Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1871 — Michigan Republicanism. [ARTICLE]

Michigan Republicanism.

The following are the resolutions adopted by the recent Michigan Republican State Convention .- HfiuAred, That u the Republican party proved a good party In time of war, and with fidelity, con.tancy ana unshaken courage auatalned’ the government and the cause of civil liberty In the dark days of the rebellion, until peace and freedom were secured to the country, so It has proved a good party In time of peace, reconstructing the rebellious States in the interest of freedom, maintaining inviolate the public faith, establish ng the equality of all men before the law, aud administering the government In such a manner as to beat promote the general good. Jlnoired, That we have full faith and confidence in the wisdom, prudence and ability of our great leader, Ulysses 8. Grant, and we point to his administration of the National Government, reducing taxation and the public debt. wlth pleasure and pride, as worthy of his great fame as a soldier and statesman. Tfwbvd. That we Insist upon a high-minded, intelligent, Independent judiciary; Judges that are above suspicion, and who will stand as a wall of defense tor the protection of the just rights of the humblest man in all the land, and we point to the candidate of this convention for tne office of Judge of the Supreme Court as a man eminently fitted by his great legal acqurements, hie purity of character, and his acknowledged ability, as one worthy to wear the ermine of the highest Judicial tribunal of the State. Jietolcfd, That we appeal to the people of this Commonwealth to stand whose wise and prudent administration of Its affairs the State has grown with unexampled pros-la-ritv ■ the narty that has fostered, sustained, and supported its humane and educational inetltut and is fast making the State one of the foremost of the states of the American Union.