The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-24
Opening the Campaign.
EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH
OF HON. JOHN SHERMAN.

EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH
OF HON. JOHN SHERMAN.
What May be Expected Should
tho Democracy Triumph-3,- H.
600 900. 900 Of Rebel War Claims
Ready to be Audited Interest
ing Comparisons.
We publish below extracts from the
speech of Hon. John Sherman. deliv-
cred at Marietta. Ohio, which can hard
" fail to prove of interest to the seeker
for political intt rmation just at this
time:
As foretastc of what is meant by n
Democratic restoration, we have now q
Democratic House of Representatives
where sixty men who served in the
rebel army or rebel Congress are ma
king laws tor you. They are arraign-
ing Gen. Grant aud other CONSPICUOUS
leaders of the Union army. They have
turned out Union soldiers who bear
honorable wounds from petty offices TO
make way for rebel officers. They
passed bill to make Confederate Off
GERS eligible for service in the army OF
the United States. The whole tone,
conduct, and policy of these men are
the same rs when | was member OF
the House sixteen years ago. They
talk about the "revolution," but neither
acknowledge its results nor respect the
great changes in the Constitution
which we hoped had been secured by
the war. Let Us see what will be the
result il their power in the House is cN.
tended to the senate and the Prcsidcn'
tial office.
REVIVAL OF REBEL CLAIMS.
When the war closed innumerablc
claims against the United States were
made from the lately rebel States. and
Congress, in the most liberal spirit
made provision for the payment of al
that by the well settled rules of civilized
war could be properly made against
the United States. The officers of the
Departments, the Supreme Court, the
Court of Claims. and the Souther 1
Claims Commission were authorized t.
adjust and pay different classes o
claims, and Congress passed many act
for equitable relief; so that it may will
safety be said that more thaa $1,000,
600 was paid at er the war was over t.
citizens Of the South for losses cause,
by the rebellion. But this extreme lib
crality only gave zest to the prcsenta
tion of claims against the United States
that if allowed would double the na
tional debt. These claims now endan
ger our whole financial system. / hav,
here in my hand a list of one hundrc,
and forty separate claims now pendin,
in the Democratic House of Reprcsen
sentatives, amounting to 81 ,5s2, 1863
every one of which for injuries cause,
by our army in rebel States during tn
war. Here is another bill INTRODUCED il
the Senate by Mr.. Merrimon, of Nortl
Carolina, to revive the claims which ex
listed in the South prior to April 1S
1861, in favor Of persons "who promo
ted. encouraged, or in any manner sus
tanned the late rebellion" These in
clude Postmasters. Custom House off
GERS, and other agents of the Govern
ment, who at the beginning OF the wa
paid over to the Confederate State
the balance due from them to the Uni
ted States.
REFuNDING THE COTTON TAX.
At the close OF the war. when ever
industry, employment, trade, or Pre-
duction Of the loyal States was heavil
taxed to meet the enormous cost of tn
war, Congress placed upon cotton
tax OF three cents pound. This pro
duced from 1868 to 1868 the sum q
Sos, ,072 ,0S8, and was then repealed.
was substantially the only war ta,
paid by the South, when the aggregat
taxes collected in the loyal States wa
still 800, 900 900 Tor one year. Thl
cotton tax was charged by the produce
to the consumer when the cotton wa
sold, and was scarcely felt by the plsr
ter who raised the cotton. And "
| every year since there has been pei
sistcnt demand for the reiundlng {
this cotton tax, not TO the men VIII
paid II, but the States in which il wa
paid; and as sure as fate this tax wi
be refunded by the first Congress afte
the Democratic party is restored to pow
or.
As our troops penetrated into Soui
cotton was seized on behalf of the I'm
ted States as the property of the enem,
and much of it as the property of Il
Confederate States, and the procee,
were covered into the Treasury. Ov,
S2l 100000 We're thus covered into Il
Treasury, and of this fund the sum
gil. .3iS, 247 has been awarded and pa
by tho Court of Claims to all claimsn
t who had either legal or equitable tlt
| to the cotton, and the balance Of til
, fund isnow eagerly demanded by ope
rebels, but who now, rs leading Dem
. Gratis, may hope to reclaim what tn,
. lost by the war. have in my har
/ fifteen different bills, now pending
, the Democratic House OF Represent
tives, TO refund this cotton tax, aud ii
Z proceeds of captured aud abandon,
{ property, and to make easy this Who'll
!. sale raid on the Treasury OF tho III
;, ted States.
: PAYING THE BILLS OF THE REBEL.
: And, fellow citizens have here bi
pending in that Democratic Hou
more widc-reaching still. Here Is
: bill introduced by Mr.. Wiltshire. Of
+. kansas, now pending before the Co,
mittee on War Claims In the House
Representatives. This bill provides:
!, ''That all citizens ofthe Omitted States hs
~ ing claims against tho United states for stol
: or supplies taken or furnished during the
staies, including the use and loss Of vesseis
o boats while employed In the military service
IN the United States, may institute suit ayui
. the United states for the adjustment and rec, &c
United States for the district 10 which 81
n stores or supplies may have been taken
. !. Furnished, or such vessels or b'ats may h
n been used or lost"
q Reasc. . morasnt. AL citizens