Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-10-20

United States Treasury at the expense
OF the Northern States, upon assign
ing their claims to said company for
collection.
(2.) All citizens of the South who
entered the military or naval service
OF the Southern Confederacy, or who
gave said Confederacy aid and com
fort, or who sympathized with the
Lost Cause" upon the assignment
OF their claims to said Company for
collection.
(3.) All Democratic members of
the Upper House of Congress; all
Democratic members of the Lower
Houss OF Congress; any Democratic
President of the United States who
may happen to be elected; as well as
all other Democrats who may aspire
to either of these offices, of so much
importance to the interests of the
'Solid South" upon their promise to
aid the South in return for Southern
support given to the Democracy from
time to time.
PLAN OF OPERATION.
FJth-That said incorporated
Company shall proceed in the collec-
ton of said claims from the United
States with diligence and persever-
ance until all are collected, and I'M
til all said taxes which were levied
and paid by the South to suppress
her shall have been fully refunded,
and the following general plan of
operations shall be adopted:
a. The Southern States shall be
made a unit-a "Solid South"
o. The Northern States shall be
divided SO as to make "Divided
North"
(3.) A Democratic majority shall
be secured in the Lower House of
Congress.
a. A Democratic majority shall
be secured in the Upper House of
Congress.
o. A Democratic President shall
be elected.
Co. A caucus of Southern Demo-
Gratis shall be held us soon as a Dem
ocratic President and Congress are
elected, in the City of Washington.
This caucus shall then dictate the
policy to govern the Democratic par
ty, and fully force its adoption 10y
said party at full Democratic eau
Gus of Northern and Southern Dem
ocrats, to be held subsequently. A
vital point in which policy so to be
adopted shall be the speedy payment
of said claims.
a. That the Solid South. aided
by the Divided North, through the
Democratic members Of Congress
and Senate, with the aid of theDem-
ocratic President, elected as herein
provided, and IN pursuance Of the
policy laid out by the Democratic
party in caucus assembled, which
SAID caucus is to be ruled, governed,
and wholly controlled by q caucus
of Southern Democrats,as heretofore
provided, shall present andpress said
claims for payment out of the Unit
ed States Treasury. In order to ia
cilitate favorable action there shall
judiciously, but quietly be distributed
the stock Of said Company among
influential members of Congress, in
order to interest them in the allow
ance of the said claims.
(S.) a bill shall be introduced in
to Congress and passed similar to the
Wiltshire OF Riddle bill, by which
tribunal shall be created empowered
with authority to examine into and
allow said claims.
Said tribunal shall be either the
Secretary Of War, who under said
Democratic President shall, under
the dictation of said Southern eau,
Gus, be a Southern man, or a jury
made up OF Southern men, in
Southern court, in a Southern state,
as may seem most favorable to the
allowance of SAID claims.
Said tribunal for the allowance of
said claims shall be established, both
to facilitate a quiet allowance and
payment of them, and to relieve
Northern Democratic Congressman
who may have given Pledges to vote
against said claims in Congress, from
the disagreeable duty of voting for
or against them.
WHEN TO GO INTO EFFECT.
Sirth-That said act Of incorpo-
ration shall go into effect as soon as
the Democratic party is restored to
power.