The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-15


is hard to believe. Mr.. Pendleton was in the
centre Of all the cayalcades, coon conventions,
and drunken orgies which disgraced Hamilton
county, demoralized society, and debased the
character of civilized man; and It IS difficult to /
believe tand almost inecOncilably SOY that he I
could have known nothing Of the frauds and the I
means by which his election was TO be secured. I
Mr. Pendleton is in dilemma; he may hang
10 which horn he pleases, or on whichever his
friends please 10 hang aim. He must either stand
charged with jdckassicdl stupidity, which, if true
rendered him unfit for l seat IN this hall, as the
representative of any party, or anybody even the
eut-ihroats thieves, aud ruffians of Kentucky: or
on the ether hand, if he knew of, and participa-
ted in, the frauds by which he was elected, OF
gave countenance TO them, or aided them by pc
cuniary means, he was unfit TO hold aplace here
OF elsewhere, except OH the gibbe;s due to the
traitors, or in a cell within the gloomy walls ofa
penitentary, due TO perjury. | invent nothing;
have presented the egdence as il came TO me
--as | received it from the highest tribunal in
our State. draw no other conclusions than ev-
cry person, bound and governed by correct prin-
ciples of morality and patriotism, must draw.
For myself, declare, in presence of my Maker
and this assembly, TO whom am responsible
NA~A~1 3Ad ~ WAOIli must dlSNST DGICuliSI IOL
every idle and profane word spoken, that know
OF no crime or crimes in my State which would
consgn me, hand-cuiEed and shackled, to the
pententiary and 10 entcrnal infamy, in the com
mission of which would feel more degraded in
the estimation of man, more wounded in my own
conscience, and more offensive before God, thar
those by which believe Mr. Pendleton held s
seat in this hall. mean the crimes of bribery
and treason by which his certificate was purcha
sed, and perjury which was committed in The oatl
which he took at the threshold of his represen-
tatiye duties, to support the constitution, which
constitution he violated by taking his seat here
and which he continued to violate every minute
every moment-whe he occupied It. Still
Of all this, repeat, MI. Pendleton may have beer
innocent. 1t is not for me TO Judge. nor do
feel at liberty to judge. Human Judgment,
suppose, is voluntary act, and the power unde
our control; or why should the Supreme Judg,
of the universe have ordered us to sjudge no
lest &c be Judged" knowledge is founded OF
the evidence of things seen, and therefore is no
to be controlled by either the mind or the will
Faith and belief are conclusions we draw from
the evidence Of things not seen, and are rresis
table. Faith and belief are not controlled by tn
will, hence the maxim, Sue are bound 10 Geliepe'
SO it is with those who Witnessed the electio
the election frauds of 1910, in Hamilton county
TO secure the certificate of election to Mr.. Pendle
ton. They are bound, irresistbly, to believe tha
he had some hand in them, and consequent
guilty to the same extent of the moral and polt
cal crimes which have attached to him, or an
one holding seat here under such circumstance
Let no one charge me with taking adyantag
parliamentary privilege, or of the high mour
tains, broad valleys, and wide rivers which seve
hundred miles distance interposcs between m
and Mr.. Pendleton and his friends. have take
no such advantage. | hold myself responsible
in my individual capacity for all | say here G
elsewhere, whether in a private or representatiy
capacity; and moreover, | repeatedly, and to as
sembled hundreds, and assembled thousands, j
every part of Hamilton county, and within hca1
ing Of Mr.. Pendeton's door, (f not in his pres
ence, it was because he would not come TO bea
me,) )made all the charges, and in as strong term,
and with similar language as am now doing
both against Mr.. Pendeton and his active part
sans; and shall continue to do SO at home an
elsewhere, so long as the crimes, frauds, bribe
Tes, troasons, and corrupons Of lS40 shall site
to his and their SKIRTS and cover their entire cal
casscs. fear no accountability; : speak nothip
but the truth; | have the ability to maintain i
SSIi9''tu-ALbS
and the whole truth, and they know will spea
it so as to be understood No speech or sayin
OF mine shall ever loose force, if it have any
from want ofstrong language; | Ike to call thing
by their proper names.
Mr.. Speaker, was as much the legal and cor
stitutional representative of the people of III
first Congressional district in the 9th Congres
as am Of this. was elected in lS40bv a ms
&c tb,y,E Il
.tersgf that district, and yet the returns shove
majority against me of one hundred and sixt
votes, such were the numbers of imported votel
such the number Of pipelayers, such tn
frauds This statement may be called bold;
SO, there is not an intelligent and true democrs
in Hamilton county, but what will make or er
dorse it. | make it as well from conscientiou
belief, as knowledge of its truth This know
edge and belief with me, is founded on fact
that came under my own knowledge and observe
tion--on tho facts which this journal disclosel
small part of which has been read to YOU. 0
the fact that, prior to the dsy Of election severe
of the wards in the city of Cincinnati were poled
every whg and democratic voter having a riel]
70 vote was counted by committee for that pu
pose; and in every ward which was polled, th
ballot-box showed the democratic vote 10 be a
most precisely what the poll had shown IT, but i
every ward the ballot-box showed an increase {
wing votes, over that polled, from fifty to tw
hundred and fifty. In 1910, there were but fe,
changes in Hamilton county: some who acte
with the democratic party tuned to the whig side
some who acted with the wings turned to the dt
mocratic side. Ibelieve the majority of change
were in favor ofthe democracy But little wa
gained to either party by changes. But as
your attention 10 another fact in support of tn
assertion, and that is this---that in the last col
gressional contest, the democratic majority W,