Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-14

The following poudeSEe Las
just been made public. andf eHectuaaly
disposes of a charge upon which the
Republicans have tried to1meke con.
siderable capital durirg' the pendfSe
campaign:
To General W. S. Hancock, Governors
Island, New York: -
DEAlssuayliAclese sqps from tn AaseHe'
and the Commercial of this city, both of them
newspapers Of large circulation and influence
to the x6u4h-h rpafApoh sRhtact in our poll
tics of .rebel claims. These. neYsRapers and
Republican stump-speakers are constantly
assertlfffF tktt, III YOU are elected Pr esident,
claims y dis4toysi pseplsof tho Sonthfo losses
sustain ed in the war will be allowed and paid
by the Unfted states They further direct
speciAl atsenffonIto the fact that this chatge
has been made against the Democratic party.
and that you, its candidate for President, have
not defifed1t q This warfare is made in oil Sc
riousaess AID maintained Nth great searnest-
ness. ndyepeated day after day in the, press.
and iQ speeches. You are known to the coun-
try as afrank, honest soldier, now the repre-.
sentative Of the Democ ratio party, and having
the right to speak for 1t. Whatever you may
say the pc 3pfe VIII hear and believe. L sub
init the mat ter to your jud gment as to what
'
any public utteraiEeat ALL Very respectful
ly yotrsa .su oi iuaf5 ti !PHEoDORE 1CooK.rI
1917 ssi THE RtPLYth 9ss' 3snaa L''!
GovEnsUks ffsrASD, n. W; Sept. %, 1880.
To Theodbre Cook, Esq, <4ncfnnati,a Ohio:s-
been reserved. Iregree fsiat you are disturb
ed abeat that bugbear1'' Southern war claims
The r1Bple can mot he, unafed by it. To sup
pose that :. rebeA clains;o or claims in the in
terest of persons who were in rebei ion, can in
any way, pT in any degree, be countenanced,
is andmputation of disloyaltyy such as used to
be made against Democrats, even, when they
were in arms defending their country. So far
as it touches me, detiounce It.: The Govern
ment can never pay a debt or grant a pen
sion pr reward Of any sort for waging war
upon It's own existence nor could I be
indueedto approve or encourage the payment
of such debt. pension or reward Nobody ex-i
poets or wants such unnatural action. To pro-
pose Il woiGd beaninsnlt, to the intelligence
and honor of our people, When the rebellion
was eTush eds the hereSy OF secession IN every
form aRdin every incident went down forever,
1t is-a thing of the dead past. We move for
ward, not backward; If 1 were President
would vets all legislation which might come
before me providing for the consideration or
payment Of claims OF any kind for losses or
damages py persons who were in rebellion,
whether spardonedA or not. In relation
to UiiioH war claims, the Governments
oblisationsag toaTaits9 defenders come
first Tneysare lasting and saofed.' The publ
lie ldwsDf civfiined nations do not in general
recoRnize tcisima for injuries to- property re-
sulting from the operations ofewar.t Never
theless, QUE vGovernmen t has treated with
great inc diligence the claims for losses, and
damage suffered by, Union men from military
operations Of the war of the Union, But as
hostIties were closed more than fifteen years
ago, claims Of that nature, now mostly in the
original sufferers, are becoming stale, and in
my Judgment might fairly be considered as
barred by the lapse of time, and,f if hereafter
entertained at ALL should be subjected to- the.
strictest scrutiny Y ourss very truly, ~ n
Ea. . IZ-- ~ = Lo = - w. s. HANCOCK. .