Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-11-02
WHERE PBNDLETON STANDS.

The New York Democratic Executive
State Committee have been sounding their
candidate for the Vice Presidency, Mr.. PEN
DLEToN,. only to find that he has not bated
his sentiments, previously expressed, jot
He tells them: Il make no professions OF
new faith-only repeat my reiterated pro
fessions of an old one Mr.. PENDLEToN s
old faith was expressed very freely on the
floor OF Congress, and the following IS a
plain indication of what it was, and what
he says II IS
''rhe South asked you to let them live In
peace But no, you said you would bring
them into subsection. That is not done yet ;
and God Almighty grant that 1t never may
be- I hope that you will never subjugate
the South
In a speech delivered in the House of Rep
resentatives on the 18th Of january, 1861,
he characterized the act of secession as or
degly. and further defed the power of the
government to maintain the Union, in the
following language:
Now, sir, what force OF arms can compel
State to do that which she has agreed to
do? What force Of arms can compel State
to refrain from doing that which her State
government, supported by the sentiment OF
her people, is determined TO preslst IN do
ing? luis provided in the Constitution that
the citizens of every State shall have all the
privileges and immunities Of citizens Of the
several States What force of this Federal
Government can compel the observance OF
that clause, If State Is determined to pass
aud execute the laws whereby citizens OF
other States shall not. have, within its lin
its, the same privilege as its own citizens.
Fearing that this exposition Of his views
might not be sufficiently explicit, he goes
on to say:
'sMy voice to-day is for conciliation; my
voice is tor c6mpromise. | beg of you, gen
tlemen, to hear that voice. Ii you will not ;
If you find conciiiation impossible If yOUr
differences are 50 great that you cannot or
will not reconcile them, then, gentlemen, Jet
the seeding States depart in peace: let them
establish their government and empire, and
work out their destiny according 10 the WIS
dom which God has given them.
In addition to these expressions, we find
hirn vindicating his faith-his ''old faith =
/ byhis votes. Since the beginning Of the
war, in 1861, ne has said no kind word for
country; all his sympathy has been exhaust
ed upon and for the rebels. and he carefully
avoided voting for the pay of a single sol
der who was engaged in the defence of the
flag under which he enjoyed protection.
Can there be any doubt in the minds OF
those who have watched events, that this
man contemplates not simply the surrender
of all the liberty we possess as a republican
Government, but the very existence Of the
nation? Can there be any doubt that he
intends to DO all in his power to transfer
this nation to the hands Of despotism? Can
there be any doubt that the whole move
ment of the unscrupulous demagogues who
met at Chicago intended to place their can
didates in power only for a time-only so
long as would be necessary to make the
treacherous transfer? This was the treason
at its foundation This is the "old faith"
OF PENDLEroN, it is the faith adopted by
Gen. MCCLELLAN The people of these
United States will record their sense of that
odd faith by their exercise of the ancient
method in November.