Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-04-12

DEATH OF JUDGE MBLEAN.-1he
death of John McLane, Judge of the U. ).
Supreme Court, does not take the country
by surprise, as it has been for some time
evident that he was approaching the termin-
alton of his career. He died at his resi-
dence in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday,
Of last week, at the age Of Is. He was
born in Morris county, New-Jersey March
IL, 1885, and his father, who was an Irish
emigrant, removed with him TO the West
and finally setteled in Warren county, Ohio
lie sustained himself by manual labor
throughout the course of his classical and
legal studies, aud was admitted to the bar
in 1907. In 1912 he was elected to Con-
gress by the democrats of the Cincinnati
district, and was reelected in 1914 by the
unanimous vote of his district, not single
vote being cast against him. In the follow
ing year he was offered the nomination to
the u. S. Senate, which was equivalent to
an election, but declined the honor on the
ground that the constituents who had so
calamity supported him were entitled TO his
service in the lower house. In 1916, how
ever, having nearly completed his term, he
resigned his seat in the House to take one
on the Supreme bench of Ohio, to which
the legislature elected him unanimously.
This position he held for six years, when
when President Monroe,appointed him COM
missloners of the land office, and in the
next year (l823) he was elevated to the
postmaster generalship. He discharged the
duties OF the office with such eminent sue
cess, that the salary attached to it was rails
ed from $4,000 to $4,000 by nearly a nnan-
nous vote In both the Senate aud House,
Jhon Randolph remarking at the time that
he would vote for the bill if it were made
to expire when Judge HcLean left the pc.
stion. When President jackson came into
office he was DESTROYS of retaining Judge
Mclean is his cabinet, but he thought it
eXpedient to decline all offers which we're
made him at this end, and was nominated
for a seat on the Supreme bench. which he
accepted entering upon his duties in the
January term 1880. The decisions which
he has given during the thirty years which
he has occupied this position have filed out
the measure of his fame, and given him
leading place among tho fret jurists of this
or any other country. One of his most
lhebloIdolS Cllsti 9So Was utlfeFeu during the
Canadian excitement, in 1888, when he took
strong ground against aiding or in any way
favoring unlawful military combinations
among our citizens against any government
with which we are at peace. His opinion
on the bred Scott case, in which he dissen-
ted from that given by Chief Justice Tan
ey, will cause his name to be remembered
Judge Mclean has always syInpathized
with political parties whose principles have
been opposed to the extension of slavery.
He was a candidate for the presidency in
the free-soil convention at Buffalo, in 1848 !;
received 1876 votes to 359 for Col. Fremont,
in the republican convention, held at Phila-
delphia, in 1856, and was also before the
! Chicago convection in 1860. His name and
character will contribute largely to the en-
during fame Of the country, and his exam
pie of industry and integrity, justly reward
ed, will be a healthy stimuant to the ambi-
ton OF talented and energetic young men.
Apart from his judicial and political char
acter, he was widely beloved for the cheer
fulness of his temper, the affable frankness
of his manners, and the force and eloquence
of conversation. He was member of the
Methodist church, and ever active in religi-
Gus and philanthropic works.