, 1876-11-04

carcl alavrry the rulc and frccsln,n tl,e nxcep
lion. Tho gruat question ma tn whether tlin
country VIVA natfol' Or II league was fought nut
01i tho battle-l'ra IT tie South. Tho War lnst-
vi four ycar*. AMI during II cxtravagnurc grew
md tho credit Of tho tsation lcseeiicf until tho
u ccnts. Oh tho dollar. Hut when tho War
cenacd the thanncla Ut tralc rltaugc,lt n,Il
money hccan,9 bciicr; prizes 1owrr, filnwr!
logically BY tc pAnis' whtrl' VA M hard on MI
they were hcttor trntgllt than they cvrr were
since Democracy controlled tho cotintry. The
Dc1nrrase. prolnscd to make tllr tnGr better
" lnp5"vinE Tho nat'on's erc'l!t' W!nt fs,, was
To4tay wo wcro funding the national
lubt at " per cent. II tho Democrats cnmld
show that they, when 1T power, elt ever
Government tinn tho Republicans. Thc credit
of tic United states was second only to That NJ
one hutton Gn earth, nnl tint naton wns En-
forming tho credit. After they had reformed
tho credit they proposed to reform the honesty
Of t'c country. They callNl the Republican
party party Of thieves. Thcrc never was
ch1,rcll, or q town, Ut a socfcty but contained
some tllsln,nest persons In It. an.l yet one
couldn't Ray that alf church members, or ,ncIn-
hers III all association, were d!stsoncst. u q
Democrat should ~. ont on The street to-nght
Mhn etHlli HuulA tHAt N0 u FCAlHtffl lHE Nkl1||lk
thc Democratic party party Of thlcycsi Texas
Msed TO BE- an asylum Of thIoves, aud when
Texas got to be well populated tic Democratic
party WIS 80 depleted t!lat the Democrats got
Texas annexed In order to regain their votca.
When tle Dcinocrats talked about tic hnrd
times, the Wnr, tho crflnos IL ollfcc, ltu would
eay that II thcrc had been no Dcmocratlc party
there would ncrcr have bren War, tr hnrd
Confederate Congress i,n,i bcen transferred to
washington Cityi thcrc. were afxty-four Con-
fetlcrate officers IT, tl,o House, MT. ninc ~ tho
Senate. Tho Vlcc-Prcstdcnt, tho CaGnct with
two ssxeertton;l atMl even the Doorkecncr Of thc
jeff Davis himself woulil undoubtedly 1iaro
been thote, too. It his disabilities had been ro-
moved. Worse than that, tGe DemocratiG T. Con.
g5sss turned 9 oSt nl tle fnployes Of tho llon,c
teen. That was not A1l witt! the 1lebcl Congress.
Tho bills Introduced last winter to pay elnlnB
aBa!nst tllo Government nmhuntctl u f2,o00,-
10000. 4 loynl man, II his property was taken,
va wa entitled t. pay; Tut n.aii wto fired t'pnn
Ills Guverntnent wns not entitled to anything
except his lfc and not eycn that unless he were
pAApuRED nr TttH GOVERNMENT.
.'ltldcn llnd written lcttcr aEaIust tho Rebel
clalma,. but It did not cover tho case, and he
know IL. Gen. Logan tlad paper IL his pocket
showing that rla1t Ind presented bill to Con-
grcts for ~, OOo-for Whit For the rent Of the
trenches In which dead soldiers were buried.
The whole Claim was, for. $4,000, Including
charEos for 5000 cords Of wood and largo
quantity Of brtck. What were these used fort
For tho slabs put III, to ttnprison Unioti sodcrs
aud to build chinlnuys In the psisoi, pens. Such
was specimen OF tho Rebel claims.
Lon Morrison had nude speech hero sornc
ntghts agu, IN which lle charged that Logan Ind
VOTED for q Rebel clnim. The stntcsncnt was
false nnd ho knew It. Tho kpcnktr wanted to
lnyo tho Tinses publish lila explicit 1cninl. Nor
rtaOn innlcn fortune In Southern Illinois by sell
tng fraudulent land claims, and barely carApca
tho Fcnitcntfary. When t1ul nude hin II was
by an extraordinary effort IT, produce something
vile. Thu Charge Ind bcuu n,ntle agninst
the speaker TINT lie had hccn Rchcl
before he went into tho army. That WAS dcs-
prablr lie and thu 1.,nes knew IL. lie laa stoud
lip for tho Unttn in Southern 1lllil1fs when he
was tnohbct for so doing, atnl his wlfo wan
driven out of tho town where Blir lived. The
man who circulated such slanl1ers nCast hin
was u liar mud q scuundrcl. but he dt'ln't mind
ab,lsc, a1,sl tic Democrats might go alical md
abuse, only they hadn't bcttnr. try 1t to Ills
face. When tho Democrats sail they werc ell
titled to take Charge OF tho uoyert'lnent, he
have control IT tho Government, and when Mr..
Lincon came In l,o found 1t disrupted. They
Ind control Of tho ,lavy, ansl when itwas wanted
1t WIS dispersed bcyoild reach. They Ind colt
troll Of the credit uf tho nattpn, asld they we'll
nigh destroyed It entirely. Tllcru was not
sfiaft over sotutcrs grayo that didn't tell the
tale tint Should Inst Til tinlc should last, tlnt
the Democratic party was faitlllcss md TN
worthy. And yet the DenDerats cried for re-
form. W1lnt rcfurIn3 Reform by sllot-guns,
reform by pistols, reform by biudUcpns,-tllnt
was tho kiud Of reform TINT WIGS GoIug OIL III
tho South.