The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-20


OF the court, saying: You have
and all you had for love Of
our country. l think you ought 10
take the place. As the fees belong to
the clerk you will receive some ! econ.
pen.e for your losses: besides you will
aid my friend Justit Q Cartier in carry
ing out much cherished project Of
niue"
Ths'offer Mr.. Meigs also refused,
but was finally persuaded to accept by
such friends as Brumlaw, MAYNARD,
He was nominated for the supreme
bench by Mr.. Lincoln, but Andrew
johnson, then Vice. President, having
the list Of nominations before him,
drew his pen through the name Of Mr..
Meigs substituting another, saying, us
was no doubt true, that MIR. Meigs had
told HIM he did not care for the place.
Thus to the cliagrin OF the President
Mr.. johnson took advantage OF the
peculiar modesty of the man apd de-
feated him for the honor. Such friends
as knew OF the facts have never ceased
to regret his action. Nobody knew
better than Andrew johnson the retir-
Ing disposition OF Mr.. Meigs. He had
employed his talents for many years.
During the whole period Of his several
terms as Governor OF Tennessee he had
consulted him upon almost every legal
point that arose. He used TO say that,
although Mr.. Meigs was IL Wing and he
Democrat. he couldget honest iawa nd
advice from him. because Meigs had no
tax 10 grind.
Several times Mr.. Meigs was elected
TO the House or Senate Of Tennessee,
but never did he sesk the place. The
Office sought him. But when IL was
proposed that Tennessee should hold a
convention in 1851 to consider the
question of seeding frcm the Union,
Mr.. Meigs took the stump and canvassed
great part of the State against such
plan. Although Tennessee became a
battlefield. 1t never seeded from the
Union. The convention was defea ted
by over 60, 900 majority.
Mr.. Meigs' brain is as active as ever.
At this day he is consulted by the
court, and to the yonng lawy ers OF the
district-nay, to almost all who prac-
tice before the court-he Is q veritable
Nestor. who discusses their cases, citing
authority, book and page. Thus he
he has endeared himself to all, and per-
haps no man in Washington is more be.
loved than he. His memory is perfect.
His handwriting Is as firm and regular
as ever. When needed, he takes
minutes Of the proceedings Of the
courts, making up the record.
He is the grandson Of Col. Return j.
Meigs Of revolutionary fame, to whom
Congress voted sword for gallaniry
at Sag Harbor. Mr.. Meigs has that
sword, together with the knee buckles
OF Gen. Montgomery, who sent them
to his efficient colonel (Meigs) when lie
fell Mt Quebec.
Return ]. Meigs Of Ohio. who was
Governor OF that State and Postmaster
General Of the United States, was an
uncle OF Mr.. Meigs, and also OF DIR.
Charles ID. Meigs of Philadelphia-so
beloved by the medical profession OF
the whole countryside father OF
Montgomery Meigs, quartermaster-
general OF the United States during
the war, and brother OF Judge Henry
Meigs Of New York.
Two Of the sons Of Mr.. Meigs served
in the army Of the Union. One, Capt.
Fielding p. Meigs, is dead; the other.
Capt. Joseph v. Meigs, is the inventor
Of the Msigs railway. Anorher James
l. Msigs, il q distinguished engineer,
well-known heren bouts from his con-
nection with his brothers railway.