, 1876-11-01

but he Inns not currency enough to buy tho
electoral vote of tho Statc.
THE REBEL ARCHIVES.
There WIS one point in Mr. B1A1YE;s re-
cent speech in Chicago which deserves par-
ticularly to DO kept III mind. We mean his
reference to Tho Rebel archives now In keep
ing Of tho uovcrnnons nt Washington. In
describing tho sudden increase Of loyai ncr
at tho South, who profcsscll to have stood
fnithful to !llo Union a1l through tho War,
just as soon az there was movement to
recoinrense loyal men for tho supplies will,
which they Ind furnished ths United States
army, md for which shoy Ind received no
ray, Afr. BLAINE continued:
Well, Just about TINT time, ~ good luck o.
tho Providence Of God wonld have It, nc camo
into possession Of tho Rebel archives. We bought
for The rum Of s75 900 tho urchfses Of Tic Rebel
Government from Con. JoHx II. rtcEETT. and
thrsc archives contain tho entire muAtcr-rolt Of
the Confc,!eracy. md The militia Of tho states,
and at the civil officers Ut tho Cnnfcdcracy and OF
the Rebel St,tca III short, It presented perfect
photograph 0f tlsloyalty throughout tic Cohfcter.
ncy. We got those. and put them Into lire. proof
building In Washington, put them In charge Of =
competent man, gave him number Of clerks, anI
he went 10 work to annlyxc. En.lsx, una alphabet
lxe 70 that We might have u perfect rec.
ord Of the whole Southern country on The a,,c..
tions Of foyalty. and pretty soon, when these
began to put In tlIct claims before tho Southern
Commission, claiming 10 be Loyal, We would get
tho evidence, or tic Court would get the evidence,
from th!s Commission TINT haa ctatge Of tho ar.
chiyes, md when JoHEs, VI North Cnrollrn, for
Instance, rut III bis cialin and pretended tn be q
loyal man, he WIS ii once confronted with tho
ttNtY .tnyrq mil In mr. nat Nth
liar, because hero Ia your name aa Captain IN tho
Twenty third North Carolina Regiment. anA sou
are pretending to 10 loyu1" And ur would como
another asnn viii, claim, sayll,g II never bore
arms against tho United States." :" "That Is true,
my friend, but you were fudge III the Sixth judicial
District Of Georgia. aud you look the oath to anp.
port the Canfcdcsacy, aud your decisions weGc among
thc mcancst and worst Of tho whole Contcd dcsncy,
and you will please stand asitt.' And 10 We Ind
I'M tt,sloS tu every nlnn THAI camc forward; and
those arcivcr proved to bon perfect check on what
might hAyo bccn most dangerous raid upon tho
Treasury OF the rnltel States through the Southern.
ClaimH Commission.
It can easily bo understood by everybody
how valuable, almost Indispensable, such
record has boon in lseoping oil tho former
! Robels who have sought to rnid tho National
Treasury. Tllcro was a great outcry at the
time the archives wcro purchased. The
| Democrats In Congress pronounced the
transaction n waste Of money. Gan. PICKETT
WIS ostrncizcd Mt tho South for making the
! sale. It WIS foroscon tint tho meauH had
becn obtained for defeating tho disloyal
claimants. Now, at tho alnstsesson Of Congress,
when the Democrats wero In tho minority III
| ona House for tho first time since tho p,,r-
chase Of these archives, they at onco refused
to appropriate tho small sum Of $4,000 for
| their further arrangement and safo keeping,
md 1t was only nftor the most stubborn tight
On the part Of tho Republicans mud por-
sistcnt rcfusnl to concur in cortain appro-
priations tho Democrats wanted, that the
latser finally consented to allow the
sum necessary. Put tho Confctlcrateg In
complete powor, aud tloy will never
| give another appropriation for this p,,r-
pose. Tho Rebel archives will be locked up
in some old corner and left to rot or burn !;
they will never again be consulted to provo
tho disloyalty Of claimants for Wnr Losses.
Tho loyalty Of no man can then bo contest
ed who is willing to certify to his own loyal
ty. Tho rule will DO adoped which was sug-
gested at the last sossion in tho bill reported
by Mr.. RIDDLE, Of Tennessee, providing for
tho payment to ''aN citizens" leaving loyal
ty altogether ont Of account, and requiring
only tho affidavit Of tho claimant, supported
by the testimony Of single relative, friend,
or participant in the profits. Mr.. IlLpEN, il
elected President, will not he tobarred from
approving any allowance to such claimant,
because it will DO in compliance with the
law to BE- adopted by his Congress, and bo.
cause eyory such clnitnaut will set up per
feet loyalty, and thoro will 10 no means 70,
disputing his pretenaions.
Tho Republicans lavo been remiss In mol
ayailing themselves Of tho process Of photo
lithography for reproducing those archives
md placing copies thereof in tho hnnss o.
trustworthy persons. II r11pEu shall b.
elected President, no time must be lost 1t
taking this procnntion. II thero fs no funt
that can bo lawfully used for tho purpose
then thu necessary money should be sub
scriboa by capitalists and umerehn1ts who Aav.
IN interest in the national credit and tht
aafe-keepiny Of tlo Government moneys. Til.
expenditure Of few thousand dollars, whicl
will enab!o tho Republican members o
Congress at any time to truce the disloy
atty OF the mRsa Of tho Houthern claitaanti
who will present themselves az Soon ~ th,
'ru4pEs regime shall bo established, may any.
as mauy millions to the people. Or, il thi,
CANNOT 10 done {and tl.s saving will bo in,
possible II the Democrats blot cut ali dis
tinotiouB on account Of loyalty or dia1oya1t,
during tho War, tl!on tho copies Of thes'
arrhiyea will at loast eunb!e tlle Republican,
to ahow to tho peorls Of tho country th'
extent Of tho Rebel ratd on the Treasury
aud It's early discovery tuay bring thom t,
their senses In time to avert part Of tn
disaster. These archives should be photo
Autographed without delay, It tho result q
uoxt Tuesdays election should plac. T11DK.
in the Wllito Itolso m,d Confederate Inn