Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-03-28

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BED WING, MINI. MARCH %, 1850.
". ". PHELPS, Editor.
THE HISTORY or A CARPET RAG.
Our tax. eating neighbor over the way,
who runs the Registers Office, aud keeps
the county order making machine in excel
lent working trim by the frequent dives he
makes into the treasury, is evidently sad!;
exercised The weak current Of his Diluted
intellect is unusually muddie3, by tho stir
ring up we gave him in exposing his past
and prospective grabs At the public purse.
and he therefore devote's all his last weeks
editorial to explaining away his short.
eomings, and to tho Sentinel. As might be
expected the task is too much for him.
Weak and prerile in his attack, his defence
IS teeblsr still; nay, more IS absolutely
dam 'ging to him; for ho c.lsitics in order 10
conceal his weakness, and to excuse his ;e-
norancs admits his corruption; thus making
the matter tenfold more shameful than it
was before. and showing that while an at
tempt to whitewash an Ethiopian, is certain
" an extravasant experiment, an attempt
to whitewash an Ethiopian by daubing on a
now coat Of backing. is more hopeless and
extraordinary enterprise still. The editor
tried it, and no now bears . color to which
his original sootiness was pale indeed.
We have watched our neighbor's course
since he brought his carpet bag" into our
midst AMI profoundly admire the handy
way he has adopted to fill it. His arduous
intellectual efforts for the Republican cause,
(snd oil bear cheerful testimony to the ex-
t'aordinary ability which has charactized the
editorial management Of the RepuDlica,, and
tho useful, though humble purposes to which
that paper is applied by our citizens-some
OF whom however are too scrupulous to
use it any mannner,) made our neighLor
Register Of Deeds. Intent on filling his
carpet bag" he made, As Register Of Deeds
the tax sale for 1857, which he also printed,
and something was thus put into the carpet
bag" He then charged the County about
$500 for making certificates of sale and
that went into the "carpet bag" Short
~ afterwards he was ordered to disgorge
portion Of this, but his grasp being more re-
tentiye than his memory, We are credibly
informed that he forgot to pay back and
that this small balance is not vet all re
funded. We dislike to allude to this matter
and Only do SO to show the facility with
which hings 60 into this carpe, bag, and
the difficulties attending their withdra wal
therefrom; 1t is like the box for the Washing
ton monument fund it is easy enough t.
put the change in but requires considerable
effort and screw driver to get it out. Next
year the tax sale for 1857, being considered
illegal, the Treasurer concluded to advertise
the entire list, disregarding section 70, COMP
statutes, page $40, and something more went
into the "carpet bag" that ough. to have
remained in the peoples pockets. Tho
carpet bag" was not yet full, and with in
decent haste, the tax-sale for 1859, by rea.
son Of importantly and brow. beating was
forced on and will bs advertised in our
nelghoor's paper, without 50 much IS a chance
gwen for proper competition, to SEQ which
newspaper Of the county will do it the cheap
est. still, the carpet bag'' is not full, and
new schemes to I'll it will be devised !; and
when it shall be filed, what is it but car
pot bag after oil, which the owner can
shoulder upon his walking stick. and take
away with him at any moment when the
weather hereabouts shall get too warm to be
comfortable. ..
This history Of = ''carpet bag' is the
history Of Republican rule in Goodhue.-
With one or two exceptions, the officials who
spend the peoples money, are those who
have no persontl Interest to save but every
induce'nsnt to inappropriate and squ.nder
the taxes paid by US, with such difficulty.
II the people are disposed to stand it, all we
have to say is, that while the majority can
afford to drive at this furious rate we can If:
ford to ride. The mass Of that majority
have to pay these taxes ~ we'll a. tho min
GRITTY.
In view then Of tho singular expedition
with which . carpet bag and . shirt collar
mag 10 packed up after tho b,at whistles,
and also the remarkable ease with which o
small pan can carry we'll filled "carpet
Bag" no matter how difficult it has been for
the tax .payers to fill the same with cash
and county orders, is it not advisable Tor
everybody regardless Of party to look to the
kind Of officers we elect to office-to DO as
snred that those in whom we repose official
trust should be identified with US by ties Of
interest and property-indeed is it not time
70 stop looking after niggers thousand miles
away and watch those in our midst who are
filling thsit carpet bags" at our expense.
..g..., AN IMPORTANT BILL.
Hon. II. NJ. Rice recently introduced into
tho U. s. Senate, a bill extending to Min
nesota the swamp lands witii1z. its limits