The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-21


not ghuuly subjscs to seizure hs has restored the
sams or It's proceeds 70 lis lawful ownsrn
The secretary submits the correspondence betvesn
in relation Judgments rendered by that oou ia the
cotton Judgments 70 the amount OF Sl3l. $50
or cotion taken by the military forces during the rebel
lion, ths Secretary deemed Il his duty, on account
and OF the large amounts involved in similar cases 70
follow 20 endeavor to secure appeals to the ssprsme
for this purpose the Court Of Claims decided that no
right OF appeal to the Supreme Court existed by
IN this class Of cases and refused 10 allow the appeal
Being called upon therefore, IN pursuance OF Law 70
the Judgments, he submitted the question TO the
First Comptroller OF the Treasury. who advised
not proceeds remaining in the Treasury for any specific
purpose, and that 1t his duty ascertain the
that the calculations made by The court were based upon
the deposition OF an agent whose accounts have not
order TO make them conform to the official statement
and IN all cases paid what was asceraned 70 DO due
nearly as possible.
Meeting of the Soldiers md Sailors Union
LeRgue-Spcech Of Senator Wilson.
Tho Soldiers and Sailors Union League held well
attended meeting this evening" at which Senator Wilson
made speech, In which he said he desired to show
what and who responsible for all the trials and
sunerngs OF the past years The Senator gave st
quite an eloquent summary OF the rebellion and its
results. and then asked who responsible for
the three hundred thousand graves OF Union soldiers
for the debt piled upon the nations back,
and for the taxation that weighed down the industry OF
the poor Slavery he held, responsible for all the
blood that shed, for all the treasure sacrificed and
for all the misery that may aiict the country. He
detailed the various stages of savehoding aggression
and the various stages by which the emancipation
and the political equality Of the black men
were secured. To every step the democratic
party opposed ITSELF and still continued steadfas in It's
antagonsm For the last ten years everything great
and good tho legislation OF the nation suggested
and carried through by the republican party and long
hence in the future the OF the who in the
halls OF Congress bated for the rights Of humanity and
freedom will be remembered when the names OF those
democrats who controlled the government OF the
try for nearly half century will be despised and for
gotten Whom the republican party had done al 10
the country the they elected Vice President be-
trayed his trust and went bodily to the rebes
1t might be asked why should the republican party be
lenent with the who for the last three years
had done all in his power to obstruct and neuraze the
wishes Of the people, but he believed that Andrew
johnson will DO overrued for the good OF the country
and the republican party will settle the basis Of free
dom and equality better footing than they might
have hoped at the moment of their triumph In 1855
He further believed that the loyal negroes will
struct the Southern States in less than months
and that In the grand struggle Of this year he
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| triumph than in the contest Of 1860 He re.
marked that tho elections Of this year would be
| moro important than those in the last Presidential
! campaign He would immediate himself TO secure the
triumph Of the great principles for which the republican
party struggled, and whom universal equality is esab-
lished he Indifferent to who managed the affairs
OF the country In regard to the national debt he
| sidered this generation had done enough-t was
sufficient for to pay the interest and let postety pay
| the principal. In conclusion, he was OF opinion
| that in the Presidential contest the republican
party would carry thirty States OF the Onion. He
willing to surrender Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware,
but he OF of the Southern States with
good chance in the remaining three The Senate would
be for long time radical and the House OF Repre-
senatives would he hoped, for as long
period, boast majority OF one hundred.
Supplementary Report Of Commissioners
Wells.
Special Commissioner of the Revenue Wells has added
supplementary statistics to his report recently laid be-
fore Congress- in which no reviews the systems
OF Great Britain, Franco and North Germany, by way
OF contrast to our own He shows that according TO
ancient constitutional doctrine and practice, money
can DO voted By the British Parliament for
any purpose whatever, except at the demand
and pom responsibility Of ministers Of the Crown
II appears that for period Of nine years the actual
payments Of the exchequer has in consequence
been more less than about and one-fourth per
centum. Another table shows that during the fiscal
year ending with June last the aggregate sales by the
classes named in the several States and Territories were
in round numbers follows:-
Wholesale dealers nearly ............" $8,25o,ooo
Wholesale liquor dealers. 600 O00, 600