The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-10-26
The Record OF Hon. George H. Pen.
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The Record OF Hon. George H. Pen
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Attic extra session in July, 1851, whe
Congress was discussing the question q
increasing the Regular Army, and author
izing the President to call out unlimite
numbers of volunteers, MI. Pendleton said
| desire. sir, to vote for all measure
asked for to enable the government (,
maintain its honor and dignity, which maj
be sanctioned by the Constitution and BY
| any reasonable demand of the necessity o
the case. will heartily, zealously, gladly
support any honest effort to maintain thu
Union and renvigorate the ties that bind
these States together. But, sir, am not
willing to vote for more men or more money
than It can fairly use; more than Gen,
Scott, who advises and controls the admin.
istration, tells US he thinks necessary.
Neither will I vote for an increase of the
Regular Army, for this uprising of the
people of the North shows that our brave
and noble volunteers are ready and able to
do the work now to be done, better than
regulars can. And the only necessity OF
increasing the Reglar Army now is to give
patronage and power to the administration
in the appearance Of officers ~
Neither sir, will vote for bills of indem.
nifty to the President; for bills which are
not intended to relieve the country from its
difficulties, but to cover the acts and doings
Of the administration from fair investigation
and honest judgment. Nor will vote for
tie suspension of those laws for the pro-
lection Of personal liberty, which the Pres.
ident tells us were passed in too great ten.
derness of the rights of citizens. Nor will
| close my lips, lest may spesk Of usurpa.
tons, or corrup.ions and abuses, which are
said to be right in this city now, and lest
the government may be thereby weakened
Sir, let the government depend for its
strength upon the integrity Of its motives
and its adherence to the Constitution.
will vote for none of these measures: but
! will 90 what is fairly necessary to give
the administration power to maintain the
government, and prevent disaster to its flag.
Mr.. Pendeton always manifested deep
interest In the welfare of the volunteers Of
his own State, particularly, and Of those Of
the whole army generally. At the extra
session, he offered this resolution, which
was adopted, placing officers of volunteers
on the same footing as to pay with officers
Of regulars:
Resolusd, That the committee on military
affairs be instructed into the expediency Of
providing by law that officers of volunteers
shall! be entitled to receive their pay accord
ing to the same rules and times Of payment
as officers in the regular service.
On the 18th Of July he introduced bill
for the relief Of the volunteers of Ohio which
gave rise to much discussion, and which he
ably carried through. ..
On the 3lst Of July, 1861, be offered the
following: ..ara.- ear
Resotued, That, under the Constitution,
the rights, powers, and duties. of all the
States Of the Union are equal; that the
Union is founded on this equality; that in
order to maintain the Constitution and the
Union this equality must be preserved
that every honest effort to perpetuate the
Union must be made in accordance with
the Constitution, and with purpose to
maintain this equality that an attempt on
the part Of the Federal Government to sub
jugate any Of the States, and hold them as
territories or provinces, or in any position
inferior to that of any other State, or to in
tertere with their State Governments, or
with their domestic institutions, or to abol.
ish or interfere with slavery within their
limits, would be an attempt to destroy this
equality, and would. if successful, subvert
the Constitution and the Union.
Resolred, Therefore, that by the House
Of Representatives, that Congress does
hereby solemnly declare that hostilities
against the so.called Confederate States
shall be so prosecuted as to enforce obedi.
ence to the obligations of the Constitution,
and the laws passed in accordance there
with; and that they shall not be SO prose.
cuted as to reduce to position Of inferiority
any Of the States, or to interfere with their
State Government, or to abolish slavery
within their limits.