Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-04-09

r. g.. SPAULDIHG, Chairman.
J. T. CARY, seerstary.
uSITED sTATEs CIRCUIT CoURT-HoS. H. Y.
WILSON PREsIDISo.
At the opening of the Court Monday
morning, at ten o'elvek, the Hon. B. F.
Paine, District Attorney, in conformity with
the resolutions adopted at the meeting of
the Bar, which had just adjourned, arose
and addressed the Court as follows:
May it please your Honor: Reliable tn
nation has reached US that at nine o'clock
A. NJ. on the 4ih of this month the Hon.
John Mclean, one Of the Justices Of the Su-
preme Court o. the united States, and the
presiding Judge of this Court, departed this
lie at his residence near Cincinnati.
I need not say that the announcement Of
this melancholy event, in this Court, is to
me az unpiea amt duty nor need remind
your HOEor, whose privilege it has been TO
occupy e scat upon the same Bench with
him, that his death is a National calamity;
for although the Circuit, Of which Ohio is a
part, has for more than thirty years been
peculiarly benefited by his wise and i'm
partial administration Of justice, the nation
at large has, at each returning session of
the Supreme Court, shared in his wisdom,
lEAf ntEks ~ S8Iaty anu E&iEElEuEha
Judge hcLean's life has been devoted al
most uninterruptedly, to the discharge Of
i'm pOrtant public duties, and may bo stUdia
with profit by the young and the matured.
Reference 10 some Of the incidents Of his
public life may with prOpriety be made on
euis occasion. he was a native of New Jsr-
Of 81 "a 'HHs 6 16aEn 6n. March nth, l7s5. At the
sSS VI - HS SSSoi--S - ohin- -
Four years later he commenced the study or
the law, in the Office and under the tutiiaze
Of Arthur st. Clair, Esq, in Cincinnati, sup
porting himself in the pursuit Of his profess
sion by writing in the Clerks Office Of Ham
ilton County.
In 1907 he was admitted to the Bar, and
commenced practice IN Warren county. In
1872 and 1914 he was elected to represent
his district in Congress. His last election
was unanimous.
In 1916 he was unanimously chosen bvthe
Legislature Of Ohio one IF the Judges OF the
Supreme Court of the State. This position
he occupied with great credit to himself, and
to the entire satisfaction of The people, until
1922, and during this time he developed
those traits Of character which have SO dis
tinguished him since as a Judge Of the high
est Court known to cur institutions.
In 1922, Judge Mclean was appointed BY
President Monroe Commissioner Of the Gem |
e-al Land Office. lie had but Just entered 1
upon his duties, when, in 1923, be was ap-
pointed Postmaster Ge..eral. He took charge |
Of this department when it was in the utmost |
confusion, and left it thoroughly re-organ- |
lied, systematized and hourishing.
In 1929, he was urged by President Jack |
son 10 become Secretary of War, and subse- 1
4uently Secretary Of the Navy, both Of which /
he declined; but the same
year was appointed by President Jackson
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court Of
.he United States.
In 1880 he entered upon the discharge of
no arduous and important duties Of this last
appointment, and continued to discharge
hem with remarkable ability until his
lesth.
II will thus be seen that this distinguished
Judge whose death We mourn has spent
orty -eight years CT public life, filling the
most important and responsible positions in
be Legislative, Executive and judicial de-
Of our government.
As q Legislator, Judge Nc Lean was wise,
Iational and sagaciOusj as On executive Of
cer, he was remai kable fur judgment, or
er and dispatch as a Judge, be was learn
q, profound and impartial; and in all he
Gas an honest man.
He has filed all these positions, and dis
hargsd all their i'm portant and com plicated
uties, to the entire satisfaction Of an intel
gent nation, and gone down to his grave at
be ripe age of seventy-six years. universally
lourned, and respected for his talent and
itsgrity, and beloved for the purity Of his
fe and bis domestic virtues.
At a full meeting Of the Bar held this day,
was unanimously resolved that I should
resent to the Court the following resolu-
ons, with q request that they DO read by
ie CLERK and entered upon the journal.
The resolutions i.as reported above in the
ofthe Bar Meeting, having been 2
,ad to The Court, aud followed by some elo-
lent and appropriate remarks by the Hon.
. P. Spalding. the resolutions of the bar
ere imp.essivelY responded to, as follows, 6
7 Judge Wilson: :
The resolutions Of tho bar in relation to 4
Ie sudden death and many virtues Of the I,
to presiding jude Of this Court,are exceed v
gly appropriate and I most sincerely !
lite with the bar IN this tribute OF respect i
the memory fan able and upright Judge,
honest man and christian patriot.
OF statesmen and jurists, believe there
lyer lived q man Of more exalted worth
ID purity Of character than John Mclean.
hether in the discharge Of duties pertain h,
g to the Executive Department Of theGoV-
nment, or on the Bench. or in private and
cial intercourse, be was always the 1ame-
nest faithful, courteous and just.
To the Bench Of the Supreme Court At
ashington, and that Of the Seventh Cir
il, his loss, as public man, will Be most =
enly felt. r
Itis matter Of public sorrow, that not
e least aggTavating circumstance attend 81
: bis death, and which doubtless fastened g
dissolution, was the conviction in his y, J
nd, that the destruction Of the government 90
the Q. 8. was inevitable, and that too BY III
} treason Of its citizens. "
qualification Soul hern states %
n and people may have enjoyed. during -
, last few months, in seeing strsWea -
,und them the broken fragments Of the
It and fTssBt goTeTnmeat The WoEld s7Or J