The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-27
THURSDAY, OCTOBER q, 1864,
Gpargo PendIeton sneaks.

A dispatch from H,.ew York, dated the
I'D inst, says that abe following letter
from HoniGeorges II Pendlston, Demo
cratic catdidaie for viceJfresident, has
Just been received by,s Hon John B.
Haskin, of New ,Aegk, Chairman Of
the Dem6cnnie. Exisoutive Committee
ust md CIrcHSxEs4,i October IT. 1864
y Ny DgkR Sta tll.l have received your
friendly letter iMalignsnt representa-,
tions and fAIsehoSds IRE 80 frequent in
our 'struggles that \ have rarely an
: aertaIten 10 eoTTecJ or refute ihenl
make 10 pfofeslio Of new faith.
ard only repeat my reiterated pr9fes
-ions of an old one, when ! Say there
is no one who eherishes a greater re-
gard FOR the Union, who has higher
sense 81 lis 7liestifnable benefits; who
would more. earnestly labor for It's
restoration, by Ill means which will
effect that end, than myself i.
The Union is the guarantee for peace,
power and the prosperity OF the people;
and no man would deprecate more
heartily, or oppose more persistently,
the establishment Of another Govern
ment over any potion of territory
within its limits
| am in favor OF eracting no cOndi-
tons, insisting upon 40 terms, not pre-
scribed in the Constitution; and ! am
opposed to any course Of policy which
win defeat the establishment Of the
Government upon its old foundations
and in It's territorial integrity.
sh am, very truly yours, &c
GEoRCls II. PENDIETON.
George, up to the late elections, had
maintained y perfect silence. lie had
been placed upon The ticket, because
he had aYowed his willingness 10 allow
the South 10 secede, and had favored
the policy Of bidding them an affec-
Tomato farewell and it was necessary
that be nominated, to conelliate the
Woods, and Yallandigham and Il was
his policy to say nothing The peace
men knew their man, and ii was not
best for him TO eomplieate matters, by
any additional exposition of his views.
But the October elections we're too
much for him he wis telsgraphed to
from New York, thai. all was lost, uns
less something was done; and accord
ingly George, aud Wash Mclean, Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, started for
the east, and wenttO New York, where
consultation vas held and though
the letter was writtea in that city on
the 2ist, It was dated at Cincinnati on
abe lfth. =tarsf
But what Is the burden Of its song ?
A general declaration Of its devotion
TO the Union-the same that he made
in 1861, when he said he desired the re-
turn of the seeded States, but declar-
ed that if they persisted in their de-
termination to faVol,ra separate goys
eminent, then he was 10 favor Of bid
ding them an affeetienate farewell
make no professions of new
faith, says he and now let us see
what was his cd one, to which he refers
with such pride On the 18th of Jan
nary, 1861, he made speech from
which we extract the following
To-day, sir, four States of the Union
have IS far As their power extends, So
coded from IL -Four States, IS far as
they are able, have annulled the grants
OF power made to the Federal Govern
ment, they have resumed the powers
delegated by the Constitution; they
have cancelled, as far as they could,
every Limitation upon the full exercise
of all their sovereign rights; they do
not claim our projection; they seek
none OF the ADVANTAGES OF the confed-
Grafton
| will not pause 20 inquire whether
they have done all things legally or
wisely, or upon sufficient cause Tksy
haze done n and frfraui5c M flct
In another part Of the same speech,
he says
Sir hs ,glsis scAsme Qf eoercioa Is ia
practicable. Il Is c9nGz,y n the genus AID
sp;ra ~ fLs Constitution.
II you will not ig You find ooncilia,
ton impossible; IL your differences are
30 great that you cannot or will not re,
cognize them, a,sH g.,tl,mca. Ia hs 81.
cdfRg States de0arf ~ pace ld them r.
fabl,sh aeir Goesfuaela aRd Empire. aad
1cork OIL thar destiny according 10 dc sriss
dam ,chich God l-as qitea than.
Here. then, are his old profession. "a
which he 50 confidently appeals and
We hope it viii receive careful scru.
tiny from our readers who viii re-
member that he makes no new pro
LESSONS Of faith
Now il IS well known that the rebel
leaders-those who c,,ntrol the armies
have distinctly avoRed, and are con.
sisnily ayowingt that they would not
return 70 the Mon, ,n any terms and
while il may be urged that the people
do not sustain them, we well know
that the latter cannot speak until the
rebel armies are destroyed therefore
more coercion is Necessary in any