The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-09-24

ing insurrection, enforcing the law
and preserving and protecting tn
public property, and appropriated iv'
instead of four hundred million dol
lars, to be used. if necessary, for th'
same purpose. Cong. Globe, vOl..56
page 81
/ CHEATING TIE GOVERNMENT
On the 17th Of January, 1862, Mr.
Campbell asked leave to introduce +;
resolution, instructing the House Ju
dietary Committee to examine int
the expediency o. enacting "A las
making it a crime. punishable Will
death; for any officer OF private o
the Army or Navy of the United
States, or other military service o
the Government, or on the part o.
any commissary, contractor, sutler, Ol
other person in the employ of tho
United States to knowingly and viii
fully cheat and swindle the Govern
ment of tha United States, or to fel.
oniously take aud carry away the
property of the same during the ex-
isting rebellion" Mr.. Pendleton
objected to this resolution, and thus
prevented its introduction. FCong
Globe, vol 81, page 385.
ATTEMPTS To FURNISH THE ENEMY
WITH ARMY STATISTICS.
On the 18th of December, 1862,
Mr.. PeEdletOn introduced in the
House Of Representatives resolu-
ton instructing the Secretary of War
TO lay before that body a mass of
statistics showing the strength of our
armies, and which would have been
of great value to the enemy if made
public by compliance with this reso-
luton. The resolution made it
obligatory upon the Secretary Of
War to comply, and did not permit
him to withhold this information, if
the good of the country required, as
is customary when the Departments
are called upon for information
This resolution was laid on the table
yeas II, nays 40. Mr.. Pendleton,
of course, with ValIandigham, voted
may" Cong. Globe, vol. G1. page
937J wE.
REFUSES TO FACILITATE THE TRANS
PoRTATIoN OF TROOPS.
All know how important it is in
times of war to have troops transpOr-
ted quickly from point to point. Yet
on the 9th of January, 1868. when
Mr.. Dunn, of Indiana, asked unan-
imous leave of the House to intro
duce bill to facilitate the transpor-
tatiOn of the troops, stores and mails
Of the United States between the
City Of Washington, Point of Rocks
and the city of Pittsburg, Mr.. Pen
dleton objected and thus prevented
its introduction. Mr.. Holman, a
Democrat from Indiana, performed
this same service during the same
day. TSee Cong. Globe, vol. 81,
page 254.
NEGRO SOLDIERS.
On the Sd of February, 1868, the
bill authorizing the President to ac-
cept as soldiers, volunteers of Afri-
can descent, passed the House of Rep
At this time it had
become evident that the Government
must use every means within its
power in order to preserve the Union,
yet Mr.. Pendleton voted against the
bill, that afterward reinforced the
Federal armies by the force Of one
hundred thousand fighting men,
See Cong. Globe, vol. 81, page
500.
THF THIRTY SEVENTH CONGRESS.
The Thirty Seventh Congress fur
1ished the men and armies which
destroyed rebellion. 1t clothed, led
lud armed those men; in fact con-
,eiyed and perfected all the difficult
legislation which finally preserved
our nationality, yet Mr.. Pendleton
said of that Congress oD the oath of
February. 1868, that it had been
fruitful ofexpedients to destroy the
happiness of the country See
Cong. Globe, vol. 62, page 1855.
From this assertion one might rea-
;onably infer that Mr.. Pendieton be-
ieved that to thwart secession and
prevent the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of our
Union was "to destroy the happiness
Of our country"
PEACE RESOLUTIONS.
On the 29th of February, 1864, af-
Ter the leaders Of the rebellion had
declared that if furnished with blank
paper upon which to write the terms
upon which they should return to
the Union, they would spurn the Of
for, Alex. Long. of Ohio, introduced
in the House of Representatives a
resolution requiring the President Of
the United States to appoint Frank
lin Pierce, Millard Fillmore and
Thos. Ewing as Peace Commission
srs to the Southern Confederaey.--
The House, by defeating the resolu-
ton. refused to humiliate the Gov
ernment. Yeas %, nays SO. Mr..
name is to be found in
the list of "yeas." See Cong
Globe, vol. 63, page 888.
INDoRSEs A TRAITOR.
On the 9th of April, 1864, just as
Grants army was leaving the en-
of Washington, on its
bleodstained career of glory to Rich
mond, and as Sherman's army was
starting on its triumphant March to
the Sea, Benz. G.. Harris, a rebel
sympathizer from Maryland, stood
up in his place in the House Of Rep
resentatiyes and defantly said to the
loyal people of the country: ''The
South asked you to. let them go in
peace. But no: you said you would
bring them into subsection. That is
not done yet. and God Almighty
grant that it never may be. l hope
that you will never subjugate the
South
Such language shocked all lovers
of the Union and Mr.. Wsshburn, of
Illinois, instantly introduced res
olution, expelling Mr. Harris from the
House of Representatives. This res
olution was defeated, having failed
to receive two thirds of all the votes
cast--yeas 81 nays 5S. Gen.
of Ohio, then introduced a
resolution eensuring Mr.. Harris for
the language used This resolution
was adopted yeas SO, nays Is. Mr..
Pendleton voted "no' on the adOp-
ton of each of these resolutions and