STTrprFXjEiiMrrEiTT.
REBEL WAR CLAIMS!
GRAND RAID ON THE TREASURY.
How Loyal Men are to
be Taxed t!!
WHAT DEMOCRATIC RETREXCHMEXT
MEANS.
The following lift has been carefully compiled
from the Congressional records of the lato ses
sion, and (hows more completely the designs of
the " Reform" Democrat upon tpe Treasury,
if they once obtain the power, than any bnn
combe campaign speeches or convention plat
forms could possibly do. These are the legisla
tive acts of the Democratic members of Con
gress. The speeches and platforms are only
professions for electioneering purposes. The
total sum here proposed to be appropriated is
more than our present national debt by ?100,
000,000, being $2,503,622,380. And this, it
must be remembered, is only an earnest of what
these " Reformers," these Democratic econo
mists, would do if once fairly placed in power
in the executive department and in both houses
of Congress :
BILLS OP A GENERAL NATURE
for the adjustment und payment of Southern
claims, and for purposes of a sectional charac
ter introduced at the first session of the Forty
fourth Congress by Representatives of the party
of "Econoinv and Reform:"
H. R. No. 3,4i0, by Hon, E. J. Ellis, of Lou
Isiana : Appropriates ? -1,303,000 to repair and
rebuild the levees on the Mississippi river.
H. R. No. 1,093, by lion. R. L. Gibson, of
Louisiana : For rebuliding levees, &c, on the
Mississippi river, $.),fir,o.OOil.
II. R. No. 65, by Hon. Benjamin Wilson, of
West Virginia : To indemnity West Virginia for
damage to roads and bridges in Marion county
bv the Union armies, $:iu0,000.
"H. H. No. 2;W, by lion. Philip Cook, of Geor
gia : Proposes to refund the claimants F08,072,
UOO. collected as the internal revenue tax on
cotton in 1SI53 and subsequently.
H. R. No. 0S2. Hon. R. Q. Mills, of Texas : To
refund the cotton tax to the producers of the
cotton.
II. R. No. fi53, by Hon. W. W. Wilshire,
Arkansas : " To facilitate the adjustment and
settlement of claims of citizens of the l'nited
States for stores and supplies taken or furnished
during the rebellion for the use of the army of
the United States;"' including the use and loss
of vessels and boats, by authorizing suits to Ik.
instituted in the United' States court in the dis
trict wherein the property wa taken or used,
men suits to be tried " by said courts in the
same manner and by the same rules of evidence
us that now prescribed by law for the trial
of civil causes in the Circuit Courts of the
United States ;" that is, by juries of the vicin
age. Judgments rendered by raid courts to be
paid out of a general appropriation for such
claims by the Secretary of the Treasury the
Southern Claims Commission to be abolished,
and with it all tests of lovalty.
It has been estimated that $1,205,103,000
w ould be required to pay such claims, and that
as large an amount wouid be required for claims
under n. R. No. 214, introduced by Hon. II.
V. Riddle, of Tennessee, directing compensa
tion to he ullowed for the use and occupation of
property by the United States jinny during the
late war, under which the Secretary of War is
required to allow reasonable, compensation to
a'l citizens of the United States for the use and
occupation of their property during the late
civil war by the United States army or any
part thereof: and providing that the affidavit of
the claimant, supported by" the testimony of any
responsible clti.eii, shall be stiflielent proof to
establish the Isct of such Use and occupation by
the nrtnv.
II. R. 'No. Kit t. by Hon. W. M. Levy, of Lou
isiana, uud II. K. No. l?s:5, by lion. F. II. llurd,
of Ohio, propose to reopen the Court of Claiuu
to claimant lor the proceed of captured and
abandoned properly, without regard to loyalty ;
and the tormer alto provides for abolishing tho
Southern Claims Commission and referring to
said court all claims fort tores and supplies taken
from citizens of the insurrectionary Males, in
cluding use and loss of yes.-els and boats, rent
and occupation of house and buildings, and
men stores as lumber, tobacco, sugar, S;e.,
without respect to loyalty of claimant.
The balance of proceeds of captured and
abandonrd property in the Treasury is about
nine millions of dollars. Claims for such pro
ceeds have been filed in the Court of Claims and
Treasury Department and presented to Con
gress lor over thirty millions. More than two
thirds of these claims arc burred by statutes of
limitation, and the above bills are intended to
remove the bar.
It is proposed also by House bills to refund
the amount of direct tax collected in the South
ern Stele.-, amounting to $2,492,110, and to
remit the balance ol said tax uncollected,
amounting to 152,661,776.
II. 1!. No. 101, by lion. Eppa Hnnton, of
Virginia : For the relief of owners and purchasers
of lamls told ior direct taxes in the insurrec
tionary States.
If. ft. No. ?o'i, by Hon. Eppa Hunton, of
Virginia : For payment of rent for lamls told
lor direct taxes and occupied by the United
States.
H. R. No. 2"'iS. by Hon. Carey Young, of
Tennessee : To pay for all cotton "seized after
May 2!l, lsiio.
H. It. No. 3212. by Hon. Philip Cook, of
Georgia : To authorize the Court of Claims to
take jurisdiction of all claims relating to cap
tured and abandoned property.
H. R. No. W5U, by Hon. R. y. Mills, of Texas :
Directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
to owners the value of all cotton seized after
Mav SO, 1S05.
H. R. No. 1132, by Hon. O. C. Cabell, of Vir
ginia : Directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to nay to the owners the value of all cotton and
tobacco seized after April 10, 1SB3.
H. 11. No. 1I1S, bv Hon. J. F. Phillips, of
Missouri : Provides that the authority of the
Quartermaster General and Commissary General
to ass on claims lor stores and supplies taken
and used by the United States armies engaged
in the suppression of the reWilion and for use
and occupation of proixTty by said armies shall
cease, and confers Jurisdiction over all such
claims on t lie Circuit Courts ol the United States
in the Southern States.
II. R. No. 2S07, by Hon. O. R. Singleton, of
Mississippi : Provides lor transferring claims for
stores and supplies from the Southern Claims
Commission to the Court of Claims.
