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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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The New York Herald strongly criticizes George H. Pendleton's public record as a consistent sympathizer with the Confederate rebellion, arguing his votes would have doomed the Union war effort, and urges the Chicago Convention to replace him as Vice Presidential candidate.
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Speaking of Mr. Pendleton's public record, it says:-
"It is the record, in Congress and out of Congress, at all times and in all places, from the beginning to this day, of a consistent, constant, inveterate and zealous sympathizer with the cause of the rebellion.
From his Congressional record during this war, we may safely say that, had his vote on all important test questions been the casting vote in the House, volunteering and drafting to fill our wasted armies would have ceased; the pay of our brave soldiers, their subsistence, clothing and transportation would have been stopped; our gallant Union heroes on the land and water would have been abandoned to the tender mercies of Jeff. Davis, and this day we should have had a Southern confederacy, and a war with England and France, for a mere remnant of the Union, in full blast."
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The New York Herald article portrays Pendleton's congressional record as aiding the rebellion, potentially leading to Union defeat if decisive, and calls for his replacement as Vice Presidential nominee at the Chicago Convention.