, 1869-03-27
REBEL War CLAIMS.
In the House Of Representatives, on
Thursday, part Of the proceedings are

In the House Of .presea.a'ivcs. on
Thursday, part Of the proceedings are |
thus 1epnrted;
vit:pg tkas ino csl r,s tos steamsoals or o:h.r !
vess tls i'm p!ested sy the United s1a:ce, In Soam-
esA sa:er. 6nrre the eoellsos. te acjac:ca:eo By
10y al, aud senAtncd oJ ii. hnd w.se rse1acute OF
loJA etatef, krd p.bvlatd the ve.s:ls wire used |
IL insa!see ionary dss:tte.s ey pr7pe. uashos.ts,
BY hr. Poland. /; 9are 1ise to c,1s:aesa bio dis.
c3s.ton. rsl.lctose1 IN By Ms*tss. WAsBBuux.
Ct Witco.bin Law wxEHcz, FIxkE.sBuHs. MAT..
HAnp, A1Ah. hA*Ktks, A11isps, BENJAMIN aad
INT. wAtusrRs, Of wIscoa.1r, moved to IL,
the jstnt resolution on tie tap'c. Necauved-
La1t, 3d."
TIE claims Of persons in The rebel S .a!es
for damages and Losses dusipg the war
are Of several cl1Eses, OF which tho Sue
Murphy csss represented onc, and these
steamboat claims aaotber. Congress,
years ago, provided by law That no such
claims shsuld be prosecuted before the
Court o. Claims, thus requiring that NO
such demand should be allowed withou:
,he approval Of Congresa. These claims
amt un', possibly, in the aggregate, to
very lsrge sum Of money; ard if the
government is olce weak enough 70 rec
ognize AID psy sny persion tf them
tteir aggregate will be d7ubled. Even
tie last CoDgtess successfully 1esis'ed the
Lobby who representa- this vast amouu'
ot Itjsc'ed demands. With the e1p;1a-
lion OF thst Congress 1t WAS hopea
there would be an end to the claims,
sid that the National Legislature would
ite with The Executive IN limiting the
expenditures OF the government 10 the
lowest sum NEEDED to delray unavoidable
expensea 1t seems, however, that the
House Of Representatives has tor-
gotten the psst policy Of Con-
grcEs on this subject, and has
wiliu1ly or blind!y ruahod into meas-
u1c committing the country to the pay
ment OF an Indebtedness i1c,l1u!able in
amount, ard 10 psy which there is not
the slightest legal or moral obligation.
This suhj:ct WAS fully discussed when
tie Sue Murphy case was before Con-
grese. That WAS claim tor dsmsgcs
| core 10 q homestead In consequence OF
is occupation by the Federal troops. II
Was - srsS9 q case as could have beeu
presented; yet IL could no; stand The
test Of thorough e1snina&ioa. In these
claims IT. 8tcamb,a:s there is not Sithe
Of tie eauiIy 'hc1e WAS in ,hs Murphy
case hes house was never useo py Inc
1eee's' ses II Is notorious 1ass INN
'aefe was nos s@ausf' OF sven c'noc'
upon .ne o7esoela rivers w "1Nss wa
WAS no' eossssn's5 IN tos sefs'ce q III
1epels' ana "men' "nea lmp1esseo N"
tic ut!on service, #ss not 10 1nat eAsen
tken hcm Inc Transportation o. IN
cortedc1afe ssrsice. As tas onlo'
army or the eunb-a's aa7aaeeo lnso III
: libel country, these boats "efe pusns'
Gu SUD kept ous ot Way, oas constantly
empsoytd IN tne seoel scfF,ce, fou sn'
aaee .ns, s VI ns "a ano ~ u.e' 80 o.o,s, o'e'
: so"a1os islan4 ~. ~ au .ue eu ~,
osa1 properly osloH sn4s po1ns ~a9 " W.
J. nns'1's q. .ae selslse VI 'ue isp.s. ~ ~
< jaint feto'unon fkqonts psoo1 'oa' ~
e oHners were 4oJa.. Thefe WAS no.
0 bteambeai IN the rebel s.rVtcs duuag ID
it war which had not Ito owner or owner
en- both s1tes, prepared 70 prove 'aoyai:J
on whichever SIDE 1t Was reeded, Th
? "eahguard' Is bus dclusicn. o.
declare that these clains, or any oih
3, claims for damages sustained In the reh
Id S.a:es ouElzg the wsr, are to be paid. al
il. there will be no lack Of "loyalty,"
to no lack Of proof Of any o:he1 imsg!nAs
It fact which may be required in olaer
,c get the money.
y Ttere IRE three cardinal points to
4. considered IN al these cases:
III !. They are not debts-taey asa clain
h and until They are Recognized anu
mt krowledged BY lsw, they sze on' appe
he 10 The rational bounty
y. .. All petsors IN the 1eoel states q
ck irg the war we're, In the contenpiaaol
lds the common Law OF nations, (as :
nd were In fact), engaged In the reoell'
7Ill and gubicct to all The Liabilities OF
, war, Whatever Of their property