The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-01
GREAT SPEECH
HON. G. 4. PENDLETON,
READING, PA, JULY 18th, 1850
Immense Democratic Mass
Meeting.

FELLOW CITIZENS: W hen received the
invitation Of your committee to be pres ent
with you to-day, was impelled by an al
most irresistible impulse to accept it. had
enjoyed the hospitality of your beautiful
city; ] had sat side by side in Congress with
ycul faithful end able Representatives tor
many years in dark and periloas tines
with Jones, and McKentick, and Ancora
| had kuown most agreeEly your worthy
candidate for Governor. | desired once
more to renew thse agreeable associations
But far more did | desire to see the Demo-
Gratis of Bcrks county-those d, uIocrats
whose rcnown is as extensive as the Union
those Democrats who have been enabled
throughout storm of obloquy and con-
tumely and reproach unparalelei / in polti-
cal warfare, to adhere with unialiering
fidelity and uuLlanching courage to party
whose principles they believed would secure
lite to the Government aud liberty to the
people. Lend cheers. | had attended a
thousand Democratic meetings in the West
| knew the tone and temper and spirit of
the purity there. | wi.hed to know it as
well hele. love the Democratic party;
admire its discipline ands organization; |
honor the name and fame of its founders.
revere its principles, so broad in their
application, 70 brncfcent in their influence,
that in all this broad land, discovered as
the States have been, as they stll are, there
there not a State, nor county, nor township
nor town, nor neighborhood nor family,
nor house IN wh ch 1t has not representa-
tive and memb,r. Cheers | knew l
would find here deciples Of the fame faith
believing in the cree d-and | desired,
with you 10 wor hip at common altar, that
might catch the spilation of your pure
faith. and he warmed by the tervor of your
enkindi' d zeal. And SO accepted the in
vtatcn; aud came to day, thoug to do so
| war obi gtd to leave some tue New Eng
land ID, mocrats in Boston last night am
clad | have cone This meeting shows
that " VI ZEAL and vgor, and courage aie
unini arcd; and fills me with renewed hope
ior the future. 1t shows that whoever else
may fail Belhs county will do her duty 10
the country. Cheers.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOT DEAD.
In 1iy own State, IN my own city, We
have several Republican newspapers, which
delight to tell us that the Democratic party
is dead. " try to convince them to the
contrary; We hold our conventions, make
our nominations, conduct campaigns, poll
two hundred thousand votes, scare them
always laughter, beat them sometimes
and yet each day hIole positively than the
day before, they tell US that the Democra-
tic party is dead, and the disease Of which
it Cd. They will learn, if they live long
enough, that it can never absolutely die so
long as government shal last that in this
country it will maintain its yieor so long as
the states shall have free governments,
and the Union shall be a conied, ration Tor
III the States, it is the party OF the pt ople
against power; in the Union, il is the party
of confederation against consolidation. 1t
has always been SO.
CONFEDERATION VS.. CoNSoI IDAT1oN.
In the Excursions which proceeded the
to TOM the Constitution in that
itself, in the conventions in the
several Ststes, in the ear y administrations,
two diferLt and Cpl osing theories were
advocated by able and patriotic nien The
one insisted that the c, uutry should be
unity. and that the government should he
strong and centializ,d-the oth,r main
,aim that TIE gcnrlal offices of govern
ment should be performed ly the Stat, s,
and as little duty and power as possible
H. The CON. cnliun, there were ext cmc Vi, ws
trln.e men gave up the work Hamilton
lett tLe convention, Luther Marin rciu'ed !
to sign the onslituiion-the cxtr, me viz ws
were toned down iy the prud, nee and mod
praton Of " d, hington, Franklin and Mad |
lson and the Constitution was the result
hat Constitution which has given us ful |
seventy ycals prosperity and liberty; that !
Constitu ion Which, 10y its origin ut the |
arde ui these nlylI whom l have named, |
Iy its blnefc, n, ilfu nc.s, became sacred
to all An erican citiz Ms, till the fanatics of
ou day dr. sg,d it iiom its high place and
degraded it IN the mlrc OF tEtir partisan |
sch. mes Lord cheers. l
THE EARLY = T .UGGLE OF DEMOCRACY.
The OH oslLg iolees were gathering |
strength du,ing the administration Of Wash |
ipgton, but th, p we've held in check by the |
power which lie possess, d. They met in
collision in the term of Mr.. Adam The
D, mocl a;ic sentiment could be neutral in
that struggle. Ii was indeed, the chhii
,onlbaant. 1t emerged victoriors in the
election Of Mr.. Jefferson, and brought with
i compact, vigorous, disciplined organiza-
lion to support It's policy and opinions.
Our Democratic party is th.t party, and it
nsists to-day as 1t insisted then, that these
fundamental maxims Of political science are
applicable to our Government at all times,
n every emergency. and never more appl
.ablc than to-day in this crisis of our history
that government is best which governs
he ieast-that confederation is hes, which
ca, cs the greatest possible amount of power
With the constituent States, and cnnfides
he least pt s>ib!e power the federal head
hat all Just government derives from he
,onsent ot the poverncd-that taxation
Without representation is tyranny--that all
he States in the Union are equai--not in
erlitory and population nor wealth. but in
lutirs. in rights, in powers granted and
nov crs reselved-and that, therefore,
Mass achusetts and Pennsylvania have no
n ore constitutional power or moral right to
yoy ern &c, ryia and Mississippi to govern
and Pennsylvania. Cheers
Yet this il the claim that is made to-day.
Il is no less than this--it touches the very
oundation and organization of the Gov
,rnment. II goes to essence ..nf spirit.
THE GREAT QCysT1ON.
What il the great question, ] do not say
,rinci, le, Of tO-day2 Sbah the Southern
states be Represented in Congress2 Around
his question il grouped e. cry other ques-
ion which the war has raised--and by the
principles on which it is decided will every
,ther question be determined. The Presi-
lent says they are entitled to representation
that they have resumed their normal and
harmonious relation to the Union. The
Democratic party ssserts the some position.
The Republican party, speaking by its lead
rs in Congress-. says that although they are
1 peace with the Union, that they shall not
e represented till they buy the enjoyment
e that right by consenting to amen lmcnts
f the Constitution which the Southern