The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-08
ia TaK-PnTers.

| ing IN our cars iyI Tug past Two W
three months the dismal cry Of fslads,
TAXES. TAKES Yet these same Cop
perheads insist that rebels from the
Southern States shah be permitted to
take seats In Congress iintabd
ately, and control the legislation u
The country, Why do the rebels -
ardently desire TO be- represented IN a
government which they fought four
years for the purpose Of dssttoyipg7
Let the facts brought 10 light by the
Reconstruction Committee answer.
The testimony ID not long Every
tax payer ought 10 read h before con-
aluding how he shall CAST hisyotea
General A. IL Gheatlain testified
that Ia Alabama the people talk
very freely Ia regard to an effort be
ing made by their meinbafa. when
ones in Congress, 10 06f pug far MI
NE nfaf0as Hiey btfDe k1st or that have
been freed nHder tho Ffesidantis proc
6laiaatiGns They also expect that d
majority III Congress will be secured,
after tile admission of their members,
to 0ite he disa5ted Aetettws Of The
south fhe bfaejlts NJ Tho pension act
They also speak freely Of the matter
of claims They say that, now that
they are pardened aud again in the
family, They eh9def no ffDUe,HsaeAf
1efH pay them I'M ddga0es which U.eD
sHssalnei bg sherman =, Wilson's, Gril
erson's and lH6useeaue raids.P q Hnti
Judge Underwood, being asked
what measures THO members from tho
iihfe6oRstfuetad htates would favor IL
they rsgHlBed il controlling influences
in Congress, through the aid Of Cop.
pafhead allies, haid8 t'itfff HAl
{ fhas would atlsfa Dt sffysss' 10 accomplish b
iea1,ss,T 9hS Tsayedega si aftf, aiii
compensation fsf their negroes, l tHinh
thsss would be thslf leading piaasafIes=
either tiis rebel dabt could lie placed upon
ah equality with tie national debit ef both
geMld ns Alihs ,gspnelAleg, they would bs
siaisn compensation fbF tiiaiF negroes. aha
wsaia expect 20 gel Il bs such . ee,ablass
J w, Hunnipatt, speaking of the
feeling In Virginia, said ia1.sf
They say that In 1905 the seatb will he a
unit aud that Win the heip Of the Copper
head party ~ the North they viii elect q
President, They DO not care Ia have slavery
hack, bat they gHf Nv ara niaks me Federal
Government pay fhs1i J8f their sfHpss, A man
from virginia told sac to-day that they
would DO paid for their negroes. This gem
tlsma0 lost faftf negroes, They say That
unless Uet aeespf HsfF debt they tsiH tepuafs
ats You're, u 10 an impression Of
most ~ them, tneB, women aud children,
that hey me going n bs gafd Jof sisTD rGd
burned fsr spsFy sffeh 81 timber destroyed,
and faf every negro lost rat
General George n, Spencer testified,
In relation to Alabama, that the rebels
say that when they get power Mey
ietH repadtafk Me national debt That
h common street talk aud that their
claims upon the Government for Losses
arc matter Of common conversation.
He added " | have often had claims
offered 10 mo 10 the amount OF mil
lions of dollars 10 take 10 Washing
ton, but ! have invariably told them
that ] did not consider tho claims were
good for anything"
General b. II Grieraon, being asked
what would be the probable action Of
Representative from Alabama and
Mississippi ia reference to the Nation
al debt aud the Confederate debt,
said
think there IL great desire manifested
by them fBf ne assbBiDtian ~ Mefr debt
They wish ~. bring mat about, ANA maa0
desire ~ De Pdfd nv Mbff sidFsss Think they
debt,
Dir, james T. Hambleton, witness
from Atlanta, who was born Ia Vir-
GINA, aud has been living IN Georgia
for the last liteen years, aud who was
a surgeon In tho rebel army, testified
that the people are under the impress
aion that when the passions engept
dered by the war have subeided, they
will be compensated for tho loss Of
their slaves aud other Losses during
the war INA. ....f
John W. Reeka, Collector Of Gus.
toms NJ Pensacola, testified, that IN
Florida,
framiaant men have ever advocated the
dartfihe mat they would lie reimbursed
for the property they had lost ia the way
~ hlayea and other petH9nal ehatteia
They think theN VIII have been treated
with the gfeatest injasttee II the Govern
hent does not pay tor all these things, ~
is the impression OF great manY=it may
not Do OF hli=thht unlaha the Government
daea ~ some way feinuhetate them Tor the
lpEaeH they have sustained ia consequence
Of emancipation, u win not be doing lts
duty towards them tAeN lHt I0'f
DR. James NJ Turner testified that
IN Louisiana those with whom lac con-
veraed think that eventually they
woaid Do pqid Joy their siqpes, II they
can arrange matters in Congress M
they hope TO do. ..1a..,
Rallying aud challenging Commit
tees.
The following persons have been
appointed, on the part of the Union
League, to act as members of the
Rallying and Challenging Committees
at the election of Tueaday, October