Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-08-07
uUs Carpet-Baggers."

them. And we assure our friends that we
are not singular in our views. Ii any one
thing has been the subject of more rldlcule
and humiliation to the country Inan
another il has been the appearance OF the
carpet-baggers in Congress. In place OF
anv remarks of our own on this fruitful
snbiect, we take here and there an extract
from those of others that pour in from all
quarters.
The following is from debate in Con-
gress:
Mr.. Brooks-Talking OF the carpet-baggers, he
said that there were hanging around the Capltol
two Yankee delegates from the State of Florida,
who had not been long enough from rhlr States 10
have got rid Of their nasal twang.
Mr. stevens, of Pennsylvania, remarked that
Florida was not embraced in the bill before the
House. and that he agreed with the gentleman
from New York il what he said about Florida
He added that he determined to agree with
the gentleman, but that he had not liked 10 let
him know it beforehand.
Mr. Brooks said he was happy to have the en-
dorsement of the gentleman from PennsylVania
Init their Yankee friends were not limited to the
little State of Florida, but had turned up, also, ~
Georgia, Alabama. South Car DINA, and elsewhere
Of the two men APP lying to be admitted as Sena-
tors from Arkansas one was from Catarangus
cuuntv New York and the other from Pennsyl-
vania. Both squatters; both carpet BAL :.
ana II tley were lllF Ii lHo S1aIO
New York would have three Senators, and tie
Ste OF Pennsylvania three Senators.
Saws the correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun:
The impeachment resolu ions. presented in the
House yeste. day by Mr.. Hamilton Of Florida. are
regarded gascOnsde, and were not even
deem d of sufficient Importance by the reporters
to warrant their publication. The object of the
Radica of the House in sending them to the Ju-
dietary Committee was to hold them IN te'roreTn
over the mead of tn President as warranty 1oi
his good behavior during the recess. Apropos OF
the resolutions and the iDslnuatlons OF Mr. Ham
ilton about the Speakers declining to give him
the floor, it may be mentioned that the fr ends OF
the Speaker do not consider his rebu ke Of Mr..
Hamilton as severe enough, and Mr. Colfax after
wards, in conversation, characterized the remarks
of the florida carpet Dagger as nsolent. 1t IL
very evident that the Radicals and their newly
fedged Southern associates will ere long form
any thing but mutual admiration society.
The Baltimore Gazette has the following
item
"Since the introduction into the House of
Southern represen' atives ~ novel innovation
has been made in the manner of voting in that
body. Whenever any question Is up, and vote
about being taken, tho carpet-bsg members are
visited by the pages. who whisper Coud enough
to be heard by others), the Speaker says vote
aye, or, the speaker says vote nay as The case
may be. few days since the Radicals divided
on a question, and General Butler ventured to in
struct the new members how they should vote,
but brother Radical, seeing the dodge fol
lowed on his track ana gave each a lesson on the
opposite side. The vote taken, and to the
great disgust of the hero of Big Bethel, the car
pet-baggers all voted against him, in spite OF his
mods and wlnks.'
The Philadelphia Age says:
The Rump which has been in session cOntinu-
ousy since November last has graciously
descended to take recess from TO morrow until
the 21st of September next-nOt quite two months.
1t is unnecessary, in this connection, to to
the many outrageous acts Of It's present session.
they are still fresh in the minds Of the people
For the past week or two however, 1t has been
occupied principally with the disreputable bust
of swearing in Sc carpet-baggers nd calling
them Representatives from the Southern States.
In this way unprincpled class of political ad-
venturers, representing nobody and caring for
nothing, a raid on the Sergeant-at Arms for
compensation and mileage, have been admitted
from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bsma, Florida, Louisiana and Arkansas. Their
very presence is revolving even to the more re-
spectacle Republicans of each House, some of
whom already wishing for any sort of 8
CHI 1nge that will purge Congress OF such crew
However, they III, by virtue of the lawless and
uncon -titutionai enactments of Northern Radi
Gals, and the latter deserve all the disgrace anC
contempt that the people must necessarily fee
for any body of men who could bring such re
proach on the Legislative Department of the GOV
eminent.
The National H1teRigencer discourse:
thusly of Devices
"The most amusing speech of the day, how
lima csrpet-bagSer, who left his proper sea
and went over to the Radical side of the House
in order to air his vocabulary. This place he wa
routed from, and so he went over to the Clerk
table, and there commenced his recitation, which
to say the least was extraordinary This CARPET
Dagger looked intensely professional and charac
terstic, though he did not have his carpet-bag il
hand. He red in the face, small in stature
bObbed his head vigorously, like a pendulum
backwards and forwards, and showed contemp
for Lindley Murray only equal to his socitudt
for arms and loyalty. He dwelt repeatedly upo1
'NOrttern" and '' Southern men, " In 1855 tn.
rebels mad been sent home with arms in thei
hands "a very pointed reflection upon Genera
Grants ability to manage surrender Judg,
Woodward inquired OF the carpet-hagger if tn,
bogus governments " could be maintained other
wise than by the point Of the bayonet
"Certainly." responded the carpet-bagger, 81
you will only give them the arms" s'Theno gun.
as still in the hands of the rebels" He referred
touchingly to the idea of tramping out as car
pet-bGggerS," thus fully acknowledging his mora
status and precise quantity OF personal baggage
One of the Radical members seeing how badly
this individual was making out, to the great edi
fcation of the ungodiy, inquired if their bogu.
governments now had any arms" Delighted
to be thus interrogated the gentleman responded
on the spot, "Ntey had NOT one single solHar1
pocket pistol" CONDITION of sobrety and peaceful
temperament which challenges our most respect
ful admiration Truly it sin to dstub such
Arc4dlan ha6lts by the CHATTER of arms and the
canteens of the 'melish.'
But even carpet-hAggers come to q close some
Tunes and by some legeroemain Devices was
suppressed, having displayed his light to oraaI
advantage. Nothing could possibly have bette
illustrated the effect and working of reconstruc
ton at the South, unless il had been the aunear.
ance of some full-blooded negroes some of whom
we hear, viii shortly displace the carpet-baggers
The Missouri Republican thus handles
these delectable fellows:
s: There is a class of politicians at work in the
South who combine in themselves so many vices
that even those who profit by their miserable
occupation are ashamed OF them. They are called
'cdrpetbdggerS. Not one of the prominent Rad
icals not one of the whole party who holds any
degree ofrespectability, would assume that desDi
cable position. Only the most obtrusive, shame
less, corrupt and worthless characters who at
home could hardly show their faces without being
kicked at once from the presence of decent mer,
would dare to go down South, into those unhappy
States, and there become the disturbers of peace,
the mock reformers and the propagandists of the
most abhorred ideas. 1t WAS only with contempt
that even the Radical newspapers spoke OF that
class OF politicians who present at the Chica-
go Convention Their services, like those of
spies were needed and demanded by the Radicals
Of the North; but for the carpet baggers them
selves they had nothing but contempt"
TO which tho Trenton, (Tenn.,) Gazette
adds: