National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-13
SOUTHERN STATES, DEBTS.
Wore FaIsehOods Corrccied-FIeures That
VIII Not Lie.

To the Editor of THE RrpuBuroANi
IL Is hardly worth while to deny the lies and
misrepresentation Of Bourbon Democrats as TO
Southern afiairs, for no matter what evidence you
may offer how often you may disproye their false
assertions, they, like the dog return TO their vo
nit" like "the sow to walowing in the mire,"
at every opportunity, but find statement once
more repeated in the Amerteon Register, weekly
paper published in this city, as to the debt Of the
Southern states and who made &c. that is so palpo-
BILE lie that ask space TO show II up. Here is
what
THE "REG1srER" SAYS;
And the unfortunate people Of those States,
after having been forcibly onslaved and deprived
Of the freedom of their States aud their political
rights and liberties by military despotsm, were
IL tho barbarian wars Of ancient
times among savage nations. And besides the
private wrongs and grievous depredauons COM
mitted upon individuas without any remedy or
possible means OF redress, the States, under the
military governments instituted by the Republic
can party, were burdeued aud impoverished by
shameless prohgacy without stiut or mercy. The
debts aud liabilities of each State at the close OF
the war, i'll 1860, with heincrcase created In about
i've years ending on January l. 1872, are given as
follows; OF Alabama in 1865, So g39,G5i, increased
TO $50 ISL ,967; Arkansas S036,062, incrensedi 10
s10,76l ,265; Florida s22i 600 increased TO s576s-
Louisiana, ,s1oo99,O74, Increased TO s5o,6i0219;
North Carolina, SgG9gb00 increased to s3lSS7i6li
South Carolina, s5,0OO00O, increased to S30,l5S0li
NMisissipp nominal Increased 10 S2ooo9ql
glnln, s3l Us, li1 increased to $40 4NO,5i2.
THESE FIGURES MAKE
| total Indebtedness for the reconstructed States
Of s276 SiSOs, Of which sum the Republicans are
held S responsible for 'robbing the people y Of
Od,s2973i. Ignorance is excuse for lying aud
! would be poor excuse for the editor Of the
Eegis'er TO say that u did not know Virginia was
never under Republican control" Yet Il never
was, MS everybody hut the editor Of the Register
KNOWS. The reconstruction convention OF Nir,
Ginin was Republican, and II provided q school
fund which was not to be used for any other pur
| pose, yet Democratic Legislature and a Demo-
| cratic Governor robbed that fund borrowed they
called H. OF nearly million dollars 70 pay them
selves, while the children were allowed 70 remain
In ignorance
IN 1880 MY ATTENTION
was called TO speech made 10y Judge Hondley OF
Cincinnati, in which he said: 1.-THE carpe.bag
| governments of the South have passed away, ana
leit no ycstigc Of their existence save II debt of
$l7O0DOO 900" Judge Hoadley obtained these
suppose US that is the amount shown In II as the
| indebtedness Of the reconstructed Staics Where
the Rgister gets us information lam unable to say
unless they ure "cyoved from lis inner conscious.
ness" In II speech made during the campaign Of
1850
ANALYzED THIS STATEMENT
OF Judge Hoadoy's and showed tina; In all the
states mentioned by the Register except Virginia
the Republ cans were responsible for Slj 2g0O0I of
Indebtedness and the Democrats for Sj3,0jD.2S0
aud Tor all Of that of Virginia, making ior them
500 a3v, S22-iuore than double the amount the Re-
publicnis were responsible for; aud showed fur
ther, That for the udcbtedn, IS created by the Re-
SHOWN, while This was not true but to very small
extent as TO that made by Democrats.
IT is wEARIsoME
TO have TO continually be correcting these false
hoods, but suppose 1t j. Necessary, or the Hsscr
ilonS might be taken as admitted and be believed
by me people, who neither know the facts Or the
depths OF meann,sj to which Democratic editor
ican. E. ~ NIL.