The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19
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\ distinguished clergyman in New York
who has heretofore been a republican had
heard much from republican sources about
the so-called rebel claims and he resolved 10
investigate the facts for himself. Here is
the result
10 the 4rg,S / had thought, with many
others, that these claims were presented by
the late rebels, and that all that was re
qulred Tor their payment was a president
and congress willing to ALLOW them
\ our statements 70 me were that all rebel
claims whatever are barred by the Four
teenth amendment; that all these SO called
claims are put forward by alleged Southern
Unlonlsts; that every one of them was
barred by the statute of limitations: that the
democratic house has defeated every attemp
to pass any; that a republican congress and
president paid 500, oGO, 600 from 1860 to
1919; that q. democratic house passed a
measure, which was favored by Mr.. Garfield
and President Hayes, sending all such
schemes to the fatal chances of litigation In
the republican court of claims, which would
be certain to defeat the claims and end the
issue forever, and that the republican SEN
ate defeated the bill, in order to have the
issue for campaign use
Frankly speaking. | thought this drew
the matter pretty strong. The assertion
was made SO positively however, that made
up my mind to find out the facts. Accord
ingiy, having business at Washington [
inquired OF purely republican sources which
comprised the highest authorities in the
treasury department and the attorneys
general office. | was both pleased and
chagrlned to discover that every assertion
you wrote me IN answer to a personal letter
of inquiry was entirely true. | was pleased
because the democratic record on the matter
is certainly one which gives honor and secu-
rity to the country | was chagrined, be-
cause | was laughed at by the officials for
being such a fool as to think there wa.
anything IN that southern claims business
One very high official said to me: The
thing does very we'll for newspapers; but
there IS nothing IN it The confederate
br'gadlers do not propose to pay claimants
who boast that they were against the south
IN the war. As long as the democrats have
congress those claims are dead. Indeed.
they have been barred a long time. and the
democrats come very near sending them all
to the court of claims, where we would have
to kill them, while they would have got the
credit of making us do it think YOU
are entitled, Mr.. Editor, to this confession
of how | failed to failed to find you in the
wrong and succeeded in finding myself in it.
Hancock and Jarvis Clubs have been for
med at Oxford, Henderson, kittrell, Fish
ing Greek, Brassfeld, Tally Ho and Sassa-
tras Fork-all in the county of Granville.
Raleigh Ners: North Carolina had quite
a good School Fund before the war. What
was left OF 1t after the war, 5000, 900 of rail
road stock, was sold and invested in spe-
cial tax bonds and went up as high as
the bonds went down. The Democ-
racy are building up another fund, and
have already nearly 800. 600 invested In
United States bonds. -SIducy l.. Ste
phens was shot accidentally. tits said. a
few days ago IN 1anceyville. The gun was
loaded with shot taking effect gust below
the eye on the nose 1T was 50 deep the
doctors decided not 20 probe for it, think
ing the probing would endanger the eve.
Stephens l. deputy sheriff, and was In the
act Of delivering Nat Powell into the hand,
of the Jailer when the gun was discharged
: in the hand Of solomon Corbett. Corbe.1
did not, after the shot, see Stephens, bu,
it Is said he was shooting ata car. Tn,
t prisoner had a shot or two, and the depu
| tvs horse was badly shot, Sc much so as t.
| disable him. -In 1869, Radica, legisla
ton. that is to say, wages and mileage o
legislators, cost the people OF this Stat
| 1871, lO2. 10. and nearly a million of dollar
r in taxes was the result Of it. Democrats
: legislators cost the people only SO, SOS. IL
and spent only half a million.