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rxrrED STATES CONGRESS ASKEW on 3 0 WO JUSTICE TO THE SOUTH, at ? . j pa Way Suggested thereby the United bi States Mny Compensate This Sec- j 91 tioH of a Reunited Country for tke i>i Cotton Tax Exaefrd and Collected fi< Froai 1S03 to 1S65. (f< of By ZL. M. Buford, of Newberry, S. C. t'a "*r%* '* -11 ?V^. r\v\i s\ crr\ :? "i JSC yi CSCUICU JUlflUUO U5U -m. I HJ Congress by Representative ]ohn N" j aj Tir:ni2a of Arkansas for the approprs- j Sl atioa of $100,000,OOO for payment, | p( present and future to living Confeder- , n; ate Veterans and the widows of de- ' >y, ceased soldiers is based upon e!e- : m ments which entitle it to favorable ! consideration. One of these is that' the people of the secessian states ' fT have for over fifty years contributed their share towards payment r>f * i 000,lH>0,(W) to survivors of the Un'on j e < army ir <1 navy and the families of ! deceased i mem souu t? auu smiwc? I ^ just fifty limes as much as the bill j ^ provides for?and for this contrilu- < F tion those states have received noth j i lng in return except t. irough a verf email uumber of pensions scattered e through the South. v The feeling of antagonism to the o Confederate soldiers has long since ceased to dwell in the hearts of fair c minded persons in any section of the i T~-. . ntm_ +Vr/-ifrt n-Virk r>r>nHn n P to f, IL i/iULi , CICU luuoc ' "u vv?v>Uv.v dispute the right of a state to secede v from the Union recognize the consci- 0 entiou3ness of the secession soldier?,' ^ their devotion to what they thought } a duty and their honorable and humane consideration. Indeed, my observation. and that of many others, ts a that tl?e people of the north ari lj Northwest think much more highly of the soldiers of the South who fought them than of the Southern men who stayed at home. It would not involve any serious concession, and still less any abandonment of principle, to resforft to tho class of nersons in the ' South who are most honored there and elsewhere a portion of their means heretofore contributed by them and their people to the pensioning of , ii the Union patriots. There remains no longer in any tc properly informed mind a doubt of the loyalty of the Southern people to the Union. At least ninety per cent of the appropriation asked for would go to tc support aged, infirm and very poor di men and women. t* Great Britain, after her war of conquest against the Boers in South al Africa?a war, by the way, started by C1 the Boers and entailing vast expend! tur<* of money and considerable loss ai of lives on the British?demanded no LC pecuninary indemnity, but generous- 3C 7v fvmished larare means for the re. habiliation of the conquered people. cc I do rot mean to hint that the action th sought fcy thje Tillman bill is needed ei to conciliate the people of the South. ei Their loyalty is not purchasable: for ai !t already exists in perfection. Their claim stands on other ground. They *? have for half a century contributed to the pensioning of'Union soldiers and ' * their families; and to return to the^ ar one hundred of the five thousand mil- p lions to which they have contributed ^ would be as well an act of justice as of magnanimty. This sum of $100,000,000 is not t0 greatly more than was exacted by the special direct tax on the cotton ofth^ Sonth.. There is still room for doubt or discussion as'to the duty of the th general government * to restore that fund. It was gathered in by the gevernment assessing, first two cents on aT every pound of ginned cotton held by owners in the seceding states, an<l ^ later, a smaller sum until in 1S6S the *T tax wa?* discontinued. The whole ^ amount thus taken from 1?63tolS6S, 1 both vears inclusive!, was $68,072,388,- ?r 99. The act of congress under which "c it wag levied was, it is true, held?ia 0 form?constitutional by the Supreme 111 court being equally divided on appeal whereby the decree of an inferior tr! - t0 bunal remained unreversed. 