Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-29
The CaTDet-bag Party.

w. w. Gift the gentleman who holds so
many memories of Gen jackson. and who
whiiome hourished in Tennessee, has we un,
derstand. very appropriately denomlnated
the Administration as "the Carpet-Bag par
tv. meaning thereby that their leading men
are nomadic in their habits, and travel from
place TO place in search of office and its emol
uments. We think n candid review OF the
matter will show that Gift has been guilty of
an enic. or, in other words, that he has hit
the nail on the head. =,
1t is a singular fact that all, or nearly all,
of the travelling oflice-seekers, those gentle
men who would rove from pole to pole, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, in search OF OF
flee, are now arraved on the side OF the Le-
comptonites. California has been sorely al
flicted with these peripatetic plaeeplekers,
and with one exception the whole army are
now in the Administration ranks. Below
we give the names of few of them.
Ex-Governor SIN tn migrated to California
left the country, and found an office some
where else Lecompton.
Robert McLane came here, wanted an Of
fee, the people did not want him to have it;
he left in disgust, and now turns up Minister
to Mexico. Lecompton.
Thomas j. Green, strived for official dgni-
ty in this State, and failed in obtaining it.
Shook the dust of the country off his feet.
Lecompton.
Judge MeAllister came here, asked for of
fee and couldn't get it; returned to Georgia,
ran for the United States Senate, got defeat
ed he was appointed United States Circuit
Judge for California, and returned to u.s. Le-
compton
w norvor co,,o so ~ md conouoro1 n n
Office; went to Congress, got married, and
settled at the east lie now comes back here
and asks us to give him anothar office. A
modest Lecomptonite.
Winslow S. Pierce came here, WIS made
Controller, made his pile and left. Leeomp-
ton.
j. Y. MeDufIle, formerly United States
Marshal, at the expiration Of his term of Of
flee left the country for "aye and forever.
After an absence of some months, he returns
with a federal office, and will doubtless lean,
IS ever he has done, with that Lecompton.
DIR. Sheppard visited our shores with the
expectation of getting an Office. Being dis
appointed he left in disgust, and of course is
now Lecomptonite.
John S. Houston came here, was elected
Controller, made all he wanted, left the coun-
try for good, and now reposes under the sha-
dow of LecOmpton.
w. s. Stewart ditto, ditto, ditto
Ned Marshall came here. got an office; came
back for another and didn't get it, in conse-
quence of which he left, and swells the list
of Administration admirers.
Gov. Foote is the only travelling Office
hunter who has honored us with his presence,
who is not now Il Lecomptonite
Charles L. Scott, to better his fortunes,
visited California was sent to Congress, mar
ried. lie now returns and asks for more
office, but as he has left his family behind he
apparently does not intend to reside here.
LecOmpton.
Thomas Butler King was sent here in an
official capacity, and because he could not be
elected United States Senator, left the eoun-
try. Lecompton
Rodman Nj. Price came here, ran for Con-
gress, was defeated left and found an office
in New Jersey. Is Lecompton
VIM. NJ. Gwin, occasionally leaves his Mis-
sissippi home to ask office and favor at the
hands of Californians. He is now paying a
short visit for that purpose, and is generally
supposed to be a supporter Of Buchanans
We might go on and extend this list Gd
infnitam, but the foregoing is sufficient for
our purposes. 1t serves to show the people
that the peripatetc office-hunters all belong
to the Lecompton organization, at present,
because that organization has the distribution
Of the spoils.
1t is time that California should cease to
be thus afflicted. 1t is time that our people
should repudiate an administration surroun-
1ed by men of this ilk.-S. T. News.
A C.1-A--r-. 1 -. 80. Nr.nr,.-. 4 $1,000.