The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-10-22
WHAT Is A CARpET-BAGGER.

'AhsA 40 "a IA ~ ! -b.AJrSt Il Is.
General Sickles, at the great monster
Republican meeting in New York, on
Thursday evening, the 24th uit., thus
nptly and eloquently defines the true
meaning Of the term carpet. bag
ger:"
We SEQ throughout the South, a de-
termination to wage war OF extermi-
nation against what are called the
carpet -baggers. Who are these carpet
bAggers? They are Northern people
who, IN the exercise OF an undpub.cd
constitutional right, have settled in
southern States siuc- the war They
are discharged soldiers. mechanics, mer-
chants, school. masters, railroad EN-.
ployes, aud thousands and tens OF thou
sands Of people who, 10 better their
condition, have exercised the right of
emigration to those States. What do
wesees Mr.. Howell Cobb. d rebtl Gsner-
al, declares awarofextsrmnationa against
them, and not only against them, ha,t
against any Of the Southern people who
presume to espouse the doctrine ana
principles OF the Republican party.
This war OF determination Ia echoed by
Frank Blair, the Democratic candidate
for Vice President. Ii il taken up by
Forrest, Toombs, aud the cry goes along
from the Potomac to the Rio Grande
My friends, there are several kinds of
carpet-baggers, ~ we have seen in this
country in the pas! few years. The
rebels sent u few OF their carpet baggers
here y New York during the war.
Laughter and applause.l They came
mysteriousiy with their black bags, CON
tanning very small amount OF clean
linen, aud very large quantity Of COM
bu.tihle material Aud with this they
undertook to lire our hotels aud burn
the city. We'll, there arc some other
distinguished carpet-baggers, whom we
h>ar .! :ccas;3:i;y: John ,3iideii, oi
Paris; and Benjamin--he carries, |
think, green bag IT, London. Laugh.
teri Brick Pomeroy is a carpet bag
ger Loud Laughter and applause |
The chairman of the National Demo
cratic Committee, Mr.. Belmont, is "
carpet-bagger. Laughter.l UGorman
-Councellor O'Gorman -is n very fair
specimen Of carpet bngper from old
Ireland. Apd If O'torman's carpct-bag
is not full it must bea very big one, or
else he has failed to profit by his oppor-
tunities, which no one suspects. Con
tinued laughter. Then there is George
Sanders, the Jem Bags, ofthe rebellion,
who wAnders over Europe, with or
without u carpet-bag, according to cir
cumstances. But our Northern carpet.
baHgers belong to u somewhat different
race. The whole West is peopled by a
race of our carpet baggers. William
Penn was carpet. bagger of tho righ,
sort. Daniel Boone Of Kentucky, Lewis
Case of Michigan, [applausel stephen
A. Douglas Of Illinois lapplausel--these
wero all carpet baggers." So you find
that our country, North, East. and
West, has been peopled by Immigration
Of carpet -baggers. The Mayhowel
brought COLONY Of carpet bagsers-rap
plausel and landed them Oh the shore.
OF New England. William the Con
quersr took some Norman carpet. bag
gers over to England and captured il
and founded u nation that has sent il,
carpet-baggers forth all over the world
most of which they own, or propose t,
own. Our carpet-baggers carry intelli
gence, civilization, and enterprise
wherever they go; and they are not T.
be barred out or excluded from the Soutl
by rebel dictation.