, 1874-12-09
AN IOWA STATE.s0vsnElGN1Y DEMOCRAT.

Nils u. n. Alnnonoyt oultor OF tho DubuqUe
Teegraph, not only supports tho doctrine of
State Sosarsignty. but holas that tho Nntionnl
Government Ia a nero agont Of tho Sovereign
Courcdorated States. Flo also argues. 1t will be-
1oen, In favor Of paying the losseB Of MI :ho
pooplo Of tho South who did not actually bsar
arms against tho Union out Of tho National
Treaeury,-that ia, ont OF the pockets Of tho
Northern Taxpayers. But let this Democratic
leader spens for himself:
sin order to 1ay come foundation however
ilimsy, !. may be, to warrant such an ingcrunco,
THE TRIBUNE resorts to the pottifoEnerv OF Bay-
ing that It tho Democratic party is restored 10
power a. all. 1t must DO np0n its Ancnns rocag-
l,i2ed principle that this IL not natlou, but q
cuntedorntion OF nvooign Asatas, with an agent
4. Washington called tho Goyor1,rnont. and act-
Ing upon limited powers, aud. therefore, 1t IT.
CUES and concudca, tho Democratic party onoo
f. power wll rncognize The validity Of the Rebel
don't ansl Southnrn Claims ard pay them out Of
tho Treasury. TAia wo call pottifoggory.
For admitting that tho party SHOULD bo re-
1torod to power, AID be placed In control Of tho
9ovornment, and that It Il done on the principle
y, tho doctrine OF the Democratic parly, that the
States are Boyoroign, and thai The Gore'nneni al
washington is bHt dn agency af fhe people, what
more relation does this give to Southern claims
than tue party IN rawar haa to those osasnls
Admitting tho premises Of THE TH1nuNE tlat
tho Damucratic party Will como into power on itB
doctrines Of slsso Sovereignty mud State Rights,
how docs auch admission. how does ancll prin-
cip1e obeigate the Democratic party to trent a1,y
clai,n othorwiso tlan on ts Owl meiits, ald as it
should be treated by my rarty2 Illarc will ho
no obligation on tho Democratic party. by r,rtue
Of ltA peculiar priuciplcs, to tyeat those claims
othcr"tso than thoT ara entitled to ba treated on
their owl merits. and t1lora Ia no warrant for
The TnAuSE'a saying thet thoy will bs otholwso
treated.
But aupraao thoao clalma, or aonle Of tno,n.
aro founded III 'i'stsce aud OH wrongs comm14utl
BY the Government, should they or not ho paid 7
Docs tho THE NEunttertG|e withoutlearing
tho faciR to eaY that tisoy shall 1ot be paid, no
inastcr how just they may be. nor uudor what
circumstances soorer shcf aro founded ia griov-
anco ? It soeus that such il It's opinion, TOR it
claims TINT tho law Of natlous recognizes all per-
aoito il, nh a1enly'H torritoEy as cuomies. Very
we'll. Ti,iA appeal to tho law Of nRtinna will
servo QUO side as vol as tAe otlor. What docs
tho law OF nations my Of people in the condition
thu people Of tho Bouthorn stn:es we're in during
thu late War; Does 1t aay that If some Of tile
people Of corteiu district or terstury ara in re-
boillon agniuIt tho Government, tho p1vallmf>-
ton ia tAas MI axe IL rebellion Or ii not tile
presumption to ba taken just tho other way, that
no one Is IN rebellion but eNch as are actually in
rebatltoo That IL ono paut In thln law OF na-
tiohs.
Anothar 10, THAI from Gao pelnt of view, that
t.. from THE TnlpusE's pont OF v1ow, tho
Southern States. nor tho poodle OF theso States,
cahnot DC Fc5ardeu Et tho Bnm8 time, ana to
sosge Dnrpoa0Y, as both robelB and Legitimate
puh!ic eaemies. II as foboln, lot them bo no
treated; and IT sa legitimate ball,gegants tsaat
them 80, also hut il as rebols, Us il is tho poor-
ltr way to treat thom, wo yenEure to cay to THE
4a1DpNE Tint on this matter of claims tho Law Of
nations md public law Ia against It. ConoetEng
tlns Tho Southern people we,e mere 1ohoa in
the lato War, and 1t will follow, legally that tue
claim Of any pe''so,a 'sho ia not proped 10 hare
dcen a tc1ei ,nMsi, In justice, bo considered,
aud, # found rali, aotrel, a,.d thore is no way
to avold 1t but for tho Government to do as MI
individual docs who las no mind to pay Lis
honcs. dcbts That, Of course, tho 1sovesnmoat
can do and 1t mntters not what party may be III
tower to do 1t. Ono will l,e just ns iley to tako
advantage Of this power OF tho Government to
but, il it bo otherwise. apa. 81 IuE Cn1cAoo
TRIBUNE aass, lhat tho Democratic party would,
il III power, rccoguizo tueso claims aud pay
thou. Tue TRIBUNE is only 1,nwittins!y paying
compliment whore 1T designed to be roprehenpi-
hio.