Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-13
Will we have war if Seymour is elected


MIR. Pendleton, in the able speech delive red
by him at the immense Democratic mass meet
Ing held at Pittsburg, On Monday night week
said:
Now gentlemen, | do not intend to speak to
you further upon the idea on which started
out which was that the interest of Pennsylva-
MIA, the interest OF Pittsburg, more than any
other part OF Pennsylvania, requires that the
Republican party should be put out of power,
and that the Democratic party should be put in
power. Because. with the success ofthe Dem
ocratlc party will be brought to the South resto
ration OF civil government and restoration Of
that prosperity which, for so many years, they
enjoyed in the Union under the Constitution.
have heard it said by our Republican friends,
time and time again. that if this policy is car
RED out, and if the Democratic party succeeds,
we will have war. A voice, That's the
talk
Well now, gentlemen, if the Democratic par
ty succeeds, if we elect Seymour and Blair, if
we obtain possession of the House ofRepresen-
tatlves,. who will make the war? A voice, 1.-THE
niger. 1t will not be the Democrats, be-
cause we will have gotten all the power we want.
Laughter / hardly think it will be the col
ored citizens of American descent. Renewed
laughter. feel certain it will not be the Rad
icals, because they have peace maker in the
shape OF great many bonds in their pockets.
A voice, Three cheers for Pendleton." I
think it will be nobody who will make war,
because the experience of seven years has taught
us that the American people intend to govern
the country by the ballot, and not by thebullet.
Cheers | am very much of a peace man my
SELF [ always have been. l believe [ could
90 into any Quaker neighborhood in this State
and pass for the strongest of their sect upon
that subject Cheers and laughter. But |
will tell you this my friends If any man or
any set of men, undertake to make war and to
get up civil commotion in this country be-
cause majority of the people choose to bestow
power upon the Democratic party, would ad
wise them, before they set out to do it, to dig
their graves and uniform themselves in their
winding sheets. Cheers, and cries of That
good
I heard little discussion on the subject the
other dav, when [ was in New England There
were two ~ men seated in railroad car behind
me engaged in discussion. heard that it waa
a political discussion, and one of them had a
great, loud, hoarse swelling voice. When [
heard it from behind me, it sounded as though
it might have come from a gentleman as tall
as Mr.. Cowan and twice as large The man
who was talking with him had thin, squeak
ing voice, and sounded as though the owner
might have been girl dressed up in boys
clothing, and trying to conceal his voice. The
big one was Republican and the little chap
was Democrat. Laughter And they dis,
cussed this question of war and they discussed
the position of the New York Convention
And this Republican had great deal to say
because Preston Forest and Wade Hampton,
and other people were there But the little
fellow managed his part of the discussion very
we'll and each time he would make thrust the
Republican would get angry; at last he broke
out in strain of language that shocked all my
notions of Puritan propriety. And wondered
that such language would be tolerated on the
banks of the Kennebec. Said he, EVERY id
rebel in the South will vote for Seymour and
Blair" Well says the little fellow, II hope
they will. It is the first sensible thing that |
have heard of their doing in ten years, and
you ought to praise them for it. Laughter.
The Republican more angry STILL Said he ::
Every id thief will vote for Seymour and
Blair Well, says the little fellow, | hope they
will. 1t only shows that they have stolen e.
nough while they were members of the Repub-
lican party. Laughter and cheers That
| ter heart Said the Republican: "South Car
DINA will vote for Seymour and Blair" and
then he said he wished South Carolina was in
| a place that is not quite fit to be named before
an audience like this, but is place where they
seldom have the frosts of winter. Laughter |
| He wished she had been there from the begin
ming and as she had Not been there from the
beginning he wished she would go there now.
| Then he closed up his statement with the
enumeration that South Corolina would vote
for Seymour and Blair. Well, says the lit
tie man, hope she will South Carolina
has got along very WELL and she will get along
geart deal letter if you will let her alone.
For, says he, | have learned that you can coax
dog with beefsieak better than you can en-.
tice him with stick. But [ thought my Dem
ocratic friend, with his little weak voice, had
discussed the question SO wisely that | could
not do better than repeat it as a part of my
speech in your hearing Applause.