Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-09-17
NO 26.
HON. JOB E. STEVENSON ON
PENDLETON. @a
Extract from his Speech at Marys-
Vile, August p, 1869. ao ass
He OPPOSES TIE wAR.

HE OPPOSES THE WAR. sa1
Mr.. PendletOn's public record is vel
4 known. When the secession ODnsniF
acy was being developed in Washing
/ ton City, he was a Representative il
/ Congress- from the FIRST District %
Ohio, in the confidence Of his party
and must have known the wicked pur
poses of the Southern leaders; and vet
from that time until his cOustituent
relieved him, he was a persistent op
ponent of every measure for the sup
port of the war-only less open thar
Mr.. Harris, Mr.. Long, and Mr.. Vallan.
digham. a7e
LINCOLN on PENDLEroN. pa
In 1868, while he was yet in Congress
/ the Northern Peace sOemOcraey,s en-
couraged by the result Of the election
and by disasters in the field, were plot
/ ting rebellion against the conscription;
organizing Knights of the Golden Cir
Gle, and actually resisting the Govern
ment, even to the shedding Of blood
| Mr.. Nal!andigham, becoming cOnspic-
uous IN these proceedings, was arrest
l ed, tried and convicted, and the Demo
cratic party nominated him for Gov
/ ernor of Ohio. A committee of nine
/ teen, representing each Congressional
District, was appointed TO make de
their candidate. Mr.. .Pendleton was
the most prominent man on the com
mittee They went to Washington,
called upon Mr.. Lincoln read. linn an
address demanding the release of Mr.,
Yallandigham, On the 29th day 81
and after mildly stating the facts,d he
said to Mr. PendIeton and his friends /:
With all this before their eyes the
convention you represent have nOmi-
mated Mr.. Vallandigham for Governor
Of Ohio. You omit to state that in
your opinion an army is a coHBtitu-
tiona1 means of saving the Union
against q rebellion, or even to init
mate that you are conscious of an
existing rebellion being ia progress,
with the aYoWed purpose Of destroying
that very Union. a.s-.
AT the same time your nominee for
Governor, in whose behalf you appeal,
is known to you and TO the world to
decide against the use of an army to
suppress the rebellion,
"YOur own attitude, therefore, en-
courages desertiOn, resistance TO the
draft, and the like, because it teaches
those who incline to desert and to es-
purpose to protect them, and to hope
that you will become strong enough to
do so. 9Ssf +.
II assure you that both friends and
enemies of the Union look upon it in
this light. IT is a substantial hope,
and, by consequence, real strength
to the enemy. ,taff-5-.r...re ft9rgr
81 send you duplicates Of this letter,
IN order that YOU or majority of you,
may, if You choose, iudorse your names
upon one of them, and return it thus
indorsed to me, with the understand
ing that those signing are thereby COM,
mitted to the following propositions,
and to nothing elses a"
! "a. That there is a rebellion now in
the United States, the object and tend
ency of which is to destroy the Nation
al Unions and that in your opinion an
army and navy are constitutional
means for suppressing that rebellion. 2
20, That no one Of you will do any
thing which, in his own judgment,
win tend to hinder the Increase or favor
the decrease, or lessen the efficiency Of.
the army or navy, while engaged In
the effert to suppress that rebellion
and
sphere, do all he can TO have the ON
oers, soldiers and seamen Of the army
and navy, while engaged in the effort
to suppress the rebellion, paid, fed,
clad, and otherwise well provided and
supported" IH @ q
And he promised tha6 their CONE
Plia.nce shellld operate the release of
HE REJECTS 1T. ..
This liberal proposition puzzled Mr..
Pendleton and his committee, and they
retired to New York city to consult
with their friends.
If they had cherished one spark Of
patriotic feeling, they would not have
hesltated an instant. Mr.. Lincoln ask
ed nothing of them but what every Op-
position party feels bound to render In /
time of war-a negative support ofthe
army and navy while the war lasted.
VIZ tnn al feF h1 E-n,E
lost the battle Charlottesville. Our
assaults upon the defenses of VieIrs- [
burg had been repulsed. Lee WIS in
PennsylYania. Ine battle of Gettys- /
burg was impending. And in that /
hour Mr.. Rendleton rejected Mr.. Lin
coins offer, and threw the weight of
his character and influence against the &
oTHE COUNTRY SAVED WITHOUT HIM.
But the vaIor of her soldiers and the
skill of their cOmmander, under the
favor of heaven, saved the Republic.
The thunders of Gettysburg hurled
the hosts of Lee back to Virginia.
Vicks burg fell, the COnfederacy was
broken in two, and the war became on
ly a question of time.
HE STILL OPPOSES.
Even then, Mr.. PendletOn and his
friends did not relax their opposition,
but continued to support Mr.. VaIlan-
to resist the Governments, and
compelled the diversion of forces from
the enemy at the front to the traitors
in the rear. In 1864, Mr.. Pendleton
was the candidate of the peace Democ.
racy, upon the platform denouncine
the war as failure, and holding out to
the rebellion the last hope of success.
HE OPPOSES RECONSTRUCTION. Ies
His record upon reconstruction is
equally clear. In Congress he opposed Z
the Thirteenth Amendment aboHshing {
slavery, and pronounced it unconsti- L
tutional so to amend the Constitution [
He opposed the Fourteenth Amend.
ment, which is the basis Of reconstruc-
ton, and proclaimed the hope that the
rebel States would never return under 4
its conditions. He now opposes the z
Fifteenth Amendment, securing ina
partial suffrage, without which the i
mercy Of their old masters.
ONE INCoEsIsTENCY.
He has been remarkably consistent
in wrong-but he has been inconsist- 4
ent in one thing, changing in that from !
bad to worse. When during the war
it became necessary for the Govern
ment to issue paper currency as legal /
tender, Mr.. Pendleton denounced the l
measure as unconstitutional and
ruinous.
Now, when the welfare Of the Gov
ernment requires gradual return to 4
a convertible currency, he proposes to /
increase and perpetuate the irredeem-
able paper, and make il medium of
THE CONCLUSION
His nomination threatens the stabil- 7
ity of all that we have accomplished az
the cost of so much blood and treasure.
1t is a challenge to the friends of1fber-
ty and Union, peace and prosperity-to /
fight over again all our old battles.
His election would cast now doubt up-
on our national credit, cost us millions
of money and weaken the Government /
at home and abroad. It would post
pone the pacification of the South for 4
four years, inaict incalculable injury /
upon our material interests, revive /
every element Of discord, lawlessness /
and treason, and bring on another
political agitation such /
as so happily ended in the defeat Of /
Seymour and Blair.
How can the people of Ohio be per-
suaded to countenanee such q move /
ment3 It is impossible, They have
u. 80 a Z.