Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-03
Geo. ii. PendletOn I'm New York.
Serenade at the New York IaO-
tel--l1e makes n speech.

Hon. GEORGE ii. PENpLEToN 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.. PENDLLToN was introduced by Hon.
JOHN VAN BuREN, when he said:
thank you for this manifestation of your
kind feeling toward myself. | am the more
grateful for it as it comes from men who,
have stood in the fore front of danger, and
perilled their lives for their country. Loud
cheers. | accept it is an evidence of your
confidence in and Of your sympathy with
my devotion to the Union and the Ccnstitu-
tion. Three cheers for George Ii. Pendle-
/ have rarely found it necessary to reply
to any personal attack A friend has lust
handed me pamphlet, which he tells me
has extensive circulation both here and in
the army: 1t processes to be record of
my speeches and votes in Congress, and to
prove from them my hostility to the Repub-
he 1t processes. to be published by the
Union Congressional Committee and to
he compiled from the Congressional Globe,
to W hlch it appeals for its entire accuracy
Nh NV SNN Nhlli puSC vi llldJ pdUlDIllCt i am
charged with having voted against certain
resolutions on the 7th of July, 1864. Now.
! if any of you gentlemen will examine Tile
GfObe, on 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, 1864. Great laughter.
From this specimen of fraud and forgery
leave you to Judge of the credibility of the
whole fabrication,
was born in Ohio I have lived all my
life in the Northwest. | know the senti-
ment of the people. sympathize entirely
with it. They are attached by every tie Of
affection and interest to this Union. Loud
| Cheering.
Unlike New York, they have never known
another Government; they never existed rs
a political community before this Govern
ment was formed, and their hearts cling to
city. Great applause. Unlike you, they
are inland people, chiefly devoted to agrif
culture. As an integral and controlling
portion Of the Union, they have prestige
and power-they fear from disunion, isoa-
ton from the world, and the loss of that
prestige and power. Cheers. Their in
terest 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,
10y conciation 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 Democratic party to pow
er will produce Union. Cheers. They
| halinvo tha r,,li,t- Of tbi,
ward both the Southern and Northern
States is fatal to the Union. I''That's so. -
Gen. Mcclellan, in his Harrison Landing
letter said: "Neither c0nfscdtion Of pro-
pcyty, nor poltjcnl executions Of persons, nor
teritorinl .orga'iz ntioa of .StoteS, nor torci,-
Die abolition Of Storely, should be for one
moment thougM Of" Cheers
i In his letter of acceptance he said: ''The
Union was originally formed by the exercise
of spirit Of concliation and compromise.
To restore and preserve it, 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
answering fidelity to the Union under the
Constitution. Cheers 1t is pledged to
'thc restoration of peace Oh the basis of the
Federal Union Of the States.' Loud ap-
/ plausc.
We believe, nay, We know, that if this
party shall be restored power, if this policy
T shall prevail, the Unnion shall be restored,
+, State after State will return to us, and the
echos Of our rejoicing will come down to us
from the vaults of Heaven itself, in token
that Deity approves that craftsmanship
which tempers all its policy with moderation,
, and Justice, and conciliation." Applause. |
When next ] meet you | hope we may
have already entered on that work. Again,
gentlemen, l thank you for your attention,
and wish you good night. Loud and long
cheers followed the speech.