The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27
George q. Pendleton.

The following article, descriptive Of the
Hon. Geo. d. Pendleton, is from The New
York Tribune, of the 9Th. Ginning from
bitter oppoaent, writhing with chaerin and
modification from defeat which this
gentleman contributed % much to insure,
it may be taken as fair estimate OF his
character and present attitude before the
nation:
The Democrats Of this section have lit
tie knowledge Of their probable candidate
for next President, and will thank US for
making him better known to them. His
name is George H. Pendleton, and he
lives at Cincinnati, Ohio His father,
Nathaniel G. Pendleton,a was o scion OF
an eminent Virginia family, who migrated
to Cincinnati some Fifty years ago, practlc-
ed law and made handsome fortune
there, and was chosen to Congress as a
Wing in 1910, beating the Hon, Robert i.
Lytle, his Democratic. competitor, by ten
majority, if our memory serves. Hamil-
ton county was strongly Democratic in
those days, but was carried that year for
Gen. Harrison on the Presidential vote
which followed the State election afore.
said.) ;.
Nathaniel G. Pendleton was an excel
lent, though not a great man. His son
George has rather more civilization, and
perhaps more natural ability, though far
from being genius. But heis thorough
gentleman in manner and address; and If,
outside of his politics, he ever did on un-
Just or unworthy act, we never heard OF it.
We think he will be the Democratic can
didate for the next President, for these
reasons: ~,
The party is now on its high horse, and
not likely to stultify itself as it did when
it ran a General on peace platform. It
believes it may consult its wishes rather 10
choosing its standard-bearer, and is not
likely to be undeceived before making its
national nominations. Now Mr.. Pendle-
ton embodies it's ideas and it's purposes as
thoroughly and palpably as Mr.. Clay ever
did those Of the Wing party. A Wing by
education, he is a Democrat by convection
and by deliberate choice. Never desiring
disunion, he had early studied Calhoun and
become convert to his view of State
rights and Federal limitations, and he read
the Constitution as giving the Federal au.
thority no power to coerce or constrain q
State. And, detesting the national debt
he is now open in his advocacy OF its
prompt extinction by printing off two
thousand million of fresh greenbacks, and
giving every holder of that debt the face OIL
his bonds 10 currency, thus stopping the in
terest of the debt at once, and justifyine
reduction of sill Federal imposts AND
taxes by one-half. a.tl
MIR. Pendleton is likely to be the candi
date, because the South and West are now
1 q decided overmatch for the East, while
the Democracy Of the West is scarcely dis
tinguishable in type from the Conservatism
Of Che South. We do not believe there il
a Conservative in all the South who would
object to Mr.. Pendleton if there be ont
such, he must be very bigoted and'exclu
sive. There are many bogus professors o
Democratic orthodoxy, but he is the genu
/ inc article. His version of the Bible evi
IDENTIFY reads, "God made the white mar
lin His own image" bis copy of the Dec
laratlon of Independence sets forth thai
I"We hold these truths to be self-eviden
that all white men are created equal"
There is silver lining to most clouds
If the elections of 1867 had gone like those
of 1866, We should probably have had SOM
ambiguous, half-and-half, shutting candi
date for President to oppose in 1868; bu
the late results have cleared the atmos
Iphere decidedly. A square, clean issu
between the two parties will now be made
up; the Democracy will select represen
tative man and for such it has none bet
ter in its ranks than George H. Pendleton