, 1876-09-28


outaids of the law an appeal 10 the HympA-
thy Of Congress to exercise ta power to mako
q special order for payment Of a bill which
has no sanction nndor tho law. These claims,
therefore, arc addressed to the aympatllies
OF Cong7eaa, and what Congreas7 In caae
TtIpEN bo elected by the Solid South, tho1o
will be thirty-two Senators, representing con-
stituents making thcse claims, and there will
be ITO Representatives chosen by tho same
ex-Rebcl people. These shirty-two Senators
will constitute two-thirtls Of all tho Demo-
crata in tho Senate, and tho ITO Representa-.
tiVeswill be large majority Of nil tho Demo-
crnta in tile House. They will control tho
party in botl, Houses Of Congress, and, necea-
sarily, control tho policy Of the TrLnEs Ad-
nainistration. They will be 1iberally repre-
Rented in the Cabinet, aud they can enforce
the policy Of paying these clai.ua upon the
party. Now, what are these claims?
Tho universally. established and recognized
principle OF law In ali countries, md the
Barne rule prevails in case Of civil az In
foreign var, Is, tint nil persons residing
within the cnomy's territory stand on tho
footing Of enemies, and to these the adverse
Government is under no Obligation, legal or
moral, to make payment for damages Bus-
fainetl mr. nrivofo nr,,ortv 4obon t1,h;a ;s
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.o "a" "PF''sa''o ~ tAa ".A7 ia tut eoun-
trles. Hence it Is that all person In the
Rebel States who suffered loss, even from
Union troong. mike II Hc1nimsn fnr cnmncnsa.
4,,,. ,,..-,., A., ~, 1. ,,..,tt -.
''oA'' oous'"sa ~ A'o aoo'es'oa VI eon~
R4ess' we submit 70 Tue people OF Ing Noftn
tho probable exercise of this discretion whom
reposed in two Houses of Conoross and mn
Administration controlled by a CONGRESS in
which ex.Confcderato officers will be in tic
majority Of the party in power. What the
nature md extent Of these claims will be wo
alreatly have striking evidence, The United
States have long since paid to every man in
Missouri who on any prctcnso Of loyalty pre-
sontetl claim for damages all that was asked,
The ex.Confedorates. howevor. waited until
there was Democratic Legislature. and ttov
presented their claims to their own stsoyor.
cign," the State of Missouri that Stato an.
pointed q Commission to examine and allow
these claims, md those allowed auount nm
to this time, to EIGHT su11oss or po11.Ans.
and tho State has issued to claimants cor
tificates in this form:
No.-S-,
Is hereby certified that the State OF Missouri Is
II, .noea'0u MI. .sn..a taa sam o9 account
State vut aftcr tho elajp, o. Of M sata ru S,s neen m
presented to tho United States Government. and
the amount alowed and paid to tho State, md then
oay TOT tae actual amount received from the Unit
~ c'rN .,,sse, -, 1s,..no.' 1.rr.s.o~ Nh 10
-, Governor Of Missouri.
--, Acting Q. II. Gcnezas Of Missouri. q.
hlr. DAYAap and Mr. Doon1rrtE SUPPRESS
tho fact that the State OF Missouri, rs {,
"sovercign State" will present her demand
to Congress for an appropriation to redeem
thesa certificates. The State of Alabama has
Issued substantially q similar certificate to
ter Rebels to an amount reaching To
| $40, 600 or $500 900, aud half tho
| casos laye not been heard. Twelve or four
teen other Stotes arc yet to be heard from,
Louisiana alone asking probably S2O0, ,0OO, ,OOO
Here is o form Of claim, backed by tho
authority Of sixteen "soycreign states, but
lIr. BAyAnp and hr. Doo11rrLE ignored tho
| whole business, aud oonilnol their donials to
tho question Of taking up JEFF DAVIS Con.
federato bonds! This WAS o fraud on their
hearers.
There ts Inv which prohibits tho Court
Of Claims aud Treasury Department from al
lowing OF paying claims to any person who
promoted or encouraged tho Rebellion. A
Detnocratio Senator, at. the lato session, pro.
posed to repeal tllis law, md to mako
IN appropriation to pny this class OF
claims. Another bill, proposed by a
nanbar from Arkansoa ti;rectod tbot
~ 80. =, .".~, y, "4"s
III sucn c'aa1hs oe t11ea III tao Stat6s
where they originated, tho sums awarded by
the local i,ries to be paid by the TREASURY.
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