The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-01
The Gigantic Radical Scheme Of
Plumber.

The Radical carpet baggers in the
South, having been deprived of the OPP
portunity of making fortunes out of the
public purse by a Democratic control
being established which implies stop
page of all swindling schemes or by
the exhaustion of the communities they
have plundered-as is the case in South
Carolina-have turned their attention
to the Federal treasury, and propose,
in case of Republican success this Fall
to extract large sums of money from
the Treasury of the United States
The mine of wealth of the whisky
rings is nearly exhausted, and the peo-
pie are so well informed of the iniquity
Of that combination that further efforts
sain that direction will be likely to prove
anremunerative.
They have, therefore, brought up
almost every possible claim against the
United States Government relative to
damage done to property by troops
during the war. They ale magnifying
the amount of these claims, and their
intention is to put them through Con-
gress to au enormous extent. AS a
part of this Ubiquitous scheme, they are
using the argument against the cleo
ton of the Reform candidates, that the
Democrats would be likely to deplete
the Treasury by payment of Rebel
claims. This is the cry "Stop thief
raised by the robber. They hope to
make their accusation against the De-
mocracy the occasion and cover for
their own scheme of plumber, and trust
that the people will be induced to ac-
ccpt, as an argument against the DEM
ocrats, the sham denunciation of what
is really their own vile plot. If the
Democrats had not obtained control of
the present House, these rascals, who
care nothing for the public Treasury,
except so far as it can be operated upon
to line their own pockets, would have
already extracted millions of dollars
of the public funds for their personal
gain.
The conspiracy was inaugurated at
the beginning of the 43d Congress, and
the Republican House of Representa-
tives and Senate passed favorably
nearly six millions of dollars of these
claims, all of which had been bought
up by the Carpet bag Ring. The Dem
ocratic House of the AID Congress, per-
ceiving the infamous nature of the
plundering plan rejected these claims
with scarcely an exception, and only
passed in all $74, 563 of claims for war
damages. The committee of the Re.
publican House, 43d Congress, report
ed favorably upon claims amounting
to over SS,OOO,O00. 1t is therefore ev-
ident that this infamous conspiracy
against the taxpayers of the country
was checked only by the vigilance of
the Democratic House, and the inau-
guration of the policy of Retrenchment
and Reform. Should the Republicans
again obtain control of Congress, and
retain the control Of the Executive, the
Treasury will be fairly swamped with
those claims, most of which are fcti-
tions, and nearly all of which are now
owned, by assignment, by carpet bag
gers and their fellow-conspirators.-
Under the Republican control of the
Government any scheme of plumber is
feasible, because the nature of their
party admits of legislative jobbery,
and their only hope of success is foun-
ded upon it. With the Democrats in
power such schemes cannot have any
chance of success, because the party
of reform is necessarily bound by its
principles, and declarations as to its
conduct in the future, and is pledged
by its record Of last year to continue
it's career to retrenchment and
economy.
Examination Of the claims passed by
the Republican Forty third Congress
will show that, in nearly every case,
they have been assigned to some radi-
cal settler in the South. The certifi-
cate of loyalty is easily supplied by
them, because an oath is too trivial a
thing to stand in the way of the gain
ofprofessional perjurers. 1t is fact
that very few of these claims remain
unassigned, it is also fact that an un
Outstanding has been reached with the
carpet baggers of the South, that if
they succeed in maintaining control in
certain Southern States, such as Sonth
Carolina, Mississippi and North Caro-
lima, and Hayes should be elected,
they are to have their reward in the
plumber of false or magnitied claims.
The people will rise up to defeat this
gigantic conspiracy against the public
Treasury, and they will do so by
driving the thieves ont of power, and
electing the party of Reunion, Re-
trenchment, and Reform, whose ma
jority in the House of Representatives
secured scrutiny of all doubtful claims,
reduction of taxation, and whose tri-
umph now will secure that hearty
union between different sections of the
country which renders it impossible
for any set of men from any State OF
section to turn the public treasury in to
a private fund.
ALL doubters and croakers, who
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