The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-08-26


the army in the field
| V. He stands guard over the per-
sons and property ofred-hapded rebels.
VI. He refuses to vote against for
eign intervention. ,..
VII. He sustains Harris, Long and
other notorious traitors in Congress.
VIII. He continues treason special
defender out of Congress a
PLEADS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
SLAVERY.
On July 81, 1861, page 366 of Con-
gressional Globe for that year, we fud
the Official record of the following pro-
ceedings:
EQUALITY OF THE STATES.
Mr.. Pendleton, of Ohio, offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That under the Constitution
the rights, powers and duties of all the
States of the Union are equal; that the
Union is founded on this equality; that
in order to maintain the Constitution
and the Union, this equality must be
preserved; that every honest effort to
perpetuate the Union must be made in
accordance with the Constitution, and
with a purpose to maintain this equal
ity, that an attempt on the part of the
Federal Government to Subjugdte ahy of
the States, and hold them as territories
or provinces, or in dnyposition inferior to
that Of any other State, or TO interfere Nth
their State Governments, or with their do
mestic institutions, or to abolish or inter-
tere with slavery within their limits,
would be an attempt to destroy this
equality, and would, if successful, sub
vert the Constitution and the Union.
Resolved, therefore By the Senate and
House Of Representatives., That Congress
does hereby solemnly declare that hos
tilities against the so-called COnfeder-
ate States shall be so prosecuted as to
enforce obedience to the obligations of
the Constitution, and the laws passed
in accordance Herewith; and that they
shall not be so prosecuted as to reduce
to a position of interiority any of the
States, or to interfere tVith their State Gov
ernments, OF. to abolish SLAVERY acithin their
limits.
1t will thus be seen that Pendleton
clung to slavery after both he and slav-
cry had abandoned the Union, he pro-
tested against interference with the reb-
el State Governments, although every
State officer in ten States was traitor,
and he was horrified at the attempt "to
subjugate any Of the States" +" that is to
subjugate rebels by means of halters or
loyal bayonets, who were cutting the
throats of our brothefr and sons,
ii. DECLARES THAT THE GOVERNMENT
HAS NO RIGHT TO ExIsT-AND CON
sENTs TO SECESSION
In his speech ou the State of the
Union delivered in the House of Rep.
resentatives, January IS, 1861, found
on page 70 of Appendix to Congression-
al Globe, Part 2, for 1901.
Mr. PendletOn said: e.
-Four States, as far as they are able,
have annulled the grants ofpower made
to the Federal Government; they have
resumed the powers delegated by the
Constitution; they have cancelled, as
far as they could, every limitation upon
the full exercise of all their sovereign
rights; they do not claim our protec-
ton, they ask no benefit from our laws;
they seek none ofthe advantages Of the
confederation. On the other hand, they
renounce their allegiance; they repudi-
ate our authority over them, and they
assert that they have assumed, some of
them that they have resumed, their po-
sition among the family of sovereign
ties among the nations of the earth.
Sir, l deal in no harsh epithets; l
will denounce no State, no body of men.
| will not pause to inquire whether they
have done all this legally and wisely, or
upon sufficient cause. They have done
1t and | recognize the fact. They have
done it with a unanimity Of sentiment,
with coincidence Of opinion among
the people which is without parallel in
the history Of revolutions, and. the sim
pile question presented to as today is this:
s0hether, throughout the limits of those
States which have thus formally, thus
orderly, thus by the enactments ofrep-
resentative bodies Of the highest capac-
ity known to civilized nations-oon-
ventions duly authorized and properly
elected to consider this very question
have declared themselves Independent
Of US, we are prepared BY force Of arms to
MAINTAIN our supremacy and enforce our
ldwS?" Haa.E" "oE .f
Mr. Pendleton'sidea of the Constitu-
ton seems to be that its provisions are
in the nature of mere requests, which
may be regarded or. disregarded,
as the citizens of the several
States see fit. 1t has no sanction, there
fore, and is less binding than law, for
there is no law without a sanction
penalties that must be suffered in case
of its violation. After showing that
the Federal Government cannot collect
the revenue or enforce the laws, Mr..