The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-24
from the New Orleans Picayune.]
NORTHERN MEN IN THE SOUTH.

| NO man is IuOT0 ulRIy CoUCCAuCU VI INV
HEARTILY welcomed to the South than the North
Tern man. His skill, his intelligence, his indus
ltry. his learning, and the fruits of his ngenul-
Ity. culture and energy are gladly received, and
lhe is at once invited into full communion with
the Southern man in all the pursuits and avo-
ications of life. Such men are found here and
everywhere, and are among the most valued OF
our citizens Such have come here during the
war, and since it, many of them officers In the
United States army, and others connected with
the Government during its military occupation
of our city and State in positions which made
them by no means popular for the time beng,
and who are known Us members OF the Repub-
lican party, yet are highly esteemed and hon.
ored as good citizens and examples OF CIVIC
virtues and usefulness
But there does exist here, and there is con-
tinualIy increasing adherence OF what are
STYLED carpet-baggers. Why Is there this teel-
ing, and who are the objects OF 1t! we Will
promise that it is not altogether confined to the
Radicals, and that Democrats of nomadlc and
predatory habits, whether Northern or South
ern born, are looked upon with much the same
dislike, though the party phrase be not so dis
tinctly applied to them. But it is especially
felt towards some men of the Radical party,
and of Northern birth, and for this reason 1t IS
affirmed that the South is intolerant of North
ern people, or of Republican or Radical pollt-
cal opinions, that free speech and freedom to
vote are not to be had at the South, and that
more force is needed to secure these.
Utterly untrue is this of any portion OF the
South, despite the homcdes which have been
quoted to establish it. A man may vote as he
peases, and for whichever party he pleases,
and advocate whatever political opinions he
pleases, uninterruptedly All that is asked of
him is that he shall tread on no other man $
toes, and avoid slanderng and libeling others
No one cares to interfere with HIM or his Opl-
ions His vote is as free to him as the AIR, ana
this is also free to his speech. But as II Is Tree
to him, so it is to those who lived here before
hun, and he has neither natural nor an ac-
qured right to abuse, or insult, or to matreat
others The great difficulty with the carpet
bag politician is that he thinks that he brings
with him the right to abuse the man under
whose roof he is sheltered, in his own presence
and that of his family. and that this constitutes
free speech, and that the Southern man has no
right to paw him back in his own coin, or to re-
siSt oppression.
His mistake as to his right to vote is equally
great. He supposes that this right makes 1t
his privilege To exclude from i vote the man
who is already voter here and 10 admit 9th
ers who have not been rs yet regarded 10 be
thus entitled in his own previous home. Nor
this only; his title to vote is Il title, he thinks,
! to tax the present occupants OF the land 10 the
/ full extent of their revenues, and 10 pocket the
proceeds OF these taxes himself.
| Then with an arrogance which can find It's
equal now here, he declares that when he thus
obtains possession of all the legislative, Judicial
and executive powers OF the community, 1t
shall not be lawful fer the people OF whose en-
tire powers of government. and the control
over their own affairs, he has possessed him.
self TO speak Of him and his in ANY other than
the kndcst and most approving terms, and
that they shall welcome him and his into tn"
bosom of their families, and to the nnermOst
chambers 0: their domestic sanctuary.
Is it any wonder that the ''carpet-bagger' is
so heartily abhorred by the Southern people
Nor is this feeling at all likely to be- lessencd
or to die out, until the policy which he pursues
is abandoned. 1t is as easy for him To become
and to be held to be the friend and ally of the
Southern people, as for aEy other man who has
settled here before or during the war, and he
need not lose one article of his tcalty to polltI-
cal opinions the most ultra. But, so long as he
makes his course one of spoliation and detam-
alton of the Southern people, must he expect
to be hated and that this hatred will grow IN
stead of decreasing, and the more successful
he may be in continuing and carrying il out,
the more will he be hated and avoided.
He may be so aided by the supreme power
rs to constantly secure greater means OF OPP
preston, and he may roll in wealth thus &C
quired; but this will not give him satisfaction
or pleasure. He will constantly see before
him men who came here with no better title
to social standing and kindly regard than he
had, who will be happy and contented in the
approval OF their course Of life and conduct in
the community, though they may be as far from
political coincidence with the Southern people
as he may be.
Nor Is it always necessary that men should
abandon office into which they may have been
indicted by party management, which has not
the popular approval-for them to atone for
| their connection with uni ust and even usurp-
ing powers-any more than that they should
abandon their party in its rightful, or what to
them may seem rightful authority and princi-
PIES They may often use this power consist
emily with all which the legitimate principles
of political party require of them-and all
parties have codes which are not necessarily
mixed up with selfish or Individual interests
for the restoration of the people of the State
in which they may exercise it, or whom they
may represent, in such way as to restore to
them all their rights, preserve them against
losses of their means by legislative robbery and
official speculation, and prevent the lawess-
ness and bitterness Of party spirit from at
tempting, by force or oppression, to effect that
change of feeling and of the affections which