The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-04
Speech Of Hon. George h. Pen
dletOn.

Hon. GEO. 81. PRNDLBroE, the Demo-
cratic candidate for the Vice Presidency,
arrived in New York last Monday after
noon. He was serenaded on that evening
at the New York Hotel, by the Mcclellan
Legion, an association composed of SOL
diers who have served in the Army of the
Potomac.
Hon. JOHN VAN buren, then introduced
Mr.. PENDLEToN to the audience in the fol-
lowing words:
FELLOW CITIZENS: Allow me to present to
you George II. Pendleten. gentleman Of high
which has gained vigcr by being transplanted
by the rich and virgin soil of the Northwest
Cheers. We of New York welcome him
now as bearing aloft with Gen. Mcclellan ire
mendous cheering" three cheers tor the
Union" the standard of conservatism of the
Union and of the Constitution. When the
polls close in November we will greet him as
the Vice President elect of the United States.
A gentleman cried: 81 propose three
cheers for George II. Pendleton" They
were gwen with tremendous force Voice,
"GOd bless him.
Mr.. Pendleton came forward and spoke
as follows:
MR.. PKNDLEToN'S srEECH.
I thank you for this manifestation Of your
kind feeling toward myself. / am the more
grateful for it as it comes from men who have
stood in the fore front of danger and periled
their lives for their country Loud cheers.
l accept it as an evidence of your confidence
and of your sympathy with my devotion 70
the Union and the Constitution. Three cheers
for George II. Pendeton.
have rarely found it necessary to reply to
any personal attack friend has Just handed
MAJ nv h nt u-ht oh, h0 fDIc hoe
sive circulation both here and in the army. 1t
processes to be a record of my speeches and
votes in Congress, and to prove from them my
hostility to the republic 1t processes to be
published by the Union Congressional Com
mittee, end to be compiled from the Congress
accuracy. On the seventh page OF that pamph.
let l am charged with having voted against
certain resolutions on the eth Of july 1864.
Now if any Of you gentlemen will examine the
Globe, or the file of any daily newspaper of your
city, or will even tax his recollection, he will
July, 1864 Great laughter. From this spe-
cimen of fraud and forgery leave you to judge
of The credibility of the whole fabrication.
Laughter and applause
was born in Ohio. l have lived all my life
| in the Northwest. | know the sentiment of
the people. | sympathize entirely with it.
| They are attached by every tie of affection and
| interest to the Union. Loud cheering.
| Unlike New York, they have never known
another government; they never existed as
| political community before this government
| was formed, and their hearts cling to this gov
| eminent. Great applause. Unlike you they
| are an inland people, chiefly devoted to agr-
culture. As an integral and controlling por-
zion and power; they fear from disunion, iso-
lation from the world, and the loss of that pres
| tige and power. Cheers. Their interest re-
qaires that they should have speedy and easy
communication with the ocean, and this they
intend to have both by the Gulf of Mexico
ton and in peace if they can, by all the
force and power which q teeming population
and fruitful soil give them if they must
Loud cheers. They believe that the first
step toward maintaining the Union is the elec
ton of Gen. Mcclellan. Great cheering
They believe that the restoration of the DEM
ocratic party TO power will produce Union.
Cheers. They believe the policy of this adj
ministration toward both the Southern and
Northern States is fatal to the Union. That's
| sou Gen. Mcclellan in his Harrison Landing
letter said Neither contiscation of property,
nor political executions of persons nor TERRI
torial organization of States nor forclole abo-
lition of slavery, should be for one moment
thought Of" (Cheers.
| In his letter of acceptance ne SAID The
| Union was originally formed by the exercise of
a spirit of Cancellation and compromise. To
restore and preserve it Ike spirit must pre-
vail in the councils of the country and in the
hearts of the people," Cheers.
The Democratic party is pledged to an UNI
stitution. Cheers 1t is pledged to "the
restoration Of peace on the basis Of the federal
nnion of the States" Loud applause
We believe, nay, we know, that if this party
shall be restored to power, if this policy shall
prevail, the Union shall be restored State
after State will return to us, and the echoes of
onr rejoicing will come down to us from the
vaults of Heaven itself, in token that Deity an
proves that craftsmanship which tempers all
it's policy with moderation, and Justice, and
Cancellation. Cheers.