The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-05-09
GREAT SPEECH OF HON.
l5 GEO.H.PENDLETON.W 81 r
Especial to the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
'.H .'h URBANA, o., April 26.


''H'h URBASA, o., April 26. "
I The Court house IN this place
was crowded this evening with a
.splepdid audience OF gentlemen
and ladies, ofall parties, to listen
to All addres from the Hon. Geo. H.
Pendleton, to the Democratic CLUB
of this town. The address was a
mastery dissertation upon the
general politics Of the country, and
1.-THE tremendous charges that have
been wrought by the Radicals in
our Institutions. 1t was listened
to with rapt and marked attention,
| land excited universal interest and
Hadmiration. II greatly increased
the highrepptati atipn,thesyeakerh
already acquired as an able states.
man tiG, and ioa9E9 9Eft59r we herewith vi give
When, :, RECEIVED the Invitation
to address ydtf this evening, hes
itated to accept it. ! am profound
ly sensible that we are in the midst
|'ofa revolution, 'attackihg The es.
sential spirit OF our system of gov
eminent whose. courses and limits
nOAuman sagacity can predict; and
| feel that no one oH9ht Nightly to
assume to give counsel tohis coun-
trymen in such an emergency. 90
Yet, in a Republic, where eve
ry man by his vote participates az
lively in the government, as the
State may righttully command from
every citizen the performance Of
any duty, whether Of counsel or Pf
arms, so, also, may his fellOw-cia-
zens, who alone WELD the vital
kpower Of the State, call on every
member for his opinions, and the
reasons which sustain them. Tie
demand at once coniers an honbr
and enjoins duty it is none the
less imperative because it is made
on the humbleSt of them all.
An opinion, it is his duty 10
have! Il should be formed with
whatever ability God has given
him, under the influence Of pure
motives and high purposes, Of a
calm and candid and truthful spirit,
of a conscientious effort to be right,
of modest difiiaencsein one's rself,
Of due appreciation Of another, OF
perfect toleration for allS And |
confess | have always admired the
patriotism which, invoking these
influences in the formation OF. f.opin-
ions, gives, with becoming moder-
alton of expression, prompt and
ready response to the summons
to announce them. .%Hl""N-
You have here the reason for my
hesitation and Of my acceptance ot
your invitation. -rar- s....l
intended to have spoken to you
of the measures Of the Congress
which has just adjourned, and Of
the various questions connected
with the present canvass, when a
single sentence from speech deliy
cred years ago ehancedto meet my
eye, and changed the current ofmy
thoughts. The sentiment, the oc-
casion, and author, arrested my at
teirtion, and led pie from tbeisen'
sideration CT special acts Of legis-
lation under the Government, and
appropriate to times Of peace, to
that of the mighty changes in the
organic law Of government, whose
arbitEament IS usually the sword.
| shah consider parties and poll
cies, notin their character asthe
| administrators and subjects of gov
eminent 5but in the higher charac
ter Of the founders, and Destroyer
and restorers of government IS SD
III the spnng Of 1862, almost be
| fore the active operations Of ,tht
war had commenced, "a gentlemar
addressing anNew Eiglandoaudi
ence on its causes, purposes ant
progress, said, !, g., y = 'a' w. ''1'' g"
\ 81 warn youthat none ofyou vii
ever again see the Farmer Repub
lie under which, You were born"
He is an, accomplished speaker
an eloquent advocates a learned
scholar, the type ota Glass, the pio
neer ofa school Wealth and leis
ure had enabled him sfor man,
| years to consult his taste in the
mode and purposes Of, his life; ant
as he himself boosted, in a lecture
! in the City of w ashington, in the
presence of Mr.. Lincoln and mem
bers of hfS Cabinet, 4ieBad devot
| ell. 1T for nineteen years TO- the dis
ruption of the American Union an(
the overthrow of the Constitution
which formed it. = tig, ,.' e..
81 warn you that none of you vii
auar ana;nf coo tba Earroar Rnpnh