, 1880-09-02
OBITUARY.
ROBERT Af,or,rr1...

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ROBERT M'oLE1Laxn
| Itsrt4t Post, Auo. ~
.uan 10 taol' !tonert hlcClelland. Wins. 81,
T,t,,a s m''s ''ensonea IN sunday,s Post '"a "a
1,,st pn,nt passed AWAY Inst eyenina NJ .i%.a Ing
Mobe,t 1cclellanl was burn at t,recn.sv.ie y. .vie
a,ra rraasi1n :. co'tnty, Pa. Aug. 1, 1s7, atW
aRe OF II Young Nohs1t was thrown ,non az Il. ~
o"1' resources. 11e taught school IL oa o'1a als
a, a,9 'eea9sssafy .se means to finish 1a e,lss..
10 snabie him IT. n p,er laors earned enost
graduated from Dickinson Gei1cso'al coarse, tls
nt tug head Of Ills class. ia thuRe thaRne II ls9
us ishcliti!g, sbcnaing his lelsnrc t,S;sumed
ftfGa"lhaS tGs H. INV; vas aintttesaa ttsao T.
lie soon afierwarii' afierii''psue, re1lIovi.a f. ia iaI
practice Of Ills profcssIonno no'lI4e1ss9 fn 1sss ia
n!oyet to Michigan, thoil q Terrtoornne o 10 Il;
seaiieu si ny Moilf0e, where he was aea}. ad
nni,ton n rof ba aa'so 70 to Bar. witch u,
lllniscls, galMlng warm coinpfilncsniisse iiseqit .
5Hch riElt! s!isclpllnarians nj T. II from lfom
warner W ing. NM others who ,ynrs H.
lne l!eha y tlo Michigan Dar. Xfter fhn H. Z. y
MISSION Alr: MeClellond entered 9non M'' r. sa
slasnl aud bright prospects f sttarass sseat entau
IN !Ss, 4 convention was called "a franz.
EOnstl,ltlon f9r tho proposed Staso al tWSsS W9asss
gnii: ~. McCielsani wac c1cctcI IL 1asnl. sdN.
~ tllas C'nspNtot. A1td B00n proved hness ~!
olle of lts' most active md Influential i'ssi psz,
-. When t!ie State Government had ,ccn ~.
l. Eni!1Zcu lle WIS appointed by flnv Sem gieMo! o..
y Mason tho first Bank Conp;lss1im9p 9'efess ~ eh
ntate nha Wns tGntlpretl tie oiljce Of Il %base b1e
eiSej ifs was Sss tset1d af WlIch position, % |sS
Stato Legislature in 1SN wis Anear9e5r Aea q ~ ~
1e1ll., nhu uA efficient Service nj Tia i'oaJY Y9
several Important Committees. In is1S s11I,! Gep o.
llhrf!snli, ns candidate fhr the TrestI}aw1nssx wss
saerey f%an' aHs eotFy q s%at 5 to5 =, hs h1a s %e
ors, Suffered .cfent. Gov, W0mlhr}Et'Ieuol lag
sent 70 tlie SenAte alld jacob H. llowaf,l .ss "s
sclit to tho National Ilnllso Of Henrepeaenm,sss rs
tiyss tronl tl!o Ssnte Of Michigan, which VA
tr'et @ epths II tet a u tS 5o s,crG ,MsprsSentatye &c
Mr. MeClellnhd was rcGlrctc,l to the hs1N ILL.,
.leEsntllrc, nlld III 1873 VIVA ei1osen Sne,ta@s ni@
OF tug House Ut Representatives. ~'''N''
~ tll0 Hitler yrnrth Dchlncratc party had
agsl1 nl.af 1fY%vers nS to Its Rrsss1xe a powe a
year Ill., MccIean VAS sitEs eieeEfs " qs IL III.
by 1lluj0rity ot 4,bO0. 1lr, McCleilai stHn ,.S,
t0ok respectable rank tit Cnogrcss n,n",a Suoa
ihe experienced veterans Of that bolly. puts.
