The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-24

tntOes ana turkeys consumed.
Who that reflects upon the supply Of
an army in an enemy's country duri.g |
four years war will not shrink from
such cfaim-a claim that could only |
be paid by an acknowledgment that the |
war on our part was unjust?
MILLIONS FOR DAMAGES TO REBELS.
But. fellow citizens to complete our
liability, have here another bill, in |
troduced by Mr.. Riddle, OF Tennessee,
and now pending before the Judiciary
Committee Of the House, which, a. Il
contains but o single section, r will
read II in full, title and all:
"Mr. Riddle, on leave, introduced
the following bill:
for the use and occupation Of PROPERTY BY the
United States army during the late war
BE It enacted BY the senate and House Of
! ca In Congress assembled; That the Secretary
Of War be, and he is hereby authorized to allow
reasouable compensation to all citizens Of the
United states for the use and occupation OF
their property by the United States army or
any part thereof, during the late civil war, In
| tions as compensation IL how allowed for QUAR-
!erraaster stores used by said army: Provided,
however. That the sfiidavit Of the claimant,
reputable citizen shall be sufficient proof 10 es-
tabii-h the @, of the use and occupation Of
inienton az ari sn i,myy, ,t. na' .,, u hot ,he
amount Of prof herein specified; but other and
s. ~, =, e., may De taken o. establish
l,l value Of the properly ocrupied' ~" "'e 'e"
Now. this bill directs the Secret,rv of
War 10 allow anil nav 10 nll citizens of
the United States. rebel os vell a. low.
al, a reasonable compensation for tho
use of their propertv bv the ITn;tad
Army. or any part thereof. dur;ng tho
late civil war. Every canning grnnnJ
every field of battle .everv n,srch os va
treat; every tree cut down. every Grain
field injured by any officer or sol5;ar in
our nrmy-mlist he nail c,r ~ ron'
sonable rate. Sunp6se a rehel Secreta.
nv of War. such rs Tildcn won,J natnr-
ally select. was armed with tI,is an.
thority, what countless claims wonld
be fastened upon the Treasury An
intelligent writer has estimated the
amount covered by these two hill. Mt
S2,4lO, ,OOO. 900. Whether ,his Ina ax,y.
gerated or not. IL is ann,rent th,t nm.
der such LEGISLATION the Trrnsprv would
be utterly bankrupt, We know from
the expcrience of the Sonthern Claims
Commission the tendency TO swell such
claims by perjury and fraud. The num-
Der OF claims decided was { s,22l. The
amount claimed was SlG. 263. .l27. 81 !:
the amount allowed was 50, ,O57 ,sg4. 90 /;
the amount disallow, d was Sl,J. oO5. .5l2.
and we now have proof that some of
the cases allowed were fraudulent and
grossly exaggerated. How will il be
when all the guards thrown about this
tribunal and other offices ard Courts
authorized to pass upon claims shall be
broken down, and they are filled by
men IN sympathy with the rebellion?
But you may say there is no danger
of the passage of these bills. beg You
not to be deceived. A Democratic Con-
gress and President would, in all prob
ability, pass many OF them. and extend
widely and dangerously the jurisdiction
OF all the Courts and al. the officers
womb in NV ;udgmnnt ratnnd ~
whole cotton t,S 7Tbey wonId ox,arJ
. To rebels the rigb, .o recovcr srr nro'
visions and o,,artnrm,stors, stores NOW
, confined IN Iovoi neonie M ono c,n
measure the muItitnda and m,gn;tndr
, of sucb claims
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Ne.isiIoihAL INVESTIGATIONS.
The Administration Of General Grant,
, now about to expire, has been or.
, raigned by House of Representatives
armed with all the powers of investiga-
tion. and conscious that their tonly hope
lay in blackeuing the character and con-
duct OF General Grant and his appoin-
tees, they organized the whole House
. into Committees Of Investigation. They
have explored every department. bu'
: reau and office OF the Government
r They have called as witnesses peniten.
) tiary convicts and the insane from the
: hospital. They have seized kilograms
by the wholesale and examined private
books and papers. They sought to dis
close Cabinet secrets. which have al.
ways been held sacred. They have EN-.
: ployed detectives to watch accused
persons. They have examined in Sc.
cret Witnesses without number to sus-
Hat anil haea