Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-10-08
PENDLETON A sECEssTONIsT.
Extracts from his Anti-war sDss.bss

"Sir the whole scheme of coercion ia
imPracticalblei it is contrary to the
genius and spirit Of the constitution y
Geo. II. PendLetoR's Speech, Tan. Is.
1861
"AIy voice to-day is for Cancellation.
my voice is for compromise, and it ~
but the echo Of the voice Of my con-
st1tuentss beg you, gentlemen. who
with me represent the people Of Ohio
you who with me represent the cftv Of
Cincinnati; l beg Of you gentlemen. TO
hear that voice. If you win not n 95oH
find Cancellation Is in9Dossibge: II qi1q5y
dl0ereHceS are so great that g01I cannot
or 8O5J not reconcile them : then. gentle
men, let the seeding States DEPART fu
peace, let them establish their gOVsTMageut
and according to their aDisCJ0Nl sDAsch God
has given them. ."-EendIetO1's Speech IN
Congress, January, 1861.
eff these Southern States cannot be
recOnciled; and if you, gentlemen.
cannot find it in your hearts to grant
their demands, if they must leave the
family mansion, would sipnalize their
departure by tokens of love u aBoatJd
ga them JdTei0eH so tendeTly, that they
Mould forever be touched blj the Tec0JgeC-
ton Of 1t; and if, in the vicissitudeg Of
their separate existence, thew ghould
desire to come together with ua again
in one common government, there
should be no pride to be huu1fIfafed,
there should be no wound inflicted bv
my hand to be healed. THEY SHOULD
COME AND BE WELCOMED no
THE PLACES THEY NOW OCCUa
PY."--GeO. II. PeldJetoa, IN Congress,
January, 1851.
HGentlemen, to-day YOU must mako
your choice. To-day lay aside ali
thoughts of war and cultivate the arts
Of peace. To-day determine upon q
course of Cancellation and compromise.
If you do rot, if you insist upon draw
ing the sword and dipping i6 fn your
brothers. blood if you insist upon
ttts unnatural and ag7lhOIy aDUT, prepare
TO wage it to the last extremitys for II
warn you that every wound You inhict
upon the Southern people, every de-
degradation you may have power to
make them endure viii TGRkJe tn their
breasts H9ltD they 9OG6b out The last 86uilJ
t11 yo1tT blood and mine, or % man be III
that Of oar cl5iLdreIl.'
81 should be false to every duty as its
representative here false to YOU, my
fellow Representatives, if did not tell
you that there is an impression grow
ing with great rapidity upon the minds
of the people of the Northv7eEb that
they have been deliberately deceived
lubD JuAB war Luab buBlr Dabr1OGlGm
and love of country, have been engaged
to call them into the army under the
pretense that the war was to be for the
Union and the Constitution, when, in
fact, it was to be an armed crusade for
the abolition Of slavery. I tell you,
sir, that unless this impression is speed
lily arrested il viii become universal;
it will ripen into conviction, and then
it will be beyond your power to get
from their broad plains another man, or
from their almost exhausted cQ6enF- -CJyl-
other dollar. ."-PendtetOH, tg5 1868. ~
CT will tell you another thing: Much
as I hate to see This system Of gOUeTnn1sllt
lO3jch non stands IN such q dangerous at
titaCde SOith ten States debdTred the right Of
representation, on the UeTge Of TeUO5lt-
ton and despOtIsn1, I HOPE TO GOD
THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL
HAVE TIE COURAGE TO STAND
OUT FOREVER, RATHER THAN
SUBMIT TO THAT THING. ."-Ge0. II.
PeTdJetOn.