The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-23
Southern Intentions.

EX-GOv. OennlSOn, OF OnlO, IS pru-
dent and responsible man, who is not
given to making statements loosely or
carelessly. Early in the Ohio cam
paign he made a speech at Columbus,
in which he charged it to be the pur-
pose of the ex-Confederates, as soon as
they should come into control of the
General Government, to compel the
United States to make good the Rebel
losses in the War, including the pay
ment in whole or part of the Confed-
crate States debt. Gov. Dennison
made substantially the same statement
to a reporter of the New York Times,
and he has been widely criticized by
the Democratic press for making ex-
travagant and groundless assertions
for mere campaign purposes. This
criticism has stimulated him to search
for the evidence that warranted his
statements, and his search has been re-
warded. We print in another column
transcripts of certain documents on file
in the State Department at Washing
ton, and letter from Mr.. Thomas 81.
Dudley, formerly United States Consul
at Liverpool, that fully substantiate
Gov. Dennison's assertions in regard
to the designs of the ex-Confederates
on the National Treasury.
From the letters which passed be-
tween the State Department and the
diplomatic and consular agents of the
Governmentin in England during the years
1865, &c and '67, it appears that the
Confederates and the English holders
of the Confederate bonds counted, long
after the War was closed, upon the ul-
innate payment of that part of the
Rebel debt which was based upon the
security of cotton production. They
then laid out a programme which Is
now nearly carried out to completion.
"They predicted" says ex-Consul Dud-
ley, "that they would obtain control of
the Southern States, and then, with the
aid of the Northern Democracy, would
obtain control of the General Govern
ment." The first part of the scheme
has long since been carried, and por-
ton of the second part. The ex-Confed-
crates are in absolute control of all the
Southern States, and they have q ma
jority in both Houses of Congress; they
only need to elect the next President in
order to achieve complete dominion
over the country. Then they will be in
position to proceed with the project of
reimbursing the South for its War losses
and re-establish the doctrine of State
supremacy.
The financial cleaning-up that has
been accomplished by the Republicans
will afford the ex-Confederates an ex-
cellent opportunity for proceeding with
their grabs. They will find, if they
come into power, that the Government
credit is the best in the world. They
will find a popular demand for more
Government bonds, and this will fur
nish q pretext for voting away public
money for the benefit Of the South.
They may begin with the scheme for
paying back the cotton-tax, which has
long been on the tapis; or with a prop
osition to pay that part OF the Confed-
crate debt which was based upon the
cotton resources of the Southern States;
or with huge subsidy for the Missis-
sippi levees, or the Southern Pacific
Railroad, or some other Z" public i'm
provement" at the South. Wherever
they begin, it is impossible to foreten
where or when they will end. The taste
for public pilfer grows by what it feeds
on; and it is probable that nothing shor,
of revolution will check their greed.
The caucus will be under their absolute
dominion, and the Northern doughfa-
ces, always servile under Southern die
tation, will scarcely try to resist their
plans.
The Democratic newspapers which
have been SO free in their criticisms OF
Governor Dennison's statements will
probably regret their rashness. The
documents he has produced, along with
the letter from ex-Consul Dudley, who
was so long in position to learn the
real hopes and aims of the Confeder-
ates after their defeat in the war, fur
nish more direct evidence of the Con-
federate purpose to raid the Treasury
for the benefit of the Lost Cause
than has hitherto been brought forward.
With Democratic President, Demo
cratic majority in both Houses of Con-
gress, Democrats in complete posses
sion of all the offices, and the ex-Con-
federates supreme in the councils of the
party, there will be no General Braggs
to protest against the contemplated
raids, and, if there were, such protests
would be futile. The only safety lies
| in the exclusion of the x-Confederates
from the supreme power they are seek
] ing.-Chicago Tribune.