Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-24
Friday, September "a, 1859.
dreat' Spoech of George Il
Peldleton OF Ohio.

Candidate ror GoveEErp1by eEErp by a num-
J. was recently g calls insisted UPON a
e, e Der of frien4; him they had a rc.
speech. present who would civc
- po{ all audience of several hun.
dred thousand. AS Mr.. Pendlcton
is always ready, he complied, and
spoke, as is his wont, most clo
qucntly, ably and profoundly upon
tho great political questions Of tho
day.
The candor and honesty of the
man-his rare temper and modera,
tion-his courtesy and charity to
political oproncnts-show them
selves III Lis opening sentences:
E'I ask your impartial attention
ask you to hear mc without pref
udlcc. l will say nothing in the
j way of fact Or argument which !
60 not believe to be true.
81 have strong convictions. You
::now [ am bound by strong party
ties; bnt I am happy to believe
that you know [ love my country,
and that l hold every opinion, ev.
cry party tic subordinate to nv de-
sire to promote its welfare and the
happiness of its people. Many of
my acqualntanccs, of my relatives,
OF my friends, differ widely from
me. TREY are members Of the
Republican party. I am glad to
possess their personal good will and
confidence. I am glad to have
such social relations with them.
that even in this little company /
find some Of them. 1 frankly con-
tess that co"ct their good Will. /
am an sorry we diftor i'll opinion.
Tho difference is ilonost. lean
not question their motives. ] have
full confidence in their integrity.
l respect their judgment. I would
not say ono word to wound their
susceptibility. We have the same
duties. Wo havo the same coun-
try to love, the same liberties to
preserve, :he same Government to
maintain, the same posterity to pro-
vide for, the same history to answer
unto. They know that I freely
conccdc 10 them the same p:,ti ioJ-
ism, the same sincerity, the same
sense OF responsibility, which I
believe they accord to H:c."
Lie differs from his opponent, Gov
erncr Hays, il thinking that all the
great political questions Of tho day
havo boon settled. On the contrary,
he affirms, that taxation has not been
lightcncd, and expenditure has not
been lessoned - capital is inactive, and
labor is ill-componsatcd-trad on
land and commerce on the sea, havo
boon paralyzed. And all this has
been the fruit of consolidation-of an
interference of Federal authority in
the management of State affairs, in
disregard of the provisions of tho
Constitution. Hear him:
"But cannot pre- to believe
what know to be false. / cannot
say the Union is restored when Vir-
ginia, and Mississippi AID Texas are
under military Governors, and Goor.
gia IS without representation in Con.
gress. cannot say peace is restored
when Justice is administered by a
drum-head court martial. 1 can not
say the Constitution is maintained
when we know that the Supreme
Court is only waiting an ]opportunity
to declare the reconstruction acts un-
constitutional
II can not say the harmony OF our
Federal system is maintained when
Federal power is brought to bear,
With all its force Of law and of arms.
to compel the States to Change their
constitutions nnd the Constitution of
) the Federal Government.
IL can not say that the people arc
not burdened, when debt Of S2,5OO,-
100000 is piled upon their. shoulders :;
and tbls immense amount is increased
six hundred millions by resolution
OF Congress "to improve tho public
credit
II can not say their burdens are
light, when St30, 900, 900 are annually
drawn from tho products Of active
labor and nothing from doad capital.
81 cannot say that taxation is equal
when bonds arc exempted and labor
IS crushed beneath its exactions. ]
cannot say that economy and honesty
mark tho collection and disbursement
OF tho revenue, whom tho Secretary
OF the Treasury pays ono hundred
and twenty dollars for bond which
no may redeem for ono hundred dol.
lars, and when tho Commissioner o1
Internal Revenue wishes, above all
things, that he may send q supervisor
to tho Penitentiary.
can not say that all is prosperous,
whom agricultural products are 30 low,
Fand employment 80 scarce, and wages
so reduced, and interest on monoy SO
high, and good, and honest, hor1ora.
bic men in every branch of CONNER.
clal and mercantile and mechanical
industry are on the very Verge Of
hopeless bankruptcy. And because
l can not say alf these things, can
not turn from them with such entire
complacency to consider whether the
last Uepislature sat flGfaw dst3o[ tno