The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-01-11
E.tsTiu> ~ q. y. SENATOR

nuhlic.r members Of the Legislature, duly NOM
mated at .i.v.n o'clock Of the evening pr v'ou-,
after So ted coates.
The utmost harmony prev iile'i after the nom
nation. al cordial feeling superSened upon what
ever OF ,.'-eoTd had sprung up, in the eat 0.
the strurg,e for the nomination.
The hopes Of The locofoco minority were b..
ted, for G.. ~ Republc,u member stood staunc'
70 his csr,a. nominee and each and ev"-y of.'
O. them st face Of flint, again-. am NOV"
ment. vs. NIGH, give the slieh;esf opportuu-
" for L.: .oco interference
Thus. t1out the OUTLAY 81 q dollar. and Wit 20
out any s.t-mpt at intrigue or political nianoeVrc
fai:hfu' cYpouen, o: sound principle Of GOV
.rnmer.t, dear TO the peopl,. has been placed b,
the perri.'s servants !. the scat chosen fpr hin
Gov. bingham sas born in onoudsaa count.
Ny, in December l>os, of humble parertag-
ald grew ny on a farm. IL received a fair acH
mic education studied ltU hu. never p-actced
having determined TO make farming BE-, las
ine.s. which he has done advantage. II
m,--ied in IN. Spring of $685. and the mkt d.
s.ar,ed Tor Micnigsp. lie Fixed upon place t.
commence. iarroir.. IA what i nos the t2wn-h''
OF Green Oak, Livingston county, then uao' 5au
lied, point about eqUi-d'.tani tahouL twenty
miles, ircn, he nearest Settlements Ann Arbol
and Pontiac. sud tnrty->S miles y. W. from De.
troi; Here, ha,;n. purchased from Govern
rent, half IA SECTION of Land, yr. Bns htu. corl
m.nccd clearing it, with hi- own hands ant Il
process of time, made uo4d him, his !'easan'
home The nearest Posi- oi.cc was Ann Afhor,
which being iuconveniert, ia 1884, VI. BIZ ghan
procured the e.tab i-hment o: 4 mai! 70, tc iron
Pontiac 10 Am Ar,Or, and va appointed Pos
Master which office he held iii 1911 y E:ng
ham va. appointed Just O." 81 :ht feac" i"'
the county OF Lieingst"r, by Gov. Porte. ,Ed
was the ouiy person who ever he'll that 3.hc'
in tn. county. until Michigan bcc;,rn. State
lie was elected a member OF IT.. State Legsla
ture in 'i:e fall OF 1886, and of course vas =
member when Michigan was admitted a. 4.
State into The Cnion, in January ls37. He was
elected II enber Of FIVE successive Legislatures,
and was elected Speaker Of the Eou-e oi Repro
s,ntatvss in 1888 1893, and in IeI2, heingthe
only man in the State ever twice elected Speaker
He held the Office of Prosecuting Attorney TO
which lie was appointed by Gov. Mason. was p
member OF the frs; Board of Supervisors of the
county cf Livingston, and was elected the first
Judge If Probate % that county.
liz November 1916, Governor Bingham was
elected To Congress. in what vas then the Third
Congressional District, comprising The Whole
north stern portion Of the Lowe, and the
whole Ct the Upper Peninsula after a very sharp
and c'ost canvass against the late Hon. Gsorc-.
W. Wisner, elder brother of The present Cover
nor While holdinga seat in Congress. GOV.
Binghar was repeatedly advised hv reSolu-
tons Of he Legislature of Michigan, passed in
lSi7, Isis. and in ls49, To vote against the fur
Their ex-eu sion of human avery, and Ia sustain
what WAS called the "Wilmot Proviso" r,.solu-
tons TO the same effect, having been passed by
the Couvea alton which gave him his nomination,
inlSIS. Inaccordancc with these resolutions, as
well aswith the conviction oi his own conscience,
Gov. Bingham voted for the application Of ,ha,
prircipl. 10 III. bill organizing the Territory o'
Oregon, al repeatedly voted for the -aue prin-
ciple, to &c appiie,. 10 the organization Of the
acquisitions from Mexico Early during lhe
session Of Congress Of IsIs. the Nicholson lette-
Of Gen. Cass mad its appearance, declaring tina;
"a great change" had come over the mind of that
Statesman, from I sentiments and reasoning %
which CIV Bingham utterly dssen'ed. and took
prompt occasion 20 make known his views, AMI a.
he believed, those of his constituents, in all,
speech, G.iivered in his place in June lSiS. L.
that speech. the positions Of the Nicholson lette'
were upset, 10y following the action o: Govern
ment, as we'll in lis Legislature a. in its Admins
trative and Judicial functions, forming the pa
sage Of the ordinance of Us. down alno,I 20 tn,
day o. tie delivery of the speech. The right
and duty o! Congress to prohibi, Slavery in N,
Territor ., formed prominent feature of n,
canvass f 1913, in which Gov. Bingham fool
activl share upon t.e stamp, a. a candida
for Ccnscess,~ hile Gen CaSs was runninc Cor Oh,
Presidei. Y. Throughout that canvass Gov
Bingham urged that duty, and up'. II tina. righ
before the people. notw,hs landing Ihe sentiment
Of the Nicholson letter, aud the presence OF III,
name Of its suthor in the same canvass and up
on che same ticket.
During the protracted struggle in the Thirty
First Congress, upon the Compromise BIZ. Gov
Bingham took prominent part in the debates
and with zeal, power and great ability, enforce
the same views upon the attention OF Congress
which his conscience, his constituents, and tire,
successive Lcgslatious OF his own State, unite,
in recommending 10 him wise, humane an,
expedient. His vote WAS against that bill.
During the four years of Gov. Binghams Con
gressonal service. he was a member of the com
mite on Commerce, and ob tanned appropriation
for many of the most important Lighthouses up
on the coast of MchigSn.
The farmers of Michigan have neve
forgotten the great service done them b,
Gov. Bingham, by the defeat of the Je,h
10 Wood bill, so called. Tais bill had passe,
the Senate, giving to the heirs Of Jethro Wood
fifty cents upou every cas-. iron plow manufac
turedin the United States Gov. Bingham sas
at q glance the manifest injustice of the bill, q
well As the great burden which it was about t
impose, and when the bill made its appearan, e i
the House after its passage in the Senate !, .oun
him fully prepared with well authenticated fact
to show Up the entire emptiness OF the claim G
Wood, az the inventor Of the cast from plov.-
The speech Of Gov. Bingham upon this bill wa