Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
CARL sGHURz
Upon Southern Claims.
IT is NOT A MERE PaRTlSss CRY.
THERE IS MUCH In II.
The Democratic Party 10
Ready to Pay Every Cent
Demanded by tho
South.

II has frequently been said By Democrats that
IN the question Of Southern claims there Is no
thing but mere partisaacrv. Gentlemen, is IS
my sober conviction that there is much in it. end
! will tell you why believe 50. Tue South has
been impoverished by the war. and in eonveTss-
tion with Southern Insn myself have found this
to be their idea You Of the North have con-
trolled the Government alone since the vsT;
you have taken cut Of the public treasury
millions Of dollars to subsidize steamboat lines
You have granted away millions Of acres for
railroads TO establish your lines Of coumunica-
ton. You have spent untold sums o. money On
internal Improvements, and while yoa Old this
We In the South were exposed 70 al the rayages
ofthe war, and out Of which ne have come n Al
impoverished condition. Now, they say there i
nothing fairer in the world than tnat we should
have the same adventGges, 50 as 20 geS even
Gentlemen, you converse With almost every
Southern man on this subject, and Il he does rOt
tell you this before election, De wiz 5e candid
enough 10 say 50 after, Il the Democrats can
diiate is elected. What does that mean We
have discovered in the course OF time that the
policy Of granting railroad grants and subsidiz-
ing this and that private enterprise WIS eEcee--
ingiy costly, without conieTrils ccrrespon ding
publ!c benefit. Therefore, that policy has TO ,
great extent been abandoned bat / predict In
ease Of Democratic victory that that poii-y
viii be renewed and carried OF % a more extra
VACANT extent by that party when IL oeec-nss
the cOltFliliDE pN.Gf- lAaf : one Lf-i4l- AGs
second point is this While was 10 TIE senate,
and ever since. large number Of b'ils were III
trOduced there aiming A. the refund,ns Ct t.ss
cotton tax. You are all aware that during tls
war we paid hundreds upon hundreds Of ul,i-
lions Of taxes for the purpose Ct keeping our
Government alive and Oh. aIIllar going " E cit
that, having been forced iEtOa war by the relel
States, & war tAat cost $4,000 precious E--z
and Thousands OF millions O. d1lia-s. Dung
that whole time the South contributed shines.
nOthiug 10 the public treasury. There s
only one considerable item o. t1z thai
was levied upOa the Southern psop-e,
and that was the cotton tax. soTs sky
eight million dollars or over. Nov they ce-
mand 4 restitution Of thac tax, Is i IS PEo-
posed by some, not 20 the individuals 5y whom
the tax vas paid, but TO the southern S-l-cs IS
such. / am man Of very generous dis position
with regard TO the South. / thought that WLsn
the war was closed the Southern people waC
had been in revolt would s-ain become psace-
able and iaE-1bldirg citizens, and t12- geEas0s-
It's was moi only duty, bus al act Of wisdom
and justice. and SO have been one CE The E-si
to advocate 4 policy Cf general amnesty AID oi
the complete removal Of ali those political Ia
hiii.ies which il consequence Of the reOsilioo
had beCu imposed upon a large number Q;
Southern people. IN general advocated e %
Icy OF gcne7olity sud FecOucilizt.On an y-iIl-
in- 70 be Is generous 20 them - anyb0d'. 52I
when, after having forced Is into 50 terrible
war--a war that came rear destroying tts-EeT7
life Of this great ReDublic--a war that has covered
the land with mourning, a0d pul such terrible
burdens upon cur psope-Shen, Gfter such
war. having contribute1 this little mite 70 ths
sgsteuancs cf this great f3bTc CT our institution,
they demand that We should refund SVeTy cent
OF il, think l. is 4 little too much And get
you are coolly asked-ycu, the pOsssssoTs Of ths
wealth Of this countrr-to put your bands iuJe
your pockets 50 that SOS, ,GJJ,990 be given back
l tell you, gentlemen, that il IS nv honest con
yictioa, should the Democratic party come ll-9
power again, they vii inevitably return 20 tia
south every cent Of that moueE which vas c3a-
tribUted % the National Treasury In the cotton
Interest. with interest too. l tell yoU cAnGidlJ
that / fear the Deuocrstic party VII be exceed
ingiy generous to their Southern friends In ths
way Of putting money into theiE POcksts-