Lecture on John Scott and John MarshallM.J. Cantwell, printer, 1898 - 30 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 7
Page 6
... took his degree of A. B. February 20 , 1770 , without any thing special to mention , except that he secured a prize on an essay , not , as he claimed , by reason of its merit , but on account of his father's services in driving Charles ...
... took his degree of A. B. February 20 , 1770 , without any thing special to mention , except that he secured a prize on an essay , not , as he claimed , by reason of its merit , but on account of his father's services in driving Charles ...
Page 9
... , he married Miss Mary W. Ambler , daughter of the state treasurer . In the same year peace was effected with Great Britain , and so he resigned from the council , took up his residence in Richmond , John Scott aud John Marshall . 9.
... , he married Miss Mary W. Ambler , daughter of the state treasurer . In the same year peace was effected with Great Britain , and so he resigned from the council , took up his residence in Richmond , John Scott aud John Marshall . 9.
Page 10
... took up his residence in Richmond , John Scott had been at the bar for seven years , every one of which had been marked by severe study and application . During the first three years of his practice , he appears to have had an ambition ...
... took up his residence in Richmond , John Scott had been at the bar for seven years , every one of which had been marked by severe study and application . During the first three years of his practice , he appears to have had an ambition ...
Page 14
... took his seat in 1799. He was conceded to be the ablest and most learned con- stitutional lawyer and debater in that body , and earnestly sup- ported the administration of Adams , except as might be inferred from his votes to repeal the ...
... took his seat in 1799. He was conceded to be the ablest and most learned con- stitutional lawyer and debater in that body , and earnestly sup- ported the administration of Adams , except as might be inferred from his votes to repeal the ...
Page 20
... took the unseeming opportunity of vindicating his own judicial con- duct . When he read the speech gotten up for the King in 1825 , he said , " I should read it better if I liked it better " . Sir Robert Peel kept him in office for two ...
... took the unseeming opportunity of vindicating his own judicial con- duct . When he read the speech gotten up for the King in 1825 , he said , " I should read it better if I liked it better " . Sir Robert Peel kept him in office for two ...
Other editions - View all
Lecture on John Scott and John Marshall (Classic Reprint) John B. Cassoday No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
ambition American appointed arguments Bessie better known bill brilliant advocate brother William Brougham and Denman cabinet Caroline Catholic Emancipation century Chief Justice Mansfield church Coke commission common law conscience constitution Copley Court of Chancery Crown death declined different political faith distinguished duties Edward Law Eldon Ellenborough eminent English entering exalted father favor federal George George III hence House of Lords impartial including Erskine including Scott influence January Jay's Treaty John Jay John Marshall John Scott judge judicial opinions judiciary July Kenyon King King's Bench known as Lord Lord Chief Justice Lord High Chan Lord High Chancellor Madison Marshall's opportunities ministry national government nature Newcastle occupied the wool opposed Patrick Henry patriotic Pitt President Adams Queen re-appointed reason residence in Richmond resigned Scotland Scott and John secured speech Supreme Court thereupon Thomas Erskine throne trial Virginia Warren Hastings William Patterson wool-sack wrote
Popular passages
Page 19 - ... of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice, the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 24 - The Judicial Department comes home in its effects to every man's fireside : it passes on his property, his reputation, his life, his all. Is it not, to the last degree important, that he should be rendered perfectly and completely independent, with nothing to influence or control him but God and his conscience?
Page 19 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is in the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 25 - I have always thought, from my earliest youth till now, that the greatest scourge an angry Heaven ever inflicted upon an ungrateful and a sinning people, was an ignorant, a corrupt, or a dependent Judiciary.
Page 18 - Such, my Lords, is the case now before you ! Such is the evidence in support of this measure — evidence inadequate to prove a debt — impotent to deprive of a civil right — ridiculous to convict of the lowest offence — scandalous if brought forward to support a charge of the highest nature which the law knows — monstrous to ruin the honour, to blast the name, of an English Queen...
Page 9 - At this period he acted frequently as deputy judge advocate, and secured the warm regard of Washington. In the . winter of 1779 he was sent to Virginia to take command of a new corps to be raised by the legislature. While this subject was under discussion, he attended a course of law lectures delivered by Mr.
Page 15 - May 1 ask whom you have fixed upon ? " " Certainly," said the president ; " I have concluded to nominate a person whom it may surprise you to hear mentioned. It is a Virginia lawyer, a plain man by the name of John Marshall." He was nominated on 20 Jan., unanimously confirmed, and presided in the court at the February term, though he was still holding the office of secretary of state. He at once took, and always maintained, a commanding position in the court, not only as its nominal but as its real...
Page 14 - ... whom they entertained so much regard, sheltered with them beneath the same protecting aegis. The agitation of the subject led to the treaty of 1844. While the question of the annexation was being discussed in Congress, and in the political circles at Washington, the office of associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, made vacant by the death of Smith Thompson, of New York, in December 1843, was tendered to Mr. Wright, but declined. The motives which prompted this offer have...
Page 14 - ... mind as conquest, from whatever quarter they may come. Tell Marshall I love him, because he felt and acted as a republican, as an American.
Page 4 - ... reason is the life of the law, nay the common law itself is nothing else but reason; which is to be understood of an artificial perfection of reason, gotten by long study, observation, and experience, and not of every man's natural reason ; for, Nemo nascitur artifex.