II. K. No. 871, by Hon. H. Y. Riddle, of Ten
nessee : Provides that the testimony of "any
reputable citizen " shall be admitted by tho
Court of Claims and War Department as ef
fectually establishing the fact of appropriation
of property lor the use of the armies of the
United States.
H. R. No. 2627, by Hon. II . Y. Riddle, of
Tennessee : Provides, in effect, that in claims
before the Southern Claims Commission and the
executive departments the only evidence of
loyalty to be required shall be such as enabled
Gaauay B. Lamar to obtain a judgment in the
Court of Claims for ?57i),00O for cotton captured
at Savannah by General Sherman, and Thomas
S. Metealf, Confederate depository at Augusta,
Ga., to obtain a like judgment for $187,000.
H. R. No. 437, bv Hon. J. T. Harris, of Vir
ginia ; II. R. No. 1130, bv Hon. G. C. Cabell,
of Virginia; H. R. No. 1212, by Hon. J. F.
House, of Tennessee ; H. R. No. 1543, by Hon.
F. Hereford, of West Virginia : To rentorc teveral
chinnr of pauionen stricken from the rolte for dis
loyalty. II. K. No. S555, by Hon. O. R. Singletou, of
Mississippi, for the relief of disloyal mail con
tractors, whose pay was stopped during the
war.
H. R. No. 8290, by Hon. W. E. Smith, of
Georgia : To pay claims of mail contractors and
postmasters for services in States in insurrec
tion in 1801.
H. R. No. 2233, by Hon. J. W. Throckmor
ton, of Texas : Appropriating $33,000 for re
. lief of disloyal mail contractors in the Southern
. States.
11. R. No. 25, by Hon. J. II. Reagan, of
Texas : Repealing joiut resolution prohibiting
payment by any oflicer of tho Government to
any person not known to have been opposed to
the rebellion and in favor of its suppression,
and providing for their payment.
H. K. No. 87, by Hoii. J. T. Harris, of Vlrgl.
nln ; H. R. No. 170, by lion. F. Hereford, of
West Virginia, of similar import.
H. R. No. 22, bv Hon. ,J. J. Davis, of North
Carolina; Repealing section 34X0, Revised Sta
tutcs. w hlch forbids the payment of eertaln dis
loyal claimants, and appropriating tV)t,000 for
payment of such claims.
nit.i.s op A rmvATB lMft'nK.
The following Is a summary of private relief
bills Introduced by Democratic mcinbrm of Con
gress at tho first session of tho Forty-fourth
Congress for use and damage done to or de
struction of property in tho insurrectionary
Slates, and for stores and supplied taken, cotton
and other property raptured, and other claims
arising out of the late rebellion :
VIKOINIA.
John W. Johnston, hills $221,781) 81
Robert E. Withers, 1 bill 40,4 00
Eppa Hnnton, IS bills "2,40 nil
William Terry, 8 bills .37.127 33
John T. Harris, bills 30,224 45
Beverly B. Douglass. 5 bills 14,418 IS
George C. Cabell, 10 bills 81,829 84
Gilliert C. Walker. 3 bills 10,550 00
J. Randolph Tucker, 3 bills . . 27,201 05
John Hoodc, Jr., 1 bill. 15,107 89
WEST VIHU1NH.
Allan Canerton, 1 bill 21 ,7S7 10
II. G. Davis, 1 bill 7.000 00
Charles J. Faulkner, 14 bills 54.700 00
Benjamin Wilson, 3 hills 204.000 00
Frank Hereford, 3 bills 15,000 00
XOHTIt CAROLINA.
A. 8. Merrlmon, 2 bills 43,533 00
Robert B. Vance, 3 bills 1 ,273 25
Alfred M. Scales, t bill 0,521 00
Thomas 9. Ashe, 4 bills 9,805 00
J. J. Davis, 3 bills 61,500 00
TENNESSEE.
W. C. Whitthome, 7 bills 83,484 29
John F. House, 13 bills 00.255 10
John M. Bright, 8 bills 55,20t 21
John D. C. Atkins, 7 bills 00,534 00
George (1. Dibrell. 5 bills 3,783 50
Casev Young. 3! bills 698,508 49
llavwood Y. Riddle, 10 bills 53,508 49
Win. P. Caldwell, 10 bills 78,008 90
Win. McFarland, I) bills 114,108 00
KENTITKT.
John W. Stevenson, 1 hill 25,000 00
Milton .1. Durham, 4 bills 44,423 00
Chas. W. Milliken, 9 bills 93.508 72
J. C. S. Blackburn, 2 bills 50,927 00
Andrew J. Boone, 2 bills 15.197 80
J. Proctor Knott , 3 bills 11,050 00
Thos. L. Jones, 1 bill 5,010 00
OEOltOIA.
John B. Gordon. 1 bill 144,923 85
James H. Blount, 3 hills 290,780 38
Milton A. Candler, 4 bills 52,840 00
Wm. H. Feiton. 3 bills 7.345 00
Wm. E. Smith, 1 bill 100,000 00
Philip Cook, 1 bill 5.038 00
B. H. Hill, 2 bills 14.546 12
MISSISSIPPI.
Otho R. Singleton, bills 208,ii8 04
Charles E. Hooker, 4 bill 87,058 00
LOflSIAXA.
E. John Ellis, 8 bills 107,735 09
Wm. B. Spencer, 2 bills 8,978 71
Wm. M. Levy, 4 bills. 115,813 50
TEXAS.
John H. Reagan. 3 bills 101,177 27
John Hancock,! bills 83,04 90
R. Q. Mills, 1 bill 13,4X7 00
J. W. Throckmorton. 1 bill 5,453 00
A11KANSAS.
Thomas M. Guntcr. 5 bills 10,503 50
I. ueien C. Gause, 4 bills 80,91 00
Wm. W. Wilshire, 5 bills 61,209 14
ALABAMA.
Wm. H. Fornev. 1 bill 144.!r22 85
John H. Caldwell, 1 bill 1,349 98
NEW TOUR.
Beniamiu Willis, 3 bills 49,007 00
Smith Elv. 1 bill 3,500 00
Edwin h Meade, 1 bill 10,040 00
MASSACHUSETTS.
William W. Warren, 3 bills 30,135 00
NEW JF.nSUV.
