Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-16
MR.. pENDLEToN,s

are determined, as far as lies in oul
power, that the voters of Gallia count,
shall be fully apprised of it and vot,
understandingiy.
1t is within the knowledge of ever,
intelligent citizen,th Congress passed
by a two-thirds' vote, what is knowr
as the 18th amendment to the constitu
ton of the United States; that it wa.
submitted to the States for ratification
or rejection; that it was ratified BY
three-fourths of the States and became
in due form, the law of the land.
Every intelligent citizen will also re
member the bitter hostility waged
against that amendment by the Dem,
ocratic party, and Mr.. Perdleton wa'
its most bitter opponent. He not only
used his influence to accomplish it.
defeat, but used bitter language in de
nunciation of it, language but one re-
move from reasonable, in advising re
sistance to its enforcement. AS proc
of our assertion in this respect, let us
for moment, refer to Mr.. Pendleton's
own words.
On the 9th day of August, 1866.
at Edinburg, Indiana, Mr.. Pendleton
spoke against this amendment and
among other things, he said:
Gas citizen of Ohio, l will never
consent, as far as | can control it
that this constitutional amendment shall
become part of the Constitution o.
the United States. l hope to God the
Southern States will have the courage
to stand out forever, rather than sub
NIT to that thing"
Is that the language of a patriotic
lover of his country? of one who was
in favor of crushing out by force o.
arms, if necessary, wicked rebellion
against the Union?
Let us examine, briefly, what this
18th amendment was and is, which
should excite the animosity and bitter
opposition of 'pure and honest pa
triot" like Mr.. Pendleton. Was it be-
cause it declared that no State should
make or enforce any law which should
abridge the privileges or immunities OF
citizens of the United States? A pro-
vision which guaranteed to the citizens
of Ohio a right to life and liberty in
travelling through Mississippi, the same
as in New York, right we did not
possess prior to the war.
Was it because this amendment de,
clared in the name and by the authori-
ty of the people of the United States
that all debts contracted, and all liza
bilities incurred IN AID OF THE REBEL
LION, should be null and void?
Was it because this amendment pro-
vided that the National debt contracted
in the suppression of the Rebellion, IN
cLUpING THE BoUNTIEs AND PENSIONS to
SOLDIERS and SAILORS of the Union
army and navy, SHOULD NEVER BE
QUESTIONED?
Or was Mr.. Pendleton's hostility
caused by that other provision of the
18th amendment, which declares that
persons who had taken an oath to
support the Constitution of the United
States, and had afterward engaged in
Rebellion, should not be eligible to Of
fee under the government of any State,
or of the United States, until such
disability shall be removed by two
thirds vote of Congress.
There it is, voters. Is there any
thing in it an honest patriot and lover
of his country can object to? Does it
not give the people new guarantees OF
life and liberty? Does it not secure to
the widow and orphan pension for
the life they gave to their country in
its its hour of peril? Does it not cut
off the right to hold Office to such men
as jeff. Davis, r. E. Lee and others?-
What is there SO Objectionable in this
14th amendment, that should call forth
from Mr.. Pendleton such words as
these: 81 hope to God the Southern
States will have the courage to stand
out FOREVER, rather than submit to
that thing?"
Wherein does Mr. Pendleton and
Mr.. Vallandingham differ in their hos
tility to the government during the
bloody war, carried on TOR four years,
by patriot soldiers for its preservation?
We can find no difference between the
two men. We ask you, voters. to scan
well the record of George H. Pendleton,
who asks for your votes to elevate him
to the high and responsible Office of
Governor of Ohio, and then, as in 1868,
with Vallandingham, bury him be-
meath the weight of ten times ten
thousand votes. Let him in his sump-
tuous home, realize that the people
have not forgotten the past and that,
patriotic citizens vote only for patriots,
in the highest and noblest sense of the
word.
BH We trust our Republican
friends will remember one very i'm
portant thing, that Mr.. LoaUE, in
permitting his name to be used on
the Democratic ticket, as candidate
for Probate Judge, gives his name,
aid and influence to assist in electing