Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-09-11

THE REBEL SCHEME FOR COMPENSA-
TIoN FOR EAIANIcIPATING SLAVES.
feel called upon to warn the hon
est, loyal masses against n matured
scheme Of the Johnson-C opperhead
leaders to have the Government pay
them for all the negroes they lost by
Isthe war Not more than ope in ten
OF the loyal men South, ever owned
any slaves, or desired to own them,
and it would be downright robbery
to tax nine iaborjag men to pay for
the slaves of one 4stAealan. a dire +
tax is the only mode by which the
Government can pay for the enamel
pated slaves and it Is better th&t
one loyal slave owner suffer than
Tat nine honest laborcrs, equally
val, suffer to make his losses good.
Most OF the men now in the Cop
perhcad ranks in the South, are men
who expect, when the Southern States
are represented in Congress, that
they will be compensated for their
negroes Not a few Of them think
that they will even Get slavery res
tored. Our people can afford to pay
a direct tax to liquidate the war
debt, through period of several
years, but tax them to pay for four
million OF slaves, owned by small
number Of nabobs and original scces-
sionists, and they will not get
through with tax paying in Ifo
time
TO the Union masses, the honest
working voters, | say in oil eandor,
watch the men who advocate this
paying for their lost negroes, If the
Government will tax the slave own
ers alone to pay for the negroes, | 60
for il, but / shall never consent to
tax men to pay for negroes who new
er owned any, and never desired to
own any. Shareholders got up the
Big dance, in 1o6l-they continued
the frolic for four years-and they
arc the very men TO pay the fiddler
CONCLUSION.
In this address | have used great
plainness Of speech, and for the reas-
ons, first, that ! desired and intcn-
ded to be understood and next, be
cause this is no time for putting forth
an uncertain sound | have desired
to actin harmony with the President
so has the great Union party Of
the country, the Legislature Of the
state and Congress, as | took occa-
sion to write him about the begins
ming Of this year hop hemay pull
lish that short letter. have resolv-
ed that the President should not
call graybaci Convention at PhiIa-
delphia-a Convention to be compos-
ed Of Office holding Republicans, of
delegates from the party that oppo-
sed the war, and Of delegates from
the rebel Congress and the rebel ar
mes, and out of these materials or
ganize Johnson Democratic Rebel
party. and turn me over to 1t, to be
dictated to and controlled by the men
who fought four years to Getroy the
country. This is the pass TO which
we have come At last, and those who
are willing that faithlcss President
shall transfer them to his new party
organization, can 90, and may Joy 90
with them. Divide and sub divide
as we may, there can be but two
parties in this country-a disloyal
and loyal party. Choose Sc be-
tween these parties WI use only issue
is, whether this State and Nation
are to be governed by loyal or dis
loyal men.
1t is proper for me to state that
my term Of service will expire in Oc-
tober, 1867, and that | shall not be Il
candidate for re election to the office
! now hold, or to any other office
within the Gift Of the people Whilst
| am in Office | shall cDdeavor to do
my whole duty, as have done, with
out regard to consequences IN re
tiremcnt ! will continue to vote and
act only with the party that is radi-
cal in its loyalty to the Union. and
radical in its opposition to all the
schemes and devices Of rebels and
rebel sympathizers.
w &. BROwNLow,
Governor Of Tennessee.
Knoxville, August II, 1866.
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