The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
Reason OF the Solid South.

AiCt ttS BApltAiSS va tiSh "
their consistency these many years in
keeping the South solidly together Iby
means OF fraud and violence. They
have sacrificed in the meantime such
proportion OF the political loaveS and
fishes as they might have acquired by
dividing into parties in the South as in
the North. They have been lying in
wait for bigger game. 1t is not the Of
fees, and patronage, and the perquis-
ties alone they demand. They want
restitution. War was waged upon
them. They lost their slaves. Their
houses. and crops, and business were
destroyed. They claim reimbursement
for these losses. This is what they ex-
pect from Democratic victory. and they
will be satisfied with nothing else.
If these statements were made ca
cdthedra they might furnish warrant
for the charge of needlessly raising the
.'bloody shirt. The effort will be
made again. as il has been made
so often in the past, to gain sympa-
thy on the ground of misrepresenta-
ton and persecution. But, as a matter
of fact, the South itself furnishes the
evidence of its intentions. 1t was
but 4 few weeks ago that the project
for going before the Court of Claims to
demand payment for liberated slaves
was started in Texas. Payment was tC
be demanded on the broad grounds thai
Texas slaves were protected by the arti-
cles of annexation. The idea spread
like a c~ontagion. In Georgia the doc
trine is set up that slavery was neve
abolished, and that the master:
are entitled to compensation for every
emancipated. This has received
the Endorsement of a prominent mem
Der OF the State Legislature of Georges
is also d candidate for Congress
in the Eighth District-named H. H
Carlton. of Athens. Ga. That he is not
a h~arebrained. reckless fellow, is suffi-
proved by the circumstance
the Augusta ConstiutionaitSt, 9
of high standing, which is dis
posed to conceal rathert than to ventilate
the Bourbon radicalism of its section.
its columns to Mr.. Carlton to pre-
sent his case. His proposition, in brief,
is TO bring about reconciliation between
the North and South BY setting aside
the surplus revenues of the Government
to pay for the emancipated slaves. He
is going 20 run for Congress on this
platform. In the curse of the inter
view with this gentleman printed in the
Constituencies occurs the following
passage:
ut seems to me a most opportune time, fol-
the Government Treasury i in q most healthy
and plethor;c condition. Let the restitution
b. made and Then rgeDnCiiIaflnn- frlIe anC
genuine, will be speedy and complete!"
YOU really. then. think there is a chance tt
get pay for our slaves"
20 yes, l do. This returning sense of justice
is inevitable if we continue as IL Union. under
the same Constitution and same Government
The people of the North will soon see it TO be
to their best interest, and to the best interest
the whole country, to consent to this act OF
Justice on the part Of the General Govern
Tine Government is amply able to dc
70, and it is a just and legitimate direction tt
public Treasury. l have long though
his would ultimately be done. and have for
several years advised our people to make and
keep u register of their former slaves"
If the proposition were put forward
BY Uncle Remus, or Bill Arp, or the
Ieras Sitfinys man, or any of the pro
'essional humorists of the South, il
be enjoyed as a comical conceit
As a suggestion for disposing of the
revenues of the Government.
he proposed payment for four or five
Millions Of slaves set free as a wal
is very good. 1t is equally
'unny to contend that 1.-THE direct road
perfect reconciliation between tbs
sections is to saddle upon the tax.
of the North a burden which
would double the National debt in order
o give a bountiful gratuity to the Rebe;
,x-slaveholders of the South as a re.
ward for their attempt to destroy the
Union. This idea is a great improve
nent upon ''the old flag and an appro
considered purely as a hu.
thought. But unfortunately il
S intended an serieur. Mr.. Carlton IL
ust as much in earnest about it as the
Texas lawyer. The suggestion is re.
,eived seriously by every man at the
who formerly owned human flesh
md has been answering in his allegi-
nee to the Democratic party. To the
southern rebel mind it is the logical
;utcome of a Democratic President and
;abinet. a Democratic Congress, 8
Court of Claims and q re-
constructed Democratic Supreme Court.
What has been the use of making the
ong and stubborn Bourbon fight to
.eep the South ..sOlid'' if there is be nc
reward for all this fidelity?
There will be plenty of Cartons in Con-
.ress when the Government shall have
'assed completely into the control O
he Democrats. Not a single rebe
amily in the South which ever owned
will be at a loss to produce their
register" Quick work can then be
made of the Government surplus fol-
nany a long year. The difference OF
pinion between those who want to re-
.uce the tariff taxes and those who want
D repeal the internal ven taxes will
e buried. All the Southern members
nil unite upon the simpler and more
method of wiping out the
urplus by reimbursing the slave-owners
nd rewarding the Southern people for
heir patriotic but Intellectual efforts to
estroy the Government - Chicago Trlb-
In Logan County. Ky, John Cal
ert set a steel-trap to catch . large
wi that was frequenting his hennery.
n going to look after his trap the next
he was surprised to find it
one. A few nights atterward he was
reused from sleep by a noise on the
ouse-top, and taking down his gun he
ronf ont IN son xrbot u,o, H. :