Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-09-30

btVh NhN a. iDlbiait pOhSl HUI uuiJ
and constitutional liberty, are III
governing ideas of the Administra
ton. They are in no temper to b
trJeed with. They hink they hav
been deeetDed. They are sn6erfa,
from the death Of relatives an,
friends. They are longing fol
peace. There is danger of reUoIu
tion. There is danger Ma
they may see no ertricatio,
from PRESENT difficulties but in sep
aration. Iwdrh you Of 1t n5w.
tOGrh yOu In time.
Nor ANOTHER MAN NOR ANoTHEI
DOLLAR.
Again; in the same speech, Mr.
Pendleton eaid
II should be false to every duty
as its representative here, false ia
You, my fellow Representatives, il
l did not tell you that there is an
impression growing with great ra-
pidity upon the mind Of the people
Of the Northwest, that they hare
been deliberately decetUed into this
'oar that their patriotism and their
love of country have been engaged
10 call them into the army under
the pretense that war was to be for
the Union and the Costitution,
When III fact; it Nab to be an armed
crusade for the abolition ofslavery.
/ tell you, sir, that unless this i'm
preston is speedily arrested it will
become universal It will ripen into
conviction; and then it win be be-
yond your power to get from their
broad plains ANOTHER MAN or from
their almost EXHAUSTED CoFfERs
ANOTHER DOLLAR"
What sweeter comfort could
have Mr. Pehdleton given the arm
ed traitors than to hate stood up
in his place as Representative of
the patriotic people of the Great
Northwest, as he did, and tell them
that his people would not furnish
another man and that their Golfers
were exhausted? What other en-
couragement did the rebels want to
cause them to persist in their wick
ed eoursep
REFUSES TO UENSURE THE SECRETARY
or THE NAVY.
1t will be remembered that nnder
the administration of Mr.. Buchan.
ans Secretary of the Navy, Isaac
Toucey, the war ships of the Gov
ernment had been scattered to dis
taht parts of the world, SO that
they could not be used, when the
rebels made theit attack on the ma
ton. Mr., Toucey accepted with
out delay or inquiry the resigna.
tions of officers of the Navy, who
we're in arths against the Govern
ment when rendering the saina, and
ofthose who sought to resign that
they might be relieved from the
restraint imposed tipoh them by
their commissions on engaging in
hostility to the constituted author.
| ity of the nation.
On the I'd of Match, 1861, Mr.
Dawes, of Massachusetts,. rer orted
a resoluti5h.p .pfohoiincing "this con-
duct a grave error highly prejudi-
cal to the discipline of the service
and injurious to the honor and eff.
fciency of the Navy; for which he
1.-THE Secretary of the Navy de-
serves the censure of this House"
On the adoption of this resolu-
ton there were 55 yeas to So nays.
Among those voting in the mega
tive was George H, Pendleton. :
[See Cong. Globe, Vol. s., page
1424]
VOLUNTEERS.
On the 18th of July, 1861, Mr..
Pendleton opposed an amendment
to pending bill, which amend
ment authorized the President to
accept the services of fire instead
Of four hundred thousand men for
the purpose of repelling invasion;
snpptessing insurrection, enforcing
the laws and preserving and pro-
tecting the public Property, and ap-
propriated R6e instead of four
hhndred million dollars, to be used
if necessary, for the same purpose.
Cong. Globe, vol. 56, page 54.
CHEATING THE Government.
On the 18th of January, 1862,
Mr. Campbell asked leave to intro
duce resolution, instructing the
House Judiciary Committee to en-
anime into the expediency of en-
acting "a law making il a crime,
punishable with death, for any Of
ficer or private of the Army or Ma
Wy of the United States, or other
military service of the Govern
ment, or OH the part of any com
missary; contractors suttlcri or 9th
er person in the employ of the Uni
ted States to knowingly and wilifdl-
IL Cheat and St0indle the Govern
ment of the United Statesi or felo-
niously take and carry away the
property of the same during the
existing rebellion" Mr.. Pendle.
ton objected to this resolution, and
thus prevented its introduction
fC0ug. Globei vol, 81 page 1856.
ATTEMPTS TO FURNISH THE ENEMY
WITH ARMY STATISTICS.
On the 10Th of December, 1852,
Mr.. Pendleton introduced in the
House of Representatives a fesold,
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 en-.