Property Destroyed by Both Armies Must
be Paid For-Rebel Soldiers or their Heirs
Must be Paid in Bonds or Public Lands
for Lost Time, Limbs and Lives."

PART III-Page 101-A "Specimen Brick"
of Southern Claims-Its Bogus Character
and Wonderful Growth.

PARTIV-Page 102-$400,000,000 More-Com-
pensation Demanded for Emancipated
Slaves.

PART V-Page 102-A Brief Review of some
of the Rebel Claims-Direct Tax-Cotton
Tax-Special Relief-Destruction of Pro-
perty Compensation for Slaves-Rebel Male
Contractors, etc.-They Already Reach the
Enormous Aggregate of Three Thousand
Millions of Dollars-Where will it End?
PART VI-Page 103-Claim of the College of
'William and Mary"-One of the Entering
Wedges-Claim of the Episcopal Seminary
in Virginia-The Election of Garfield and a
Republican House the Only Safeguard.
PART VII-Page 104-Fraudulent Claims of
Southern Mail Contractors-How the Demo-
crats Strove to Steal $1,000,000-How the
House Republicans Stopped the Steal-A
Specimen of Southern "Morality"-The
Vote that "Scotched" the Fraudulent
Claims.

PART VIII- Page 106-Subsequent Assault
on the Senate by the Southern Mail Con-
tractors-But they are Finally Discomfited
-Propositions and Votes.

PART IX-Page 106-Conger's Proposed Con-
stitutional Amendment Prohibiting Pay-
ment of Rebel Claims-Vote Thereon-The
Democratic Party under Southern Domina-
tion would Pay them, as the Record Shows.
PART X-Page 107--Tilden's Pretended Aver-

sion to Rebel Claims-His Duplicity-He
would not Pay "Disloyal" Claims, but
holds that "we are all Loyal Now "-Ex-
Confederate Cabell's Ingenious Report
Proving that Pardoned or Amnestied Rebels
were " Always Loyal "-These Claims all
Ready for Action if Hancock gets in.
PART XI-Page 108-Two Specimen Copies
of Bills which if Enacted into Law will Cost
the Government $2,410,326,000!

CHAPTER IX.

“The Solid South and Internal Revenue."
PART I-Page 111-"Solid Southern " Whis-
key Steal of 1880-Democratic "Reform
Legislation-The Carlisle Bill-Withdrawal
of Whiskey from Stores and Bonded Ware-
houses-Tax Collectable on Quantity With-
drawn!-The Government Defrauded of
Millions of Dollars Annually!--How the
Thing was Done-The "Stamp" Steal of
$350,000 a Year-The "Back-Interest" Steal
of $150,000 a Year-Garfield in Vain shows
Up its Iniquity-The "Leakage" Steal of

$1,750,000 a Year-Passed in the Face of
Official Statements-The Democrats Vote
Solidly for the Steal, Republicans against
it-Northern Distillers Opposed it, Southern
Distillers Wanted it-"Class as Well as
Sectional Legislation-Garfield Again-Un-
fair Operation of the Law as Between North
and South - How it Facilitates Frauds-The
Law Thus Amended by a Democratic Con-
gress was Passed by a Republican Congress
to Stop Frauds of a Democratic Administra-
tion With Hancock to Administer it as
Amended, Fraud by Official Collusion
Would Run Riot.

PART II-Page 113-Moonshiners in the
"Solid South"-Open Defiance of Federal
Law-Guerilla Warfare-3,874 Moonshine
Stills Destroyed by Government Officials in
the Last Four Years-7,078 Moonshiners
Arrested-The Money Cost of Suppressing
Southern_Moonshining-Innumerable Out-
rages "Every Form of Outrage" Resorted
to-Official List of Bloody Murders of U. S.
Officers by the Outlaws--Only One Murder-
ous Moonshiner has been Convicted !—
Moonshining Almost Stopped, when Han-
cock's Nomination and Democratic Encour-
agement Starts it again!"Solid Southern"
Sympathy with the Moonshiners.

CHAPTER X.

Democratic Hatred of Union Soldiers.

PART I-Page 115-Democratic Rule of Ap-
pointments to Office "Civil Service Re-
form" in the House of Representatives-
Crippled Union Soldiers Kicked out, and
Rebel Soldiers exalted-Propositions and
Votes in the House on the Subject-Solid
Democratic Votes against the Union Soldier.
PART II-Page 116-Democratic Civil Ser-

vice Reform in the Senate-An old Demo-
cratic Standing Rule as to Appointments
abrogated to satisfy later Democratic Greed
for "Spoils"-Union Soldiers kicked out
and Confederate Soldiers appointed - Prop-
ositions and Votes in the Senate on the Sub-
ject The Democrats solid against the
Union Soldier.

