Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-08-18
what they propose to Do.

J pense to the country, as proved by theil
propositions and claims already present
ed, On this Senator Sherman of Ohio
spoke with great power, at Marietta last
week. We copy an extract as follows
REBEL CLAIMS.
/ have here in my hand list of one
hundred and forty separate claims now
pending in the Democratic House Of
Representatives, amounting to 1882
266, every one of which is for injuries
caused by our armies in rebel States
during the war. Here is another bill
introduced in the Senate by Mr., Merri-
mon of South Carolina to revive the
claims which existed in the South prior
to April IS, 1861, in favor of persons
"who promoted, encouraged or in any
manner sustained the late rebellion"
These include postmasters, custom-house
officers and other agents of the Govern
ment, who at the beginning of the war
paid over to the Confederate States the
balance due them from the Uuited States
REFUNDING THE COTTON TAX.
AT the close of the war, when every
industry, employment, trade or produc-
ton of the loyal States was heavily tax
ed to meet the enormous cost of the war,
Congress placed upon cotton tax of
three cents a pound. This produced
from 1868 to 1868 the sum of S6S,072,.
088, and was then repealed. 1t was sub,
stantially the only war tax paid by the
South, when the aggregate taxes collect
ed in the loyal States was still 100000
600 for one year. This cotton tax was
charged by the producer to the consumer
when the cotton was sold, and scarcely
felt by the planter who raised the cot
ton. And yet every year since there
has been a persistent demand for the re-
funding of this cotton tax, not to the
men who paid it but to the States in
which it was paid and as sure as fate
this tax will be refunded by the first
Congress after the Democratic party is
restored to power. / have in my hand
fifteen different bills, now pending in the
Democratic House of Representatives,
to refund this cotton tax, and the pro-
ceeds of captured and abandoned prop
erty, and to make easy this wholesale
raid on the Treasury of the United
States
PAYING THE BILLS OF REBELS.
And, fellow-citizens, l have here bills
pending in that Democratic House, more
wide-reaching still. Here is a bill in,
troduced by Mr. Wiltshire of Arkansas,
now pending before the Committee on
War Claims in the House of Repre-
sentatives. This bill provides:
THAT all citizens of the United States
having claims against the United States
for stores or supplies taken or furnished
during the rebellion for the use of the
army of the United States, including the
use and loss of vessels or boats while
employed in the military service of the
United States, may institute suit against
the United States for the adjustment and
recovery of such claims in the District
Court Of the United States for the dis
trict in which such stores or supplies
may have been taken or furnished, or
such vessels or boats as may have been
used or lost"
Rehecta moment. ALL citizens of
the United States, rebels as well as 10y
al citizens, having claims for stores or
supplies taken or furnished during the
rebellion for the use Of the army, includ-
ing the use and loss of boats, may sue
the United States, and recover the val
ne thereof The loyal people must pay
all the war taxes, submit to the loss in
fiicted by rebel raiders, and then pay
for all the forage taken by our troops
when within the rebel lines, all the rails
burned, all the corn, sweet potatoes, and
turkeys consumed.
MILLIONS FOR DAMAGES TO REBELS.
But, fellow-citizens, to complete our
our liability, l have here another bill
introduced by Mr.. Riddle of Tennessee,
and now pending before the Judiciary
Committee of the House, which directs
the Secretary of War to allow and pay
to all citizens Of the United States, reb-
ell as well as loyal, a reasonable compen-
sation for the use of their property by
the United States army or any part
thereof during the late civil war. Every
camping ground every field of battle /;
every march or retreat every tree cut
down every grain-feld injured by any
officer or soldier in our army for each
and all of those are part of the army
must be paid for at a reasonable rate
Suppose a rebel Secretary of War, such
as Tilden would naturally select, was
! arnad with tbic outLor;t,, ,,,b,. 1901