, 1870-05-14
WASHINGTON.
Its Enterprises and Demands for
Aid.
The Mississippi Leyees.
Fifty Millions OF United States
- Bonds.
A Gigantic Riparian Corporation.
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WAsuNarox, May p.
Not the least portentous Of lzte develop
ments in Legislation iB the aggressive attitude
OF the South. Caxpet-bagging has not only
turned into public life d set of unscrupulous
aud avaricious neyociarals who otherwise would
never have become possessed Of power or con-
eideradon but 1t has also taught the late
rebel people q kind Of loyalty which Is; IL
possibls, worse than rebellion itself. mean
= sincere affection for the Union for the sake
of it's pccket-book, q re-en]isting under the
flag because it waves over nchIreasury, and
= cheerful, spontaneous and inspiring cheer
for peace and nationality, in which you can
hear the clink Of metal distinctly.
THE REVIVED SOUTH.
We have got the Southern people to rally
around the Union, but they mean that the
Union shall entertain them well. And the
aiens are plain aa fate that We are upon tho
eve Of voting such subsidies and Inducements
to the South ss ahau equal the building Of the
Pacific Railroads. Both the carpet-bsgging
element and the rebel element are ag1sed that
the government must "aheu out.h The
former element is now saying to the Repubd-
can party: uYour money Or ,our 4fe!" Ih7
latter is about to Bay to the Democratic party:
"H you oppose ua in our demands foz prsci-
ca1 help, we Will abandon you." Between par
tJ rivalry, they will manage TO get in, and you
may eettle it in your mind that they will get in,
for grenter- or less; they mean to make the
nation do one, and perhaps two, things put
their Iail1oads upon changed and unified
basis, and rcpajr their river srstem.
At the present time there is q wido and
powerful sentiment abroad through al the
South, led by the property y-holders and the
business people, to mako politics subordinate
to ava1ice. There is really no political life at
all in the South. The passions Of tho people
are dead, and q dark, sinister, and settled
cupiditY, very ike maiignity, has overcome
the hot temperament Of tho Southerners. This
feeling IN some cases is comparable to that Of
the husband who ia willing TO make money out
OF lis dishonor, and yet hstes thesmau who
pays him At any rate, there 's No party 1 OF
il not even faction there which can assne
that name. From Virginia to Arizona, the cry
is, "Spend! apend! Make the United States
Government build up the wasted land! Stuff
the ren,a md gaps with greeubacks! Borrow
from Uncle Sam! Join the party Of internal
g1ess, and offer: nliance with any interests
which will como orer, and steadfast opposition
to any scheme that does not include us!"
cARPEr-HA0 CAUCUS AND REnH LonBE-
Ihavc advised you Of the fact that thero is
. regular caucus Of the ca1pet-baggefs main
tained here, and that it has already issued a
manifesto resolving to support the Southern
TranB- Continental or Fremont Railroad, Rnd
is willing to consent to give subsidy to the
Northern Pacific Road by way OF tEade: Prac-
tically, the few Southern Democrats in Con-
gress do not differ from the carpet-baggers-
they are ut least no better; and the South now
musterH in tho Lower House of the Legisla-
ture nearly sixty votes, not counting Kentucky
with nine, nor Missouri with nine. Beginning
with this powerful docket OF votes, every ono
reserve strcEgth Of the South is a power
part Of the respectabiiity and ability
Of tho South. Beaurcgard, Harry Nc
Combs, Malone, Joe Johnston, and who
ever else by past services, int1epidity and
commercial enterprise can be made effcncious.
This lobby is 4 sort Of academy of the South,
with corresponding members in all the great
cities, and it has been silently at work all
winter to get the carpet-baggers organized, to
induce them to yield their personal and local
and practicable plan of making Congress
throw one hundred millions Of bonded credit
into the South, upon which money can be
raised in Europa.
The arguments Of these men are Bpecious
and shrewd: They Say; The government has
given railroad across the continent to the
middle belt of cihea and States We need help
to keep US from perishing. and although
We made = crop Inst year, which Gave
the country the balance Of trade against Eu-
rope, and sent gold down to the lowest decimal
premium, yet We had hypothechted nearly the
whole valne Of our cotton and sugar in ostlcr
| to ret start, and I'll the profit went to New
York. Chicago, Boston aud Europe. We have
no money, and will mover be independent un-
I less tho government lends rs its credit to Dor
row upon, and then our staples, cotto1-whch
| is stiff hng-sugar and rice, will enable us to
repay the money loaned, and to be prosperous
| again. The South has suffered to the brink OF
| extinction. Thero are precedents for giving
us aid, and VIC expect to make that aid the
lam well aware Tint within. reek thero
| has arrived here, fresh from Louisiana and
Mississippi, number Of gentlemen not to be
described ns carpet-baggers, but rather Of the
old solid clahs Of Southern planters, lawyers,
and many Of them e1-rebal digmta1ies, who
| have had the intelligence to zee that We live in
the en- OF what are called Irrational works, y
and who COME to present TO Congress huge
scheme Of restoring the leTees OF the lower
Mississippi by obtaining goyernment endorse
tnent and loan of credit. Their project has
Of lofty rssposabhty agsssttsFa ssst Fa,,1y p
l
Of learning. It has already been presented
here with prince1y circnmspectness Anc
refreshing huutetu, and, having re-
Gently captured the Democratic party,
and the caspetbsg vote together, It mas A.
ready addressed itself 70 the sumss metse 1a esee
ntive and Legislative character Iogether le
us beat this ample heid; t1y what inc open
what tho covert yield .-.. W,
| THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IEEEE COMPANY.
This new concern bears the title above, ant
comes duect itom inc olate eapte4 VI Loualat9
where only one mon5n aFo II Was 6asen - vi. ~
State: It comes W'thopt aRpaeent ensmie 81 "
from It's own secuon, anu y nslo.oin, ~ ,as W.
more formidable, because - gtesenta ~ 9uSs tS
ton fquarey,-d pM e1as W " ~ -
character o1 ite princapAs ona m9 ~ !; II
with the policy OF loanlng me naoonn a GIea1 q
ready"
The pamphlets, Arguments, authorities, etc
already put out By the Levee Company indicst
tbe employment Of unusually ahrewd an
plausible agents BY this organization
In order to show you the basis IL figares g an ~
veIop, will summarize them 1t ia claime
that 4 region OF country along the MISSISSIPPI
md its tributaries, covering more than twent
millions Of acres, is at present submerged,
, so lndinerentiy pTotectedby the present leTee'
that every year the planters are Threatened
:, ions Of acres have been divided by Unite
States engineera into four separate districts
First. The country below Red River; seYe
and 4 half millions Of acres;
Second- Tbs land between Arkansas and Rk
River: aix millions Of acres;
Third. the Yazoo basin OF mississippi
four millions Of scres.
, Fourth. The Saint Francis basin Of Arknl
a.a and Mieaonr; tbrea millions OF acres.
, 0e'o ''AA A'11~1s e.-...,.-
TIE 4hao1INI
This al1uvIA lAnd, It Is clalmeo, ls toe 11ene
l | on the earth, and the best adapted 1or cotto
sugar, molasses, and other Southern staples