, 1864-09-18
!: Geo. II. Pendlaton and bis Disloyal
:. Record.
Extracts from his" Speeches I'm
>C0NErESS- )
ah. f1ADLEToN IN, FAVOR or LETTING TH
RREg14 60 m PEACE.

En-. rrap1s7on III. FAVOR or LETTING Tn,
RRRE18 60 m PEACE q.
80" ny. Chairman: l say sggatn thst' my coo
etlta.nts .re 10 -tav6r Of conci!tataon tue,
nc nc nnn ~ .ayor of peace They 'oys tns uuiot
est4oIe, they ~nns 1t In poact. P<ace nae1
ptes.rve ttis :ooverumcnt; .pc.se @sy ~
eoostttet this Union; peace will p.eacFet
r. assoofh'p ann etye us IN opportunity toi
1 sc's o. II ci. roc-f 6tauhtss 1nd good wLa.
oese southern 8Izteo cannot oe co1oiltRtef'i
hearts u gF!tt their reu1andst Il they mus.
!e.st Tue family mansion, Z taoxH ~ das'
MeT dtpa'ture hy sokens ri tsp< I .oosta 6sa
nr.n jcTeto|n 70 s:de'ly taot fhtv nosad fo7tes1
os 1onshed hgths TxetRier('o" efu; aud II, IN the
V,cesitudse OF their eepaTate exIstsoce, th.y
| snould desire to cone tcgesbet Slth as kxatn
/ 10 obe common govern uent. thsrs should DC
70 pride to oe h1miiiated, theirs should be No
F Wound tb1,cted from my haud to be hoa1-d.
Ihty should come and bc we1comefto the
p!act they now occupy "-Ac Fstdlssan'a
-xJ.teh. Jan. IS. 1851, Appendix to Iopg. Gl,be,
41o ts19., I'd .es@, p1ge u. 80 =.
Ibis rus before the rebels fred on Fort
euntrr. Two years later, VIZ. on the Stst
OF January, 1868, Mr., Pendlrson announced
ut n'a o. tinion had undergone no change,
81 fullo~s:. :. 80, =, -.
~ ax,d two yeb1s ago on: thla .aooF, that
.armies. money, wss, cannot m&tossla this
.sss.od i tnen; fhaps baieasd 4 satrv noats 1t
tsaoe; bstaese It 1sop. No event Of the Psst
Two 1eara has for q moment hhaGta my
u lsth"-co"g.: COR, s7t" co'g' Sd At'' 'pags
, NE. pKxp1EroH l. srATE: R1duTa MAN.
"But, t,r, pass to another consideration
ian, one oftht~e who. still lupe for u rea-
tdIation Of the Unlon-nct the unity OF our
ttltitUry on1y, but The mRlnteuapce Of tho
ULton under tha Constitution. hope taas
we may maintain thv integrity OF cur ysteln
OF governmsnt-the SYSTEM Of contedsrs.
t.on-ihe system whose foundation Is Ssite
Rights. The Constitution is Compact OF
government m, dc BY .oes,etgn Stskes, which
Rtslgns to this Federal Government fts DO e.
tIs .nu duties, and reserves Ill others to the
States and peupae: Its foundation IL, that
all power lot granted is rcaeeved-elt do
t,es Iot specifically enjoined are forbidden,
The duties Of the Federal Gove.nment nre
few and slmtle. They relate TO ioreIxn nf-
fsiEs and matters Of general aud universal
fnteret Its powers were intended to he
hunted a1eo- To the States we're committed
all matters Of local concern and tue care OF
tie rigtts and liberties u ali their citizens.
Tnett reserved powers were consequently
very large. Our fathers thought thus the
very hidden secret OF their ssatem. They
.thou. hs they had discovered, ia this toe
phi,osophtTs stone Of government And 80
they bad. 1t Was the beauty aud the .pfjde
of our eyssem- It secursd to us liberty; it
.secuted to Us prosperity; it SECURED 10 Us
-. -. LIT gs5 5peo .us example OF aay
.ha1, - 20 a har! uyu1 ~ "as apaaooneo;
nnss .aso h,,t n1'e 1au ~ar, ano m5sefs, aud
saa ~ 1sfs s9tosa ~ ~. 3moxson* .s;1I
Lit stss., f4ayc 60l.
tl,nw IL !. ,s,h;an ~. ~ So"as =. q otats Egnts.
!, 800 ~ ~ tssnaoa ole to1sy % oeaonacs
tts hny" ~ n1;E u naa oeaa d'mlc"
.S .sneo ~ p4ous uluo anq kooWs also,
waneo, and want & Sar%oay @ we saoop %, pntbs rba
States 1ncscaeed."-.Kr. I4ndeko4,x s1sech.
june Is, 1861. Hid, pagc 8 QrS
uR ptsn,proN ava Tne T,r,r1 -
~. anS fLofLE CAhSoF
AAhSn =. Tue 10 4s 70 ABOLISH
e.A'sai.
''Ihe Federal Government has power over
the reiat1o1 OF toe States with foreign NJ.
ttons, snd The relations OF the States u be-
tween and amopg themselves It has NO
State. This principle was ~ familiar AZ
beuteho1d w6Ids three pears ago. Every
power delegated TO tho Federal Gogeranout.
rtlatts eitler to tle international or the
Inter Stale relations OF the United States.
Eytry poWer prohibited to the States off,tts
the Fame relations, and them only. The do
nestle internal ataiR Of State, having no
connection with the Federal Government, or
with foreign nations, or with the otner
states, are Feservtd to the absolute,;. excsu-
sive sovereign power ct the States respect
lvels, ana 10 the people thereof. The other
states are not affected By them, and have no
intertss In them The Federal Government
bus no cognlzance Of them. The power<or
amendmtnt which 4a confined to sutre-
fourths Of the States does not reach tbem.
FOR the power to regulate them, but is um-
lied to the snbjec.s and po mers delegated to