4 ? This would hardly be held ccncluta sive by any student of the constitution the United .States, in the face of the , th - fact that the tax was levied on a sin- , gle article or propertv m the hands of . fie individual owners, and that not by way of license or in the exercise of police power. And were there no con?titutional question involved, it was an act of unjustifiable oppression.having for its only excuse the then pre?alent spirit of appropriating the pro- ^ perty in the seceding states?a spirit ^ born of the excitement of war. so The restoration of peace and amity n{^ between the two section snouia ions r^T have prompted the reparation lv the injustice by the return of the fn amount so wrung from citizens of our galley 2?united state m common country and wrung as well m from the aged and infirm, from the TJnionist, from women and lif*le chil? - VI <dren as from the active adult male ^ secessionist. Enmity and a desire to punish the South were human and a* natural at the time, and the taxation actuated by that state of feeling there t0 lore seemed to many a legitimate retaliate* for the trouble consequent /< ion secession. But however, excusable ' fonder the stimulus of existing antag " -N PA& J. . - U ' ... ism, the tax was unlawful, unjust id oppressive, and to refue to re. lir the injury when the excuse is irieni in the past would be equivalit to repeating the wrong in cold ood. I believe that if the proposi_>n to return those taxes to the .J 11 i. X cl LC ^ ci jjj (i u ^ caiv_? *> ?? deceased Confederate soldiers is irly laid before the congress a marity of each house will vote for an ipropriation for that purpose. The im will make no serious strain on a jople new dealing in billions, and its ivment will help the South considerably, and do honor to the govern.ent. What is needed is a united effort on ;e part of the members of congress 0111 the cotton-growing states. I feel r'? t*>at there will "be accorded us ?+ 'rstice which should have been iv.-'n us long ago. The Tillman bill above discussed ras unanimously endorsed by the elegates to the General Confederate bunion at Washington, D. C., in Juno 917. And the same bill has been appro"d and endorsed without a dissenting oice by the legislature of South Carlina. ' [4 ^ * The average age o? the surviving 'onfederate soldier is seventy-five 'here would, therefore, remain but a ew years in which payment to their rould have to be made. And the wid. ws ot the veterans are generally uite aged women. larch 7, 191S. Note: Newspapers favorable to ths bove scheme are requested to pubish this article.?M. M. B. (OrV OF THE TILLMAX BILL. (j.?the Congress, 1st Session. H. K. 4120. \ THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. May 3, 1917. Mr. Tillman introduced the followlg bill; which was referred to the :>mmittee on war claims and ordered > be printed. A BILL. To pay to Confederate soldiers and > the widows of v Confederate' soliers $500 and $30 per month during le remainder of their lives. I.Vhereas a large amount of money, 1? <?t aa -n/Vk urac <5P_ E>proximateiy jivuivuv^vvi ? ired and collected from the people ! the South during the Civil war 3d the reconstruction period that >llowed from the folllowing named >urces: First, from captured and >andoned property; Second, from nfiscated property, and third, from e collection ot the cotton tax from -hteen hundred and sixty-three to ghteen hundred and sixty-eight; id i virkA.neXL-V(t?f i*, fcnnwn as the "cot YY Ut^JI ca-o r? uuw - ? n tax" was illegally collected; and Whereas the South prior to the vii v.a: aiid since that time abunditly proved her loyalty to the Union; imely lo;**: without murmuring four iilion slaves valued at $2,000,000,>0; gave :o the country much in milary service and added much terriry by the genius and diplomacy of ?r statesmen; and Whereas fifty years- after the unrtunate struggle between the states ere exists only a scattered remnant the gray chivalry that rarely lost a manv of whom are maimed id unable to work; and Whereas it is desirable to destroy e last vestige of sectional feeling id emphasize the fraternal spirit iat should obtain in a happily-relited country and to permit a genous and a just government to re mpense. in part, the iSouth for her sses not justified by' the stern deands of war; and Whereas it is practically impossible restore the "cotton tax'' illegally elected or other property connsend to the people from whom it wa?? ken during and