, 1876-01-22


POLITICAL GOSSIP.
EXTRAORDINARY tofALTfor sou1 AEnaERs DURING
4hn LATE WAX
w,v,no" s' ~. ~. W." ~ .''t.oo"as* ~" a. -. ..,
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,oad..t,r .n..ia, ses.t, .oa ~ ,'so o.,
fro,,, nr,.oTrt nan.tt,s ns... .ts. @ .is..a
,1aa, ~ .,.a. '.w, .'s. 10 sn'' '.ou ~
n,,,o,, ~, .,ue IL a..s,a9,.n " t.s's5
horrc.. uno. mr.. sna ~. ,nring.ct,.tans. ] ~ ~
"e'n''' au0s' p''k' aho spFn8 8en'ohena' o'
cofns lofago' and fence.rAtla: thoIr barns, cot
toh.gin8, houses. churches, and sohool-honsoa
woro destroyed in short pretty much thoir all
wns oiyarat1 m m ,,ts a,t.- ~ on- .,.nr,on
co,,,t-v .na H.. 49,. ~. 49,. H.. ~. 1sh.
s.auNy aoo t',oso "as 4els 'ne'n ons u" aeo1
OF gratitude which tho nation owes,-aul which
thoy arc nor geuty pressing for collection. .Uy
s,you14n FATALITY.
to, ,,.a. lava, s,,s,ar.I ,or 49, r,a,. 1,,,.o
~ =. aaaeieo ~ .a' o1vu eo'ous ~
sae hsnd8 81 1ha Union eoidtefS. Wherever cur
gallant boys IN oiuo want, oron whnn thoy p ene-
tratcd TO tho very hoait OF tho Cpnfcdoracv, they
found tusss truty 1oyal sou,hr opa. and In ths
as ... AA'".on FAoeeeaoo w A"'aa'
upon thom. to sei2o thoar property and to de-
ssroy what could not be st!zod; to plumber their
snohe-bousrs and raid tAoir ben.zoosta, and
oene,ailv to m,aa ,bem aufYar for tba cn,,ao ~
H.. r1,,e, m,,s,s e. ~ eo ~
wv onlon' "n7ns'ot @"a "ne1ese1 'aelo VILE
opportunity 20 make tho loyal paople OF tho
a3uth Suffe. In auch fABbion for their loyalty,
mt fail In tr,nrov. II .rd ~ III ,oanio r,,,,oa
~. s 49,, ~, ~ '.np'e'o IT, eaa " ~ peop'o 'uneo
W tAe mar INC loyal meh VINO peopied ING Coll
fedetaio 6katoa wore manlfostly thu mosk
plo. aftor lila n..jon v,a says5 e,t,h.
un,,.a f,,r,k - Ci.,...
nsuoa ,. ~ou's " e'AsIn7 ~ ne'o ous
WIN eqnal ana exact justice to thoso loyal sut-
fcrerH thcir reward according 10 thu tacrfficaa
they had ssrsralv Offered up upon the common
altar Aforesaid. hut Bomohow, thu Court aforu-
said, organIza1 for tho express pnrpoao OF re-
MardinR the loyalty that 50 Ioutished within the
Conteaeraoy, and that wns also 30 despl6od and
otherwise punished by tha arnllea Of tLa Union,
though it did vast business in that Ilnc proved
lnadoquats 10 the high ohcs assigned it. 30
TIE COMMITTEE ON WAR CLAIMS
has baon made permanent institution for ths
reward Of tbis long.anfferlng losalky, aud il
made pcrmaneut TINT tho lonE-Buifarlng aforo-
said may, not suffer longer than need DO. Whon
tile proof is too meagro, even with pi, tho con-
!rlv.ncea here reauced to perfection ior bolster
Ing up utterly uufounded claims, these orc d.
tectiy rreBcnto Cd In b,a :. for Tho tolief" Of the
claimant and bills for payment Of damages for
property destroyed durlug tho late War;
aud from tbs chotus that Asccnds from tho
floor 10 tho reporters gallery "foF reliel" aud
from thu late1y-Eobel!fous Statos and their co.
aajutora would SOON to DO no. to put the
'wah" forever ont Of remombrance, buL to havn
It forever remembered ns tho luckiost windfall
t14xf Hn$n ~ H. l.. Al
South. 10 where claims haye been rejected by
tho Court of Claims, afLer full heu.lng, bills nr9
also introduced for tho relief Of the claima nts,
and claims that hayo bonn rejected 1t overr Rca-
arc asain rene~ed BY tho neI!os mud "Wah
bills. Alroady naariy 500 such bills havo been
introduced. and
THE CLAIMS AoaRraATE ABOUT $50, ,o00, ,o19
toreteIl. Thoy aro for rootal OF lants o. which
fortt6oasionR weso thrown up By the Union
armies for fuel and atockRdo timbnr cut by
Uuton fotoos on lands Of !oya! 6onthernera for
damage. to loyal achool-hoases mud churches,
occupied as barracks md hospitals by Union
soldler&i for detention Of goods aud tuorehAn-
diso Of .ho loyal by ordoro OF Union
Generals; for dsmagss for unlawful military ar
rosts; Tor destruction Of roads and bridges; for
cotton seizures; and. omltting deal of others,
for damages sustained At tho banda OF tue Con-
fedcsatea "by fcason OF loyalty to tho United
States government
Iho logic OF thon Al tB simply Irresistible
loyalty must not 20 unrsva1ded, and with that
as the tocsin ia thsa
anAND nA1o uPoN TIE TREASURY
-tudtVlduaa, loTal corporations, loyal
6anks, loyal school dlstricts Iowa! cLuschos,
loyal counties. ali joining In and. to close the
column. comes that Mother Of Presidouts, tho
great Commonwealth of Virgins, with hcr
modcst l,stlo ciGlm Of about $60o. 900 for nd
vancea made to tho Gonsral Government to aid
in CARRYING on tho War ot 1912. Il Ii rather 4
Htaso claim, it Ia true,-upwards OF throc-scoro
years old,-but whoever Ieard Of statute OF
Limitations being Bst up to bar tho Republics
debt Of Eratltuuc. Remembering how tho aut-
wing patriots OF the War Of 1917 annually
multiply. it would not be unreasonable 70 pro-
dot that ,wflsn our second Centennial Ia
celebrated, tho proud boast Of our orators
will bo not ONLY that iu this era the
nattdn conquered ,noas gigantic Rebellion and
took tho sAuqu'shod into full political partner.
ship, but reimbursed IN full with lntpsest oyery
man, woman, and child. and every bank, rail-
road, sohool.district. church, and municipal cor
roratfon wittin tho Confaderaoy for all damage
suffered either at tho haada Of tho Nqbels or Of