Show tUHUCAN PROPOSAL 1O PAi Till CONFEDERATE DEBT Ever simile thin close of the war the Republican ware yell has been that the 1atln1111 success of the Democratic part woull result In the payment of the Confederate Con-federate debt That part has been In power considerably over n 1 year and nothing has yet appeared from that side of the House indicating tho remotest Intuition In-tuition of any representative of the Democracy making a move in that til rection Not so however upon the Republican side Judge Fullerton has created something of n sensation especially in his own part by his advo racy before the House Committee on Claims of the payment of the Confed crate debt I am a Republican he sail but I say to ou gentlemen that I believe the time will come when these Confederate bonds will nil bo paid The drift of his argument was that although the Confederate Con-federate government had become extinct the States which composed the eocallcd Confederacy were liable for tho debt but that this liability had been transferred to the United States Government by the adoption of a Constitutional amendment forever prohibiting its payment Bv this the States lately In rebellion seers let out but the holders of the bonds had a valid I claim against the Federal Government Judge Fullerton is an eminent lawyer and Republican politician of New York and It must strike the country as n curious fact that the first distinguished advocate ol the payment of the rebel debt by the Federal Government should como from thin Republican part It is perhaps hinllleant as well as curious It is not at all improbable that tho Republican leaders will decide upon this course to gain strength for their party in the South in the next Presidential campaign The bugbear being no longer ivailable to inspire terror in the North It is not unlikely un-likely that they will use it as a genuine bait to catch suckers in the South |