PART III-Page 118-The Washington Me-
tropolitan Police - Heretofore none but
Union Soldiers and Sailors in it-Now it
can be filled with Confederates-Solid Dem-
ocratic against the Union Soldier.
PART IV-Page 118-List of 76 Union Sol- .
diers removed from, and 88 Confederate
Soldiers appointed to, positions in the
Capitol of this " Union" by the canting

Confederate-ridden Democrats.

CHAPTER XI.

Bounties and Pensions.

PART I-Page 119-The Bounty Question-
How the Democrats Obstruct Payment-
Coffroth's Canting Resolution Secretary
Sherman's Reply-The Responsibility fas-

tened on the Democratic Congress-Even

Adjusted Claims for which a Republican

Administration asks Immediate Payment,

Stricken out by the Confederates-An ex-

Rebel Soldier Applies for Bounty!

PART II-Page 122-Pensions-Confederate

Democratic Opposition to the Arrears of

Pensions Bill The Legacy of Confederate

Hate for the Union Soldier proved up by

Democratic witnesses-Representative Beltz-

hoover's Letters; "With the present Demo-

cratic House Pension Bills do not have

much Favor ". "The Rebel General at the

Head of the Pension Committee in the

Senate is still more Averse to Allowing such

Bills to Pass"-Representative Ryon's Let-

ter;
"The present House is Adverse to

Allowing Claims for Services rendered in

Support of the United States During the

late War."

PART III-Page 123-Democratic Love for

the Rebel Soldier-Attempted Legislation

in his behalf, so as to let him into the U. S.

Army-West Point Treason to be Rewarded

by Army Reappointments-Bill to let Con-

federate Soldiers get Pensions-These are

some of the war measures to be "stricken

from our Statute Book"-Thousands of

Applications of Confederate Soldiers for

Pensions as well as Bounty, made out and

Awaiting Hancock's Election-Fac simile

of a specimen Application now on file in

the Pension Office.

CHAPTER XII.

Recent Outrages in the "Solid South."

PART I-Page 125-Political Assassination in

the South-Ghastly Record of 20,000 Crimes

-How the South was partly solidified.

PART II-Page 125-More Solidification

Assassination and Intimidation in 1878-

Recent Louisiana Bulldozing-All Leading

Republicans in Pt. Coupee Parish whipped

or run off-One Man taken out of bed and

killed because he would not vote a Demo-

cratic Ballot?-Five Men hung to scare other

negroes "so that they might carry the elec-

tion-Six Men hung in Concordia Parish-

Wholesale Murder in Tensas Parish-500

Ku Klux raiding-50 to 80 Negroes killed—

The Caledonia Massacre-20 Negroes killed,

none wounded-No Whites killed-United

States witnesses murdered-Effect on the

Vote.

PART III-Page 126-This Year's "Solidifying

of the South"-Outrages in 1880-Intimi-

dation in Alabama-Even White Opposition

to Democracy not Tolerated-Greenback

Speakers Mobbed and Subjected to Vio-

lence-Republican Meetings broken up-

Cursing a little 7 year old Boy !—Horrible

Ku-Kluxing in Georgia-Masked Men Bar-

barously Whip Joe Thompson and his

Family at Midnight-A Mother Brutally

Murdered in Bed-Two Babes Baptized

with her Blood-Her Young Brother Slain

-A Mississippi Riot, etc.

CHAPTER XIII.

Peonage and Black Laws.

PART I-Page 128-Legislation of 1865-6-

Slavery succeeded by Peonage-Black

Laws The Slave Code re-enacted-Con-
gress obliged to set aside all State Laws op-
pressing Freedmen-Specimen Laws.

PART II-Page 129-Legislation after con-

ciliation-Getting back to the Slave Code-

Five years in Prison for Stealing a Sucking
Pig-Two years' Hard Labor for a few Roast-
ing Ears!

PART III-Page 130-The Contract System-

Criminals worked for years in legalized Slave

Gangs-Colored Men the only Victims-

Profits of the system-The Cost of Costs-
Lawyers' Fees worked in-Three years for
carrying a Pistol--Wages a quarter of a
cent a day-Working under Shot-Guns-
The System general in the South.

PART IV-Page 131-Sweeping Landlord

Lien Laws-A Colored Man's Crop cannot

be sold or used without permission-The

Landlord can take all-Outrageous exac-

tions-The resulting Peonage worse than

Slavery-The System breeds bad Men.

