The Placer herald., 1865-10-21
SPEECH OF
HON. GEO. n. PENDlEToN,
BEFORE THE
CHIC DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
SPEECH OF

Mr.. PENDLEroN congratulated the Con.
v~nii"n that ut l-"g'h grim .v'sag-d war had
>moo,h+d his ~rinkled trout, aud the au-s.
''"ns now to t~ considered h-long~d TO the
d. main If argument aud not of arms. ile
cong ,atula,-d the country that the Demo
cratic patty still lives, IN all its vigor, to
confront these questions, and To pu, their
s"Iu'i' u I" the rrural les, of ,hos. p,inri
'Irs hy which it 40 long and a" safe aud
so rr+l-r.usy y administered the GOVERN
M+nt
"lhe Democratic party is dead" say our
opponents. Let them look here upon Us
thus day. aud h-l~v-, that in hunters, a,
least, II lis formidable. Let them look INTO
tie history 1T parties, and hen the ,,l,Ios-
~ hy e the Government, aud # they xusw-r
h h+si',. the, mus, SAY that 70 long IN
flee G""-'n,nn, ShaI! last, there must h-.
,t''e Will l+. party asserting our rrinri-
les, advocating eur I"'l"l, and pr"I'all,
t+aI,tg our names. The war is over, us
a,"~.d "l j~r' III breaking The military I"w'
r. # the South is ar', mpl>hed The eva.
uatln ot Ri hm"nd ~nn'unceh ii. The
surrender "f L-- cor tln-d It. The calilu,
Ixt'on "t every armed tnIre between the P",
,otiiar and The Ru Ora de RATIFIED il. The
uxl, b oi Sh+iiman to Washington. the r--
view e 'he x,m,-s, the mus+r,, g cut "f
ng'm-u's, th,gad.> and divisions aud corps
->' at.Ilsh II now And ", here and ,h-,-.
and esl,-. tally now, when the ~x,y-nr,es "t
elections rqm,e the +x~Icsc IT a,hi,la,,
p"w+r or lhe supper, II 'xr-mr I."strns.
k..ur f.. ncuI "a I.,
wants ~ ffi"-, "r shmIdy contractor. whose
m " 10 not YET fill. "r fanatic, vii" wants
M r. power. that the war is not over Vet.
VII, ""9 Has no, the Federal power been
ts,Abl lnda Have not the e. hs'ituli"n aud
the laws teen asserted over III s-red-,
S'a,-.i On The 22nd uay 1t Juiy 1861. the
K. .lutir&" parry N C"n.'-ss declared that
he war ik waged to d. tend aud MAINTAIN the
.upl+nAcy OF the Constitution. and to pre-.
>-l.e the Cn'on. w''h slI thu dienH. equal.
u, aud rights ot the several Sat@s unlIn
paired Was this true? Then the OF j-cs
# the war are accomplished its purposes
ale attained, and all that l-I,ngs I" n stale
It war should r-ase. We .xnn"t hs dc
r-n+d. 1t Is false I,re,+x, To cover over
,II.gi,imA'- ends. 1t seeks screen FIR The
use ot u>u,psh power. Courts mar,,al, mil,
'A,y r"hn,ssi"ns, susp-hsi"" "t haheas cor.
lus, suppression Of newspapers. interference
with free sle~ch aud free elections. these
have been the fashions t.I yeats asl. " hen
W. demonstrated, We We're 'old ,ha, the,
were the necessary inridrn's of y slate "t
WAR, and aids to the war making power, that
wh-u the war ceased they would cease. Then
the, we're maintained I" support the Wal;
now the VAR !. maintained to support them.
Tie war s at M end. Many If ms Effects
ran never he erased. The deep furrows
which il has left in our social aud govern
mental system AL never be sm"olhed over.
LIS Influence on lh- feelings and character "t
our people will remain. The relations Of
The people and the sections can never be tx
u. ,Iy restored. The questions which it has
rai.-d must be settled The results which it
has brought about must he accepted. We
cannot recall the past. We cannot und"
what has beer dnnr We cann"t re- +s,al.
hsh exactly The old order Of things; but VIZ
can lie jus, aud true. We can bravely and
I' n-slI, meet new issues, and Ink. wise men,
scceI ting the unavoidable, y'-Id I" accom-
ll,shed facts. We can. as nearly rs p sslhl-,
adh-le to Il old landmarks and thus secure
I" ourselves All the blessings Of good gov.
eminent. LET the dead bury their dead
Let us forget The war +x' ept t", the lessons
which i, lev. hes Let US hauish il rs the
memory Of y h"r,id calamity. in which the
nm ecu, and the guilty, the pure aud the
wicked, the untor' una.- aud the undeSrrv'ng
The cot q,'+r"r and the c"nqn-r-d alike sui
tered II c'in,n"n woe. II ANY would recall
II 10 noui,sh hatred lie w-en the s-c,i"Ls, ur
TO excite the people It either section against
Zach other. i4: h,s n",n- ard fam- he ~.
ru,>-d; -' HIM t'- u"athemd mo,untho.
v hen N, I.,m "In delivered t,s inaugural
address. h- sa": ">ul I"se you K" I" war.
After much 81 Il ring "m both sides, and the
advantage on .-l,h-r. You viii have the same
uu+s,,"ns nf Intercourse 10 settle which You
Ea,- now lie WAS right. W. have had
Waive have had much suffering
What are the questions Remaining! The
status ot the Negro ~ the States. ~ d tho re-
.a,.n # the s. x,-s X,n"ng the +,ns-l l.-s. 1'
n ID. mmral these questions aprrAi easy "f
SOU. On lie lr,nys them to the test e the
Cuns,uuth The CONSTITUTION declares
hat the I"~.Is not "d-legA,4d xr- r~s-r. ri
!, ~l." defines the relations I" the Statts
NJ power has been given I" the Fei-'aI
t". -,h,n.n, or any "t Its departments to
,ae,hr- With The status f the people "f 'h-
States, "' t" change or d.ti"e The '+lat""s
ii the S,a,es to each other. II the ~ar
VAS wage d L" maintain the supremacy IT the
O"tsIilulmn, surely the sucre.. "f the war
aud the attainment "t l'-sre should not be
made the "rrasi"n IT imI's''ing II. These
unr.,i. hs mus, b- lett with the States ,h+n'
selves. II The war w's fer s'"'ih-r purpose;
1 BIa / R-ruhlran,-m MAS all n I'.; II r-
+rcl.n wxs y base Fr~l-xt, and armed rev"lu.
,,,n was the real d-.,gn, W. r"nt,unl xn",hrr
on+s,,",: Mha, ought I" l'-. not what is the
+. ons,mu,,c,a And to 'h's q"ts i'm w are
hemy brought. Mn high IN authority pro-.
,"rnd il to US. ! SEE that y citizen ut our