The Republican journal., 1876-10-05
Abuse OF the South,

1t was believed, at the time, that the
Presidential campaign OF 1872, was des-
tined to be the last that this country would
know in which sectional feeling and de-
nunclatlon would be resorted to, and that
the era of bloody shirts and exciting the
fears of unthinking persons in the north
must expire. This opinion has proved not
to be correct. The Republican party after
looking over the field came to the concu-
sion that the scare which had served so
good purposes before, might be once
more tried-and so the dogs OF detraction
were let loose
The old cry of hatred on account OF the
late war is now supplemented by appeals
to the fears of men for their pocket books,
by the foolish pretence that northern
Democratic Congressman are ready to tax
themselves and their constituents enor-
mously to pay frivolous and uniounded
Southern claims. The representation is
that the Republicans have resisted and
will continue to resist all such claims as
wholly MUST. If Southern claims ought
all to be ignored, as Il matter of Justice,
the Republican majority of the previous
n iucfb" r 31 i gton 10 .he noston
Post, dated the 10Th, has these damaging
facts
For week or more past Henry Smith, pres
ent journal Clerk of the House. and Clerk of
War Claims Committee of former Congress,
has been getting up Il statement Of facts. AS
shown by this statement there was Il larger
number of claims reported and allowed at The
first session of the Forty-thrd Congress than at
the session of the torty-tou"th Congress lust
closed, and the first session of the Fortv-third
Congress was not so long by two months. In
the first session of the Forty-third Congress
there were 1880 cases before the Committees
representing SIS 900 COG. The last session there
were 1879 cases, representing S.G, 900 900 At
the first session of the Forty-thrd Congress the
House Committee reported - eases, involving
S.4 900, besides eases Of 600 bales of cot
ton: also. the bill known As "'fhe Ironclad
Contracts" Involving S;1,000.000. During that
session the House passed II cases, amounting
to S204, geo In the present House, during Il
longer session, 5G eases We're reported. inyolv-
Ing S2l5,000, of which 81 We're tnvorably re-
ported by the last Congress. OF the 81 report
ed only Il passed, involving $4,000.
After such a showing, Republicans can
say little about Democrats paying South
ern claims. These claims were either Just,
or Republicans were brlbed to allow them.
Another scare is attempted on account
OF the large number Of x-Confederates
that have obtained seats in Congress- In
StoaI ,,f ,onur,tnlat;n,, tl,o ,o,,,,,.,, 4L :
these men are back in tho Union. and have
taken oaths Of tealty, AS friends of the
country would and should, they taunt and
reviie those who have returned AS to their
fathers house, and act as though they
would like to drive them away 1t would
be thought, to hear these extremely viz
tuous people vent their indignation, that
they would not tolerate rebel in their
ranks. But when the facts are traced out,
1t is discovered that the Republicans re-
celve with open arms all rebels that it can
induce to join their ranks, and that then
there is no guile in them
When we run over the list of those now
prominent in the Republican party who
were undeniably Confederates during the
war, and aided the rebellion by all means
in their power, we find it very large
There is Hays, u Republican Congress-
man from Alabama, who was a rebel
General. James l.. Alcorn, 4 Republican
Senator from Mississippi, was rebel
General. Charles Pelham, Republican
Congressman from Alabama in the last
Congress, was rebel. d. f. Lewis, Re- |
publican Governor of Alabama for years,
was ali original secesSionist and rebel sol |
der. Alexander White, also from Ala
bama, was Republican Congressman
and rebel. McKnstry, Republican can
didate for Lieutenant Governor of Ala
bama was a rebel soldier in FORESTS di-
vision. Gov Parsons. President of the |
Republican Outrage Convention at Chat
was Il secessionst. So was Judge |
Settle. the President of the Baltimore |
Republican National Convention, which |
nominated Grant lie was an original
in North Carolina and aided
the Confederacy in every way in his pow
er. Whitley, Republican Congressman
from Georgia, was in the Confederate
army, and did not surrender until April,
1868, when he went over into the Repub
lican party ranks, and was admitted into
full communion with the saints. Long
street, one of the most prominent rebel
Generals, is Republican officeholder in
Louisiana. and has been drawing tat
salary under Grant He was called Lees
right arm. Then there is Mosby, who
shot and butched Union men after every
body except his gang had lain down their
arms. Now he is the bosom friend and
of Grant, and is the agent