A. A. Hardenbergh. 1 bill 10,800 00
Robert Hamilton. 1 bill 8,000 00
PENNSYLVANIA.
Wester Clymer, 1 bill 17,705 00
OHIO.
Milton Sayler, 3 bills 40,117 00
TLI.INOI".
John R. Eden, 2 bills 4,040 00
.Mls-jOlltl.
L. V. Bogy, 1 bill 10.000 00
F. M. Cockrell, 2 bills 10,927 00
Charles H. Morgan, 3 bills 24,210 00
Benjamin T. Franklin, 3 bilia 20,2."0 00
Aylett II. Buekner, 11 bills lM(l,ir4 14
John B. Clarke, Jr., 7 bills 127,013 13
Erastus Wells, 1 bill 29.000 00
II. A. Hatcher, 2 bills 14,148 00
W. II. Store, 5 bills 21.310 e3
J. F. Phillips, 3 bills 4.103 00
David Rea, 4 bills 10.991 50
R. De Bolt, 3 bills 5.410 00
J. M. Glover, 3 bills 1,53 03
E. C. Kchr, 1 bill 3,245 00
Total t4,770,50O 43
ItECAPITILATION.
Rebuilding levees on Mississippi
river $5,250,000
Rebuilding bridges in West Vir
ginia..: 200,000
Refund of cotton tax 08,073.000
Supplies used or destroyed 1.205.103,000
Use and occupation of property. . 1,305,103,000
Return of proceeds ol captured
property 9,000,000
Refund and remission of direct
tax 5,153,8$fi
Disloyal mail contractors 350,000
Disloyal claimants under repeal of
section 318U Revised Statutes.. 500,000
Private relief bills 4,770,500
Total 3.503.23,"S6
Nov read this decision of Judge Clifford that
these
REBEL CLAIMS MUST BE PAID :
Judge Clillord, of the United States Circuit
Court, lias decided that General Lorenzo Dow,
of Maine, is liable to a rebel citizen of Louisiana
for the value of property taken by him for the
ue of the army during t tic war. There is a law
of Congress against paying damages to rebels,
or settling any claims in their favor, and the
officers of the army were particularly enjoined
not to certify claims for properly taken from
disloyal persons. The ioliey of the army was
that of all other armies to subsist ofT the ene
my when in the enemy's country. Yet Judge
Clifford now steps in and holds an army olllccr
personally responsible tor damages inflicted in
obeying his orders.
This decision is an alarming one, because it
opens the door wide for a tremenduut amount
of similar claims. Judge Clifford is one of the
few judges lelt over from Buchanan's or Pierce's
time, and although a strictly honest and up
right mau, is naturally biased aud influenced by
his Democratic leanings. If he, a moderate,
cool, and cautious Democrat, strains the law so
as to favor a disloyal claimant, what may be ex
pected from men who are not cither cool, mode
rate, or cautious? What would be the de
cision of a Supreme Court made up of such
men as Jeremiah 8. Blaek, Sanford E. Church,
George H. Pendleton, and General McClernan (
A Democratic Supreme Court, composed of even
such men as Judge Clillord, would undoubtedly
hold the United States liable for every ceut's
worth of rebel property taken or used by the
army during the war; and tho owner of the
Appomattox apple tree could demand rent lor
the ground occupied by the army at the surren
der of the rebel lorces. Tildeu's infamous doc
trine that tha a liny were trespassers upon every
foot they traversed during the war would
thus become the supreme law of the Uud.
'There is one thing," said Uncle Sammy,
persuasively, to a doubtful voter w ho sought in
formation, "if you elect me President there'll
be no more frauds in the collection of tho reve
nue. Tell ye, there isn't a trick in that trade
that I ain't up to, and them fellers never could
get ahead of inc." JIuirkeye.
General McClellan was behind time at Mans
field, Ohio, last Thursday, aud the Htrahl dis
tinguishes him with the following epigram ;
''J'hert) was once a titan at Ar.lletatn, '
Wbo fought the rUmls, aud heat 'tin;
Hut he plliel tlli'itl so
Tl:at lie let them nil go,
Baying, That Is my nay to defeat 'em.'
There was an old party uaincitr-aniniy.
Store often called Titduu. the Sliaininy,
home question nu taxes
The country how axea
This venei'aolo parly called faultily.
This ancient oi l party nninsil Pnraray
Kxplalns lu a manner so shammy
That tha tieople all say,
"Cot out of the way,
You deceitful ami cheatlu' old Saiamy !'
TKAVfcllsa CITV, Mich., Kept. H, U7S.
SHALL BYGONES BE BYGONES?
AM ELOQUENT APPEAL.