after the war; and Whereas the surviving soldiers o? e Confederacy are conspicuous and serving representatives of said sec)n; Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and ouse of Representatives ofthednit. [ States of America in Congress asmbled, That '.'Don the passage of this act ere shall be paid to each soldier -1 - ? A A 1 T*YV1 TT HO HtiI'VSU in LIJtT v^uuicuciai^ iii.? id to the widow of any Confederate ldier the sum of $^00. and that in Idition to said payment such soldis and widows shall be paid quart er_ the sum of *30 per month each du,*g the remainder of their lives. Sec. 2. That this act shall he adinistered hy the treasury departent of the United States. Sec. 3. That to carry out the prosions of this act the sura of $100,0,000 be. and the same is herebjf, >propriated. Sec. 4. That this act shall be III rce from and after its passage. Jnt Resolution Presented In the South Carolina House of Representatives by Messrs. Smith andLfles X\ ' ' : ;m<1 Unanimously Adopted. Whereas there is jiow pending in the American Congress a Bill introduced by Hon. Jno. N. Tillman to pay Confederate soldiers and t-hr-ir widows $500.00 and ?:'0.00 per month, and Whereas the peopie of the Southern states are contributing their prorata part of the public funds now paid by the United States as pensions, therefore. Ee it resolved Dy tun no'ise or "esentatives, the Senate concurrim.-" First, that the representatives from South Carolina in tiio Congress of the United -States are respectfully and earnestly urged to advocate the pass I nrre of said bill. Second, that copies of this Resolution he forwarded I>y the Clerk of the House to each Senator and Representative from this j State in the Congress of the United States of America. i j . : Resolution Adopted Unanimously by J the General Reunion 01 the United j Confederate Yeterans in Washington, D. in June 1917, on Motion : j of M. 31. Buford from South faro [ lina. >;! ' ' "Whereas the o-Hn. [no. N*. Tillman, ./of Arkansas, member of the national I i house of representatives, has introi duced a bill in the Congress of th? . United States for t?Te purpose of refunding the cotton tax paid by ths ! Southern Ftat.es after the Civil war in j the form of payment to the Confeder ate soldiers. i "And whereas Hon. B. R. Tillman. ; of South Carolina, member of the sen | ate of the lUnited States, has intrcj dueed a like measure in the senate of (the United States. And wnereas the passage or tins i bill, as well as the general bill in: troduced by the Hon. John N. Tillman j for the payment of the Confederate (soldiers, would be a recognition by | the lawmaking branch of the United 1 States of the distinguished services ! rendered for inherited conviction; And whereas it would singularly sen forth the fact that the Civil war was ! waged by either side with criminal \ intent, tout by both sid -s because of j fidelity to inherited beliefs: " Ami ivfiprpflo f. uuv JUI l VVVgUitiVii Wi . these long-neglected heroes wouia place those that wore the gray on rei cord, as well as those that wore the blue, for true and unblemisred patriotism and valor: I "Therefore, be it resolved by tb^ : United Confederate Veterans assembled at Washington, D. C., June 1917, That we heartily endorse the action | of these ^two American representatives for their thoughtfulness and Datriotism in thi$ service manifested by the introduction of this measure in the Congress and Senate of tho United States to the needy Confeder| ate soldiers and t'.ieir widows, and we hereby tender to tlfem our sincere thanks for this service. "Resolved, further, that a copr of this resolution be sent to each of the i authors of these measures and ask 1 that they secure, If possible, a read 1 ing on this Wper in the House of ; Representatives and in the Senate as expressive of our unanimous sentiment of the general organization of t Confederate soldiers." i ? ! ELDRIDGE'S BOOK ! WINS HIGH PRAISE. { I * Principles Up^n Which Successful Advertising is Done. I The second edition of "Making Ad: vertising Pay," by H. F. Eldrige, of the advertising department of The State, is just coming from the press. A review by Theodore H. 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