The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-28

journing abroad, John Slidell Ia one,
In Paris; Benjamin is another, and
he carries, [ believe. green car
pet bag now. Laughter. ] Brick
Pomeroy is carpet Dagger. APP
plause and LAUGHTER. The Chair
man of the National Democratic
Committee, Mr.. Belmont, is car
pet-bagger from the Rhine. Laugh
ter and applause. Corporation
Counsel O'Gorman is very fair spec
linen Of the carpet baggers from old
Ireland, who have taken possession of
the city government, [lauF hter1 and
if O'Gorman's carpet-bag is not full
yet, it must be very big one, or else
he has failed to profit by his opportu-
mites, which no one suspects. he
newed laughter and applause And
then there is George Sanders, the
carpet Dagger of the rebellion, vino
wanders over Europe with or without
a carpet bag, according to clrcum-
stances. [Great laughter; but our
Northern carpet baggers belong TO
somewhat different race. The whole
West was peopled By a race of carpet
bappers. William Penn was carpet
Dagger of the right sort. Daniel
Boone. of Kentucky; Lewis Cass, of
Micbigan; Stephen A. Douglas,
1appIause1 of Illinois-they were
all carpet-bafgers. And you ind
that our country, North, East
and West, has been peopled by
an emigration of carpet baggers:
[Applause.l The MayfOwer brought
a colony of carpet baggers lap
plausel and landed them on the
shores of New England. William the
Conqueror took some Norman carpet
baggers over to England and captur-
ed it, applause and founded ma
ton that has sent its carpet-bag7
gers forth all over the world, most
of which they own, or propose to own.
Laughter Our carpet baggers carry
intelligence and civilization AMI en-
terprise wherever they go, and they
are not to be barred or excluded from
the South at rebel dictation. EAp
plause. Has it come to this, that in /
three years after the war it is a ques-
ton to be decided at the ballot box,
and perhaps to be enforced by the
bayonet, whether or not a Northern
man has right to live in a Southern
State2 Ifthis be a serious question. as
recent events have shown us it is, it is
high time that Grant should not only
be Commander-in Chief of the army,
but that he should be President of
the United States. Applause. And
this brings me to a brief review of the \
candidates presented to the people,
Seymour Kisses You all know. L
know him we |. Laughter He
says his friends have plunged him
into a sea of trouble. + voice.
Watermelons." [ suppose they
sent him one, because they knew he
was addicted sometimes to melon
choly. Laughter. | say | know
him well, and | am not here to
disparage him in any unjust sense. i
desire to accord to him all that can
be fairly claimed for him. He is Ger
tainly a smart politician; but he of
tener outmaneuvers his associates
than his adversaries. Laughter
His nomination was a triumph of
political intrigue, the reward Of sue
cessful politician. Governor Sey-
mour is a man of words, of phrases.
He has filed two ofiees-two local
employments-member of the Legis-
lature, and Governor of New York
never holding Office under the Federal
Government, never in Congress, never
abroad-he is distinguished for his
provincial views of pnblic affairs
His speeches, and they are almost
innumerable upon every political
topic, abound in efforts to excite dis
content against the national Govern
ment, and it is one of the remarkable
phases of his character, and of his
policy, that he seems TO have a natu-
raj hatred for the national NOvprn.
ment of the United States. His
speeches, and likewise his essays,
abound in attempts to excite national
jealousies between different sections
of our Union; and he is especially ILL
pleased with every thing that comes
from New England. and | suppose
nothing has ever displeased him more
than the recent misconduct of Maine
in the election. Laughter and ap-
plause.