The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-11-29
TEpNESp4r. NOFRNBER q



TAX eovEEgoR's LrTrES ~ SREaN $ EESrTT-
No EEHsL DIETS 10 BS PAID.
The tollo~lug reply Of Governor Tlden to
letter iron the Hon. Ahr4m :. Hewitt vii be
rad With ,usere~i, as Il places tie Governor On
reeanl N a IaIIsr that has beeG greatly sSisaeed
a. ore Of The perils q Solid South" IN tie
Presidential election -
NV YoES. o>s -, 1876,
To rHE HoS. Assam ;. HEwIu -
SIR-l have reo=ised your ielIs- Informing
ne that republicans hish il suthorsgY publlely
Representing that e the SOatt desire nol without
hope 10 obtain payment Cor iosSes BY the bate
uar snd 10 hare provision made Tor the rebel
debt and Tor the losses Of saves.
As the payment Of such io,sseS and elSims Eas
not deemed important enuach TO deserve The
notice o. either Convention al the time Il was
held. VOC also ask ase 10 state nv views IN regard
10 their recogailioa by The government
Ihourh disposed l-iySeif 10 stsie hy the Issue
as INA ls up already have no heSit@uon 10 cora-
ply With y0ar request
The foarteeath amendment Of the constitution
expressly provides as ioiiOEss-
The validity 81 The public debt OF the United
States aulhorrred by laW including debts incurred
ios pzymeai Of pensions aud bounIies Tor services
n suppressiag insurrsciiOn rebsliIon shall not
ls Questioned. Bal usilher the United States
nor ans Stale shall assume o. pay any debt Or
,.eIscstioa incurred IN aid % iusarreciOn or re-
o-Iisoa against the United States any claim fcr
The loss OF emancipation u any save. bui all such
debts obligations and claims shall be held Illegal
and VOID.
he amendment has been repeatedly approved
and acreel 10 by democratic Stale conventions
Of the South Il vas unanimously adopted 4
par OF the platform q the Democ-siie National
a. -. I - ASrk q Inn
and Was declared by that platform TO be "univer-
sally accepted as > 6aal settlement OF the con-
trOvessies thai engeadered civil var.
Ny 0Wn position On this subject had been
previously deciared on many occasions. and pSr
Iica.4riy IN ny 6rsi annual message Of January
5. lS75
Ia that document stated that The Southern
people ueie bSu0d bF the thirteenIh. fourteenth
and ffteeath constitutional amendments; that
ihey bad joined al rational conventions IN The
NOMINATION Of candidates and in the declaration
OF principles ami PaTPoses. which form an anthem
nc acceptance Of the results Of the war, embodied
IN the Ia, taree amendments 10 the organic laW
Of the fede-4l Uuiou. asd that they had. oy the
sutr4ges Of al Iheir voters. al the last national
election. completed the proof that naE they only
seek - share with ~. and TO mziuiAin the con-
EBoa rsEbls of American local Self--ove-umens. in
3 iraterual union. under The old Tag with one
eonsuiGtiou and one destiny
| declared ST the sane tine - The question /
settled by the var are never 10 Be reOpeoed- I
The sd0piiou OF the thirteenth. iourieenih and
6f-eenlh amendments 10 The federal Constitution 4
ciosed one great era IN our politics IL marked /
tie e0i forever Of the system Of human slavery /
and OF the struggles iha. grew ont Of that system
These amendments have been eonclasively adopt
ed, and Ihey have been accepted IN good faith by .
al political oEgSRISAiiOns and the people Of all .
sections Tbey close the ehspler; they are and 1
must be 6nal al parties hereafter accept
and sisod uoOa then. zod he1oeiorih our politics .
are to tarn upon easssiOas Of The present aud the
future and 1oi upon those q the settled ana 6nSl
past"
Shosld Be elected President tie provisions
Of the fourteenth amendment EIl, 50 far IS de-
peaas % ne De nalREslaed. executed and CO.
forced in psrfect and absolute good faith. No
rebel deot viii be assumed or paid No claim
Tor the less Or emancipation Of any slave Eil be
allowed Ne ei.ia Tor @ay loss OF d&0sge To-
Cured oy disloF1l persons arising from the hGe
u=r, Whether covered by the foarteeoth amend
ment o. not. wih Dc reeognizei or pzid. The
cotton tax EiH 1el Be refusde5. shall deem it
NJ isiy 10 veto eEsry bill providing for tie as
sGaPtSOa o. pAymeat OF any such debts. losses
damages, CLAIMS or for The refaDdiug OF any such
tax.
The dzursr to the national Treasory is no.
from claims Of persons Who aided The REBELLION,
bal iron olsims Of persons residing IN the Soaih-
ern States o. haviCg property 10 those States
Eho we're. or prstended to be. or Who for the
szke Of aiding claims noe pretend to have been
loyzl 70 the eOvsrnnsot Of The Unioa. Such
claims even Of LOYAL persons, where they are from
sets caused from the opersIoos Of var, bare
been disoEnei BIZ the public laE Of civilized
nations eondsnnei by tue s6iadications Of the
Supreme Court Of The United States and onl!
EH6 any sistas by force Of specific legislation OF
Congress These claims have become stale ard
are often tainted With fraud They are nearly
slEzys Owned IL whole or IN part By calm agents.
BY spectators OF lobbyists. who have no equity
against the taxpayers OF the poblle- They shOald
il al cases. be scralin gIed With jsaloas care
The calaniIies 20 individuals which we're ill.,
5elea BY the late war are, for The most part, II
rsparsble- Tie goveramsnt canDot recall 10 hfe
he million Of 01r youth Who vent 10 untimeiy
zrzFss. Dor compensate the s1ferings or sorrow
q their relatives or friends Il cannot rea5just
bet Eeen indiTidoals the burdens Of taxation
hitherto bogue. or Of debts incurred to sustain ,
the government, Which are jet to be paid. IL
cannot apportion anew smoag our citizens The
damages CT losses incident 10 military operations,
Or rsSuitiuc IL ever variety Of form from iis I
for nzioiaiuiug It's own existence Is I
has no safe general rule bat 70 lei bYgones Be
oygOnes, 70 turu from the dead past 70 3 ue=
and better future. ard OF that basis TO assure
pssoe. reco1eiiis1iou and fraternity between all
sections. el.sses and races Of our people. 70 the
I'D that all the springs Of or protective indos-
tres uaT be qulckeoed. and q new prosperity
created il shich the evils OF the past shall be
fSrgo;,sn. Yesy respectively yours. i
SAMUEL J. TILDEN-