At the monster nan meeting held at Read
ing ou Thursday evening, the 20tli Insti, Major'
A Wilson Norrls, secretary of the Republican
State Committee, was one of the speakers.1
After discussing the issues of the campaign, ar
raigning the Democratic party for its crimes of
the past and criminal Intents in the future, he
closed with the following eloquent and brilliant
appeal to the Republicans of Pennsylvania I
Seventy-five rebel ofllrers are now In the
United States Congress. Veterans, you of the
old Potomac nrmy, you gallant sons of the Re
public, who followed Sherman to the sea, Is it
not time to cry a halt I If eleven years after
these traitors laid down their arms and begged
lor mercy they arc to be given possession of the
Government, what Is to become of your victor
ies and your triumphs? Dave the leaves of tho
laurels you won at Gettysburg and Atlanta
already faded 1 Of what avail were your great
sacrifices, your ehivnlrlc deeds, your patient cn
duraneo through the long years of tho war,
your heroic suffering in prison pens, If, while
the noise of the strife Vet stuns your ears and
tho poison of prison life Is tainting Jour blood,
the men who were your jailers, and who
shotted and pointed the guns in that strife, are
to bo raised over your heads and given the cus
tody of your property and lives? Politicians
who, assassin-like, stabbed the country in the
back when you had your faces to the foe, who
refused money to buy you bread when hunger
was gnawing at your very vitals in your long
and exhaustive campaign; who refused you
money to buy clothing when, almost naked, you
stood shivering in the trenches; who refused
you money to buy bullets when your cartridge
boxes were empty, because the Government
commanded you to shoot Democrats with these
bullets ; whose faces were covered with gloom
when you won, and roseate wilh joy when you
lost a battle ; these politicians, who are hanging
around the public crib, like the, miller's dogs,
licking their lips, waiting till the bags are un
tied ; these birds of preyi w hose every talon and
beak is sharpened for the feast; these honest
men, there reformers, are gloating over the long
waited opportunity of revenging themselves
upon you lor your valor ; of getting some re
compense lor the, stripes you laid on the backs
of t heir brethren when they attempted to go out
of the Union without leave. When they remem
ber your heroism how it will delight, them to
degrade and humiliate you. Don't you believe
it! If not, let some soldier who was in one of
the prison-pens of the war whistle down the
past, and see how many memories will come
trooping up to answer his call, every
one freighted with recollections of mean,
cowardly indignities and cruellies heaped upon
him when he was a helpless captive. What Joy
will be yours when you look on and see these
politicians crown with honor the men who shot
down your comrades in arms I Veil your faces,
my fellow-soldiers, that you may not sec your
shame and witness tho reward offered to trea
son 1 Put on sackcloth and ashes, for the. men
Lho starved and murdered our brothers are to
e invested w ith distinction ! Where is the
heritege of glory left us by our Meade, Thomas,
Reynolds, Sedgwick, and MePhcrson ? Cover
your scars ; conceal your sabre cuts lest they
Invite insult and scorn ; remove from your
blood-stained Hags the golden letters that tell
of your brave deeds and the victories you won,
and keep from sight these shell-torn and bullet
pierced banners lest our repentant and return
ing brethren, who are combig back to rule us,
be offended at the spectacle I Etfrice from the
tombs of your comrades the inscriptions they
lxar lest the record stir up unpleasant memories,
and hail w ith blessings those of our brothers
who sleep iu unknown graves, for the soil that
covers them will be sacred from the touch of
the Southern martyr. Take down the dear old
sabre and trusty musket that, hang on your
walls, and which you hoped to show to your
children, and tell 'them how their father bore it
in the fight, for even now you and your chil
dren are insulted by the outrage offered to your
valor. Men who fought you," robbed you", Im
prisoned yon, starved you, are now to logidutc
for you. Shades of our fathers, must we ac
cept tho condition they will impose ? My coun
trymen, can you voto for these men whoso
hands are red with the blood of your sons? Can
you vote for them with the pale, emaciated fea
tures of your poor, starved boys stal ing you in
the face J The spectres of our dead "soldiers
beckon us on in this fight, and their
shadowy fingers foint the way for every
honest man and patriot. In their name,
in the name of t lie men who fell at
Gettysburg, of the thousands whose bones are
bleaching at Chancellorsvilleand around Peters
burg, the myriads whose dust mingles with that
about Port Hudson, of the hecatombs of the
starved who sleep in nameless graves at Ander
sonville and under the shadows of Libbv, in the
name of the widow, the, fatherless children, the
crippled soldier who begs for bread in your
streets, in the name of all that Is noble, gener
ous, aud brave, of justice, and humanity, of re
ligion and God, 1 teg you to be true to the
principles that inspired these men to die that
our Republic might live. Shall It be said that
jour patriotism was a lie ; shall it be said that
your belief iu unselfishness and valor was a
trick, that your professed admiration for brave
men was a snare to entrap them into fighting
for your country, and that after the fig'htWai
won you despised those who shed , their
blood or gave their lives in such a
cause? Vengeance will be slow indeed if it
does not overtake us if we forget the blood
that reddens and the ghastly remains that
whiten the soil of the South. Do you believe
that the Almighty will perpetuate a government
whose people are recreant to the memory of the
men who bled or died for its integrity I if brave
deeds arc to go unrecognized iu this land of
ours ; if patriotism is to become a crime and
treason a virtue ; if all that is great, good, and
manly in our nature is to give way to a senti
mental and mistaken sympathy for rebels; if
you take the manhood of your country, deplete
your workshops of their bone and sinew
and nerve, take away the strong arm that
directs the plough, cull out the flower of your
youth, take from the mother her heart's jewel,
Jier beardless boy, anil from the aged father his
stalwart son. the pride and support of his tot
tering age take all these and send them forth
to ailii in the unity of the Government and vln
dieate the supremacy of law, and then sing
pieaiis over the victory of their foe. then the
soone. such a country is rent into fragments
and made the prey of faction and tjrauny the
better for civilization and humanity.
THAT INCOME TAX.
What Will the Harvest So!"
Finally, the case against Mr. Tildcn stands
thus : 1. It is an open question, speedily to be
tested, whether he did not make oath to a false
income return in 1802. 2. It is a certaiuty that
he permitted his insignificant income, as Re
ported by himself, in 1803, to mislead the Gov
ernment oilicers Into estimating his concealed
income at about $13,000 annually, for eight
years following, wheuiu fact his annual taxable
income for the entire period was probably over
$100,000. 3. It is an absolute certaiuty, backed
by his admission, that Mr. Tilden for eight suc
cessive years violated the law, consciously, de
liberately, and habitually, aud annually con
fessed the fact by paying " the penally for 6tich
violation. 4. It is u conclusion as inevitable as
death, that he did this for the sake of pecuniary
gain, with the intent to defraud tho Govern
ment in a time of great public eril. 5. It is a
fact, of recent and painful publicity, that Mr.
Tildcn has authorized the publication of a de
fence w hlch is obviously dishonest and untruth
ful in several respects, but specially in that it
falsely declares I hat every cltrzeu had, under the
iu.'omc act, an honorable option to lira lie or re
fuse to make a yearly return of income. " False
is one thing, false iu all," U a maxim of Mr.
Tildeu's profession.
Throwing asldo all unproved charges, giving
Mr. Tilden the benefit of every rcasouuble doubt
as to motlve.i, baslii;r one's judgment solely on
what is known and confessed, and the convic
tion Is overwhelming that his clcellou us Presi
dent would be a disgrace and a calamity to the
whole people. Every vole cast for him inust bo
an approval by tho voter of practices which auy
man would blush to recommend to his son.
