Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1880 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

HANCOCK ON REBEL CLAIMS Governor’s Island, N. Y., ( Sept. 23,1880. $ To Theodore Cook, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio: Dear Sir: Your letter of the 20th inst. has been received. I regret that you are disturbed about that bugbear, “Southern “War Claims.” The people can not be misled by it. To suppose that “rebel claims.” or claims in the interest of persons who were in the rebellion, can in any way or in any degree be countenanced, Is an imputation of disloyalty such as used to be made against Democrats, even when they were in arms defending their country. So far as it touches me, I denounce it.' The Government can never pay a debt, or grant a pension or reward of any sort, for waging war upon Its own existence, nor could I be induced to approve or encourage the payment of such a debt, pension or reward. Nobody expects or wants such unnatural aetion. To propose it would be an insult to the intelligence and honor of our people. When the rebellion was crushed, the heresy vs secession in every form and in every incident went down forever. It is a thing of the dead past. We move forward, not backward. If I were President I would veto all legislation which might come before me providing for the consideration or payment of claims of any kind for losses or damages by persons who were in rebellion, whether pardoned or nut. In relation to “Union warclaims.” the Government’s obliga tions to Its defenders come first. — They are lasting and sacred. The public laws of civilized nations do notin general recognise claims for injury to property resulting from the operations of war. Nevertheless, our Government has treated with great indulgence the clgims for losses and damages suffered by Union men from the military operations of the war of the Union. But as hostilities were closed more than fifteen years ago, claims of that nature, now the hands of brokers, or persons other than the original sufferers, are becoming stale. ami, in my judgment, might fairly tv con&i<b'r«»d barred by the lapse of time, ami. if hereafter entertained al all, should be subjectd to the closest seimiiiy. Yours very truly, W. S. Hancock.

Reduced Rates to Hunting Parties —Dogs and Gun to be Carried Free.— The eyes of sportsmen are now turned to the Kankakee River, as the region where may be found an abundance of game and fish in the greatest variety. English Lake, an the Chica go Division of thePan-Handle Route, is the point where sportsmen leave trains for the haunts of the game.— This year hunting parties of five or more persons can procure excursion lick -ts to English Lake and return, by calling on nearest agent of P. C. & St. L. R’y, Pan Handle Routo, or addressing W. L- Q'Brien, General Passenger Agent, Columbus, Ohio. Dogs and guns will be carried free, at owner’s risk. The Way It Stands. In the course of Lis remaks, at a Democratic meeting, Indianapolis, Hon. C. 11. Winfield, of N. J., read from the following table, showing the total Republican vote in 1860, and also the number of soldiers in the Union army from States in which Republican votes were cast, as taken from the records of the War Depart me nt; Republi- No. of Name of State. can vote. Soldiers California, 39.173 15,725 Connecticut, 43,692 57,379 Delaware, 3,815 13,670 Illinois, 172,161 259,147 Indiana, 139,033 * 197,147 lowa, 70,409 76,309 Kentucky, 1,364 79,025 Maine, 62,811 72,114 Maryland, 2.294 50,316 Massachusetts, 106,533 152,048 Michigan, 88,480 89,372 Minnesota, 22,069 25,052 Missouri, 17,028 199,111 New Hampshire, 37.519 36,629 New Jersey, 58.324 81,010 New York, 362,846 467,047 Ohio, 231,610 319,659 Oregon, 5,270 1,810 Pennsylvania, 268,030 366,107 Rhod: Island, 12,244 23,699 Vermont, 33,808 32,262 Virginia, 1,929 32,068 Wisconsin, 86,110 86,424 Totals, 1,866,3c2 2,678,967 More solders than Republicans, 812,615

*The records of the Adjutant General’s office of the State shows the number to be 208,367. If we take the strong Democratic States of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland. Missouri and Virginia we re capitulate the Republican vote and rumber of Union soldiers: Union Vote Soldiers. Delaware, 3,815 13,670 Kentucky, 1,364 79,025 Maryland, 2,294 50,316 Missouri, 17,028 199,111 Virginia, 1,929 31,068 Total, 26330 374,190 This shows that a fraction over fourteen soldiers to every Republican vote were in the army of the Union from States- These five States did not cast as many votes for the “truly loyal” as little Vermont by more than 7,ooovotes; yet they sent to the war for the Uniou nearly as many soldiers as all tne New England States, including Connecticut, •Maine, Massachusetts. Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, altho these States cast 296,607 Republican Votes,