The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-10-10
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HIS. RECORD As STATE sENA.
TOR.
HOW HE VOTED ON JOINT RES
oLUTIoNs ON THE STATE
OF THE UNION.
HE VOTED AGAINST ALLOWING
SOLDIERS To VOTE.
How Hs Favored Descrsion and En-.
courased Benniy jumping.
a GOOD RECORD ron nEPUnLr.
To READ.
HE VOTED AGAINST ALLOWING
SOLDIERS To VOTE.

GOOD RECORD ron HEPUnLI.
To READ.
1t is q bad thing for a Democrat to
have record. The record that Dem.
ocrats have, 10 not calculated to win
Republican votes, aud il is on Repub-
lean votes that Democrats must win,
II they win at all. A little Of the past
record OF John ]. Robinson, Democrat
ic candidate for Congress in this dis
trict, will not have q tendency to win
him Republican votes, especially
among those Republicans who sci Ted
IN the field as soldiers.
HE DID NOT WANT SOLDIERS To VOTE.
John j. Robinson, who now asks Re-
publican votes to elect him to Con-
gress. was n member Of the State Sem
ate from Washtenaw county in 1854
During that session the ''bill to enable
the qualified electors OF this State, ia
the military service to vote at certain
elections, commonly known as the
Soldiers Voting Law, was introduc-
cd. On the third Of February, 1864,
the bill passed.
The vote on the bill stood nineteen
yeas to ten nays. and recorded among
ths hoys pd' The name Of JOHN >
ROBLSON.
How do Republicans like that rec
ord
HR INSULTS SOLDIERS.
But this is not all. A Democratic
Senator, Gidley, moved To aLlend the
title 30 as to make il read as follows:
"a bill to teach our soldiers in the
field their political duty. our people a
disregard Of constitution and law, and
To make our election farce"
This deliberate and studied insult TO
the soldiers was too strong for the
stomachs OF the respectable Democrats
in the Senate, aud the vote against the
passage stood twcnty-one to-seyen.
But among the seven who voted for
this insult to the soldiers, is found the
name OF John j. Robson.
How do Republicans, aud especially
soldiers, like this record
We quote from the Senate Journal
OF Feb. "a, 1868, at which time John J.
Robson, now Democratic candidate
for Congress from this district, repre-.
sented Washtenaw county in the State
Senate.
On that day was passed a joint reso-
luton on the state OF the Union, which
had been introduced in the House, and
had previously passed that body. The
resolution passed the Senate by q vote
OF eighteen TO nine, and among the
nine voting "No" was John j. Robi-
son, Democratic candidate Tor Con-
gress from this district In order that
our readers may see the style OF reso-
luton that John J. Robson, in 1863.
1ast a vote against. We quote it AZ fol-
lows:
Resolved by the Senate and House
OF Representatives OF the State OF
Michigan, That we will sustain the
National administration with all the
means in our power, in all its efforts 10
quell the present rebellion, and restore
peace TO the Union.
John j. Robson Voted No.
Resolved, That we unreserve1ly APP
prove the proclamation OF the United
States, issued on the first day of Janu-
sry, 1853, emancipa'ing slaves in the
Union, believing /. g. g ~ At Of jus
tice warranted by the evas.. gtion up
on military necessity.
John J.. Robson Voted No.
Resolved, That while we lament the
gallant dead who Lave given their
lives for their country, and mourn over
the appalling sacrifices OF blood and
treasure which this war has already oc-
cssioned, We nevertheless rejoice that
through the mad and guilty act of the
Southern conspirators, that wicked aud
bartarious institution Of African sla.
very will receive its death blow; and as
lovers of humanity and Christisn civil
lizstion, we hail this great consumma-
tion with exceeding Joy, not as a cause
for the proclamation OF the President,
but as IA benefcent consequence which
must flow from il.
We ask from all who believe that
slavery was crime and nm evil, the
careful persual Of the above resolution.
We ask every colored man in the dis.
trict 10 read il. aud then remember,
John J.. Rebison Voted No.
Resolved, That We are unalterably
opposed 10 any terms Of compromise
and accommodation with the rebels,
while under arms, and acting in hos
tIiiiy to the government Of the Union,
aud on this We express but one senti.
inent--unconditionnl submission and
obedience 10 the laws aud constitution
! Of the Union.
! For this resolution also We ask q
careful perusal. How any man who,
in 1868. believed in the sentiments set
forth 10y the resolution, can. in 1876.
vote for John j. Robson, we arc at a
loss 10 imsgine. for IL must be remem-
bered that, according to the record, on
this resolution,
John j. Robson Voted No.
| ANOTHER JOINT RrsoLUrIoS.
On the 10th Of March, 1868. another
| Joint resolution on the state of the
Union passed the State Senate, by a
vote Of IL to II, and among the eleven
voting No, appears the name Of John
J. Robson, now Democratic candidate
for Congress from this district.
Some portions Of this joint resolu.
tion were identical with that quoted
above. Some other portions we quote
as follows:
WuEREAs, The existing rebellion, in
the strength, extent and ferocity, in its
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