Do you ask if all men are to be disgraced who
followed Mr. Tilden' example iu violating tho
Income act t The writer has the highest oftlelsl
authority lor ssying inn sucn wrrr icw in num
ber and "usually indifferent in character; hut,
tw. !. manv r few. ntiaetirffv unit ninrlSKt.v
w 111 probably protect them from public odium.
I nrf art not rrjorm mnaamejor ens t rrimrmrg i
Alt SAM AND BIN NOT.
'.TiMgs Bliinnt fully explains the Income business."
Few Jfir Wnrlil.
Which I wish to remnrk .
Ami my language In plain
Tint for wars that are dark,
And Tor tricks that are rain.
The rpfornir rs are very pocullnr:
hli h the smite 1 would rise to explain.
Pin Not wbs his name,
And 1 slnilt not deny
That he failed to oliservs
tVhntthal nnuie might Imply!
Bat Pin Not wns only a lawyer.
And Ah Sam he employed him to lie.
'Twas ths year sixty-two,
And soft were the skies,
And perhnps It's Inferred
' That Ah Warn was likewise;
Cut be played It Unit time on our uncle
lu a way that he thought mighty wise.
'Which they had a small game,
And Ah Ham took a hnnd;
It was a swindle the same
llo did not understand
But he smiled as he swore to his Income.
With a smile that was chlld-llks and bland.
But the stocks that were " slid "
lly that smiling I'hlnee,
.-And tin funds that were hid,
It was frightful to see:
And among them was that twenty thnnsam
Which the "Alton" had paid unto he.
But he was not so sty
As he meant for lo be.
And hp swore once too much
In that "Alton" melee:
And the toys got a holt on the papers,
Aud they went for that swearing Chinee.
In the scene that ensusd
lie did not take a hand,
But Hln Not was Imbued
With the courage to stand
And declare that surh a thing as a swindle
Was w hat SJain did not understand.
But his purse, which was long,
Had licen used to conduct
The proceeds of the wvong
To his own "usufruct;"
And they found Unit his nest was well fenthertfl
Front the numerous geese he had plucked.
Why Is why I remark.
And I do nor complain.
That for ways that are dark,
And tricks that are vnin.
Ah Pr.m is the " chief of his equals. '
Which the saiiio 1 shall over maintain
EX-REBEL OFFICIALS IN COOESS.
Their Narass and Their Positions
Under the Confederate
Government.
SENATORS.
Goldthwaite, Alabama, Adjutant General.
Jones, Horida, Brigadier General.
Gordon, Georgia, Major General.
Alcorn, Mississippi, Brigadier General.
Cockrell, Missouri, Major General.
Jlansom, North Carolina, Major General.
Key, Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel.
Maxey, Texas, Major General.
Withers, Virginia, Colonel.
Ki:rni:si:KTTiVES.
Williams, Alabama, Major.
Bradford. Alabama. Colonel.
Hays, Alabama, Brigadier General.
Hewitt, Alabama, Colonel.
Forney, Alabama, Brigadier General.
Lewis, Alabama, Colonel.
Gause, Arkansas, Colonel.
Slcmmons, Arkansas, Brigadier General.
Guntcr, Arkansas, Colonel.
Smith, Georgia, Captain.
Ifurtridge, Georgia, Colonel.
Cook, Georgia, Major General.
Hill, Georgia, Colonel of Recruits.
Blackburn, Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel,
Gibson, Louisiana, Brigadier General.
Kills, Louisiana, Captain.
Levy. Louisiana, Colonel.
Lamar, Mississippi, Colonel.
Hooker, Mississippi, Colonel.
Franklin, Missouri, Captaiu.
Clark, Missouri, Brigadier General.
Yeates, North Carolina. Major.
Waddell, North Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel.
Davis, North Carolina, Captain.
Scales, North Carolina. Brigadier General.
Bobbins, North Carolina. Colonel.
Vance, North Carolina, Brigadier General.
Dibrell, Tennessee, Brigadier General.
Wbilthorne, Tennessee, Adiutaut General.
Atkins, Tennessee, Colonel.
Young, Tennessee, Colonel.
Culberson, Texas, Colonel.
Throckmorton, Texas, Brigadier General.
Douglas, Virgiiib. Major. r
Cabell, Virginia, Colonel.
Tucker, Virginia, Captain. '
Huntonj Virginia. Brigadier General.
Ferry, Irginla, Brigadier General.
Faulkner. West Virginia, Minister to France.
Reagan, Texas, Brigadier General.
Goode, Virginia, Colonel.
Hatcher, Missouri, Colonel.
Singleton, Mississippi, Inspector General.
House, Tennessee, Major.
rx-Mr.MBi:ns or itniiEi, covEnxMEXT.
Stephens, Georgia, Vice President.
Reagan, Texas, Postmaster General,
liill, Georgia, Senator.
Capeiton, West Virginia, Senator.
Ashe, North Carolina, Senator.
House, Tennessee, Keprescntatlve.
Goode, Virginia, Representative.
Smith, Georgia, Representative.
Hatcher, Missouri, lleprescntative.
Singleton, Mississippi, Representative.
Caldwell, Alabama, Solicitor General.
Norwood, Georgia. State Legislature.
Candler, Georgia, Stat Legislature.
Tucker, Virginia, Attorney General,
Culberson, Texas, State Legislature.
Harris, Georgia, State Legislature.
Slcinmcus, Arkansas, State Legislature
Guntcr, Arkansas, State Legislature.
Lamar, Mississippi, Minister to F.u.-sia.
Dibrell, Texas, State Legislature,
lluntou, Virginia, State Legislature.
Faulkner, West Virginia, Minister to France.
Harris, Virginia, State Legislature.
Maxey, Tortus, Superintendent of Indiau Af
fairs. The Wolf ami the I.tunb.-Mostly tlio TVcir.
Intimidation by personal violence even to
death is of daily occurrence In titer South. But
these Confederate Conservatives have other and
equally as efficacious means of getting rid of
Republican citizens. One phase of their system
is disclosed by the following editorial article in
the Marion SW, of September 37 :
' HF.NT NKITIir.lt LANDS NOH HOUSES TO AXr OXE
WHO VOTKS THE RADICAL TICKET."
