, 1876-10-26

tho DGn10crntic National Committee that, it |
clectei! rrcsi,lont l,o will not approve my
Legislation providing for tho payment of any
war claims by persons in tho Southern !
States, whether loyal or tlisloyal, IL, on its |
fncc, candid enough, and seemingly covers
the whole business. The lotter ia of tho ,,t-
most importance to u full understanding OF
the rcri!s to which the country is subjected.
It Inns been charged:
l. THAT thore wcra citizens Mt tho South |
whn l.al sustained, or clnimel to l.avc Bus
TUNED, loss and damage 10 their property
from tic Union aysay, and from, Rebel forces
because Of the presence OF Union troops mud
TINT these claimants 1lni boon excluded from
compensation bccnusc of the tlisloya]ty of tho
claimants.
2. Tint during tho last threo years many
of those c1ain,s had been presented to Con-
grcss; that numerous hills Ind been intro
luced providing specifically for the payment
Of certain cases md various general bills
providing for tito allowance and payment Of
these elai1ns by Courts, Commissions, md
various officers Of tho Government.
3. Tint several Of tho Southern States Ind
officially taken cognizanco of these claims;
had provided for their registration, aud had
undertaken to demand tho payment Of tho
losses from tho United States to these sew
cral statcs, netting as the political sovcrcigns
for their injured citizons.
l. That those claims aggregate over two
thousand millions Of dollnra,-n debt capable
Of being paid only by tho issue AMI salo Of
%,nf$o,h1 f,ort3p 1tfjtt1nn1 ,f
greenbacts, or both, to tho great damage mud
destruction Of The national debt.
i. Tho payment OF these bouds in so1no
form is supported by the united voto Of the
1.O Representatives md tho :'3 Senatora Of
tho sixteen States, to whose "soli,l vote
Afr. T,1DEs, If elected at nl1 will owo lis
election.
Tho letter Of Mr.. T11pEN is pnblic cos,-
fession, frank acknowledgment, that these
clnims exist; that their payment will 10
demanded Of lis Administration; that tho
claims oro for tho most part fraudulent md
fictitious; TINT their allowance and payment
would bankrupt the nation. Mr.. Tst'uEs lsas
treated I'LL representations ,natlo against him
md tlae Democratic party will, eontemptu-
Qua Indifference, but he could not ignora this
matter Of these claims TINT WIS subject
thnt addressed itsels directly to every tax
payer III tho North, aud was not to DO ovat1ed
or snubbctl. lie, tlet, as q matter essential
10 his ssscccss, has written this letter within
tho fortnight preceding the election. Tho
emergency was SO great TINT lie was forced
oven 10 offend his friends In tho sixteen
Southern States III order to rotnin lis ntlher-
enta Mt tho North. Ilo rnakes this leclara-
| ton:
Should he elected President, Tho provisions ut
the Fourteenth Amendment will, 81 far an depends
! on ME, he maintained, executed and enforced, IN
| perfect and absolute good faith. M lsebe debt
| will be assumed pstl, No claim for Thu losA nr
| emancipation Of nay slave will bu ailawcrt. No
caim for anY loss or damage inGnrrcd by tlisloyal
pcrsons arising frDn thu late War, whether covered
| by tho Fourteenth Amendment or mt will. be
rerngnized paid. THO cotton tax vii! not bc
tnnltl. shall lecm It my duty 10 veto every bin
prnsL.lIns for tic assumption ar payment oi any
such debts, tossrs, damages, claims, or for tho
funding at any suct Tax,
No will ASSUME this 10 DO ntonaed On a
full aud frank declaration Of bis purpose To
veto not only bills mixing appropriations for
t!sese cln!,ns, but NIL bills changing tho low
of evidence so as 10 atlinit clniinH, now OK.
cl.tlel ly Inv, to 10 hoard arl allowed by
t},o f,orrt NJ c,o,rs md ,,y cort,;,, ol,aor,
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NOR lcss linn thnt Air. ,r,,nr. vii no. ~.
pose such Legislation no long as to can help
1t, and this in e1torted from him because oil
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