Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-07

3 their verdict i'll his favor.
Mr.. Pend leiOn's Record.
From the Cincinnati Gazette, Sept. 50.
/ In u la!e iiuinier OF the Gazette we in
quiled what MIR Pentileton had done ii:
a public man. Ghe Enquirer undertake:
, 10 answer ihi> by telling us how mann
times Mr.. Pendleton has been elected K
nificr- lhI- ibfurmation We dad not uSE
nr-did hot iset,i- Everybody know
/ ;iIa! MIR. Pen'ileton has for fifteen year
i,-en an Office holder or an Office ,eek,-I
y. an orfise holder Mr. Prn,lletnn
rcofd L. complete and iirii-pntatle. II
''s> ili,d i'ieadid opportunities todevelrl
l. iaIrnis- Few young rnrn have Ia
quail opportunities. But how has Il,
IA p.o' Il them? We defy any irsr-"' II
pat iii, finger upon ANY speech r,i &C "a
Mr. Pe.'';ietnii so distinguish hln, "a, .
pOiitic All. II, lSob he was first elected l.
onsre-s. where he renairieu until 1854
his covered Tie iliost evei.tfui prriUo
IN tine history ot the country b. wctt
1896 and 1861 the great sousI,iracN y
against the nation was formed. Where
was Mr.. PendletOn ut that timer He
was the subject of his Southern masters
In 1850, when the Treasury was being
depleted; when our soldiers were be- ny
sent 10 the Western frontier; when oul
navy was being scattered, and when
poor Buchanan was trembling in the
hIte House, what did MIR. PendietOn
say or do? What little he said, and ali
that he did, was against the imperiled
Government. He differed from the
southern rebels only in name. He held
his seat in Congress only TO oppose the
Go eminent. The rebels, more manly,
vacated their seats and took up arms tC
light for the cause they espoused. The
most that can be said for Mr.. Pendleton
at that time is that he was a trimmer
He was not as bold as Vallandigham, OF
as consistent as the rebels, consequently
he made record of which he is now
ashamed, and he appears before his
countrymen asking that the past may
De torgotten-nOt forgiven, butforgotteD
and buried out of sight. Furthermore,
during the war Mr.. Pendleton's course
was a prolonged whine. He spoke and
voted not as Il patriot, but as a partisan
lie lacked the capacity to comprehend
the logic OF events. He consequently
viewed matters, not from the stand
point OF statesman, but from the stand
point of mere partisan. Hence he
voted against principle at one time and
Tor 1T at another. His aim was not to far
ther the interest of the country, but to
embarass them; not to suppress the re
bellion, but to encourage it. For exam
pie, he voted against the legal tender
act when il was plain the law was ne
ressary. For three years he has been in
avOr of increasing the issue of this legal
tender currency. He opposed the law
when it was necessary To save the coun-
is
fnvors the exp, nsion oftiIat kind of cur
renry.
Again, when the first fivetwenty law
was passing through Congress. an
amendment WAS adopted by the Sennte
tifiking the Interest payable in coin. In
the House, 46 Republicans voted for this
amendment and 90 against. EUc5y
Democrat bat t,Uo uOted for it, aud il
passed. Mr.. PendIeton's name stands
recorded in lie Congressional Globe in
favor OF that amendment. Now Mr.
Prndleton declares ii WAS ali outrage to
make ii distinction between the bond
iioider> and the people.
Is this state>uiai>hip: T. il an evi
dence Of greatness?
Theb run the finger over Mr.. Pentlie-
on's record. il ard ont Of Congress
during the dark days OF the Repuhlic-
follow him from the halls of ont ress IL
the haunIs nf the rebel elements in New
York cIiy, thence 10 The stump in Ohio
and Pennsylvania. and back to Con
gress, and M speech or vo,t c his will ut
found that might not have been mad, ..
given al Richmond. Va. during the Re
bellion, amt that would not have .heeI
by jefferson Davis.
Now these re he facts that can neither
be denied nor explained. Since, there
fore, Mr.. Pendleton assumes to be
and his friends claim for him
the attributes of greatness, we have d
right to call for the proof. Where is it,
That he has been in Office sixteen wears
we know. That he has had splendid
We know, but that in the
sixteen years Of his official life he has al
no time, and under no circumstances
is a fact that cannot be denied. There
is the record. 1t is written. History
will repeat it.
Then come down to Mr. Pendleton's
Clifton speech. The best that can be-
said of that is, that it was a bIunder;
but it was a blunder such as statesman
or the smallest part of a statesman would
not have committed. The aim of the
writer oi that speech was to make a
case, and he proceeded regardless OIL
facts. This was not even smart; because
the material was at hand. and accessible
TO everybody, to disprove nearly every
statement specifically made. We ven
ture to say now that Mr.. Pendleton will
ask to have that speech buried with his
war record. 1t was discreditable Wei
do not refer to its composition. That.
like all of Mr.. Penileton's peeches, was
well performed, and even elegant; but
we refer to its studied Misrepresentation.
This is evidence, not of greatness, but of
If the people of Ohio are prepared to
all that was done TO suppress
the re 'ellion, and are in favor of those
who opposed the Government at every
step, and are now illing to move back
ward, Mr.. Pendleton is unquestionably
The man that should receive their votes ,
Gov. Hayes has an entirely different
record. He is not a reactionist, but a
man. Neither is he q repu |
iiationist. He fought to sustain the
life of the nation. He would not now
east a stain upon its credit. Let the peo
pie choose.