The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-09-17

IN the chair? We find Mr. PendIetO
saying:
"Sir, the whole scheme of coercio
is impracticable; it is contrary to tn
genius aud spirit of the Constisu
t ton"
!. 1t is declaring that the COnstitutio
did not clothe the General Govern
ment with power to preserve the If
of that Government declaring tha
: any State could withdraw, and tha
I coercion was, in fact, not only viola
tive Of the Constitution, but was i
, and of itself utterly impraeticable.
in the same speech he says: an,
voice to-day is for cancellation; IN
voice is compromise ; and it is but tn,
echo Of the voice of my constituents
! L beg you, gentlemen, who, who Will
me represent the Northwest; you wht
with me represent the State of Ohio
you who with me represent the city
OF Cineinnati-I beg you, gentlemen
to hear that voice. If you will not
if you find Cancellation impossible
If your differences are so great thai
you can not or will not reconcile
them-then, gentlemen, let the seced-
ing States depart in peace let them
establish their government and en-
pire, and work out their destiny ac-
cording to the wisdom which God has
given them"
| imagine that when the clamor was
nOisiest, in the last convention, to
nominate Geo. IL. Pendleton, those
who made that clamor were animated
by same feeling which animated Geo.
Ii. Pendleton when he uttered those
words. But he goes on further:
"If these Southern States can not
be conciliated, and if you, Gentlemen
addressing the House,, can not find
1t in your hearts to grant their de-
mands, if they must leave the family
mansion, l would signalize their de-
parture by tokens of love laughter
| would bid them farewell SO tender
ly that they would forever be touched
by the recollection of it, and if, in
the vicissitudes Of their separate ex-
istence, they should desire to come
together with US again, in one com
mon government, there should be no
pride to be humilitated there should
be no wound inflicted from my hand
to be healed. They should come and
be welcomed TO the place they now oc>
cupy."
By their hearty Endorsement of Mr..
PendletOn's nomination, the Demo-
cratic party of 1869 goes back and
re>asserts those same sentiments, and
Mr.. PendletOn is the fttest represent
ative Of them. That is not all; he
administers to those who are deter
mined to insist upon the unity of the
Government a threat, and tells them
of the dire consequences to follow
He tells them that if there was per
sistence in the attempt to coerce,
there would be a degree Of opposition
in the SOuTn TnaJ IIUVGr CUufd bU- vUu-
quered; but | will give his own Ian
guage. 1t is more conclusive than
anything l could say:
"Gentlemen, to-day you must make
your choice. To-day lay aside all
thoughts of war, and cultivate the
arts Of peace. To-day determine up
on a course Of eouciliatiOn and com
promise. If you do motif you in
sist upon drawing the sword and dip
ping it in your brothers blood ifl
you insist upon this unnatural and
unhOly war-Prepare to wage it to
the last extremity, for | warn you
that every wound that you infiict up
on the Southern people ; every de-
feat to which you subject them every
which you may have the
power to make them endure, will ran
kle in their breasts until they wash
out the last stain in your blood and
mine, or, it may be, in that Of our
| submit whether that was not
most hearty Endorsement Of rebellion.
Was it not saying to these rebels AGO
on, | bid you God speed heed not
the claim in the North against your
effort; go ahead; know you have
the split, the courage, the endurance,
and by and by you will compel US of
the North to admit that fact. !"
This, in 1861, when the COnfede-
racy Of the South was about being
formed. But, although coercion was
determined upon and armies were
and the shock of arms
vas heard on every side, Mr.. Pendle-
ton did not change his sympathy
With the rebellion. He kept it con-
upon all sides and at all
times until the struggle was ended.
In perfect consistency with his
theory, as a member of that Congress,
he fought steadily against every meas
ire to raise men to fill up the army !,
ne fought steadily against every
measure to raise means with which to
lefray the expenses Of the war. You
know that it was necessary to have
,eady money in much greater abund- /
lnce than the ordinary resources of
,evenue would supply; and to that
md it was necessary that there should
20 epoOial Legislation. One of these
elans was to issue what TIC NOW know
Is 'greenbacks," to drive out of ex-
stence the currency coming from
,ther banks, and to furnish the Unit
ID States Treasury note in place of it,
making it, as was necessary, a legal
.ender; otherwise it could not answer
he place of currency. Mr.. Pendle-
on was busy, at all times, in the work
If obsructing the enactment of that
aw. When the Congress OF the
United States, also, was endeavoring
10 raise means by the negotiation of
ponds, Mr. Pendleton was opposed
le steadily resisted the passage of the
aw providing for the issuing Of those
ponds. | have before me the list of
he various votes by him given upon
.hese different subjects, while mem
Der of Congress, until the 4th of
March, 1865. He gave some very
excellent reasons, tc him, | suppose,
or his action upon these various
questions; and, to be consistent, it
vas necessary that he should oppose
III of these various measures 10 nut
lown the rebellion. 1 can not, at
his time, stop TO enumerate the votes ,
lpOn these various measures, but l
will say that in them he was entirely
md uniformly consistent. At no
ime, from the beginning to the end,
lid he falter in his persistent devo-
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