Telegram-herald., 1890-10-10

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TIE uss1o.t EEes Press > engaged q
a sasale-sss Aslaek upon Jzmes Il.
TuEDes, "a tae Interests of +. B. Wlaans
for Governor. As oglea zs Il publishes
sonle ls 2boQs TaFnsT i incaiges ln
plzuEadss OF eneomiam tor Msnans.
It's interest la Wlaans. Il not basel
upon. = - least intensified b gae fSe.
that Maaas i = man after - oWa
heAsI-A Bourbon. coppsrhead, 1Ee-in-
the-rear Democrat.
A correspondence of the Ionis Sentinel.
whom ue know ana can youch for. has
looked up WinAns' legislative record
during the stirring days Of the war.
That alone IS Sufficient 10 damn him in
the eyes Of every patriot. lie stamped
himself as traitorous eoppeFhead, one
of the kind that has never asked for
giveness aad never ought 70 be for
gwen. Here Is the record:
During the legislative session Of lS6S
= resolution expressive OF the LOYALTY OF
the state or Michigan and us determln-
alton "a uphold tile efforts OF President
Lincoln III pressing the war Tor the
union. and also commenting ms eman-
clpatl0n proclamation and expressing
the hope that the death knell OF Afrl-
can slavery ia the United States had
been sounded, VAS presented by Mr..
Mason or Detroit and adopted by 4
vote Of 6S 10 80; and the name OF l..
b. NlnanS was recorded IN the mega
tive on the adoption of said resolution.
Further, n substitute for the above
resolution WAS offered. which de-
nounced the President for his high
| handed and daring assumption of
power and accused him of a degree
OF remorseless cruelty, more betting
the character Of Turkish desp0t, than
a President of the American Republic,
and which declared the emancipation
| proclamation unauthorized by the
| Constitution and laws of the land. and
| is, as a war measure, not only unwise,
but, IN its natural tendency, of the
most evil and perniclous consequences
/ This resolution WAS lost 10y vote of 2S
| To 90. +. b. Winans voted III favor Of
| the same.
1.-The record Of these resolutions will
| be found IN full IN the House Journal
| for 1868. pages 4s6 onward.
"Of course the latter resolution also
/ contained some platitudes for the gal
| liant patriotic Michigan soldiers, though
the authors were at the same time and
IN the same document doing what the
Free Press was then dolng-openlng a
vigorous fire IN the rear upon our Union
soldiers.
"There were a number of resolutions
pro and con. offered and voted on dur
| ing the momentous times of 1858, and
| the vote Of h. b. Winans, now Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, will be
| found recorded in every case upon the
side most calculated to cheer and com
fort our erring brethren in the South"
This charge does not rest upon any
trumped up aft dsvts or whlms of dis.
charged employees, but upon his own de-
hberate votes as officially recorded.
Mr.. Winans insulted the head of the
nation, President Lincoln, who was do
ing his duty in the suppression of
traitors like Wlnans and he protested
against freeing the slaves from Demo
cratic shackles. Why? Because his
subservience to Southern Democrats ex-
ceeded his patriotism. He loved the
South more than the North. He loved
JEFF Davis and his reasonable gang
more than Lincoln and his patriotic fo.-
lowers. Tie loved slavery more than
equal rights. But, withal, he had not
the honest courage of his convictions to
supplement his faith with his works and
assist his Southern friends in their
struggle. Now he, like all the copper
head crew, kept out of reach OF
Northern bullets and remained at home
and growled. Such man never can be
Governor of Michigan. The "boys in
blue will see to that.