The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-03
ADrsGUSTED DEMOCRAT.
A .Fcnncsscean Who IL Disguised
with Tildcn's Letter.

The Memphis TENN Avalanche DEM
OF October 20, contains the following:
"Ep1ToR AvALANcuE-The Fourteenth
Amendment quoted by Mr.. Tilden pledges
the Government to tho payment Of the
Southern claims rs being debts OF the
United States, authorized by law, and
they also fall within the Fifteenth Amend.
ment to the Constitution Of the United
States, which says: "Nor shall private
property be taken for public use without
lust compensation" Yet Mr.. Tilden says
If he is elected President he will veto
any bill passed for the purpose OF paying
such Southern claims. What does he
propose to do with his oath to support
the Constitution? .rf
Mr.. Tilden says the Southern claims
''are nearly always owned, in whole or in
part, by claim agents, by spectators or
lobbyists, who have no equity against the
tax payer or the public" We submit il
TO the Southern claimants whether II is
true that their claims are owned in whole
or in part byclaim agents, spectators or
lobbyists, and whether they have no equi-
~ against the tax payer or the public.
Let them and their friends answer Mt the
ballot.box.
Mr.. Tilden says; that the Southern
claims are nearly always owned, in whole
or in part, by claim agents, by specula'
tors or lobbyists, who have no equity
against the tax payer or the public. Will
Mr.. Tilden tell us how many, oil the
Northern bondholders are represented by
'claim agents, spectators or Lobbyists"
and how many such claim agents, specu-
lators, or lobbyists assisted in procuring
the passage Of the act Of Congress chang
ing the interest on portion Of said bonds
from greenbacks to gold ?
Southern claimants should bear in
mind that Mr.. Tilden attempts TO bring
odium on whole class OF men, for no
other reason than that they represent you
in attempting to collect for You your just
dues from the Government.
Mr.. Tilden tells us that he will veto
any act that may be passed for the pay.
ment Of Southern claims growing out Of
the war. Will he tell us what he will do
in regard to Northern claims growing
out OF the war? :.
Will Mr.. Tilden be good enough to tell
us the difference in principle between the
debts due the Northern bondholder and
the Southern claimant for property taken
and used by the Union army, except that
with the Southerncr the contract was gen.
orally forced upon him and often ex.
tended to his last horse, last bushel Of
corn, and last pound Of meat? /.
Mr.. TiIden tells us that "thesc South.
crn) claims have become stale, and are
often tainted with fraud" Will he also
tell us whose fault it is that they have be.
come stale? Has there ever been time
when the Southern claimant was not will.
Ing to receive one.half Of what his prop.
erty would have sold for in the market In
full satisfaction? Will the Southern
people swallow this wholesale denuncia-
lion OF fraud from man seeking their
sufrages? We'llsee.
Are the Southern claimants and their
friends willing to be made the cats paw
to rake the Tilden chestnuts out Of the
New York fire?
The above arc few casual reflections
on and deductions from Mr.. Tilden's let.
ter Of the oath inst, by A DEMOCRAT.