OCR Text |
Show aimraaimin - ill Ml.. ---. mlmmlUr A CIVIL . R FIGURE JLATE GENERAL J0"C ilcCLERNAND PLAYED A LEAI 3 PART.- The late 0n John Alexander 5 " 'tiled, but Ocneral Mrnernr.nd'a ver-Clernand ver-Clernand was lorn In Dreckenrft1' 'on of It waa the trouble originated county, Kentucky. Hay 30, JM2.Vv , "h ths neglect of his adjutant Ben-only Ben-only son of John McC'Iernan H.. ,al lo ,CD(1 ,0 Oeneral (Irani ft copy pioneer cltlien In 1810 his fati',. ' nn O''T Issued by Unral McCler-led McCler-led and his mother moved to 8M, '"id congratulating bis men upoilblr nsvtown, III , then tho foremost t, rll"t rvlco In thji fight agnlnst on Uie Ohio river Wf. ' '' ksburg Tho sequel to this dalln- MeClernand'. toyhootl was apenB, TrZIJTn '.'.'iU "! "".V1 ""' r.,m ii h nro nt 17 h lnand In July, IU3, from the eom- LS'.h.,,,Mi.!l...f "nnd r tne Thirteenth nrmy corp.. 'SftmlVn' tU, air ttri ,2i tote. ' "k"1 for nn ""Mtlon of th. mltlea w th. bar three vers lat. ,,. uul ,,,, IjBcoIn d. 8reelj oad he hung out his bl-fj;'' jovrd of tho controversy for tho time before the IK-k Ilswk wsr broke it by sying that "the permanent ostitis osti-tis enllttod nnd eerred until the $' c te of n aoldlor Is fixed by the clout was over. Iletirrnlig from tho flfi of nltnerses who bavo been wllh him with the Sacs and .'oxes. he beK in tho dold and that, relying upon tho praetlce of hla protvaclon, and fi5 ihe. bo who haa tho right need not soon In tho full enjoymout vf h feur" Hut Jan. 31, JKI. th. pnaldmt OEM. JOHN A. ttl'CUXAXD. w vTas Chen n luerttIvpMctffo7a 1J3J lie citabllshcd tho Drsbfiemocratle paper pa-per In Hhawnclown , In tho following year, at tho mo if 21, be was deeled to tho Icglsfaturi. from Uallatln county, ot which &aw-ncetown &aw-ncetown la tho county seat Th(ra Is made his mark by nihocatlng whatwaj known As tho "deep cut plan" with reference to tho construction of tit II- I llnols and Michigan canal. Ths legislature leg-islature mado him a member ot the ennat commission. In 183S ho was untod for the nonlna-tlou nonlna-tlou for lieutenant guvernar, but do-J cllned, being uudcr 30, tha conitltu-l' tlonnl age. In 1810 ho was main In tho legislature, and about this time I ho aroused tho Irn ot Thropullui W Smith, one ot the Judgra ot the su J I prcmo tourt, by a severe rrlUclim ot tho Judiciary. Judge Smith proopll) challenged him tu a duel Touag lie I Clernand at onca nrrcpted the tuij lenge, but friends ot Judge Smith p-e ailed upon hlni to reconsider lifi batty action, and by the exerdit d some diplomacy the meeting tij utoldcd. I In 1843 Colonel Mi Clernand, tbougl ' scarcely past 30 jears ot age, wai pul forward for United States acnator.Thl other candidates were Stephen A Douglas and Sidney Ilrcese, the lute; being chosen and subsequently electee! In tho following year (1311) M? Clernaud waa elected to congress an! aorted until ISM Whllo In coosrciJ tho ndmlnlitratlon found him a strou aupportcr ot It Mexican war polity! Upon retiring from cougress la lBli ho remoel to Jaikfontllle. la 1S1I he removed to Springfield litre t! again drifted Into politics and In 189 bo waa elected to congress to fill tff vacancy lauscd by the death of 11? Jor T. U Harris In ISM he lotie ducod n bill repealing the law orgs Ixlne tlio territory ot Utah. In April. 1601, at the urgent loll tatlon of (lovcrnor Richard Yates S led an nrmed alunteer force frca Springfield to Cairo and whllo then) Intorceptol a number of paiilng tlui! boata loaded with arms and ammuifi tlon Intended for the contltrn farces. g Ho was r. doio friend of Corern" Vatea nnd ho nnd the governor ncntS Washington and reported to PrcildeS Lincoln nnd Oeneral Scott, commind In chief, tho situation In th Mlrtg west. With John A Logan and PhllS U. l'ouko tho McClcrnand brigade ? formed and McClcrnand was appolnt3 by the president brigadier general s! volunteers He was with Grant "& Ilclmont and was eonsphuous la tit light at Fort Donolion and March M 1802, waa mado a major general. 3 month later be commanded a dln.ffl at tho battle of ShlloU and In Jaifl ary, 1803. relleed Q.ncral ahel the command of the expedition for iff enpturo ot Vlcksburg ,or j It waa on the Vckburg eiDftti.tS that General McCUraand hid . iM lug out with General Grant 3 tacts have never been athortuuT? WyTScneral McClernand JtoTO tl'4 command. |