National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-20
A COOP CLAIM TO DEFEAT.

To the Editor ofTHK REruB1IcANi
The hill which passed the Senate on Thursday,
the 1ith instant, TO pay Hiram Johnson and forty
six other disloyal citizens Of tennessee $4,000
was pressed through on false assumption OF Facts,
and opens tho door Of the Treasury 10 a raid Of
rebel war claims while closes them to the loyal
citizen, who suffered losses through tho influences
OF these aiders and abrt,on OF the rebellion. As
the bill Will Don come before the House, Justice
TO the Government about TO be plundered, Justice
10 the loyr citizens whose property was destroyed,
ana Jusucc 20 the heroic dead and living Union
officers whom these promoters OF rebellion chRrge
with violation Of orders demands that the false
assumption OF these claimants should be publicly
exposed.
IN NOVEMBER. 1862.
band Of rebel guerillas mndo n raid on the
Union troops stationed at Henderson Tenn, and
captured aud destroyed property belonging TO tho
United states Government aud three loyal citzcns
Colonel j. N. Haynl, Forty eighth Illinois Nolun-
te9rs, commanding the post OF Bethel, Tenn mp:
| report on the amount of damage done by the
rehe's In this raid, inquire as TO what property
was destroyed, its value aud 10 whom II belonged.
That commission reported the amount of loss by
S26, 1916
COLONEL HAYmL ORDERED AN ASSESSMENT
upon the sympathizers and co.opeators with re-.
bellion in tho vicinity OF Henderson 10 pay for
these losses suffered by the Government and the
three loyal oiuzons. and reported his action TO
ing District of Jackson. General Sullivan at once
ordered him TO collect this assessment for the pur
pose named II was collected and paid into the
| Treasury, and Hiram Johnson aud the others
named in the bill are, in the Language OF General
Sulivans order, the "sympathzers and oO-opera-
tors with the rebellion" from whom II was col
| lected.
THEY HAVE APPEARED HERE AFTER TWENTY YEARS
and rushed their bill through the Senate on the
false assumption that all that money Is still I'm the
treasury that these Union officers, high in com.
mand and with splendid records were guilty Of
violating the orders of General GRANT and that he
only intended the assessment TO cover the loss OF
tne doyernment and let the loyal citizens suffer
| me omclal records sustain the Union Officers
against the false statements of the aidcrs and abe
tors of rebellion and also show that they wllflly
misreprcsent when they allege that the money r.
sun IN NE Treasury, The first but not the only
| contradiction Is:
/. The letter written by General Adam Badenu.
while on General Grants staff, in June, 1866, In
answer to letter from Willis n. Arnold, one OF
the loyal citizens whose property were destroyed,
| saying: " In reply 10 yonr communication Of June
1lth, addressed to Lieutenant General Grant, and
requesting that you as loyal citizen might be
remunerated for losses sustained by you at the
| burning of Henderson, Tenn, General Grant
| directs me to inform you that nm assessment was
made BY General sullivan, by his orders, upon the
muneratlng the sufferers at Henderson.
GENERAL GRANT ADVISES GENERAL SULLIVAN
10 turn over said sum to the authorities so that Il
might be devoted 10 the uses for which II was col.
directing the payment of 80 COG 80 to John Aldridge
one of the loyal citizens named, was approved by
General Grant as President on March g. 1875. Thus
1t will be seen that the Union officers made the
assessment for the benefit of the Government and
the loyal citizens named, that General Grant, by
| his official acion, approved 1t, and that not ali
| but only balance of the sum collected Is in the
Treasury, ana that $4,000 OF that sum was collected
for and is held in trust for the loyal Citizen Willis
| n. Arnold. Ifthose who aided rebellion eau come
IN at this late day and, by contradicing the official
records, aud slandering and asrersing Union otli.
GERS not present to defend their action get their
hands into the public Treasury to pay rebel war
| claims, we may look for hurricane of similar
schemes OF plumber aud then count the political
corpses Of those who vote for them with knowl.
| edge OF their character. TRUE BLUE