Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-09
RICHMOND w HIG.
MONDAY MORNING.........OCT. 9, 1865.
lIR. PENDLEToNS SPEECH AT SPOT
SYLVANIA, ON THE SECOND OF OC7O.

BER.
Mr. P. addressed In a speech Of near two hour=
| q large and attentive audience. lie called the
attention OF all pers present 10 the fact that he
would DaEe no reference 10 the positions or Opia.
| i'm J. The merits or demeriis Of any pers who
was candidate fer the district. He did so ss the
| only means by which no could protect himself
| against the foul and Infamous aspersions which
at every appearance on his part in the canvass,
| Except a. Goochland) he had On nwittingy evoked
from The N serabe agents who had been bought
| up from the debris Of the vanquisEed and unhappy
| ConfederEcy u be the fitting instruments OF ca.
| lumny and falsehood in behalf Of the worst men
| oil the worst party that had yer appeared in
American politics. Of COuIse, he would make no
issues with such characters. De Intended only to
brand their falseLOcds IL appropriate terms, in
relation 10 some few points on which It was
proper he should be distinctly understopd.
! A paper in Richmond, described in the North az
| the I" trHe organ" Of the Union party" repre-
sented7tbat he, or. P. was certainly the enemy
Of Andrew JohD-on- a. least affirmed substan.
tally as much. This fa!sehood was not published
| by mistake, for the man who uttered u says he
was present at M P.'s speech in Richmond, and
| |. he speaks the truth 8s 10 beng present. he
| he lrd precisely the contrary.
| Mr.. Pendleton said on that 3ccasio1 emphaticai
| y, that he believed hr. Johnson intended fairly
and patiiot.cally to do ful justice to the South
and that he, Mr.. p expected to give his a.iminis
I
the same spirit of ss he had seen or heard Of
Governor Peirpoint. So much FOR tie truth of
that allegation. As for the ,th, Er. ?. - speech
in Ric. moHd had oeen carefully rep.rted in the
Whig of the next day, and vas in tie 70 lowing
words: In re pect 70 the oath o. office he said
that he desired TO he very explicit, and 10 be
perfectly understood by every man in the district
He thought it was q wretched pccy on the part
Of the outside St.;e5-tbeir existence depending
on an early admission to The ip-ite to fend To
Washington delegation whose chief qualiice,
ton coDsis ed in readiness TO submit to aDv
terms c)nqueFoc may hnpDss-tO submit Is not
the right word; that is inevitable perhaps. but TO
court and solicit continuation Of policy which
excludes from the National Legislature almost
every man who has really any qualification for
such place, at any ene, and especially ri such
q time as this.
"To fette- their own delegation with unnecessary
restrictions and eX Xlored pledges is obviously
bad policy. IL is as il sending negotators upon
mission aim st hopeless, with instructions in
their pockets to surrender at discretion. Not
do think" said Mr.. Pendleton II believe the
objectionable oath may and will be modified if
tie Southern States will senl men able and
willing TO make manifest tie rIpriety of such
modification and the nationality Of such police.
and not pick up de egates upon tie snge and eX
elusive ground that they c'n take any oath, aud
for seat in Congress will take any oath.
81 am not referring to Gny OF that c OVID OF eau.
third district; for really, / am not aware of any
lawful impediment to tas taking OF the oath in
the case Of any one Of hem and il there was
should ertlinly take no advantage of it.
Il can afford TO speak thus, for, suppose II there
is q respectable man sOuth ~ the Potomac who
can take the oat5 ] can nor had ever doubt
on that subject, AZ to my own case--especislly
since nv neighbOT, the Hon. John Il. Bolts, has
announced what will be respected generally as
the true and catholic exposition Of the joint reso-
luton as il stands III which he m''nyains that
to succor q wounded or suffering solder is not
crime Intended 10 bo punished "a that act for he
has eucn done so mach himSclt. agree with Mr..
Bolts on that point, but dissent totally from all the
fyregoipg part of his letter. 1 re lsrd the Joint
Resolution, as in all respects, most palpaole vio
laticn Of the letter and spirit Of the Constitution
81 assume that NJ, Bolts opinion will be &C.
cepted as it was iOroier.y, and with ell due deco
rum, solicited by Isl Of most respe table gen.
tlemen--and with pTomptness and precision
which shsmes the muGiIdery Of the Delphi Oracle,
was it given, not FOR The benefit alone OF the wCr-
thy gcnt!en en- who sought Information, but was
published th;t all might profit thereby
AS far ss it applies 70 my own case laccept 1t
and when the time comes, meaning to act with
the best men of the South. (Which section is alone
concerned IN the question: u any such are ait0lred
10 be elected, will lake it or not take H. ss is
most cxpedienr in my Judgment at the time"
Mr.. Pendleton said that lie had known Mr..
