The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05

as a rule that man must first establish his
loyalty before establishing his claims. The
first thing that committee did when the Desal-
ocrats got control of it was to strike out that
requirement, and let any man put in his claim
for losses, without regard to the question OF
loyalty at al. And then another rule. which
certainly the lawyers if there be any doing nae
the honor &c listen to me, now will look upon
as remarkable, that any person putting in 8
claim for damages should have his own ev-
idence, should sustain that claim by mis- own
affidavit, and that of some other person know
ing the facts. Here comes John Smith, of
Alabama, who has lost $4,000 by the Union
army. and then John Jones swears that it is
so. This would bankrupt the Rothschilds.
And these are the men that made Mr.. Tilden
back out from the doctrine of specie pay
ments of 1879; and there is not q Southern
rebel with claim to-day that does not know
instinctively and absolutely that when this
country comes down to the hard pan-to
the gold and silver dollar-you are never going
to pay the taxes with portion of the rebel
claims, for you cannot keep the currency open
at both eIlds-the paper money at one end and
the rebel claims at the other. No, we will
never pay taxes to pay Southern claims They
cannot create a Southern revulsion, but by
quietly working what is known as the initiation
sentiment they hope to pay for the vast num-
Der of mules and Southern claims through tho
Take one single claim. When we were taxing
everything during the war, from the solitary
hair that was left on the bald mans pate to his
shoe, we taxed cotton, and under the cotton
tax, collected $87, 100000. Now they come
forward and ask that the taxes be paid back,
not to the men who paid the taxes, but that
this $40, 100000 shall be paid to the cotton
producing States in the proportion of their
bales of cotton. There are fifteen bills now
pending for the payment of that one claim.
~ HOW THE REBEL CLAIMS MAY BE PAID.
And now gentlemen, more startling than
anything else, on Thursday of last week, there
was decision rendered in the city of Port
land, State OF Maine, in the United States
Circuit Court, Judge Nathan Clifford presiding,
with Daniel Clark, District Judge of New
Hampshire, sitting with him-and / want the
attention of the lawyers again-co confirming the
Judgment obtained against Neal Dow, of the
Thirteenth Maine regiment, in Louisiana, Civ
ing Judgment to the rebel against Dow person.
ally for the sugar seized on his plantation by
foraging party from his regiment. They were
ont foraging and seized some sugar, and the
man sued for it, and Dow said IF you are
loyal man we will give you receipt. and you
will easily get your pay for it, Now the sugar
was used, and large part of it was sent to the
hospitals. Dow says, 6 If you will show me
ceipt." and he declined to do it. and got
Judgment in a Louisiana court. The United
States Circuit Court at Portland confirmed
that Judgment, and ordered execution to issue
for ST. 75C. That being So I say, gentlemen,
will it not enable the man that owned the field
at Appomattox to collect ground rent from
Grant for the occupancy of it and destruction
of fences and crops? There has never been
80 menacing cloud as this hanging over
free people. More than that this decision was
warmly dissented from by Judge Clark, of New
Hampshire. He was brought up in the true
faith, but the Supreme Court overruled him in
the person of Clifford. Clifford is an ingram
hungry Democrat, douoie-dyed and twisted
and coarse wool at that. Much laughrer.]
And, in my Judgment he has carried that case
for eight years, and never offered that decision
until he, in his ignorance, believed in Demo-
cratic triumph. II there should be a Demo-
cratic dreamer here, will not that gentleman
tell me why any solitary battalion or division
of the army in the South cannot be sued for
every article of trespass? [Laughter.l