" The above heading forms a part of a resolu
tion which is being adopted generally by all the
laud-owners throughout the country, and is
looked upon by the colored people as ai hardship,
a kind ot persecution. A hardship It may ap
parently seem to them, as the farmer thus as
sumes the independence of asserting what class
of laborers he will and be will not employ. It
has taken him eight years to arrive at this inde
pendence, but the continued depreciation of his
lauds; the financial stagnation of the country ;
the high taxes that threaten confiscation, all
have cousplrcd to make him declare t hat he will
not longer harbor the agent of his misfortune.
e " Ve laud the lan, and think every
farmer in the country should give it his hearty
support. Let every farmer accept it, and the
colored voters had as well butt against a brick
wall as oppose it.
"Farmers have tried moral 6uailon until the
folly of that course has become self-evident, and
now they come to the exercise of, a legal right
w Inch can but produce the desired result. Adopt
the plan and stick to it, and two years hence
they will nut need the support of such a resolu
tion, for the colored voters will have felt the be
nign iiillueuces ol good government, uud will
readily act with Iheir employers. The manu
facturers up North, who have their hundreds of
employes, march up to the m!1k aud vote their
whole company as they sc.; tit, and Southern
employers have the same right and should dare
exercise it."
Also the following from the Charleston Xeet
and Courier, n part of the correspondence of
tlio wcll-Kiiowu "faysan," writing irom the
iork ol tdisto, under data or bepveinDcr :
"The following resolutions, adopted by the
Easterlin's Mill Democratic. Club, are com
mended to the attention of the dilferent clubs
throughout the State. Similar resolutions have
been adopted by the Willow Township, Gra
ham's, and Bamberg Clubs, and no doubt by
many other clubs In Orangeburg and Barnwell
counties. It is intended that the names of tho
obnoxious leaders in each township be sent to
the different clubs throughout the country :
.". "1. y?eofiert, That w e will not rent land to
any Radical leader, or any member of his family,
or furnish home, or give employment to any
such leader or any member of his family.
"3. That we will not furnish any such leader,
or any member of his family, any supplies, such
as provisions, farm implements, stock, Ac., ex
cept so far as contracts for the present year are
concerned.
" 3. That we will not purchase) anything ny
Radical leader or any member of his family may
offer for sale, or sell any such leader or any
member of his family anything whatever.
'. That the names of such persons, who
may be considered leaders, he furnished to this
club at the earliest date, aud that a list of the
same be furnished each member of tlm club.
" 5. That whenever any person or persons
who shall be denominated Radical leaders by a
Vote of this club shall cease as such, these reso
lutions shall become null and void so far as
such leader or leaders, or any member of his or
their families, are concerned.
" 6. That wo will protect all persons in tho
rifrht to vote for the candidates of their choice.
"7. That these resolutions be published, and
that all the Democratic clubs in the county and
throughout the State are hereby requested to
adopt them."
THE OLD LEAVEN AT WORK.
The discussion of the " present attit ude " of
the Democratic party Would bo incomplete
without rcferringto Its position on the elemental
question of the nature anil powers of our
Government and the duties owed to It by the
citizen. F'or many years prior to the rebellion
there was a marked growth In if of the princi
ple of State rights. By it. Calhoiinisin entirely
supplanted the Unionism of Jackson. As
mnrklngthls process of decay, th"ir plutfnrms of
Ih.12, lri.Vi, and 1SK0 solemnly adopted, " as con
stituting one of the main foundations of their
political creed," the Kentucky and Virginia
resolutions of 17!'S, which contein the very
essence of the principle of secession asserted
upon the election of Mr. Lincoln, lit not one
of these platforms was the assertion, or even
the implication, of tho national idea ; and in
the pint form of l$7fi even the word "National"
has been excluded. Thus that grand old
word of Washington nnd Adams and Jefferson
has pnssed out of the Democratic dictionary,
lest some reflection might seem to be cast upon
the letter of Mr. Tildcn to William Kent in
lSjtiO, in which the country is spoken of as a
" confederacy." In his letter of acceptance he
speaks with ostentatious frequency of our
" Federal" Union and the " Federal' Govern
ment. Bolder men of the party are more pro
nounced. Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, now Senator-elect,
vehemently expressed in the last Con
gress his horror of the word " nation" as ap
plied to our system, and Senator Eaton, of
Connecticut, pronounces this Government in no
sense a nation, but a Government of "sovereign
States."
The existence of this tendency is further
shown in the changes inacll by tho Democracy
in the constitutions of the reconstructed States.
In Alabama the claure inserted in the constitu
tion ol lSiii", that " the. State has no right to
sever its relations to the. Federal Union, or to
pass any law in derogation of the iiramnunt
allegiance of the citizens of this State to tlio
Government of the L'nited States," bus been
stricken out, and lu the new constitution of
li.i it is only asserted that, "the peoplri
of this State accept as final the established
lact that from the federal In ion there
ran be no secession of any State," llius simply
accepting the "fact," but not abandoning the.
theory ' of secession, and this little, was
yielded under the protest of an indignant mi
nority. In Arkansas, the provision that "para
momii, allegiance of every citizen Is due to the
Federal Government In tho exercise of all iis
constitutional powers, as defined by the Supreme
Court of the United States." has been dropped
from the new constitution of 1ST5. In Missouri
the " paramount allegiance " clause of the old
constitution has dl.-appenred from the new. In
Texas the new constitution contains, with an
acknowledgment of its " freedom and indepen
dence," subject only to the Constitution of
the United Slates, the same threat as the con
stitution of Missouri. Hint the perpetuity of 1 lie
Union depends on what it styles tho right of
" local self-government, unimpaired, to all the
Slates." The clause of the old constitution
which repudiates the " heresies of uullllication
and secession, which brought the country to
grief, ' is dropped from the new. In Virginia.
