Among the tributes to Chief Justice Marshall which were made in the months that followed his death, and in later times, nothing finer has been said than the heartfelt expression of the bar of his own circuit, at Richmond, in November, 1835. The resolutions of Mr. B. Watkins Leigh, unanimously adopted, recalled “the memory of the venerable judge” who had presided there for more than thirty-four years “with such remarkable diligence in office, that until he was disabled by the disease which removed him from life, he was never known to be absent from the bench, during term time, even for a day,--with such indulgence to counsel and suitors that everybody’s convenience was consulted but his own,--with a dignity, sustained without effort, and apparently without care to sustain it, to which all men were solicitous to pay due respect,--with such profound sagacity, such quick penetration, such acuteness, clearness, strength, and comprehension of mind, that in his hands the most complicated causes were plain, the weightiest and most difficult, easy and light,--with such striking impartiality and justice, and a judgment so sure, as to inspire universal confidence, so that few appeals were ever taken from his decisions, during his long administration of justice in this court, and those only in cases where he himself expressed doubt,--with such modesty that he seemed wholly unconscious of his own gigantic powers,--with such equanimity, such benignity of temper, such amenity of manners, that not only none of the judges who sat with him on the bench, but no member of the bar, no officer of the court, no juror, no witness, no suitor, in a single instance, ever found or imagined, in anything said or done, or omitted by him, the slightest cause of offense. “His private life was worthy of the exalted character he sustained in public station. The unaffected simplicity of his manners; the spotless purity of his morals; his social, gentle, cheerful disposition; his habitual self-denial, and boundless generosity towards others; the strength and constancy of his attachments, his kindness to his friends and neighbors; his exemplary conduct in the relations of son, brother, husband, father; his numerous charities; his benevolence toward all men, and his ever active beneficence; these amiable qualities shone so conspicuously in him, throughout his life, that highly as he was respected, he had the rare happiness to be yet more beloved. He was, indeed, a bright example of the true wisdom which consists in the union of the greatest ability and the greatest virtue.” * * * * *