Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-29

out the rebel army; but the little bills pre-
sented In these cases are not in the nature OF
obligations incurred in aid Of the rebel
lion. These are simply claims that the
United States troops were trespassing on
Southern soil, and there Is nothing in the
Democratic platform contradicting that, and
never will be. Are these claims psidi Ger
tainly not, but it is e most significant fact
that they are presented by the Representa-
tives Of the Solid South. They can not be
paid until there are Democrats enough in
Office to put them through. The question is,
whether they shall be paid, and those who
vote for Democratic congressman will vote
aye on that question.
The South means business, and awaits the
accession of the Democratic party to
power. Is that party composed of foolsi
Not at all But the habit of mind and body
of that party is submissiveness to the South.
The Solid South contains the motive power,
the will, the directing intelligence of the
Democratic party, and the Southern claims
are its objective business 1t has no other
business of equal Importance, or that will in
terfere with their progress. VIII the Demo
cratic party utterly ruin itself if it obtains
powerR Certainly it will. That is the last
hope of the country. But we ewould avoid,
if possible, the immense costlinesS of this
form of relief.
1t is not only clear that the Southern
claims are to be pressed with the utmost en-
ergy and confidence through the Southern
Representatives, but that concerted State
action-which means the Southern Confede-
racy in new shape, making political war for
public spoil-is behind them. Throughout
Georgia is being circulated claim blank as
follows:
estate of Georgia, County, ss.S
II, --, in aud for the said county, do
sonsIiy appeared before me and made proof as
follows, IO-wir:--- being duly sworn, says
and State aforesaid, and that he was u resident
and citizen of snid county, in the State Of Geor-
giR, on the - day Of. IS6--.
81. That on the eInGi-mentiOned date he was the
owner of the following goods and chnttels, to-
wiIi Here is left blink for name).
| ----, of the Hge Of - years tbetnG at
that time house-servnnt, farm-hand' Sc'I as
the case may bel.
% '.a That the value Of said property at said
''3. That on OR about the = day OF =
1856, the same was driven taken away and
destroyed BY the Federal forces 10 command of
--. (Then follows a space In which are
stated the circumstances of The loss, Sc.)
''snbscribed and sworn 10 this - day OF -
1S7--.''<
That is to say, 'Ho, ye! Run here every
body-the Southern Confederacy is about to
get its own. At last we are to have Demo
cratic President and Congress, and our war
claims are to be considered on a par with
those of the Yankees-we are to have pay for
our ravaged fields after alp That is the
meaning of it. The people of these
United States have yet time to pre-
vent the success of this vast scheme. There
is precisely one way to do it, and that is to
defeat the Democratic party in the Congress
sional and Presidential questions. Two weeks
ago WIN. NJ. AMPT, Esq, respectfully and per-
tinently addressed to Hon. MILTON SAYLER,
Democratic Representative of the First Dis
trict of Ohio, and candidate for reelection,
the following important Interrogatories:
mFirst-As Representatives in Congress, are
you in farOr Of or opposed TO, refnndtng TO ne
rebel States, out of the United States Treasury,
the 81 40, ,110 direct tares paid By tkenf
'.,Sec0nd-ATe you IN faU0r Of, or opposed to,
refuRdiag the cotton tar in UhOle in part Iepied
and collected from 1868 TO 1868, and amounting
to S68,O72,381
"Tkhd-Are you in faror Of, or opposed 10, the
pagnent of stores and supplies taken by or fur
aiSRed to the United States army, or OF rent for
the use and occupation Of property, including res
ssls, tckere the claim Is in faUOr Of citizen tOho
,ras dislOydI during the mart
"FONrtR-If yOu are opposed to the payment
of such claims, are you in faror Of, and ,riH you
aid in the passage Of resolution, or BILL or some
declaration by the House Of Representatives
] bsf
| the United States, tVttkOut regard to the effect
your action may hare upon your chances for the
Speakership?
''FTftR-UIU you, In case Of your election as
Speaker either to fill the Udcanoy or in case of
y0ur election as Speaker. Of the nert House Of
Representatives, so appoint committees, iChs5 in
yOur pOlCeri as iUil be favorable to the defeat Of
such claims, and use your great influence both Gs
member and as Speaker, to bring about hsir
rejection if po8si1I6f"
These questions have not been answered,
and are likely to remain unanswered to the
end. They are certainly not answered by ref
erence to the Fourteenth Amendment, and
the resolution adopted by the Democratic
County Convention, referring to something
else not now before the public.
The rebel claims to which we refer
have the backing of proposed legislation
which awaits the advent of ''TILDEN and re-
FORM" Section $3.50 of the Revised Statutes
forbids payment of accounts, claims and de-
mands in favor of any porson who promoted
or encouraged rebellion. Mr.. MERRDLoN intro
duced a bill into the Senate to repeal that
law, and there is no reason to doubt that a
Democratic Senate would repeal it at once.
The introduction of the bill shows that prep
arations are made to clear the road for the
claimants who have organized in Missouri,
and are making elaborate preparation in
Georgia, and are pushing forward strong
skirnish line in all the Southern States, Mr..
RIDDLE, of Tennessee, introduced bill (NO.
2364):
'fBe it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Amer
| lea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
of War be and is hereby authorized to allow
reasonable compensation TO all citizens of the
! United States for tho use and occupation of
their property by the United States army, or
any part thereof, during the late civil war, in
the same manner and under the same regulaT
tions as compensation is now allowed for