Johnson for twenty years, and Mr.. Johnson kuew
him. and he had no hesitation in saying that
thousand sucn witnesses could mike no impres.
sion on his mind against J thing that he, Mr..
P, assertei-thst the President was an expert
enced and sagacous man. and was sure to hold
such cattle at their proper valuation.
Another ialsehood was that Nj Peadet0n re.
ioced in the death Of some officers gho had
plundered and robbed and ins1lted him and his
fsmly; and regarded Il as 2 special inlerposjt!on
Of Providence that they fell in the irst fight.
The man answers hs OAn calumny in the sane
breath in which be uttered i when he says hr.
Penieton diacla!Dls any belief 10 special Yr3pt-
dences.
MIR. Pead.eton affirmed that il vss an unnliu
gated and impuGen. ial.thOod--fOr that he had
Kind feelings for two Of the generals referred to-
and though he does not dId Mt particularly al.
mre Cr profess 20 admire orrespecl lAe two others
he neyei dreamed of fe,lmg, much less Of profess
ing TO feel qualification at rheir PERSONAL mi;for
tune. His own heart is Incapable Of such fealiog,
even towards the hirelilg iaisiher he referred
10 for If that fellow had reached the natural end
of his career q the hands Of either OF the late
parties TO the civil war, he ar. p, would not he
amused at even his agonies whether he suffered
by the fundamentally OF the civil or military
forms of criminal justice.
IN relation to that eminent stitesmaI who Is
the confessed leader Of the blocksr portion of the
Black Republican party, the Hon. Thaders stevens,
Mr Pend!etOH supposed il would he lard 10 or.
q n. I.
dis!oy1itg for any opinion he might form Or ex'
press in resp act 20 that notorious gentleman. he
spoke of Stevens as public man without the
ss;phte.t reference to hi private virtues or y .
social respectab:lity. He mad known him by
repnt ton fro,I the time of the "bHckshot wsT"-
snd il the editor can find terms IN which tn sx'
press more adherence OF iGaddeu3 Stevens az
tublic mn than Mr. 2 hiGs if ie begs leave, II
the words DO fit for gentleman mouth, to
adopt them,
Mr.. P. said that ia hi= opinion, the most yindic-
tive aud embitefed men of the Radicals OF New
Engs nd were more deserving me respect orr ather
less deserving the ext CCrellcns cl the cou.Een
people, than those persons who were the most
clamorous and i'm, e.tinent advocates Of the war
the most proseriptiye Of az, towards sou1d and
true zen during the wsr-and then the fist, as j.
VIGOROUSLY the fact to take service under such
zen and masters, as to serve whom was as bad
as TO sell their souls 10 the Dew.
He did not mean 20 make an iHflricEGL apPll'
cation unhappily T. ere a small class Of such
men IN the south, but If pressed very hard ne
could name few, tie most precious scouno;eis
that had ever lived in Vi Rini9 Ia his Gay s"d
to whom ne discipline OF the state Penitentlary
was far more appropriate thar the high digm.
lies of q restored government to which some Of
them had the iupudence 10 aspire. such fellows
bad thew lived il the times OF Jesus OF NbzlTet1'
would have enyi Judas Iscariot his birgaiu:
Mr. P wound up his address with he tistlaGs
de -arat.on that lie hea not GoJDI vI oe ~ 80
IN give I, President Johnson cordial support
ths5 he lad not he slnaIes doubt, il elected ne
yronlI be admitted wthou. hesitation and nnc1
80 to tbe gatisfaction OF ell decent men II tn;
" rtb, than would be feit 1t tie en- ma'se ap-
pearance OF all that vile crew Sbn were endea'
rroring 10 steal into Congress or smuggle 10 their
trends or tools, not upon any merits ot their
own, but by so narrowing the door OF adni'Sl9n
az 10 m ke the entry Of q man OF respectable pro
nortions an inpo. .sibiity He was Of opinion
fHSt A man who could vote and ,et woIId not
vote and give an independent and honest vote for
the man. in his own opinion, best qualih ID 70
serve the country in such crisis, was not ht 10
bs either voter or free man.
The bells of the Charleston churches were ell
taken TO Columbis at the time OF sherman's raid