THE LIFE OF JOHN MARSHALL
Standard Library Edition
IN FOUR VOLUMES
VOLUME II
JOHN MARSHALL AS CHIEF JUSTICEJOHN MARSHALL AS CHIEF JUSTICE
From the portrait by Jarvis
 
THE LIFE
OF
JOHN MARSHALL
BY
ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE
 Volume II
POLITICIAN, DIPLOMATIST
STATESMAN
1789-1801
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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CONTENTS
I.INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ON AMERICA1
     The effort of the French King to injure Great Britain by assistingthe revolt of the colonists hastens the upheaval in France—TheFrench Revolution and American Government under the Constitutionbegins at the same time—The vital influence of the French convulsionon Americans—Impossible to understand American historywithout considering this fact—All Americans, at first, favor theFrench upheaval which they think a reform movement—Marshall'sstatement—American newspapers—Gouverneur Morris's descriptionof the French people—Lafayette's infatuated reports—Marshallgets black and one-sided accounts through personal channels—Theeffect upon him—The fall of the Bastille—Lafayettesends Washington the key of the prison—The reign of blood inParis applauded in America—American conservatives begin todoubt the wisdom of the French Revolution—Burke writes his "Reflections"—Paineanswers with his "Rights of Man"—Theyounger Adams replies in the "Publicola" essays—He connectsJefferson with Paine's doctrines—"Publicola" is viciously assailedin the press—Jefferson writes Paine—The insurrection of theblacks in St. Domingo—Marshall's account—Jefferson writes hisdaughter: "I wish we could distribute the white exiles among theIndians"—Marshall's statement of effect of the French Revolutionin America—Jefferson writes to Short: "I would rather see halfthe earth desolated"—Louis XVI guillotined—Genêt arrives inAmerica—The people greet him frantically—His outrageous conduct—TheRepublican newspapers suppress the news of or defendthe atrocities of the revolutionists—The people of Philadelphia guillotineLouis XVI in effigy—Marie Antoinette is beheaded—Americanrejoicing at her execution—Absurd exaggeration by bothradicals and conservatives in America—The French expel Lafayette—Washingtonsends Marshall's brother to secure his releasefrom the Allies—He fails—Effect upon Marshall—Ridiculousconduct of the people in America—All titles are denounced:"Honorable," "Reverend," even "Sir" or "Mr                        
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