a movement was begun, but. was nipped in the
bud, to propose an amendment to their consti
tution of 1;9 to strike from it the two clauses
declaring Virginia unalterably "a part of the
American nation," nod asserting the "para
mount allegiance and obedience due from every
citizen to the Constitution of the L'nited States
and the laws of Congress passed in pursuance
thereof, anything in the constitution, ordi
nances, or laws of any State to the contrary
notwithstanding." Those who know the ele
ments which make up the modern Democrat.,
cspeelally the modern Virginia Democrat, know
that they will never rest at peace with
themselves or the world till that declara
tion has been abrogated and tho substitution
made of a counter declaration, which, though
possibly sugar-coated, contains the elements
out of which may some day he hatched a nev
treason. These facts are sutlicient to prove tho
statement that the tendency of thought in the
Democratic party on this important, point is re
trograde ; that it seeks to drag the country
back to the very source of all our woes ; that it
reluses to accept the inspiring thought of
nationality, preferring the provincial ; that. It
seeks to elevate the flag of the State, and the
allegiance due the State, above the flag of the
nation and the allegiance due to It, thereby in
viting irreconcilable forces to new and porten
tous struggles. In other words, the Democratic
party, itself dwarfed so as to be Incapable of a
great conception or an exalted duty, seeks to
compress into its narrow cinlo of being the
mighty aspirations aud advancing powers of a
great nation, which nobly aspireto lead in tho
pathway of peoples, und to conduct the vast
brotherhood of man to the secure enjoyment of
liberty, prosperity, and peace ! A victory for
such a party, iu very truth, would be a victory
for the forces of durkncss. Jluit. i'o'icacd -
l'hWSUH.
TROTECTIOX vs. FREE TRADE.
To understand the position of the two p.trti
on the tariff question, the Republican National
Convention declared for " l'rotectiou to Ameri
can Industry " In the following plank ;
"The revenue necessary for currei.t expendi
tures and tho obligations of tho public debt
mu.st be largely derived from duties upon im
portations, which, to far as possible, should be
adjusted to promote the interests of American
labor, and advance the prosperity of the whole
couutry."
The "Democratic National Convention w hich
met at St. Louis denounced the protective tariff
and declared in favor of free trade iu the follow
ing plank :
" We denounce the present tarllT levied upon
nearly four thousand articles as a masterpiece
of injustice, Inequality, und false practice ; it
yields a swindling, not a yearly rising revenue ;
it has impovci'U bed many industries to subidiio
a few ; it prohibits imports that might purchase
the products of American labor; it has degraded
American commerce from the liist to an inferior
rank upon the. high seas ; it has cut down tho
sales of American manufactures ut home and
abroad, and depleted tho returns of American
agriculture, an Industry followed by half of our
jK'ople ; it costs the people five timea more than
it produces to the Treasury ; obstructs tho pro
cess of production, and wastes tlio fruit of la
bor ; it promotes fraud, fosters smuggling, and
enriches dishonest olilelals, aud bankrupts hon
est merchant. We demand that all custom
house taxation shull be only for revenue."
rtc.meinher, also, that Mr. Tilden, the Demo
cratic candidate lor President, was tho author
of the Democratic platform. It does not require
a very wise man to discover that a vote for Til
dcn is a vote for free trade.
Tnt'E, if not poetical :
Who stuck to Tweed through thick aud tblnf
Who cmintnd John T. Hoffman In 1
Who thought the Culou war a liu 1
bM TlLDIX.
TILDEN S EVASION.
He fs Altogether. Too Eco
nomical of tho Truth.
iFrem the Ttroolclj n Argm, Democratic. J
The following pung?nt, and by no means fil
tering, "expression of opinion" respecting Mr.
Tilden'i personal and ofjeial Integrity is from
the Brooklyn Arttut, ooa of the ablest aud
soundest Democratic Journals published in th
country :
It haj come at last, three or four mortal
columns of special pleading and sophistry, snl
all to explain the Ineoine returns of Mr. Tilden,
and to contradict the charges that have been
been made. This elaborate and Wordy state
ment by James P. Sinnott, quondam confideu.
tial secretary of Mr. Tilden, is cleverly put to
gcther.'and is well calculated to deceive. Tho
eager partisans of Mr. Tilden will accept this
document as conclusive, without reading it,
and will swear by the bend liues that the vindi
cation h complete. Not so thoie who moro
carefully examine the matter and discover tho.
suppressions of truth, the evasions and quibbles
by w hich this massive document is bolstered up.
Mr. Sinnott innkes no attempt to meet the on
essential point, which is that in Mr. Tilden
swore to an income of and that, in 1ST6. in
an answer in a law suit, he swore to the receipt,
in thnt year of ?3),)0U in two fees. It is do-
.lni'r.,1 liv l,!m fns thocli ftin t...r,.l lP C;.,n.t-
1 .... j , .... ...v. null., id .J I, 111, .lb S,
the voice is Tildeu's, tl at this money w as earned
in former years, and therefore no tax was dun
upon it. There is not an idiot In this land who
ilnea not lrnnw thitl Mich n ilefcncw le a mlcr-
able pettifogging trick, worthy of the lowest''
shyster that ever cheated justice, and utterly
beneath the contempt of any reasonable man.
To admit the application of sttch a rule would
be to cut down income at, any time to a mere
nothing. Tilden received these large stubs, and
other large fees besides, but kept thein back
and played the Ananias perfection, while the
Government, was hampered for v-ant of money
and all loyal men were doing their best to sits
tain the amis of the Union. Another essential
point is also glossed over, and tlnif is the fief;
that after making his income ul!it!ait iu
attd ISCm, and so getting himself in posit'on
before the assessors, be "neglected to make
any further returns, and wiitM ior
the assessors to gauge his iucomc, ss
they sir.v lit. Neturally they would keep
near his sworn return, nnd so it happened
tfnit while Tildcn was timing an average of
SlitO.OOO a ye.tr, some years ..'."0.Wti, lu was cs
enping the payment of his ju,,l, dues to tho
Government, mid wus paying a t;ix on only
M5.0UO. All this Is explained in a d-preeatinc
way by Mr. Siiuiott-TiMon, who puts iu th",
pitiful plea that "a return made under oath
must he a. sutncd to ho correct unless it can be
shown to be false." It was ''assumed to be cor
rect." It is now "shown to be false," uud Mr.
