Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-09-17

IL IS IavOrite MOue ol attack VIII llne
Coyperhead party to call the men who
have come to Missouri to make their home
and aid in developing the resources OF our
State, "carpet- -baggers.
This phrase is repeated on all occasions
and in every conceivable key. And it is
quite evident that to their minds, the term
is very opprobrious. 1t is stigma, in
comparison with which no other is so vile
and disreputablc.
Now let us see what these 'carpet-bag-
gers are. 9.t Ta<
The term is applied by the con federate
press, indiscriminately to every man who
was not born upon Missouri soil.
They apply it to men who have brought
to this State, capital, enterprise and good
experience; men who are making them
selves felt all over our State, advancing the
civilization and making this commonwealth
to blossom as rose; men who are build
ing up cities, expanding our commerce ex-
tending our schools and infusing new life
and vigor into every department Of bust
ness, and everywhere driving out the old
and obsolete fOgyism Of the past
Such men are an abomination to censer-
vatives. The conservative brain can not
comprehend the new ideas, and it swims
in mcasureless confusion, when II attempts
to grasp the new SYSTEM, and keep up with
the new and rapidly increasing energy ol
the ago. FoH Foal - ,. sit .sf
| ! Conservatism prefers to sit in a corner
on its threeelegged- stool and Groom and
driyel over the past, and sneer and whine
about carpet -baggers,' while the live mer
of the times are settling the great problem
Of the age, and are manfully and vigorous
ly, diseharg;pg the duties of the hour in &C
| cordance with the spirit of an ever adyan
cling progress. .-.
Who are carpet baggers?' The men wh'
| crossed the Atlantic and settled the New
World were carpet baggers. The mer
who olanied on Plymouth rock were car
lpet-baggers." Columbus WAS 'carpci-bag-
ger, Captain John Smith. was one, and SC
were the Oglcthorpes who settled in .Geor
gia. Oi'i ''''- ''''''- '.'
9Thc conservative red mar looked upon
the carpet baggers who settled in New
Englands New York. Virginia. and the
Carolinas, very much as the conservative
| white man Of to-day looks upon the ''car-
not l,a cr.rorcr.,,1,o ro pou, crouJfnp fhar,
to the wall
| The Aboriginal conservatives had their
u-klux organizations, and they manifest
ed the same spirit towards that pestiferous
carpet -bagger, Daniel Boone, in Kentucky
that the Kiux Of this day show tow,
ards the iivc men who are carrying for
ward the State of Missouri on a bright
and glorious career Of unexampled pros
periy'oss1g5I ct snoii1oIoIq hUH 9in
Let that antiquated old lady, te0nserva-
tism sit in her corner and drivel away, the
''carpct-baggers arc here and they propose
TO stav. Most Of them carried knapsack
during the-iate unpleasantness' instead OF
a. .carpethag and they are not TO be scared
by old women. 81 s89d5Ho99a OH hci
More carpet baggers are coming, carpet
bagsers from the Old M,world,s the Germans
and the Irishs carpet ,baggers from the
older States. They are coming here every
day and from alilparts Of the world. Their
name is legion and their pluck is indoniit-
able. Thomas H. Benton was an eminent
carpet bagger to this State, and his exam
pie is followed by thousands, Waresasdnrg
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