Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-30
George Il. Pendleton.

| george b. Pendlet0n.
In our several articles on Mr.. Pen
dleton's record we have aimed to be
perfectly fair to the gentleman. and
have made our citations from his pub
lie utterances as given to the people of
the country by his oxn hand. There
is no ga;nsaying them, or grounds for
denial, for the truth of them is as de-
monstrable as problem in Euclid. or
simple sum in arithmetic. We have
shown his open encouragement OF Sc
cession; his refusal to vote ga man or a
dollar" to carry on the war tor the
suppression Of the Rebellion; his open
and avowed hostility against the
Union; his refusal to say that he, and
his confreres, would not hinder enlist
ments in the army and navy of the Uni
ted States; that he would not aid or as
sist in feeding, clothing and paying the
soldiers who were periling their lives
in defence of their beloved country; his
violent opposition TO the 14th Amend
ment to the Constitution, securing to
the widows and orphans of the Union
soldiers, who had lost their lives, their
rightful pensions; and his sympathy,
openly avowed, for Mr.. Vallandigham
when that gallant and honest patriot,
Burnside, sent him South among his
chosen friends. @ h
We now come to another point in
Mr.. Pendleton's record, no less infa-
nous in its character and open encour-
ageme ent of the authors and abettors of
the unholy Rebellion, by endorsing an
open and avowed traitor.
On the 9th of ofApril, 1864, about the
time Grants army was star ting on its
blood d-stained march to Richmond, and
Sherman beginning his triumphant
march to the sea, Benz. G. Harris,
rebel sympathizer and member of Con-
gress from Maryland, stood up in his
place in the House of Representatives
and said to the loyal people of the
country: ISL
"The South asked you to let them
go in peace. But no, you said you
would bring them into subsection.
That is not done yet, AND COP AL
MIGHTY GRANT THAT IT NEVER MAY BE.
l HOPE THAT YOU WILL NEVER sUBJUGATE
THE SOUTH"
Such outrageous and reasonable
language shocked all lovers of the
Union, and Mr. Washburne, Of Illi-
nois, instantly introduced resolution
expelling Mr.. Harris from the House of
Representativ ves. This resolution was
defeated by vote of yeas, Sl-nays,
SIT requiring two-thirds of all the
votes to carry it.
Gen. Schenck, of Ohio, then intro
duced resolution censuring (only CEN
suring) Mr.. Harris for the language
used. Mr.. Pendleton, on both of these
resolutions, voted NO, thus endorsing
publicly, by his vote, the reasonable
words of Benz. G. Harris. S. S. Cox,
and l6 other Democrats, voted for the
resolution of Gen. Schenck, censur1ng
Harris. Are there any soldiers, pat
riotic citizens to-day, who will say that
this vote of Mr.. Pendleton's was the
act of true, patriotic lover of his
country? Was it not an act of public
approval of the course of Davis, Lee &
Co? Any of the readers of the Jour
nal can satisfy themselves of the truth
or falsity, of this by referring to the
Congressional Globe, Vol. 63, page
1854 1t is there in black and white
and far more complete than our space
will enable us to give. Again
On the 18th of January, 1864, Hon.
Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky, intro
duced the following resolution: 4
WHEREAS, A most desperate,
wicked and bloody rebellion exists
within the jurisdiction of the United
States, and the safety and security. of
personal and national liberty depend
upon its absolute and utter extinction;
Therefore, ..t aat r.. n
"Resolued, That it is the political,
civil, moral and sacred duty of the peo-
pie to meet it. fight it, crush it, and
forever destroy it, thereby establishing {
perfect and unalterable liberty" qa
Mr.. Pendleton and portion of the
Democratic members opposed the reso-
ution. Once during the tendency of
he resolution Mr.. Pendleton voted for
IN adjournment, and once for laying it {
IN the table. When forced to direct
'ote, only sixteen Democrats - voted
lgainst the adoption of the resolution, q
md among that number was George {
/. Pendleton. Twenty-four Demo- G
rats voted for the resolution. [See
Jong. Globe, vol. 63, page e61. Thus
dr. Pendleton declared that 1t was not
he duty of the people to destroy the re I
,ellion. d .7E bnsfrl fnf =;
Voters of Galha county, you, whose :,
,reatest pride was in your untarnished
oyalty to your bleeding country, is !
hat the record of a patriot; of a sincere
over of his country? Is thata record !,
ou, fresh from the battlefelds of the
Jnion, can endorse by your votes and :
ourinfuence? Soldiers, be you Dem, !,
crat or Republican, can you ignore !
he brilliant deeds of your life in the
ented field in behalf of your imperiled