, 1874-11-21

esnmeut, was.s wahton trcspasa upon innocent
peraonB who wc1e In 1nsutrsetion by command
.ot tho1r LAWFUL soverolgns, the ssverAl States.
Personally. according to tho Democratic docssino
theae MEN wcrc mover In rebellion against tue
United sthtea; they wero but oboyfng thetr aov-
eretgn, tho State Government, Tho gencral and
unfverHal Law fs. TINT, In time OF war, all por-
Bona reRidinB within tho territory Of tho oppoa-
ing authority are enomtobt and AZ arch have no
legal or equitable claim for any compensation for
any loss or damsgo they may sustain, aud this In
cludes aliens as we'll As tho native OF cstizon In
Aabltants, Thia rulo is as absolute and As uni
veraa1 in oasoa Of civil war, rebellion, aud uaur-
psttou ~ in oasos Of war with foreign counties.
According to tlo Domoctatlu doctrine, this lau
cannot bo appliod 10 tho people of the South,
because they could not bo tn rebellion against
tho mere agent Of tho states whom commanded
to bear arms by the asntea themselves; aud
therefore tue Southern people. "a wholo aud
individually, stand like the people OF tile North,
entitled 10 tho benefit Of that past ot the
Constitution Of the United States which provides
that private property nhonia not bs taken OF
used without 1uat compensation. In any Dem
ocrato naturalization, shc Southern States must
Of necansity furnish majority Of the party
representation In both Houaes Of Congress-; 1t
will In like manner be dominant in tho Cabinet,
mud in all tho courtB, "a 1t always wss before the
Rebellion.
Nor IL thia all. It ia claimed that tho nopub-
lieap party. whtle Administering the National
Governmont unconasitutionaiiy ana arbitrarily
passed oertaln acts BY Which certain State
Governments woro forced upon thoss 8tates
that these fraudulent State Govarunenta have
contracted dobts to enormous amounts without
tho oousent Of tho people that these alleged
usuepatona were. ia fact uaurpations by tho
General Government, and those debta wero oon-
traclcd by tho National Governmene and not
BY the States. and should bo paid by tho Gen~
oral Government. Each Of these 6tates, moro~
over, during the War, contracted largo debta for
invasion by tho united states, and payment Of
theHe dcbts has been prohibited by the nepub-
licaus, t,nder their raurpod authority to dtclata
to sover esgn atatos; the Republicans having
deprived tho states Of tho meaus with which to
pay thcse (Robol War; dcbls, tho debta them.
sotves bocome proper charge upon the United
States, according to The Democratic theory OF the
rights OF tho 8&atos.
ALL theBo claims and demands aro founded
upon tho Bolo distinguishing prinolple OF the
Democratic party, that tho States aro soveroign-
tics, aud tho General Government no moro than
their appointed agent, acting under limited
writton powers delegated to it BY the States,
From the payment of all theso olain,s there Ia no
mont DO correct; and their validity cannot be
Iuhtly disputed Or denied except upon tho tunda-
mental principle, held by tho Republicans, that
tho Unitud States arc nation with ali the inher-
eut attributes Of sovereignty, FREQ OF any re-
sponsiniitY or dependence upon the States in
any form or manner.
We know that Homa poraons in tho Republican
party, and conspicuously Senator Howe, OF
Wisconsin, have sought to brenk down the lsgal
and politio barriers by which all sheao claims
have boon excluded, and have urged the pay
ment OF damages for private losDea In tho Rebel
States In particular caaos, upon the ground
that great and powerful Government can
afford to act hberal1y to people that BufYercd
aud loat 30 much In rebellion when they be-
loved they wore right. We know also thht tho
payment Of those claims, amounting In all to pe1-
haps several thousands Of Millions Of dollars,