, 1876-10-06
am ou(te certain Judge Clifford Is anxious isahonll
bu decided right. iouss truly -.


Rafs tint my statement nf the ease was ktlit-
stantlally correct, and further. TINT II forciB'y
Illustrates the danger to 10 npprclcn'lctl ironl
these Southern Wnr-claims. TheAo remarks ot
ill.tcmpcrcd, tll-n,nl,ncrctl,
respecting the main points Ut issuc. / aln not
respoathlc for tho report Of my speech ns quot.
od by MIR. Eralb,try wllen nryer saw tho rc.
Air. DIe,dbury until saw Il In his letter, but!
wasaseNrctl tint IL was reiurtc!a lf',prrectly.
certainly never dreamWa Of calling Judge Cllt.
fnrtl ~ hungry ncnorrat.n M, too fnmliiar
eions u apply 10 hin any absurd eharactcrln-
tien: Neither did reflect on Ills personal Or
official integrity.
on TIE coNrnA1lr,
stntc1 Tint ono Of TIC nlost alarming features
Of lilo decision was that Judge clifford oc-
s!iraIle school q bourbon Del,osra!y that o..
l!cves In Just auch dangerous anu aesttuctyo
Bradbury says Tho only point involved III Judge
Clitlosle acclslon tyas guestIon OF tIc Ittr,s.
.l!ctlou Of tho Louisiana Court. PrcrlAcly. Thy
1.u,istatn Court gave Judgment sEaln't y Col,
oel ot l'e Union army Tor property seize hIa r1 nn
nlent. Judgment was talan by !acfniilt, Cpl.
Dow being with his command In tic field,
utterly unable to 4earond 10 tho summons,
anl certainly not aware 2t riyi sts sot,d 10
officers Of tho army OF tho linton. llavc al.
ways stated tho case with accuracy, and neither
Judge CilNoryl nor Nlr. Drndbnry 6llow WHY
every other ol1leog Of tho unlol, Army n,ay not
his command may have seized mud appropriated
during tic years Of rebellion. JuRge CliiTortl's
tteclson is for yorsc than, II susttie1, 10 s.lls
brought since the War,. for 1t 1stfncsly rceog-
the War was actually going On -0a5rants bs1o,-
m officer OF tho UniOi Army ,rnB bound,
AT WHATEVER fnicE lr MONT nE,
to leave Ills command when summoned by To-
eal court III the eart Of tho rebclions country,
and Judge Clillort, Without looktng, at the
statute which notorfu,isly surrounded tho ease,
my, shutting his eyes IL tho fnct That these
States were ~ rebellion, or making . great Ct.
f. Gt se s s;s sdas sha ind ffisg1;ss g ~
the very crisis Of thu War with the operation
Of Union army. Judge Clarke says that" Judge
Clifford had tho case long tune under advise
sq ses y ha oas ta S1 7nss tsca spa e
Judgo Clarke COVERS
Inn told. It is nut for mo To any that Judge
Clifford has not Ind euott reasons for Withhold.
to strike tho country that tho DECISION is pro-
tnulgn.ca Just ut tic time that Juagv Clarko
thinks n.cre Is danger to bc apprcllclttlcl from
tlcsc Southern ,sar-G!nims ! hayo NJ rlglit 20
nut ASSUME to judge thcm, but llnyc 4 perfect
right to discuss tllS mootl and tense of Ills re-
niaskab1c opinion, and tic danger concealed
unacr TINT opinion Is greatly enhanced hy tns
date for the Presidency that every soldier who
marched acsoss Southern soil was
"a TRHspAssBN,
and liable to d hust for damagea In M action for
tlcelarctl that sir. ridden made tl,Ls Identical
ic:lnrntton to lMr. dH3tng tho War. ThuAaugers
| to which cat1ed attention, ~ excnlpliile1 by
Judge Clllrorl's opiuion, nero substantially
tlsse: E1st, That % art'y Officer , ssp oo sued
for property seized By Him or his soldiers ut tllc
| South during tho War. second, tlat, In such d
suit, by decision of tho supreme Court touch
ing cotton case hefoyo tue Court Of clatI'la,
| NO pROof WHATEVER
can bo raised thattho plaintiff WIS not Rebel
but that lie may recover Without, such. proof
THRU, That such suit may bo brought, nnt
judgment recovered In my Southern State
Court North, the judgment affirmed, md tby
oi1cor compelled to pay by process Of tho Uni
ted States Court. No answer has been made tc
! my Of these points by Mr., Bradbury, lie eays
that Drallsh johnson, the plaintiif, was, in fact
proved, Or tllnt Judge Olilror1's opiuton mako
my distinction whatrvcr between loyal cittzc1
aud Rebel; and this point illustrates
THE VERY DANGER
forciblY prcscnts tho rapid progress W. or =
loss Of tho loyalty Of tho claimants. VITA TIN
Republsnn att IN pSTfr S tns 9ntsd 1ts sss
ing ovcf Y; but what, ask, may By expeetc'
from Democratic Congrcss, Democratl
President, mud Democratic JudRos1 Tho pasa
ago Of onc short law covering only ttrcs polnt
and destroy tho public credit. Those point
arc.
FYrst-That no proof Of loyalty shall DO re
Iuirod Of any. claimant before tho Houthcrl
trSf<1 hat
any department of the Government other thai
that required In tho United States suprcm
Court III sutts-at-iaw.
no pNoop AT All. -.
Second-Tlat tho stntutcs Of limitation sha
not apply TO tie caso ot claims Otherwise allow
n6ic agalnst individuals or. aEaiust tho Unite
States II there be question ol Law about til
power to revive o clatm nya!nat an lnt'lvldut
once barred by the statute Ut Limitations, ticr
sncnt to revive it against ltae1f, and that ts tn
point principally affecting The United gtutc
Treasury md tho loyal taxpayers Of til
~ Tnifa-That reasonable compensation may Il
recovered by gil cltizets Of tue United State
for tho use and occupation Of thctv property /
the UNttad 6tntes army, or any part tllerpo
during the late Civil War, md, III tflcao words,
An nur lNsEkTlN0 TIIR LANGuA0E
Of q bill now printed IN tho United States lIous
: OF Representatives, introduced by Democrat
and under consideration by tho Democrat
| Judiciary CoNft1lltte0. Tho whole was rulerrC
!, 10 tho Judiciary Committee, who have NJ
, reported back 10 tho lIousc, bl
hGtu II for consideration until aftur the rrcH
tluntlal election. Why did they not report Il,
yersaly upon it-promptly, doclstcllyt II
, courteous tone III which Judge Clarltu refers
Its belief of judge Clitlord'a Intention 10 i
right belongs 10 tho amenities Of thu Dctc
ant with these an not dealing At pfosont.
q only SEQ tllat Judge Clifford lid nut aEreo vii
Judge Glqrko ani end, as lle m',Ellt' VII t.cn q.
only bru. that Judge ,Clislord's grc
!, influence on thu Supreme nunch. base4 on lor
' thrown on tho Southern or rubcl s!llo,
! short, In THO yery lnnguagc Of Judge Clarke,
danger 10 bU apptchelllel from these Sonthe
War clal4s," 9.d seeing theso things, lcl!cyu
= thusc things, exposcd them wherever In
4 Gpoken, md shall continue t0 do 10 t0 thu cl
] Of tho Presidential campaign. Worry, respc'
, fully. ]. q. BLAINE.
. WORll1NGMEN, READ.
= A SCRAP OF HISTORY.
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