Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-11-02
George H. Pendleton in New York.
sERENADE AT THE NEW YORK HoTEL-HE
MAKES A SPEECH.

Hon. GEORGE Fl. PENDLETON was
serenaded Monday evening at the New
York Hotel by the Mcclellan Legion, an
association composed of former soldiers
of the Army of the Potomac. An audi
ence of several thousand persons having
assembled, Mr.. Pendleton was introduced
by Hon. John Van Buren, when be said 4:
I 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 pcriIled their lives for their
country. [Loud cheers I accept it as
an-eyidence of your confidence in and of
your sympathy with my devotion to the
Union and the Constitution Three
cheers for George H. Pendleton.
I have rarely found it necessary to re-
ply 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. It processes to be a
record of my speeches and votcsin Con
gress. and to prove from them my hostiIi-
tv to the Republic. 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 1 am charged with
having voted against certain resolutions
on the 7th Of July, 1854. Now, if any
of you gentlemenwiH examine The Globe
or the file of any daily newspaper ofyouI
CITY, or willeven tax his recollection, be
will find that Congress adjourned on the
4tb day of July, 1854 [Great daughter,
From this specimen of fraud and forgery
I leave you to judge Of the eredibility o.
the whole fabrication
[ was born in Ohio. I have lived al
my life in the Northwest I know the
sentiment of the people. l sympathizt
entirely with it. They are attached by
every tie of affection and interest to thin
Union. Loud cheering
Unlike New York, they have nevel
known another Government; they never
existed as a political community before
this Government was formed, and theil
hearts cling to this Government with in
describable tenacity. [Great applause.
Unlike you, they are inland people, chief
IIy devoted to agriculture. As an integ
raj and controlling portion Of the Union
they have prestige and power-they feal
from disunion, isolation from the world
and the loss of that prestige and power
ITCheers.7 Their interest requires tha
they should have speedy and easy com
munication with the ocean, and this they
intend to have both by the gulf Of MeZi
co and the city OF New 1ork, Dy cohclIl
alton and in peace if they can; by all th'
force and power which a teeming Popula
tiop and a fruitful soil give them, if the!
must. TLoud cheers. They believe tina
the first step toward maintaining thu
Union is the election of Gen. Mcclellan
| TGreat cheering.1 They believe that thu
restoration of the Democratic party tt
power will produce Union. Cheers +
They believe the policy of this Admins
tration toward both the Southern ant
Northern States is fatal to the Union
T"That's so.'l Gen. Mcclellan in hi
Harrison Landing letter said: " Ae'he
eomfsoqtion Of pr psrty nor fsrritori't or
qrnizotiors ot States, nor f,rci6le a6o'd.O'
ofslavery should be ff,r one naoDaeRttho1j4
f." [Cheers.]
In his letter Of acceptance he said :
f." The Union was originally formed b,
the exercise of spirit Of Cancellation su'