The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
mr.. PendletOn's speech of
come to the Kentucky LegiS-
lature.

The members of the Legislature
Of Kentucky,. nowIn session, visited
Cincinnati a few days since, on the
invitation of its citizens, and were
welcomed, and Toasted. At the
banquet, at the Burnet House, Hon.
GEORGE Fl. PENDLEToN made the
welcoming speech. The Cleveland
Herald, Radical, says that it was
done with the finish, good taste,
and eloquencet that are Characteristic
of Mr.. PENDLEToN." From his re-
marks we make the extracts which
follow, which we commend as the
finest we have lately seen:
do not know the philosophy by
which our souls r governed. l
have seen upon the PLAINS of
Central Europe the people of Swift
zerland pine for the pure air and
snowy peakes oftheir native noun
tains. I have seen the ~Israelite,
through pain, and trial. and danger
push his way to the Holy Land,
that he might there enter the open
ing portals ofthe new Jerusalem. 1
have seen in the waters of the desert
the MussuIman put his hand on his
mouth, and his mouth In the dust,
as q: the hour of prayer be bent his
head toward Mecca. 1 do not uu<
derrate material interests. 1 do
not fail 10 see the influence Of
material prosperity, but appeal
to your own eonsciences, whether
there's not magic in the name lone
and q love of country which springs
spontaneously every human heart
That magic spell l invoke tonight
to bring kentucky and Ohio closer
together than ever they have been
before. CRenewed cheering.1
The tie which binds the people
of these States is not q weak one.
Indemnity ofrace, of origin of Ian
guage, of religion, of institutions, of
hopes, of dangers, of aspirations
have banded them IN intimate CON-
nunion. Location has added TO its
strength, also. We in Ohio, form
part of that great belt which nature
and man have made the highway
from New York to San Francisco.
You, in Kentucky almost skirt these
valleys which mark The course OF
railways through the mountains eff
Virginia and Tennessee, on their
way from the Chesapeake to the Bay
of California. We, in Ohio, fiom
our northern shores, look upon the
cold lakes ard feel the blasts Of fro
zen Canada; while you, in Kentucky
from Jour mountains, can almost
catch the breeze from the Gulf,
laden with tho perfume of lemon
and orange. and look almost down
on the fields luxuriant with trOpI-
cal richness.
Similarity of climate, of coil and
of production have also contributed
to give Us idnentIty Of interest
These influences have produced
their natural results. Citizens of
Ohio and kentucky, they have made
us one people. The voice of the past
rises up tonight to proclaim that
Kentucky was the dark and bloody
ground; yet before her own soil was
dry she sent her ons to pour out
their blood in defense of this infant
settlement, and the battlefield Of
Wayne snd st. Clair, and later of
the Thames and ~Tippecanoe, attest
not only their valor, but their love
for the State of OHIO. In 1882,
when trouble threatened thecountry
1t was citizen of Kentucky pro-
posed the compromise which, for
a third of century, averted the
horrors of cival war; aud IN 1850 the
same great statesman left his retire
ment IN order that he might again
by compromises and Cancellation,
avert the calamities which threaten
ed US. Fitting compeers of your noble
Clay, were Crittenden, and Breckin-
ridge and Nicholas, who, with our
Warren and our Harrison, and our
Ewing; stood side by side whenever
:ho integrity of the Union or the
rights of tho States were in danger.
[Chcers.1
1rksa Radical Sufnfa-