The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-09

..c...oav saOaslso. OCT. ~. .-eA.!
0...s II Ki.sisy .. Bingham.
u,c.meut Of the death Of this dis
,;,gui.hed man fell upon our community hAe
80 Of thunder from . clear sky. VERIFY 10
,h. m,d.s Of life ne are in death! Lake the u"
- ,,., braves the blasts of many winters, 20
en- .,.o no, breath 10 assirin the atmosphere
-, h. b.. gone. apparently in the vigor and fuii-
,s.. Of hi, strength. As the ciods OF sne 'a''e!
f.u mon bis cof5u.lid With dull. heavy souno
~. the breakers Of eternity dashing upon the
49,. If time. We think Of many noble FORM
ina, Ike bis, has been borne by the returning
-. c,,eve, 10 the bosom of that unknown sea!
Truly, all on earth il vanity!
We take the following sketch OF his LIE IRON
the Detroit Daily Adeertiser:
the telegraph On Saturday night At ia''
,or, announced the sad news that the Hon. kins
lev 5. Bingham, one at the Senators in Congress
from this State, died at his residence at Greei
Oak. on that day. His unexpected and sudde'
dec.ase is reported TO be by appopleIy. W.
c.,no, doub, the fact Of his death, and in com
mon With the large circle Of his friends, We can
no, but deplore the loss Of one 90 true to duty
all tn. relations Of neighborhood and domest'
life. OF 30 excellent an example as father, bus
band and friend, 90 eminent in his patriotism AM
devotion 10 the interests of the State and thu
Nation. At such q crisis the present, the los
Of such a man from the public councils is espec
i.Ilv 10 be deplored. No one has been mor'
constant and persevering than he in resisting, To-
long years past, the downward tendency OF thu
Federal Government under the pressure OF th'
slAve power and the dangerous doctrine OF seces
sion and few have surpassed him in talent ant
eloo aerce in the ef,rts TO arouse the free State
TO q sense Of the impending Danger. Indeed.
patriot has departed; q wise and useful public
servant has been taken from US at moment wher
vs most need his counsel and his labor. Blu
the ways Of Providence are inscrutable, and thoss
Who knew him and loved him, those who looked
With hope and confidence to bis high talents anc
wisdom a q public man and Q private friend
must scquiesce in the decree.
"Mr Bingham was of revolutionary parent
age. His ancestors, il 10 said, served in that i'm
mortal band of heroes who, under Stark. Al
Bennington, achieved the FIRST victory Of the
Revolution. His father immigrated to OnOrdaga
county, N. T., where he was born, in 1909
His early education vas such only as could be
obtained at the district school and village acads
my, 10 . comparatively new country, but he wal
diligent in study and stored his mind with the
knosledge that Vas necessary to fit him for bus
iness and industrial pursuits. He also spent
some time a. . student at Law, but never entered
upon the profession. In 1884 or 1885 he remov
ed to Michigan, and, We believe, settled on the
tract Of land where his homestead now is, and
followed farming for living. His general intel
Iigence and popularity among his neighbors soon
induced them to elect him to the Legislature oil
the State, in which he served some four or five
years with great credit to himself and satisfaction
70 his constituents. He was elected Speaker Of
the House and served as such for two sessions
and, though party politics then ran high, gave
as We are informed BY his political opponents, the
his department, his aptness in business, and his
impartial As q presiding officer no successor
has surpasa ! him. In 1916, Mr.. Bingham was
elected to Congress from the Northern Distric,
and served through the 2sth Congress. He was
again elected in lS4s, and served through the
SOsh Congress, bv which the famous compromise
measure Of 1850 was passed. In consequence
Of his voting against the fugitive slave act Of that
year, and evincing very decided repugnanee to
the extension Of slavery into the territories, as
he vas instructed to do ty his democratic con
srituents. he vas ruthlessly prescribed by the
then leaders Of his party, and another nominated
and elected in his stead. But this rebuke from
his Democratic friends, or rather their voluntary
desertion Of him and the principles they had in
strucsed him TO act upon, did not for Q moment
cause him TO relax his exertions in favor of the
freedom Of the territories AMI against slave hold
ing despotism. He had fallen victim to the in
huence Of that despotism, and his defeat only
impelled him to make still firmer stand against
t.
"In the spring Of 1884 he was put in nomina
zion for governor BY the free soil democratic con
vsntiou Of the State. then representing party
highly respectable by its numbers, patriotism and
talents; but on the organization of the Republi
can party BY the Jackson convention Of July 8
1854, the former party united with the republi
cans, and both parties put him in nomination fo
governor. He was elected that fall BY m jorit,
Of some 5000 votes and served as governo,
during 1853 and 1885. In 1856 he was re cleo
ted governor and served Is such during 1856.
and 1858 and - the senatorial term of Hon
Charles E. Stuart, of Kalamazoo, Was about Z,
expire, Mr.. Bingham was elecsed to the Unitet
States Senate at the session of 1882 for six year.
from the lth Of March. 1889.
"During his brief senatorial career, in III.
midst Of appalling puolic events, he did not fai
70 exhibit the same steadfase attachment to BIZ
principles that had ever distinguished him; ant
his srdor in promoting every measure to pu
down the present pro slavery rebellion has beer
conspicuous both in and out Of Congress. On,
Of bis sons he sent q volunteer at the FIRST cal
d the President to defend the capital; and had
be supposed that be himself could have bettel
served the cause Of the Union, the cause Of lib
srsy aud good government, by going to the wars
his heroic feelings would have impeIed him t.
mount the breach" The blood of the brav,
Martin Scott ran in his veins, and he seemed Z,
partaks Of the dauntless spirit Of his relatives