PART VIII-Page 136-Wages of the Mechan-
ic and Laborer abroad compared with our
own-Valuable Tabular statements.
PART IX-Page 137-Tabular statements of
food, prices, &c., here and abroad.

PART X-Page 138-Sad condition of the

European working classes-In Belgium,

France, Germany England, Ireland, Scot-

land, Wales, Italy, the Netherlands and

Spain-What Free Trade has done for the

English Laborer-A Sickening recital of the

Sufferings of Laboring Women-White

Slaves-What Democratic Free Trade would

do for America.

PART XI-Page 140-Labor and Wages in the

United States during two periods-Tables

showing the rise in Wages of American

Mechanical and Farm Labor from the end

of the Democratic Rule in 1860 to 1874.

PART XII-Page 144-Democratic Responsi-

bility for Recent Hard Times-The Demo-

cratic Tariff Tinkering, Cheese-paring

economy, and Opposition to Resumption.

PART XIII-Page 144-Comparative Prosper-

ity come again-Official statement touching

Increased Wages and demand for Farm

Labor-Shall that improvement continue or
disappear again?

CHAPTER XV.

The Homestead Question.

PART I-Page 145-The Great Question of

the day in 1858-Republican attempt to

defeat the Land Sharks-Defeated by the

Democracy-The Grow Bill-Vote defeating

it-The Grow Amendment to Pre-emption

Bill of 1859 adopted-The Bill as Amended

defeated by the Democrats-Votes-Cava-

naugh's Denunciation of the Southern Dem-

ocrats.

PART II-Page 146-The Republicans de-

mand Free Homesteads to actual Settlers

Democratic Strategy to defeat it fails-The

Bill passes the House-William H. English

votes against it.

PART III-Page 147-The Homestead Bill in

the Senate-Parliamentary Tactics to pre-

vent Action-Reached at Last-The Vote a

Tie-Republicans a Unit for it-A Demo-

cratic Vice-President gives the Casting Vote

against it.

PART IV-Page 147-Another Attempt to

Take it up-Appeal of Seward and Wade-

Another Defeat of the Republican Efforts

for the Landless.

PART V-Page 148-The Grow Homestead

Bill again Passed the House (1860) in Spite

of Democratic Opposition-The Vote.

for the Grow Bill-A Compromise-Bu-

chanan's Veto.

PART VII-Page 149-The Veto Sustained by
the Democrats of the Senate.

PART VIII-Page 149-Republican Home-
stead Pledge of 1860-In 1862 the Republi-
cans redeem that Pledge despite Continued
Democratic Opposition-Analysis of Votes.
PART IX-Page 149-Bill of 1866 to Extend
Homestead Act to States of South-Demo-
cratic adverse Vote.

PART X-Page 150-Beneficent Effects of the

Republican Homestead Act shown in In-

creased Population, Wealth and Power—

Democratic Hostility to-day to the Principle

-It is essentially Republican.

CHAPTER XVI.

The Tariff Question.

PART I-Page 150-Protection essentially
the "American System Washington,
Franklin, Hamilton, Clay, Jackson, Madi-
son, Adams, Webster, Lincoln, and Grant,
all advocate it.

PART II-Page 151-Brief History of Tariff
Legislation from 1824 to 1860.

PART III-Page 151-The Morrison Tariff
Bill of 1876-Its Proposed Iniquities-
Analysis of this Democratic Monstrosity.

PART IV-Page 152-The Wood Tariff Bill of

1878-How it Injured Manufacturers,

Traders, and Workingmen-Infamous In-

tentions of the Democratic Leaders-The

Democratic Vote to Consider the Bill-The

Republicans Kill it-Mill's "Tariff for Reve-

nue" Resolution-The Republicans Defeat

it-The Vote.

CHAPTER XVII.

Greenbacks, Public Credit, and Resump-

tion.

PART I-Page 154-History of the Green-

back-The Republican Party its Father,

Friend, and Guardian-The Legal-Tender

Act of 1862-Reason for its Being-Chase's

Letter-Democratic Opposition and Votes.

PART II-Page 155-The Democrats Direct-

ly Responsible for Contraction-The Act of

1866-Analysis of the Votes-Only one De-

mocrat in the two Houses Votes against Con-

traction-The Act of February 4, 1868, Sus-

pending Contraction-Only Twenty-four

Democrats Vote for that.

PART III-Page 155-Public Credit "

Bill"

of 1869-Andy Johnson "Pockets" it-

'Public Credit Act of 1869 "-Resumption

Act of 1875-Remarkable Official Votes

showing the Democrats Solidly against them