,E hs iirst ter,,, H. was PLACED " a CON-
were krown rs tho llarbnr bI's ailtl earrisi nisi
them through. He was reelected 70 tSa b
At tllg opSh!nK ot tllis Congress lle liau ac.
uIlresl National reputation, and its IN; irl1c ne
Was lllellllt'nctI for SprAker Of tho House of
favor Of john ". Davis. Of 1n,lja,Ia nljsis sha ',
,yas elected, While scrslng Ills seconl
Congressional term iln was ChalrnIa,nt" 81
| tho COMMITTEES Un Commerce. In lsI7 ha
Mas Htsain reelected to Congress, notwfth.
principle. l,atE Than BECOME our al tto stanI.
lug rllleS Of party discipline At tic Opening
nf t!e TtirtletEi Congress lla WIS placed oil
Speaker Winthrop, q Whlg. As d inriuhes
e. a Ills ,,,a Gnl,,,,Mlttee M'n't wns sn9wn as tlo
ciaf charge, anu his management Of the aaine
was sslGi ~ to command universal approta-
llon. Willie in Congress Mr. 1lcClula1id Wss
MI advocate pf the right 0f p0tltioll, as main.
tafnetl by John Quincy Adams. I.lsia ho +.
Zol,, which slloultl not he Impaired BY aay
doctrines Of temporary. eypetFiency. jie niso
yoietl f0r. the recrptloi, o1 iii. nia1nHs iii
for tho abolition " slavery In tho Dstftctnf
CGlnnba Mr Mscle]anl was Snf St thG
s Gs "2si'en es;ss"tea = c"Ssss s p;os s f'o %Z
tension Of slavery into new torntoiy
wi.!c!. might b. acq,.lrsd By the United
ttons, md In tho Baltimore Convention which
nominated ncr. Cass for the Presidency IN
1878. He lnbored asslduousy to secure tho
''e' On ieavins Congress In 1870 ,lt,. aleclst
aS fsrs oSston to his 81 pfsiss s su M y MoS1ef Me II
was callctt tn revise tto State Consultation;
| lie was elected n number Of tllat bUdyt aM
| was regarded therein as among INC ales;
| md lAOst experienced leaders; iendyoeate1
tho compromise measure Or Hcnry Cla}' a,' aao,
yelton In 1860, attended meeting nt La's.
sing, where he was actiye ~ giving fG!n 1 p
IL sofies OF resolutions which were adopteI
Ii, favor OF tho So-called compr9n!lsa
ll'cas!tre. llo presided over tha lem. LEM
!ocrattc Stato Convention tho .saa1sa.I samgI
favoring tho colnplanlIso measures ro Hs w. y
that year stumped the State WIZ, Hen .a a. ~
and Gov. Felch. III 1851 Mr. 1lcClelalM ~ =.
elected Governor nt!er tha Co'ss?s't sssa taq ~ iss
full term oi two years. Ills Adn'nstta1'on 1.',sa
wns regarded ns wise md prudent, anu M.s.'
lie resigned In March, 1853. the, State IIess-
ury was full, and tho State otherwise pto''
Oh the organization Of tho Cabinet By rtes,; e J,
illcnt Pierce, In March. 1SiSh Gov. Mctlel,aI y.
was invited to taka the position ot 5ec!etaey
of tho Interior, place which no h!trd aa.lS
the four years Of I!erCc's Aa,ialsstt!Ti;iaJi.
most crc.ltabIy. Again, In ls7, Goy. AsGIes G. e..
xias ,ai! t s s9afs s,esS1r aSst;a'd Gf fne eo's0u
In 1870 t;ny. MuClollnud malo , ia Gt!' ~ IN Il,
Europe. Slace that ttmo hc flas lived ID s10
quiet md Retirement Of private ltlcs
TIE REV. Dir. o. Il. DAaGErE
HARTFORD, Conn.,. Sept. 1.-Tho heV. ~; y;