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IN the line OF death and reacGlOn, MO95
truly said. And now the Democratic party
falls back on the old line Of death and re-
action, and nominate Mr.. PendletOn to stand
in the shoes Of General Rosecrans. Parties
sometimes commit strange antics, but this IL
the most marvellous Of all In the last
sentiment Of General ROsecrans We heartily
concur. / believe utter the sentiment Of
all who hear me when say that no one who
has opposed the Government, and stood in
the way Of its progress during the trial tine
Of war, should ever be entrusted with pow
er.
Now the fact is that the men who under
took the new departure did not understand
their party. A few men would concur in
the wise sentiments Of General Rosecrans,
but the masses Of the party never would,
and therefore their party nominated, Who'll
PendletOn, a man who politically represents
all that is unwise and vicious.
Let me read few extTacta from hil
speech made after Sumptsr had been
fred upon, and cannon planted 90 the banks
of the Mississippi, ano our Government
humbled. Then he made speech IN q
Congress in which he said: Sir, the Ebols
scheme Of coercion is impractiesble. Then,
sir, let the seeding States depart ia psacs,
Ii they must leave the family mansion, I
would signalise their departure By tokens -
love- &c. And thus; IT you insist IN vagina
this unholY war; &c. His unfoFtunats
education in the baueful teuets Of Calhoun
Democracy would have invited these States-
to 90 out peacefully from the Union. Fol-
lowing his advice, our country would hsVs
been ruined. ff....,... g..
al cannot believe it possible that The pso-
pie of Ohio will ever indOTse that record Of
Mr.. Pendleton by eleetiong him Chief
Magistrate Of Ohio. As his colleague from
Ohio in the House, then felt Il ray duty 20
reply that Ohio never would consent 70 a
separation Of one State from the Union.
g Now the war has been fought, the Union
preserved, and slavery abolished, and the
Democracy, headed by Mr.. Pendleton, come
up and say, Elect us 10 effies.'l rs .-aii99-
When the war was over, and financial
questions came up for consideration. M.
PendletOn came forward with his prODosi-
tiOn to issue immense quantities Of green.
backs which would have sent their ,islns
down, doWn, down to the condition Of the
old Continental currency. II Mr.. Rose
Grams had said in 50 many words 1i Let III. y.
Psndleton, Mr. voorhees,. Mr.. Valhadig-
ham and company retire from the party;
or take back seats, and let the party Tetafai
to life and progress" r-- G..
''But refer to the platform PROMULGATED
by this party, and see what it proposes Z. a
prominent plank in this platform demands.
the taxation Of Federal bonds, Thew have
the Legislatures in Maryland, ,Ksntucky,
Delaware and Ohio. Why DO not they tsx
these boudsf Simply because, under The
National Constitution, it cannot be done,
But they say the Federal Government
should tax its own bonds. That is lust
what the Republican party has done. The
only Constitutional method By which they
can-be taxed is BY the income tax. and that
we have levied. No direct tax can be made
upon property, except By aPPortioni1g i,
as representation is apportiohed, among ths
States and that would be oppressive 10
Ohio and the West.
/" The platform Of the Democratic paFtV
denounoes the tax on tea, coffee, sugar and
salt, as measure for the benefit Of New
England Now, I never knew before thai
the articles enumerated were New England
products. l supposed sugar, tea and coles
to be chiefly imported, and that salt waa
not New England product. The rsisrsnc5
to New England in the platform shows q
spirit OF petty sectional spits.s
The Democratic platform declares Ia
favor OF limited hours Of labor. In the
Democratic States, except New jersey,
there are no laws fixing the hours Of a lse
gal days work. while the Republican States
generally have laws fixing ten hours as a
legal days work. A Republican Congress
passed the law fixing eight hours as q isgsI
day work 10 Government workshops. FOR
myself l claim no credit for this Law, FOX ]
was opposed TO It believing that Tie labouds
in Government shops should work as many
hours as laborers in other kinds Of employ.
ment. I'D .aI-d -
'' This platform declares in favor Of frss
homesteads to actual settlers. This is re-
fFeshiug, 10 view Of the fact that Whsn 4
Republican Congress passed q homestead
law, the last Democratic President, Bus
chanan, vetoed it and it was only when
We had Republican President aud Com
gress that such law was passed and vent
into operation Now the DeuoerStsl msst
in convention and sOlemn1y declare THAI
they are IN favor Of free hOmesteads.
i@They declared that they are opposed 70
grants OF public lands to railroads, yet the
frst bill passed Congress for such a purpose
was introduced by Mr.. Douglass 3 Demo
cratic leader and gave millions Of acres %
the Illinois Central Railroad Company,
~Thus 1t is that a,great party eoDdescends
to play the demagOgue In the construction
OfplatfOrms, made simply tp catch votes"
Mr.. Sherman then discussed the fnSnsia1F =
question, showing, upon the authority Of
Treasurer Spinner thatthe, expenses Of the
Government before the 6fst ssx tSontbs Of
President Grants administration had been
nearly forty y-nine millions Of dollars less
than for ike period under the last admin
istration, and the actual reduction Of the
public debt had been still more than that
amount, with no increase Of taxation.
. The speech was frequently interrupted By
rounds Of applause, and at the close the
meeting adjourned with enthusiastic cheers.
A Part of the Record. : u y
1t is well known that Geo. H. Psndlst6n
was heartily in sympathy with the rebels in
the memorable year of 1850, and, indeed,
continued 50 to be 80 long as the rebellion
continued. The following bit Of Congress
sioual record viii serve to show whore his
sympathies we're at that time;
"Duringths closing days Of 1850, MsiOr
Robert AndsrsOa,, who was aatiopsd AZ
Fort MOultrie, Charleston Harbor, with a
small force, withdrew to a place Of greater
sscuTity-Fort Sumter. This act which
was nothing mqR than an act Of prudence,
was heartily approved, and Mr.. Adrain, of
New Jersey, in Offering the following reso-
luton in the House Of Representatives, AZ
Washington, on the -7th Of January, 1861,
but gave expression to the feeling Of the
loyal people Of the nation:
''ResOlUed, That We fully Approve ofibs
bold and patriotic act Of Major Audersouip
Withdrawing from Fort MOultrie to Fort
Sumter, and Of the determination Of he
President TO maintain the fearless officer in .
his present position; and that we support
the Presidentin all constitutional measures
to enforce the laws and preserve The Bnion."
A motion was made to suspend the rules
so that the resolution could be acted upon
Immediately. The motion was sustained bV
a vote Of l24 yeas, So nays. s. S. Cox and
Q. d, Martin, Of o. MeOlernaud and Logan,
OF Illinois; Sickles, Of New York, and ma1V
other Democrats voted with the Republicans
for the suspension Of the rules, while Pen
dletOn and Vallandigham, Of Ohio, voted in
the negative with the Southern members,
many OF whom we're afterWard officers in the
rebel army.-[ Congressional Globe, vol 5A
page 270
When the vote was taken on the adoption
Of the resolution, Mr.. PendletOn dodged.-
5. ). Cox and other Democrats voted with
the majority for the rssolutioh, while M.
Valandigham and the SouthsFn nambess
voted against IT. Congressional Globe, uOl
SO, page 25l. zES1lrzI Trl -Tlec
By this action Mr.. PendletOn said thsf he
would not support ~the Presidsht (James
Buchanan) in all constitutional measures to
enforce the laws and preserve the UniOn."
The new one-dollar greenbaeks which
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