but when II Is grown It Is the greatest among herbs and boeomelh a tree, ee that the birds or thn air come and ledge In the branches thereef. " In everything pertain ing In the church, wj rceegulxs, m some measure, the presence el this Isw (as It may ti called) et the tmisUrd seed. It waa natural snd unavoidable that this Institu tion should Usr this characteristic mark of Its origin, that It has grown te IU present proportions Irem very email and I btitiilile beginnings. It was net made; It grew. It is Indebted te no one man's wealth ler origin, existence and name. It has come by slew and gradual de velopment and growth. It Is tbe complex and varied result of limn V aum-lalm! m.l n. operating forces. Possibly, by reason el this composite character, and Iwcsuse of Its having coine by such a process of gradual growth this Institution may be tbe mere worthy or our regard, s issisess'ng thereby a morn Interesting, complex and opulent lite. However this may Iki let us Iss thank, lul en this testa! day, that thus our college has grewu through a hundred years Irem small and obscure beginnings te that which our cyes at present Isdield It te bn. Interest ing ami worthy of Jatlentlve consideration la genuine and healthy growth, under what ever circumstances It may take place. And if, in tills luslaufiv, the growth, may seem te have been patnlutly slew, let us remember that, as some ene has said, It Is belter te be blessed with 'the merciful dew et progress" than te be overwhelmed with "the cataract of prosperity." IN Ol.li KltXNUI.IN l'(ll I.KIIK. The relation et this college te tbe cause of the Christian rollglen, and lu particular Its relation te the Reformed church, can be traced without any Interruption, from the very beginning of Its history, lu Franklin cellege the lltiieriued church was from the start interested te this extent, that by the terms et Its charter, one-third of Its beard of trusters was le consist et memlsirs el tbst religious ixHiy. Thecircumstancns of the loundlngef Krsnk lln cellege arn significant he-ausa of the tisll tunny which they hear te the fact that net a few of the most eminent, honored and Infill initial I'ltlrsus id Pennsylvania, though lint them selves of German birth, were deeply In ter ter ested lu thn education of the German pepu'.a tlen or the coinmeuwealth. Chief among them was BenJamln Franklin, phllennpber, pitrlet, philanthropist, rrem whom tie college received Us iiamn ; a name which, as lung us this great com ixmwi-sllli shall endure, nay, as long as grateful ri'iunuihranrsi shall any where l cherished of illslitigiiUhed services rendered te the caiissi or science, of freedom, of humanity, shall never coast, te be mentioned with gratitude and linnni, The namoel Rebert Merris, the great finan cier of the American Revolution, is another honored nauie connected with the founding of this college. Benjamin Rush was Its liberal friend. Four of the original tiuMiis of the Institution, Ir: Ketwrt Merris, Themas MuKean, Geerge Clymer and Benjamin Hush, were among the immortal slguuir of the Declaration el Independence. As regards the relation or the Reformed church te Franklin college, that appears te have been mostly indirect and IncldenUI. The movement was net primarily (as Isr as woaruable te dlsciver) oneot the churches themselves: and the Institutions In which they gvve rise steed, perhaps, net se much for what the Germsn cltlrens of Pennsylva nia were doing for themselves, as for what was being done in their behalf by ethers. Though feundist under such lavnrsble aus pices, it cannot be said that Franklin college, in Its original form, reallzed the anticipations and hopes of Its noble-minded founders. It did net render tbe distinguished service It bad been expected te render te tbe cause id education among .Pennsylvania's cltlrees or German birtlu Inte the reason el this wn care net new te inquire, oxcept tn ssy tbst possibly it was owing le the circumstances first mentioned, that the movement was mero Ireiu without than from within. It Is a law that, without solf.help, no ether help is possible. Ne ellert from without can sup ply Iho place of vitality within. Let no man say, however, that Franklin