Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-10-27
GEORGE 4. PENDIEToA in NEW YORK.
serenade az the New York HoteI-He
24 Makes a speech. 8


Hon. GEORGE Fl. PENDLEToN was seren-
AIDED Monday evening at the New York
Hotel by the McCLELLAN Legion, an asso-
citation composed of former soldiers of the
Army of the Potomac. An audience of
several thousand persons having assembled,
Mr.. PENDLEToN was introduced by Hon.
JOHN VAN BUREN, when he said: :n~.ft
thank you for this manifestation ofyour
kind feeling toward myself. am the more
grateful for it as it comes from men who
have stood i'm the fore front of danger, and
perilled their lives for their country. [Loud
cheers.] / accept it as an evidence OF your
confidence in and of your sympathy with
my devotion to the Union and the Consti-
tuition. Three cheers for George ii. PEN
dleton.]
have rarely found it necessary to reply
to any personal attack. A friend has just
handed me a pamphlet, which he tells me
has extensive 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 Repub-
lie. 1t processes to be published by the
'Union Congressional Committee" and to be
compiled from the Congressional Globe, to
which it appeals for its entire accuracy. On
the seventh page of that pamphlet am
charged with having voted against certain
resolutions on the 9TH 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 find that Congress adjourned on the
4th day of July, 1854. [Great laughter. ]
From this specimen of fraud and forgery
1 leave you to judge OF the credibility Of
the whole fabrication.
Twas born in Ohio. have lived all my
life in the Northwest. know the senti-
ment of the people. ! sympathize entirely
with 1t. They are attached by every tie of
affection and Interest to this Union. Loud
cheering.] .,-.
Unlike New York, they have never known
another Governments; they never ex-
listed as political community before this
Government was formed, and their hearts
cling to this Government with indescribable
tenacity. [Great applause.] Unlike you,
they are inland people, chiefly devoted to
agriculture. AS an integral and controlling
portion of the Union, they have pres
tige and power-they fear from dis
union, isolation from the world, and the
loss of that prestige and power. [Cheers.l
Their interest requires that they should
have speedy and easy communication with
the ocean, and this they intend to have both
by the gulf of Mexico and the city of New
| York, by conciliation and in peace If they
can; by all the force and power which
teeming population and fruitful
soil give them, if they must. (Loud cheers
They believe that the first step toward
maintaining the Union is the election OF
| Gen. Mcclellan. Great cheering.] They
believe that the restoration of the Demo-
cratic party to power will produce Union.
1 rfNl..o,., r,hau haliaya tho nOliou Of tbic
| Administration toward both the Southern
and Northern States is fatal to the Union.
f"That's SOIL Gen. Mcclellan, in his Har-
rison Landing letter said: "Neither confsca-
tion of propertn nor political executions ofper-
sons. nor territorial organization Of States NOR
| forcible abolition Of slare,y, should be for one
moment thought Of" (Cheers.]
In his letter of acceptance he said: "The
| Union was originally formed by the exer-
else of a spirit of Cancellation and COM
promise. TO restore and preserve it a like
spirit must prevail in the councils of the
country and in the hearts of the people"
| [Cheers.
The Democratic party is pledged to an
unsweryjng fidelity to the Union under the
Constitution. [Cheers. tits pledged to ''the
restoration of peace on the basis of the
Federal Union of the States" Loud ap-
plause.
We believe, nay, we know, that If this
party shall be restored to power, If this
policy shall prevail, the Union shall be re-
stored, State after State will return to us,
and the echoes of our rejoicing will come
down to us from the vaults of Heaven it
self. in token that Deity approves that
craftsmanship which tempers all its policy
with moderation, and justice, and concilia-
tion. [Cheers.l t''9 .mB Z
When next 1 meet you 1 hope we may
have already entered on that work. Again,
gentlemen, thank you for your attention,
and wish you good night. Loud and long
cheers followed the speech (