Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-09-10

OF Ohio, introduced In the House Oi
Representatives a resolution requiring
7 the President OF the United States tC
: appoint Franklin Pierce, Millard Fila
: more and Thos. Ewing as Peace Conf
missiOners to the Southern ConfedeCHa-
cy. The House, by defeating the resO-
luton, refused TO humiliate the Gov
ernment. Yeas q, nays SO. Mr.. Pom
dletOn's name is 10 be found in the Iisl
Of yeas. [See Cong. Globe, vol. 6Ss pbge
$751;
INDoRsEs A TRAITOR.
On the 9th of April, 1854, Just as
/ Grants army was leaving the entrench-
. ments OF Washington, on ibs blood
stained career OF glory TO Richmond j,
and as Sherman's = army was starting on
its trium phant march to the Sea, Beni.
| G. Harris, a rebel sympathizer from
; Maryland. stood up In his place in the
/ House Of Representatives and defiant
try: "The South asked you to let them
4 go in peace. But no: you said you
would bring them into subjecdon.-
That is not done yet, and God zAEHtiGhtV
grant that 1t TeUer may be. TbOpe that
goa e0iU 11eUeT s1tbjlGgate the South"
Such language shocked all lovers OF
i the Union and Mr.. Washburne, of IL
linois, instantly introduced a resolution
expelling Mr.. Harris from the House of
Representatives. This resolution was
I defeated, having failed to receive two
thirds of all the votes cast-yeas 81 nays
So. Gen. Schenck, of Ohio, then intro
dueed a resolution censuring Mr.. Har-
ris for the language used. This resolu-
ton was adopted yeas 93, nays Is. Mr..
Pendleton voted 'tno" on the adoption
of each Of these resolutions and thus
1 endorsed the reasonable words of Benz.
@. Harris as worthy Represen entattvo
of the United States. s. 8. Cox, Of Ohio,
and sixteen other Democrats voted for
| the censure of Harris. ESee Cong. Globe
| vol. "a. page 1913.
/ Mr.. Pendleton also voted against q
resolution censuring Alex. Long for de-
/ clariug on the 9Th OF April, 1864. that he
e1tce Gs1d nationality Of the SO-cGtCed Con- |
fedeTGcy then IN arms against the Union. !
| ESee Gong. Globe, vol. "a, page 1884
IT Is NOT THE DUTY OF THE PEOPLE TO |
DESTROY THE REBELLION.
On the 18th of January, 1864, Hon.
Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky, intro /
duced the following resolution
WHERsAs, 4 most desperate, wicked, /
aud bloody rebellion exists within the
Jurisdiction Of the United States, and
che safety and security of personal and
national liberty depend upon its abso-
Lutte and utter extinction; therefore
ReSOtUed, That it is the political, civil,
moral and sacred duty of the people to
meet it, fight it, crush it, and forever
destroy it, thereby establishing perfect
1
Mr.. Pendleton aud q portion of the
Democratic members opposed the resO-
luton. Once during the tendency of
the resolution Mr.. PendletOn voted for
an adjournment, aud once for laying it
on the table. When forced to direct
vote only sixteen Democrats voted
against the adoption Of the resolution,
and among that number was George H.
Pendleton. TWsnty-four Democrats
voted for the resolution. TSee Cong.
nN ~ 4
PendletOn declared that &c was not the
duty of the people to destroy the rebll-
ion.
vALLAEDTGHAAE.
On the 10th of February, 1854, Mr..
PendletOn introduced q resolution con-
demning the arrest and banishment of
G. L. Vallandigham under an order Of
Gen. Burnside. The resolution was re-
jected-yeas Al, nays a. [See Cong.
Globe, vol. So page $751;
HABEAs CORPUS.
On the I'd of March, 1858, an indemnt-
ty bill passed the House Of Representa-
tives, which authorized the President to
suspend the privilege Of the writ Of kss-
United States, whenever in his judg-
ment the public safety may require it."
The vote stood yeas 90, nays A, All
those voting in the negative, including
Mr.. PendIe60n, were Democrats. See
Cong. Globe, vol. 62, page 1871
coNFIsCATIoN,
On the Sd of August, 1851, the first {
confiscation bill passed tho House. It / j
provided that if during the existing re- !
belliOn any person should employ his 8
property In aiding, 0beeetug or prOmOt- a
ing said rebellion it should be lawful i
subject of prize and capture, and made v
it the duty of the President to cause Z
such property 20 be seized, confseated
and condemned. 1t also provided that
il any master should require or per- B
NIT his slave to take up arms against a
the Government, or permit him to be a
employed in any other manner against n
the Government OF the United States, !
be should forfeit all claim TO said slave. 4
Mr.. Pendleton voted "no" on this Z
bill. LCOng. Globe, vol. 56, page 431.1 Q
He also opposed all other cOnfiscation &
measures which were afterWard pro- d
posed, as well as all efforts for the d
abolition of slavery. He also opposed n
all attempts to repeal the Fugitive :
Slave Law. .
OPPOSITION TO ToRE-ENFORCING THE ARMY.
Mr.. PendIeton uniformly opposed all
efforts to strengthen the Union armies 1
by means of enrolment or subscrfp-
ton acts, both in his speeches and by [
his votes. On the 25th of February, n
1868, an enrolment act passed the &
House by a vote of lis yeas to 40 nays. .
Six Democrats voted for the bill, but |.
Mr.. Pendleton's name is among the I
nays. TSee Cong. Globe, Vol. 50, page {
1893. Mr.. Pend1eton also voted {
against all supplemental laws which 0
were afterward enacted.
On the I'd of February, 1868, a bill
passed the House authorizing the Pres
ident "to enroll, arm, equip, and re- e
ceive into the land and naval service :
of the United States such number of e
of African descent as he 8
may deem useful to suppress the pres 4
83, nays "a. Mr.. Pendleton voted in
the negative. LCong. Globe, vol. 81, c
page 69O.1 All subsequent efforts to e
enlist negroes in the army were Op- {
posed by Mr.. Pendleton. o
THE WAR A FAILURE.
On the both of August, 1854, the DEM /
ocracy of the United States in COnven- 0
tion assembled at Chicago, declared the a
1CdT q failure and demanded that EDaDJedS- 4
ate efforts be made for q cessation Of hos i
tiIiti68. At this time, just as our armies !
were securing their final and most q
glorious victories, Mr.. Pendleton step G
ped upon this platform and found his {
Waterloo defeat in the ensuing Novem- c
Der.
official record can give no other con-
clusion than that in 1S6O-6l he desired Z
the dismemberment of this Union Z
that during the war he sympathized 4
with the rebels and aided them by his G
voice and his votes. Mr.. Pendleton P
has never given any indication that !
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