, 1876-10-27
POLITICAL.
uuoter, of Virginia, Has a
Plan for Paying the
Rebel Claims.
rxtroordinary Denials by citi-
Gems of Charleston Of
Southern Out
rages.
,,o,sou 10 Believe that Hayes Will
Carry New York by $4,000
Majority.
rho state Alive with Repub-
1ican Activity and En-
th71siasm.
f,noer to Be Apprehonded from
Democratic Fraudulent
Voting.
rha Workingmen's Protective
League Get Up a Ticket.
urn,eipal Reform Club--Ward Meet
ines.--Notes from Headquarters.
rha Workingmen's Protective
League Get Up a Ticket.
u,n,cipal Reform Club--Ward Meet
ines.--Notes from Headquarters.
REBEL CLAIMS.

R{Il5E E1J CAlAAN0s
trsrrl's PROPOSED METHOD or GET
1lsa AROUND TIE foolTEEkFH AAhSo-
ugST
sstctal Dfspateh to 7as Tribune.
w.smyo1os, D. c., Oct. 20.-A letter Of II.
vT, Hunter, Of Virginia, written In 1873, upon
hs ,yhtcet OF paying Southern, clnims, Is re-
srea hero to-day. lie hnd q plan for paying
p,hel claims, both for property taken md for
,,ye. vhtch lie hell would avoIh the restric~
- .sa,, tmnoscd by tho Fourteenth Amendment.
d proposed to proceed upon the same plan 10
tontatucd in the net Of June %, 1896, for dis
tdbut.nc the surplus revenue among tho several
st,le, Upon this point Mr.. Hunter wrote:
Whtn the United States Government wished to
,,n.iet their surplus revenue TO tho States, hna-
s,ts =, 4 .sved thc point and cluded
sSe ep3 y 'rthos Hfsn 'ns S be S isps
node. proPoac that $loo, ooo. cog. tho s';, gym
VI Lincoln % tst %a;Ge ne ,,a ~ IT, H.
II stooslted with tho States without Interest," and IN
a tsa,e ulauner 10 loaned to tho sla*eholdortn tn
oen TO- hts t., 1G,sGg tsa IN ne ae " vas q.
nd Tas not an asaatnption of power to give
nosey 10 the States mot granted in The Conss!tu-
lsn, Tho deposit ot s4oo ooo ooo WITH Ha slays. ,,
tttnth Amendment, which forbade the Govern.
Jatni to DnY for slaves lost by emancipation. The
tndusment to dcpusit tue surplus revenue with
ii. States waB in the hope that II would be used
IT, more uacfully for tho purpose In
thIl Vsy than II II remained III thu Treasury
Ct the United States: Far gteater won1d be tho
inisteuent to deposit 600 900 With the slave
holding Statcs ior the bcneat Of 3esposled siave-
helsfs than existed for that Of The surplus .o'en9e
shen It took place. 1t would bc difficult to esti-
tnsle bow much a1c deposit to bo laanod 10 tho
t!s,theldefs would contribute to TIC prosperity and
1tyiyaI Of States at which no waa 4 citizen. That
thlreYIsn! Woud greatly promote Inter atate tfadn
1ud commerce. In which all arc Interested. Ia
proposition ~ plain al to need no discussion. All
nay Mc how much this would increase tho pros-
p.tt| Of thcso states, now SO depressed, to con
hibre 70 The common taxes and bnrdon Of the
country Although unable to estimate the atlvan.
r,st Of the United 6tatcs and thcr people,
thaald prpbahfy bo not far wrong III saying that
lha &dv1ntages would repay before sory long to
The whole Union tho expenses Of tue original ont-
li!. do not propose either to attaoK the validity
of lie amendment, or to violate It.. A
lin Of 800, zoo, 600 th tho 4laveholdlng
Sales, without interest, 10 be loaned agaln
o. the same terms without interest, Or with small
Interest," be recalled ut tho pleasure Of the United
s.ass, IA ne payment In whole or in part for the
tot II Is 70 violation Of tile Fourteenth Amend.
rsnt. Nut in tho present depression Of the furnur
Ravch1llfnE interest IN the South loan OF this
irm might 10 fur to satisfy tho claimant, nlhough
It would moi pay hltn. The United States Govern
nen1 might thus bc relieved, without any violation
elthe Fourteenth Or Fifteenth Amendments 10 tho
ton'ttaitsn, and greatly to tho advantage Of all
tonct1el.