The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-15

the bar mad the simplest and greatest capacity had impressed Itself upon the body polite of the State.
 He was a great jurist and In that & who Rave " occupied SHnS sS the head of the Ju- dietary system Of this State he easily ranked as the peer, If not the superior,
 adca sash tnrn ana s of 1a o e he had the sd she ciai temperament; he was possessed of that rare power of being able to rid himself of all knowledge of the per submitted to him and simply to look at and to know only the facts and tLe law of the case; he was quick to per cause which came to him for decision: and equally facile in discovering the weakness thereof: he was alert to see and only the law. In him, as a Judge. there was no place for any sentimen- tality. or pity or compassion, which the doing of his duty: naught could force him to depart from those great principles which are. and should be. the should be governed; no sophistry eyer beguiled him; no sharp or shrewd trick or artifice could ever so becloud and befog the issues presented that he did not. with the power of his gifted in- tellectuality. instantly disencumber the can from the wheat; his grasp of the abstruse principles of the. science of dificuit phases were as the simplest principles to those less gifted: his pow re of discrimination was broad and the most acute. the differentiation of the principles of law and their applica- tion to the questions In hand were matters of no difficulty to his natural possessed all of those essentials. which go to the making of great judge; he looked and and was h the Judge his ser very ry which his great talents retained. Fame Is already established; time Is place will be; for. as is well said by MT. Chief Justice Whitfield, of the Su- preme Court of Mississippi, when com hrsier h ana ns eompsny sans p opinion rendered by the late Chief en'lss Seiusred nSs Sy shs late chief Justice Mes who % ever adorned the Bench in Amsri- ca It is possible that the dead juri:t but that he had a superior is not be- lieved.
 "As a man he was noblenan! Ma ture gave to him those qualities which endeared him to his friends. and he was ever tender. with them, lenient to eS, ever ready to defend them; he was al one. he never sought advancement of frienSs: nt o he never ! .ae sought to use his friends for selfish ends: he never crooked the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift might follow fawn. right. utterly disregarding the effect such action might have. on his own fortunes: he was charitable and and sentiments; and while the Judge. could know no pity. yet the man would sue for mercy to those entitled thereto: for passion in his breast. and there ever | flowed from him to them a tenderness that made one. understand that the mneS the ts MAN a 'ns he e'sR was the JTDaE and greater encomium could not be paid to his memory: and the truthfui- ness of this will be recognized by those who were, in any measure, permitted l to enjoy his friendship and confidence; And when the Great Moulderr of all destinies beckoned to Thomas N Mo. l walks of this life a man who had In his bosom all that was best to be found l in his fellows: a true and tried friend. never did aught to hurt or to wound his friend, whoever he may have been: a man who never forgot the duties re eritrsq sSsf saeaf ear to iSe cry Of tho
 
 distressed: a man in the image of his Maker
 "Tt will be long, If ever before there shall be seen another who so admirably possessed the physical perfection, r . mental endowments, the legal eaus- boise of the Great Jurist. the Man. Thomas N Mcclellan.
 "'HA carved his own statue: he made
 RemarIxs of MT. stringfeiIow. Following MT Walker. Horace String fellow of the Montgomery bar made a few remarks. He recalled the time he met Judge Mcclellan and especially when he saw him nominated for the position of Attorney General He said he was opposed to the ambition tn .n coming to the Judge. but on being made acquainted with him he saw that the honor had fallen to fitting shoulders. and the duties to capable mind and hands. After that he came to know the Chief Justice well and all the years