, 1876-11-03

RuaBo O. we'll rs tn0 tefmhn anu, ~ II
scholar and dtgnifcl gentleman, 10 will DO
n credit to tho next Congress and to tho
District that shall send him there.
TILDENs LETTER At THE SOUTH.
Most Of the Confctleratea have had gunp-
ton enough to comprehend that Mr. I'LL
pEN's letter, like all other Democratic denials
Of tho Rebol claims scheme, wns intended
for Northern READERS, mud they significantly
close one oyo, put tho foreflngcr Of tho right
haul 10 tho nosc, ard smile conplaisant
nsscnt. Tho msjority understand perfectly
we'll Tint some votes must be got for TtLpEN
ont Of Northern States, and TINT not ono
electoral vote could bo secured north Of
MASON and DixoN'a limo If tho danger Of tho
Rebel raid on the National Treasury wero
not belittled or befoggel; and 80 they
acquiesco in Tho denials with tho serene con.
sciousuess TINT they will hnve the control In
case OF Democratic success, md tint tho In
dividunl utterances Of Northern Democrats DO.
fore election will hive to give why before tho
power Of tho cNucua after election. But
soma of them aro obtuso and obdurate.
T1LpEN's letter was regarded rs forgery
whenit first reached tho South-ns q diabo1i.
cal Radical invention, in fact; 60 much so,
TINT tho Memphis Aralanchs had to reiterato
tho assurance Of it's gonuineness. There nre
also somo Of tho Southerncrs who 1ave not
tho aousoness to discern tho real ain, Of the
doliverance, or clso have too much honesty
to join in tho deception. Among those il
Mr. JosErn II. S1.oss, n member Of tho For
ty-thi1d Congress from Alabaua and now
editor Of tho Tuscumbia (Ala) Times. We
printed yesterday M article from his papor,
in which he very pIainly expresses his dis
gust at tho "moral cowardico" OF thu
Northern Democrats who havo donied
tho expectation Of tho South to re.
coup their war losses at Tho expense
Of tho National Government. Speaking for
himself and tho people Of the South, he
insists TINT "not only should the claims Of
loynl citizens ngainst tho Government for
private property takon or destroyed during
tho War by the Federal army bo paid, hut
that in crtry case where private property
was taken md used by or for tho benefit Of
tho Government, 1t should bo paid for"
And LIE says boldly that " there must bo no
backing down from determination to assert
nnd insist" upon this.
No Intelligent person who has tnkon the
pains to noto tho condition md sentiment Of
tho Southern people will doubt for moment
that Mr. s1oss fairly understands, fairly rop-
1esents, and fairly speaks for tho Southern
people in this matter. 31r. T1pEv, on
the other hnnd, hRs already instructed us
about " tho faulty Of self-imposed rostraints
of candidates" Tho "Solid South" will
constitute two-thirds of tho Democratic
CAUCUS in Congress. They will comprehend
most of the ability and influence of Demo.
cratic Administration. Thoy will hayo bacl
Of them people united to man i'll favor Of
| the allowance and payment by tho Govern
| ment Of every species Of claim, back-tax,
subsidy, or what-not that will put money In
tho Southern pocket and help to restore
something like tho prosperity forfeited by
the War. No man who owes his election ia
these people will be nblo to resist their de-
manda. No mnn in full sympathy with the
notion that We arc MI loyal now, and
that n coercive war was clearly uncon.
stitutional, will DO inclined to resist
them. Not only will tho payment for
property taken and used, or destroyed, bt
demanded and conceded, but every projoc'
for subsidizing Southern schemes will bo ro
cciyed with open arms. Tosr scor7's South
orn Pacihc scheme will 60 through to cor
tainty. 11e will have tho support of t!,e
"solll South joined to the goodwill o
the Congressman like Hox1E whom ho il