Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-04-19
Judge Mclean

! Tho Philadelphia inquirer has we'll writ
ten article on the candidate for the Presiden-
cy. 1t assumes that Judge Mclean is the
very lnau for the times, and says;
There Is but one man in the country who
can carry every free state and at the same
time quiet the resistance to n Northern Pres
ileut In tie South That man is Justice
John Mclean, ot the Supreme Court Of the
United States. Although somewhat advance
cd in years, yet from his very robust const-
tuition, his extremely temperate habits, his
mild and unrutflcd temper, lis pure and
quiet conscience, he is yet strong and vigor-
ous---much mora go than most men who nre
ten years lis junior. The best evidence Of
this fact consists in the extraordinary judicial
duties which he still performs-greater in
fact, than any other Judge in the world. He
performs all lis duties as A sociate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States
during It's long and arduous sessions, and al
so with uniform and unvaryng diligence and
punctuality on his circuit, including four
great States, containing now over seven mil
lions Of people, or nearly double the number
of people embraced in any ether circuit. and
nearly one-tourth the population of the Uni
ted States. The suits in this circuit reach
now twenty hundred, many of them
! including controversies between great rni!-
road companies involving millions Of dollars
| Whoever in all that vast circuit hes any claim
which io believes inst, lie carries i, if posi-
! Llc, INFO ,tudge McE4can's court, from the IT,
Universal confidence in his integrity and abil
ity and hence the business on that circuit 81
vastly exceeds tina: in any 9th r. But
it is not only 10 Judge that Justice Mclean
has displayed such high qualities; but as u
member Of Congress he was highly distin-
guished and o Postmaster General he achicv-
ed an eIninenCe never attained by any Of his
predecessors or su &c Ssora. Ia fact, hc rc-or-
a lized that great department. b ought sys
TEN and regularity out OF confusion; with in
creased economy gave tar greater mail IA
cities to tle pubic, and displayed executive
and administrative abilities Of the highest or
der As legsletor--as an executive officer
aud as Judge, he has ever proved fully o.
quail to the emergency, and shown cunGi-
nation oil tslcLts in this respect rarely equal
led ny any one individual. Ills moral cnar-
acter ia pure and Stainless. M man would
ever dare attempt any wrong IN connections
with the government while he was President
.! ;hr Unite! States. No man wuul dare
10 nii6apply the public moneys We should
have an honest. jlIst and economical admins
tration Uf the General Government. ami mil
lions Of treasure would I've saved every year
to the people of the United States There is
not single State which any Republican can
| hope to carry, in which Judge Mclean would
not he nlr niger than IL Y other man named
, ~ that party; and there are many States
w'irh he can carry, Which are, Mt least, most
, doubtful with any other candidate.
| In New Jersey, lis native State, his sue
cess would he uudouLted lie would receive
nh overwhelming majority in the State oil
| Pennsy lvnuia. which Is, perhaps, the battle
! ground of the contest, aud Illinois and lndi-
ana, two very doubtful States, (which with
. New jersey and Pennsylvania went for BUcH-
ASAN in 1867 would give him great pop
/ uiar majority. These Iast twn States age in his
| circuit, lis uels hbors and friends whom he
has served faithfully the e ich lur
r,orc tuan thirty ycars, and who would hail
| lis nomination with accamatior. Judge
McIenn disaented from the majority of the
| Curt in the bred Scott case. He agrees
with Pennsylvania on the subject OF the Ia
! riff and inte nal improvements, aud ii nomi-
paed and elected lis great popularity would
not only carry several States hat no other
opposition candidate eau, but who would
cause the election Of opposition United States
Senator's and members of Congress, and
enable them thus to reverse the policy of the
! government under Democratic Acminotra-
/ tons
Whca We rccolect tina. from 1919 to 1851
! the opposition had the President and Execu-
| tive administration, and yet were never able
to carry beth houses Of Congress in any one
year and that they were never able to change
or even modify the tariff, or reverse any Of
| the policy Of the previous Administrative
who then, we ask, can bring sufficient num-
Der Of opposition Senators and members OF
Congress from New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois to secure the TIL
umph of opposition policy in Congress, OK
cept Judge Mclean, and will the Repub-
licap party not have another barren victory,
so far as legislation is concerned, with any
other candidate Than Judge Mclean? Be-
sides, from his conservative position aud
character. Judge Mclean would not be a
sectional candidate. He would have strong
party in several Southern States, and espe-
cially in Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Kcr
tuckey, and others. We would hear 10 talk
about dissolying the Union if Judge Mclean
were elected President Of the United States.
| The harmony ofthe Union would restored
sectlohal passions, hatfed ana preJudlces
would disappear, and trade and intercourse
between the North ard South would flow on
in an Increasing current If the success OF
the Republican party, therefore, lis to be con-
suited aud assured-f the good of the coun-
try is regarled--if the practical success CT
the policy of the Republican party in both
houses of Congress is considered, Judge Nc
Lean undoub tedly should receive the nomi-
nation at Chicago.