New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-15

appears upon the stage to impress upOl
the country the justice Of making compen
sation to the ''despoiled STAKEHOLDER" TO
the values he has lost. Having broachet
this policy in one letter, he thus resorts t.
another letter to explain what he mean
in the first;
did not make any proposition to pay thu
claim tor the loss or emancipation OF an,
slave, or to compensate the owner for such
loss, either IN substance or form
What be did mean was this:
But on the contrary suggested depos
of that amount to the slaveholding Steies
without interest, to be loaned 10 che de
spoiled shareholders.
When we consider the positive constitu
tionGl prohibition of payment for enamel
pated slaves, we are compelled to admire
the metaphysical adroitness with which
the first proposition quoted is thus seco@
eiled with the last.
If the general government, in che pas
sage of the act for depositing money with
the States, did not assume the power %
| give money 20 the States not granted in TIM
constitution, neither would the amendment
forbidding her to pay the STAKEHOLDER for
| the loss of his slaves be violated by q
deposit of $lOO,oO0,O0O with Che former
slaveholding States.
If the sum thus deposited would neve.
be reclaimed from Che States it would be
I a virtual donation. It would thus lie 70
do by indireceion what NJ. Hunter does
not advocate the open payment Of slave
values. II the federal government should
ever acclaim this deposit, IL must be made
| good by Che citizens of che State. white
and black. and could not fall exclusively
! upon those who had obtained the 'ioan
from Che Stase.
! THIS IS. we g.ieve 70 note. sad depart.
~. s,on, THAT strict constructions of the
constitutional! letter which marked che
States rights school. !, would make Mr..
! Mason once the colleague Of sf,. Hunter.
sh1dder in his stroud. Gut it was rot to
eomme1t ,pon che im4racticability or
consistency q the scheme that We haze
referred 20 IT, Il was 70 show shat this
Southern statesman has noe yet learned
60 think Of any sufferers in the South ex.
seVt the ''despoiled Shareholders" and
that lis only Thought Of remedy is through
. pension system. q which they aye to
be Che recipients and dispensers. We
would haze thought TIA. sozne coasidera.
soA @ The non-slavcAo:ie.s. who fought
SO Sei! and suffered so severely. ~c1i;
tas. ;nose9 his i.ar:: tia: che mes-
chane cs aschanico she widow or the
Children amor 6 these devoted people wocld
have bad some show u: shoDgLe. u is
only The te!serasioH ot tie prayer. 'Goi
bless Che sicG. sle poo: can Beg" Alas ::
We :.ar il is not in the scope Of Mf. Hunt.
sy's 2oSssica! vision 60 ask aid ;or all his
people. rs. as i always has been with
ais sca'o. -gise power. place and .li,ec-
zion 70 shs supesior intelligence and worth
q the upper class. 70 the masses the
'lasgeSs Of wax and the soi!s o: SahcSe And
'hes. Hea so"i. she holy name Of
Democracy. az s!.e government 90:
tbs peos'.. ~ che people and
g.: sh. people" s.shsir wasch~or1. They
preached shciy doctrines under sae name
a: IhoNas Jefferson. who abaogr.1 Ill
sAa. they cherished in .h.i. secse: Learts.
20 s.y that che american people 30 not
a!pS. cia:e she Na:!:e qualities o: courage
and seIi-sscsitice manifested in . cans.
they deemed it duty 60 defeat. ~oul! he
u 20 them injustice. !" say TIA: they
d.S not syMpash;ze FOR tie losses and
M.ssy; Which followed VIVA. they may
deem mistaken s:.e,e1se q! tie qualities
commended ~osid i.o . IA: greater error.
III: sh:s respect and sympathy is no. 20
=. displayed in she ingenious and partial
aac,ssr indicated BY 81. Hunter. The
:.os'e OF che Ta;oa believe the very erf.
sasiHg. :os which the. s:apa.i.ize we've oc.
"ss.oaea By II. class which III. l,l,nte,
VOW proposes exclusively to reward. This
".r.A &c sasaer 200 hard q .ecaa:at;on.
l. san no:. IL Che weakness &: human
ssatls.. Re expected: There aye o.he:
means more S.oai. :no:. national. and
:s::es calculated 80 s.ssoss the nationa,
anis.es ~ iisadiag sna developing
She 2ationaH Interests. There Wa,
another interest ~ .le South ~hicL
suffered specially from nasiona! legisla.
ton. 1t was from the FAX oil the cotton
csop. It fell upon all alike. It was .e-
ceutiy proposed to reimburse Che holders
of .Lis cotton, is whose slame The cotton
'.X has been paid. Yhe same objection
arose as does go the class proposal Of
Nfr. Huntee that che yefun6ing aprroe
rriation would not so to those who really
suffered from the tax and tlereupon a
Republican who was an ex-federal General
made this plain and practical proposal.
Our fellow citizens Of the South have
greatly from a public calamity.
We can not recognize the legality OF
their claim for direct compensation.
for that would be an acknowledge |
ment Of our own wrong, which We |
by no means admit. But if Congress, in
view Of the commercial and industrial |
wants OF the Southern section, and Of |
lie national interests will cause to be con-
,tructed the Mississippi levees the Fort St. !