New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-28


bell who for many years prominent III 7'a'o JULIUS
and in Congress died yesterday.
Colonel Campbell was born in Franklin, warren ooun
w. Ohio August o. 1911 He attended school III fr'hH
lin until he was fourteen years DID, when ne was r"nS
fcrred 10 farm. when seventeen years ola ne eneIeu
tho Office OF the Cincinnati GGze az an apprentice he
left The gazette in 1891 and immediately started week
~ newspaper in Hamilton. Ohio. While edilnS MS
Journal which advocated the election OF Henry Oay 10
the Presidency. Colonel Campbell studied la" lie WIS
admitted to the bar in 1885 and coon acquired largo
and profitable practice. He was elected to the ANAiS
Congress IN 1913 az Wing and two years later ne was
elected to the XXXIId Congress as Free SOL wing
In 1852 and 1854 he was again reelected 20 Congress-
defeating in each Of those years Clement L. Naandie
ham tDem) He also claimed the seat in the XXXNth
Congress- but It was awarded TO Vaandgham On con-
test Colonel Campbelps first service In Congress eN
tended from December g. 1S49 TO May 20, looo ana III
1870 he was elected 20 the XLIId Congress as Demo
graf over General Robert c. sohenck Gep and served
from March t. 1871 TO March 8, 1873 During his ser
vice before the war Colonel Campbell took prominent
part IN the debates on slavery, uniformly maintain
ing the position that, while the Southern states
should enjoy all their rights guaranteed by the COnsu
on slavery shoud be excluded the Territories by
law In the XXXIIId Congress, when the question U
repeating the Missouri Compromise came before inc
House. Colonel Campbell selected by the opposition
Humanitarian and ready debater. and having good
voice he discharged the duties Of his position during the
long struggle tho satisfaction OF the friends OF rec
dom He engaged in discussion with the ablest OF tho
Southern members and the debate between MIN ana
Alexander H. stephens the relative advantages OF
free and slave labor placed him In the front rank OF de-
b,ers In the opening OF the XXXGVth Congress he re-
ceiyed the votes of large majority OF his party for the
speakership and he might nave BEEN elected II he had
continued to be candidate But when he was asked TO
make pledges which he thought would dshonor hm' he
peremptorily withdrew his name. and the strugge
finally ended in the choice OF N T.
Banks During this Congress Colonel Camp
bell was chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means In this position, which no filled with ability he
renorted The Tariff Act Of 1857 When Sumner was
stricken down in the senate Chamber by Preston y
Brooks Colonel Campbell was one Of the nrst 10 reach
The SIDE of be massachusetts Senator The next day he
Introduced the resolution for investigation He made
report urging the expulsion OF BroOks ana when inc
latter challenged the late Arson Burlingame, Colonel
affair as the friend OF the Massachusetts member cen
eral Joseph Lane OF Oregon, acting as the friend OF
Brooks The CORES pOndence on the part OF Mr. Burn-
game was wholly written by Colonel CampOe, VINO al
At the outbreak OF the war Colonel Campbell ardently
esp0used the of the Union, and IN the spring and
summer Of 1861 he assisted IN rasmg several TesDThs
In the autumn 1861 he organized the 69h OHIO keg
ment aud during the winter he was IN command OF
Camp Chase His regiment reported Ior d9ty NJ Nasv,
| April %. 1862. From May until June the regiment
was stat oned at Franklin Tenn having pcen Geallep
to guard forty miles OF the tennessee ana AlOin hI
road 1t then joined General Dumonps expedltlon 10
McMinnVlle and PlkeVlle. On June ~ tue regiment
Was again In Nashville and Colonel Campbell made
Provost Marshal OF the city This position he held untl
failing health compelled him To resign on August D. lSO2
| In May 1866 Colonel Campbell was appointed 10 sue
coed Thomas COrwin Munster 10 Mexico aud IN NO
ycmber accompanied by General sherman, he started
for bis post The city Of Mexico then held by the
French army Of occupation, and Colonel CanpOeh Was
unable to reach the Government OF the iiepnolc: nc
was directed 10y Secretary Seward To MAKE MS Olhcla
| residence temporarily in NewOrleans. There nc re-
mauea unt June 1867 when, tired OF that KIND 81 ser
vice he resigned. During his term member OF the
! XIJId Congress, Colonel Campbell, although
| not a leader Of tue minority, was hOt NIthoGt
considerable influence. In 1878 COO2el Cahpoeli
was elected vice president OF the ONO COhsttuont
Convention by "A uuauinOus vote. After that year ne
did not take much part in politics Ia l5l! some VI us
friends sought to have elected to tue United states
place nm in the false light Of opposition 10 MrPendietOn
and the other prominent Democratic Candidates Ae was
also talked OF Tor tn second place on The Democratic
| National ticket ia 1880 ,, .
| Colonel Campbell was Wing until the dissolution or
| the partv lie was afterward Republican, but aIter
the war he Joined the Democratic parry, DtieVhg taao
the Rppubllcau party by It's reconstruction ana OtLer
acs mad abandoned the principles upOn when the war
had been prosecuted. Colonel Campbell never gave up
MS law practice entirely, hat for TWEEN years OF more
he vas rpgaVcd in agricultural purs Its, owning large
and fertile the Great Miami llNtf
in which cry ne his residence. lie was married 70
The ony daughter of John Reilly, the clerk OF Tue ust
Territorial Legislature northwest Ot thcOio tlFcr ana
member of the Convention OF 1902, which framed tue
fra. Constitution tine state Or OHIO Colonel camp
hell was held IN nigh esteem b. many puouc ulch OF
bot parties and man OF s;cFuuS independence ol
character