Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-12
LANCASTER. Pa, Tuesday,
May oS.lSn1

| DEAR SIN: Short as your letter is, ltar
cannot answer il without violating an in.
junction Of my medical adviser, not to he.
come excited. You live in a region which
was two or three times Invaded by the az
mics of jefferson Davis. IL the counties OF
| BEDFORD Futon, franklin. Cumberland. hr!am
and York ,hcy visited almost every Erme;'
aud other inhibiisnt, and .piuadered thcm.uf
| their horses, caitis, provisions, wagons Az"
uloney. when iouud. i,c,idcS some detached
cases. I'h"y laid il ashes GU, thriving VII!
lage OF GGo people, G,,,: turned Ihc inhsbi-
tans housen,ss iuto rho streets Ia sael. .,he!-
tcr.ia fence coraer;. y, provision has ever
hcei, made. or is nuw making, 10 reimbursc
tac p!unicrcd c;ris:=ns: BY lhs, law of rs.-
riops Il Government makes no compensation
for damages ,b,nc by an invading ARM ua-
lass such Gosctnmens be y;ctorions. when it
always pro:iies by treaty FOR tie rayn1eashy
the vanquished enemy. A Government which
neglecrs TO make such provsionron behalf Of
Its plundercd citizens is basely negligent Of
its duty. A quasi peace exists. between the
late beliigerents, the terms of which arc
dictated wholly J Congress, which is ander
the control Of the Republican party. Moth
ing but the proceeds of the con!iscation OF a
small portion o! the property Of the wealthy
rebels ran be apr,i,3 10 pay the damages in
hcted by the 1,araadcrs un!es it be paid out
BY the Treasury Of ;hc UEited StatcS. y
few Republican .meteors, always crratic in
.heir course, are fitting through and eXplod.
ing in the Republican atmosphere. They at
tract sufficient public attention to enable them
to assure the amiablc rebels who inflicted this
injury that they need fear no coniisca!iou
that nobody Of any note in the North is in
favor of imposing such punishment for thcs
cake of remuneration or OF Justice. They as.
sure them that nothing shall be takentrom
Aiken's estate of millions from Hampton,
Davis, Orr, Faulkner, or from a thousand
Others who are still worth their hundreds OF
thousands, to reimburse the loyal men, North
and South, who were plundcred of their es-
tates, and TO aid your poor neigLbors to re.
build their humble tenements. 1t is scarcely
to be endured that Congress for. two sessions
should sit indifferent TO these suferings, ard
take no steps to enforce these rights These
remarks apply to large portions of Maryland,
of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri,
as we'll as to the slave States. He who can
patiently listen to that potent humanity. which
we now see progagated, has more command
of himself than / have. Indeed, it locks as
if we were still to add to the burden of our
taxation to defray the expenses of trarspor-
tation and the ovation of triumphant traitors
But must stop or l shall commit the fault
against which l have been warned.
With great respect, your obedient servant,
THADpEus STEVENS.
la- Tho Dunderberg, thu largest vessel built
in this country. and the moss formidable steam
ram aAoat has been sold by her suildcrst to France
for ssOOO.O0o. Congress at Its less session, gave
the builders permission to sell her, and the FIRST
offer they obtained was from Chill. France.