The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-06-19
RALEIGH IN. O., WEDNESDAY, JUNE %, 1867
eoNFBcATIoN.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM rHADDEus Gus STEVENS.

SIS ,f5. LANCASTER May ~.
To the Chairman of the County Committee
and the Asssssors Of the Townships Of the
Counties Of adams, Franklin, Fulton. Bed
al ford, Soaaersst, Perry C,san6yland and York
K GENTLEMEN: As am about to prose-
cute the claims for confscation at the next
session of Congress, if I should be permitted
to appear there desire to ascertain certain
facts Will you aid me in procuring them
in small part of our own State Invite
returns from all the people in each township
of the amount of property which the rebel
raiders or the armies of the so-ralled Con-
federate States," destroyed or appropriated
to their own use during their several incur
sions into Pennsylvania, and hand the same
to the assessors of the different townships,
who are requested to return the aggregate
for each township to the chairmanof the
respective parties of the different counties.
May here ask that the various newspapers
of the counties above named publish this
notice for week in aid of the object speci-.
fed, as intend to press the payment of the
damages done to loyal men out of the con-
fiscated property of the conquered beliger-
ent; desire each and every person who re-
sided in the above-named counties to make
out list of the amount of all property of
which he was despoiled by the rebel raiders
or the rebel government and return the same
to the assessors of his township, who
hope, will toward the same to the chairman
of the county committees of each party,
who, hope, will take the trouble to aggre-
gate the same and return it to me. desire
a fair valuation to be placed on all the prop
erty, whether personal property abstracted
or real property destroyed, except Caledonia
Iron Works in the county of Franklin, which
will not be appraised, as no remuneration is
claimed for it. This may seem to be asking
our friends to take considerable trouble, but
as small part of the labor only falls to each
person it will be found light. I hope it may
finally prove profitable to the injured peo-
| pie. Yours, THADDEUS STEVENS. !
| p. S.--Were it not presumptuous in me
would invite all the loyal men of all the
States who have been plundered by rebel
RAIDERS or confiscated by the Confederate
States, or either of them, to form associa-
| tions and furnish statistics such as are above
solicited. Claims so imperatively just must
be finally allowed and paid, but the funds
to pay the same will certainly be raised no
where except out of the fines and confsca-
ton of the richer and more atrocious male
factors. Feeble as my powers are, if had
five years more added to my life should
not doubt but that this would become an
accomplished fact. Such justice, urged by
determined will, though feeble intellect
cannot fail. If should be denied that ex
tension of life, Providence will raise up tc
the work some younger and aJler man te
| whom these facts wouId he of orpat assis
tance. trust it will aot be supposed tha
! have abandoned the determination to pro
| cure small homesteads for the freedmen, tt
be furnished by the rebel masters whom
they conquered at our request, homestead
earned by the late slaves and annexed t.
their masters estates. Let them now be Sc
vered by partition.
/ All the newspapers in the several countie
named are respectfully requested to publisl
this article.