Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-06
such government as that! A gov
ernment of which the poorest and
most unfortunate may be the chief
observation-disclosures Etheridge.
Tildcn's Promise.
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came to Chicago to make speech !
his own behalf. Bob Ingersoll sal
| of Seymour and his speech: "Whe
the general takes a musket he a(
knowledges defeat" Mr.. Samuel ]
'rilden has written a letter; he ha
taken musket. His letter is a con
fession that the South expects to b
paid for the losses Of the war. Iti
q confession that the bills now pend
ing In Congress, covering claims az
gregating more than two thousan,
millions of dollars, were presente,
In good faith, with purpose to pres
for their payment to the uttermos
farthing. 1t Is q confession that tn,
history and rec ord of the Democrat,
party do not themselves alone con
stitute sufficient guarantee agains
the assumption of these claims by 9
Democratic administration. 1t is &
confession that there is in the public
mind wellfounded apprehension
that, in the event of the elevation ol
the Democratic party to national con.
troll, ii would double the national
debt. 1t is confession that the ex.
rebels of the South want to commit
wholesale robbery, and that they be-
lieve they can accomplish their pur-
pose through the Democratic party.
Hence Mr.. Tilden offers to pledge
himself to veto rebel-claims bills
He realizes that there is feeling OF
alarm in the public mind; that In
apprehension Of Democratic success
citizens grasp tightly their pocket
books, as If in fear of thieves. Mr..
Tilden seeks to allay this widespread
feeling Of apprehension by promising
to resist the payment of rebel claims.
But 1t is too late! When he was
charged with perjury de delayed his
evasive response until the whole
country had become thoroughly con-
vinced of his guilt. The subject OF
rebel claims has been before the peo-
pie ever since last winter. 1t has
been shown beyond doubt that the
South is as solid for the payment Of
these claims as Ii Is for Tilden. IL
It has been shown that ex-rebels
clamor vociferously for the payment
by the General Government OF their
losses to the last dollar. Now that
the country Is alarmed at the mena-
cling character Of this proposed raid
upon the Treasury, and Mr.. Tilden
feels ths, ground. sinking under hip,
pettifogging plea that the Fourteenth
Amendment prohibits the payment
of these claims. He knows that the
statement is untrue. But, reduced
to the dire extremity Of offering his
personal pledge to veto rebel-claims
bills In face of the fact that he stands
morally convicted of perjury, he
seeks to bolster his falling reputa-
tion for veracity by the impudent
assumption that these claims are
barred by the Fourteenth Amend
ment. II will not do, Mr.. Tilden.
There are bills for $4,000, O,000,0 600 Of
claims now pending i'm Congress,
against not one dollar Of which the
Fourteenth Amendment can be set
up. You know this to be the fact,
Mr.. Tildep; hence you offer the
pledge of your naked promise to in
terpose the veto power. Is your
word good?- Let us see. On the 2Sth
day OF May last you flied with the
Secretary Of State message or mem
orandum in which you assumed TO
show what retrenchments and reduc-
tions In taxation had been effected
by your administration. In that
message occurs the following:
Expenses paid out Of the revenues
and funds of the State, though they
do not in the first instance affect the
taxes, ultimately come to that result
when they have been replaced.
They are, therefore, equally worthy
Of attention.
REAPPROPRIATIoN
These are paid out Of cash In the
Treasury:
1874. 1876. Saving.
$917,379 NONE. $9l7,379
This 10 statement Of record--a
statement OF your official record as
Governor; and 1t is -willfully,
knowingly false. On the 2Sth day Of
April lless than month before you
solemnly said, In State paper, that
there had been no reappropriations
In 1876, you signed reappropria-
tion bill for $500, 0,36S.s2. On the Goth
day of May, only five days before
the date of your false message, you
signed bill reappropriating $25, 900.
On the very day Of the date Of your
false message, before the ink with
which you signed your name to 1t
was dry, you approved two re-appro-
priation bills aggregating $500, 900.
The word Of a man once foresworn
ia forever after as worthless as the
ribald slang Of the moral profigate;
"a liar is not believed even when he
tells the truth" You promise to
veto Southern claims bills, Mr.. TIL
den! But who will be your bond
men? Who will take the word OF o
man foresworn? We know OF nc
other way to treat Mr.. Tilden's letter
than In this frank, Straightforward
manner. He recognizes the necessi
ty OF removing the conviction In th'
mind Of the American people that J
he (Tilden) were President HI
would approve bills to rob th'
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