college was a failure. Nobleness nevur talis. Nothing of goodness Is ever wasted. Frank lin collcje was a prophecy, an " early Inti mation " of what was te be. It had le wail, as everything has te de, for its ' hour ;" and, when that hour comes, then first it became apparent what significance ihe eaUbllshment el it really possessed ; then first it Issgau te accomplish the mission upon wblch It hsd been sent. Franklin and these associated with him were conducted by a way tbey knew net, te tbe accomplishment ei their benovelont purposes and tbe realization el their charlUble hepes. The tree which tiny planted is prospering tc-day with the pros pres ierlty wblcb it never saw, and is bearing the fruit which It seemed te tail te bear white they were living. OIlKIIN OK MAItSIIAI.I. rOI.I.CUK. The easels d I Herein wltii Marshall col cel lege. Tbe movement wblch resulted In the establishment or that Institution was entirely Irem within ; and the Institution sUnds exclusively rer what a considerable portion, at least el the Germsn population el tbe commonwealth, undertook te de ler themselves. It Is possible tn trace the movement which busily resulted In tbe esUblisb. ment et Marshall cellege tn a very early beginning. As early as 17in, tbe Reformed Cavtus el Pennsylvania asked permission or the synods el North and Heuili Helland, In connection with which it then steed, te establish lu this country a high school or seminary. This request was net grained. Separation rrem Helland having taken place about li'.L', Iho Reformed chuicii presently precissltsl te de what It hsd vainly asked permission le de In I7.sr. It was at the meeting of synod in Yerk, lu 1SI7, tbst attention was directed te thn necessity or having some Institution el learning, aud a committed was appointed te consider thu matter or establishing a theo logical school. That wss the begluutng of agitation en this subject. Frem tbst limn the question nf a seminary was a burning question at every annual meeting el the synod. It was considered at Carlisle; It was discussed at Ltucaster; It wss sgl tated at Hagerstown ; it was the cause el great exclteuieut at Reading : llarrisburg beard of It, and likewise Balibneru ; it was at Bedford, finally, that the decisive vote was finally cast by which the leug.deslrnd institution was called into existence. Tite movement was attended by all that ferment, that toil and turmoil, that trial and tribulation, which seem te mark the oriiig eriiig ing into being of whatever Is genuine and enduring. It hail hi encounter that opposi tion witn which every geed cause la obliged te contend. It had au abundance nt " dark hours;" it kuew that "hniss deferred" which " inaketh the heart sick." In lrU'i, a theological school was epnntsl t Carlisle, under the care et Rev. Dr. I.ewia Mayer. We underlakenet te lollew us lor ler tunes, as it traveled Irem Carlisle t Yeik; Irem Yerk te Mercersburg; Irem Meteors, burg te Lancaster ; where may It long re main. Like Wilhelm Mnister, It has had lis "Wsnderlahre." Like Ulvsaea. It im tv. eled much; it has been abroad sud siwu me abodes or men. It Was OUt Of this thOelluricSl Institution Unit, at Yerk. Pa. in the vuar lsru. ii.xr.. frew a high school el the Relermist church, t was Oils high school thai, at Mercersburg, Pa , in the year KIS, was erected Inte Mar shall college. And it was this Marshall college which, by act or the legislature, passed In IS50, was united in the year 1KWI with Franklin college, te form tnenublu Institution etFranklln and Marshall college, In whose honor we srn assembled here to day. We call special attention te the significant manner in which Marshall college was railed lute being. It Is Important te uowthoclr uewthoclr uowtheclr cuuistauce that it was net tbe original object or thn movement te isubllsh a college. It Is net as it the church had said : Ge te, new, let us establish a college." She thought net el any college. She thought et ber peer, scattered, destitute congregations, auai el tbe urgeut need there waa of niluUtera. She (Cencludtd en Fifth itgt.) SI & tk' ;iy' dSrmtiJ iitUl!i3tiS.t;'ti-'i JtSAMrx.-vi ..& ay--'J;,w vyi-jiBsttya
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