The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-09-10

submitted the following preamble and resO-
luton in the House of representatives
WHEREAS, A most desperate, wicked and
bloody rebellion exists within the jurisdic-
ton of the United States, and the safety and
security Of personal and national liberty
/ depend upon its utter and absolute extinc-
ton /; therefore,
Resolusd, That it is the political. civil,
moral and sacred duty of the people to meet
It, fight it and crush it, and forever destroy it.
Every loyal man in Congress voted for
the resolution. Of course it was passed by
vote, too, of 112 yeas, to Is nays. Mr..
Geo. H. PendletOn of Ohio, now Democratic
candidate for Governor, was one Of the six
teen traitors who voted against it. Had he
not been a traitor to his country, he would
have voted for it. He did not want the re-
belIion crushed. He had all through the
war labored to secure the success of the
rebels, and he was not willing at the last
moment, black as were the prospects of his
Southern friends, to consent that extra efforts
should be made to conquer them. Had he
possessed particle of sympathy for the
Union, he would have promptly voted for
that resolution.
On the I'd of August 1852. he voted
against bill to confscate rebel property
used for insurrectionsry purposes. All the
way through his course he voted against
every bill designed to ipjure the rebels and
help the cause of the Union. He manifest
ed the utmost anxiety lest the property of
his rebel friends should suffer injury at the
hands of the Union armies. Whenever a
proposition was made looking to the enforce
ment or more vigorous prosecution of the
war, Mr.. Pendleton uniformly voted against
it. His determined opposition was, so well
understood that he was regarded as a traitor
by nins-tsnths of the loyal men of the na-
ton, and throughout the South he was coz
sidered as a warm friend Of the rebels. The
aid he rendered the rebels could not be paid
for in gold, nor, indeed, did he work for
such pay. He was working for love of the
rebel cause. His heart was in it, and it was
because OF the superior opportunities and
advantages his position in the North gave
him that he remained O1-this side the line
rather than cast his lot directly among the
rebels of the South.
On the Sd of March, 1864 he voted
against the following resolution, because its
passage would be direct blow at the re-
bellion 'ta1 ed -a255d
| Resolved That the United States are now
grspp log with an unproVoked and wicked re-
bellion, which is seeking the destruction of
the Republic that it may build a new power
whose cornerstone, according to the con-
fsssion of It's chiefs, shall be slavery that
4 for the suppression of this rebellion, and
thus to save the Republic and prevent the
establishment of such power, the Nation
al Government is now employing armies and
fleets, in full faith that through these efforts
all the purposes OF conspirators and rebels
will be crushed that while engaged in this
struggle on which so much depends, aby
proposition from foreign power, whatever
form it may take, having for its object the
Il arrest of these efforts, is, Just in proportion
to its influence, an encouragement to the re-
bellion and to its declared intentions, and
on this account is calculated to prOlong and
embitter the conflict, to cause increased ex-
penditure of blood and treasure, and to post
pone the much desired day of peace that
with these convictions and not doubling that
every such proposition, although made with
| good intent, is injurious to the national IN
/ terests, Congress viii be obliged to look up
4 on any further attempt in the same direction
as an unfriendly act, which it earnestly de-
precates, to the end that nothing may occur
abroad to strengthen the rebellion, or to
weaken those relations Of good viii with
foreign powers, which the United States are
happy 70 cultivate"
No man familiar with Mr.. Pendleton's
record doubted his desire to have England
aud France step in and support the rebels.
As the cOnfsderacy grew weaker and its
prospects darker, its friends in Europe used
extra efforts to secure its recognition BY
England and France, hence, the introduction
of the above resolution. Knowing that
England ana France would hesitate about
doing, what theys no doubt, desired to do,
take the part of the rebels, if our Govern,
ment stood firm. Mr.. Pendieton voted
against that resolution because itswas a
direct blow at his friends. In April, 1861,
Mr.. PendIeton voted against the resolution
censuring the notorious traitor Long for
using reasonable language in debate. He
also voted against the resolution censuring
Harris for using the following reasonable
language
The South asked you to let them 60 IN
peace. But, no You said YOU would
bring them into subjection. That IS not
done yet, and Cod Almighty grant t,at %
mag neyer be done. IAope that yOu gOiR nevsr
sagjsyats the South!J i'l'
We have now given enough of this mau's
record to satisfy any rigbtminded man that
Geo. H PendIeton was throughout the war
q firm friend Of the rebels, and conseq qaent1y
an enemy of the Union. He never wavered
in his devotion to the rebel cause, and has
boasted time and again since the war that
his vote was never given in favor of putting
doWa the rebellion. We can readily admit
that many loyal men might and did fad
fault with more or less of the policy of the
Administration. We concede that it was
not necessary to prove ones loyalty that he
should yield blind and implicit obedience
to every act Of the Republican party, but
this Democratic candidate in company with |
Long, Harris and Vallandigham, used his |
entire Influence to subvert the constitution |
and aid the rebels in building up a eonfeder-
acy in opposition to the Union that oua /
fathers had formed. The history of Geo.
4. Pendleton forms one of the blackest /
chapters in the history of our struggle with !
traitors in arms. 1t proves him one of the
most determined enemies of equal rights
and free government, and stamps him man
of the very worst character. The voters Of
the State of Ohio need no warning against
trusting a man whose career is marked by
such crimes against his country, and the
vote that will be given against him in
October will prove that the people of Ohio
have not forgotten the past.
al A Thrilling Escape.
We find the following, in regard to form
er resident of Fremont in the TitusvilIe