Tildcn will hove an opportunity to submit bin
published defence to the verdict of a jury heforc
the year is up. The papers for a suit to recover
the amount withheld, and the Interest and pen.
altles, are nearly prepared, and will he served
in a few days. Mr. Tilden knows that the per.
son who paid a tax on an income of over 510,010
paid at the rata of five per cent., and he Knows
that if n part of this income had been derived
from dividends paid by corporations which ha 1
ribcaly paid three per cent., fiat the same was
also chargeable, with an additional two per
cent., to be paid by the holder. In order to
evade this two per cent. Mr. Tilden resorted to
the dishonest, subterfuge of standing on his dl?
nity and making no return. The. language, iu
which he excuses hints-elf is a- follows :
" Iu respect to the allegation that, after t'vt
years of th income tax Mr. TiH;:n made no re
turn, but, left that portion of h:'s tex wli'ch was
in excess of the payments for his account mad
by the corporations, whose bonds and stocks lift
held, to be a'scsftd under the law by the e. '.i
mrt'j of the public o'llccrs, the answer is simple.
The tt:itiite give the taxpayer the option to
take that course, and eood ami honorable rea
sons existed why a scrupulous man should ac
cept that option. Mr. TiUhn rv,vfV no fawr
froiti !' f-iw(:;n)iiiit oJ.iv. n":; to'tfht nunc. Hi
di.l )iof7ii'ny W;,ry all liny i.nwd n,i b'.in.''
He kept Ida Junk -shoo open an 1 wetted to b
detected as a ' receiver." He hrld the stolen
property, but made no sign, lie was asa sheep
before his shearer, and. iu lamb-like iimoccuc.'',
succumb d to ".vh.it the minions of Mr. Lincoln's .
despotism put upon biin. The Tri'i'inc states
the en.se w ith cutting severity when it t.iyo :
" lie (TIk'.cn) did not tell the horse-car con
ductor he had paid his fare, hut he kept hi
hands lu his pocket and looked unconcernedly
at. the conductor, as if be bnd.nnd ihe effect wa
the same. When the conductor detects such a
passenger he generally wants to put- hltn oil' th",
car. When the American people tind him run
ning a6a if form candidate for he Presidency,
they arc going to vote for the. other man."
Tiita is the picture just as it. stund... and Na?i.
could not draw it.w Mil nunc lldciit-y lo nature.
The db.iiigenu.msii 'is of Mr. T'ldi ir's state,
metit is apparent in every line, li s income for
the ten years in question is admitted to be from
live to fen inilliov.s. JL pr.id in that time on a
total of al'ou: M.'iiU'M. Jl- does not tell what,
he received, but hd tithes up certain newsrarpr
statements of his ricei"t., and ipecifi'Vly il.-.
nics several of them. Two-thirds of the ttat .--mcnt
is taken up with the.-e corrce'ions and d
nlnls, and the iniin allegations are l;:t, un
touched, as we have bclore stated. The Tim',
which was primarily responsible for the items
now assailed, reviews Mr. Tilden's defence, and
shows that. :it least $rti.(K'0 more than he r
turned In 1W2 is chaigc.Uilc to bis uccoun',
and promises to c:ai.iine other items m
ec.r.Mully, ami to show that still more remains
to be added. No mau who intended to b"!
honest, could mako a statement like the one.
now put forth. Tildc-n knows that h'.s in
come averaged, ycirr ai,fer year, tenfold what
be placed it at, yet he sneaked behind lib
legal rights, closed his mouth, and let the as.
sessors rate liim at the petty valua he had 6woro
to. The trick served hiin, and in the ten
years, during whkh he v.iih-teid his just taxes,
lie lit'cumulatod v.erlth enough to use "bar
rels" of money for his own personal advance
ment ; to subsidize live hundred newspapers,
and to set. up us an ho.ictt Keioruier. Tildi u
lias surrounded hin'self with dupes and j ara
sikv, who will howl themselves over tk's.
" triumphant vindication," which is the plea of
the veriest rogue thai ever attempted to account
for the meaue-t exriresjiori of ciiuiiuid iutent.
Thi explanation of this nutter, it explanatio n
there v.' its, was simple, a.ul night. have ben
mede weeks ago. The allegation that Mr. Til
deu's loans to his brothers accounted for the
charged discrepancies which was put forlb.
as a feeler, is not repeated now. The de
fence rests upou a skirmish with oiuposti.,
a". id avoids any close encounter with tho really
formidable charges that, have been made, aud
which stuud uncontradicted and unassailable.
A Clean-Cut Pie;uT.
In his just published life of Governor Hayes,
Mr. Ilowclls says: "Between the beginning of
May and end of Oetobcr, 13(31, Hayes was under
lire sixty days, and he was under lire ou seven
Hundred days in the course of the war. Hi
was four times wounded, the severest wound
being that received at South Mountain. Yet
the wound from w hich he bus sttfljred most is
hardly to be culled a wound at all. A frag
ment of shell struck so close to his knre as "i
cut his pantaloons clean away at that point. Ho
lode through the day, and nevr made anything
of the all'air; but now, nftcr twelve ycivs, this
merely approximate hurt troubles him rao.s
than all tiiu rest, espcci;.l!y in going up stairs.
It is believed, however, that it will not prevent
his ascent of the Capitol steps on the 4th of
March next." In concluding his work, Mr.
Howells says: "This, then, is our leader. Tha
protiortionts are heroic, tut the limine Is not
larger than lile; and tho nearer ive draw to it,
the more august and benign ura the linea
ments. A scholar, and a lover of letters aud
the arts, Una by nature and refined by culture,
curelid self-study, and wide knowledge of both
men end books; a toldier of dauntless bravery
und approved piuius; a statesman and public,
ncrvaiit of tha best principles aud of Irreproach
able performance, his highest co'.nmeudalion to
our honor aud our trust is still tint he U a true
end good man. Among the escutcheons of tlio
ol.l Scottish borderers which hang on the wa'U
of Si'r Walter Scott's library at Abbotsford are
those of thu liuthcrlbrds and Hayeses. Tlio
arms of Ihe Hayeses are a shield, with a Greek
cros.j ami four "stuis, surmounted by a dove,
und baviug fur le' tud on i word a word v. l.k u
has always been the limine, and the piiucijilo
of the man whose life we have so iiuticfccuiy
portrayed JUcttl"