Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-07-15
The " Carpet-bagged " south.

The Washington correspondent of the
Chlcago Tribune, the leading organ of the
| Western Republicans, writes yoIuminons
letter to that paper about what he calls
" The Scalawagged States" He takes
them up one after another and shows how
they have been abused, swindled, pillaeed
and dlsgraced by their new and unprinci-
| pied rulers. OF North Carolina he saws
| The scalawag ring of Joe Holden, De
wecse, Abbot, Jenkins and G. W. SVEN.
son have increased the debt of North Car
oHha since the peace SO, 100000. The
| bonds OF the State have declined to TWEEN
ty-hve cents on the dollar. The Supreme
Court OF tbs State has repudiated $12.
OUV.O .OOO OF this fraudulentIy negotiated
debt, particularly the Chatham railroad
ponds. The debt of the State is upwards
ol Sto, ,OO0, OOO the new portion almost en-
tirely raised for railroads of which not
more than one has ever been built mile.
4hc bonds OF the road have been sold. and
the money sunk amongst the legislators
and cOrporators.
Ills personal sketches of these worthless.
and their spoliations and general miscon,
auct, are racy IN the extreme. OF Louis
lana he says :
The State CT Louisiana, since the peace.
has increased it's debt SI8. OOO. 600. It's
whole debt is about $27, 1000, 600. Its bonds
are worth siTty-fve cents. The city of New
Orleans has special debt of excessive
amount besides. The ring in this State is
composed of Yarmouth the Governor.
General Lee of New York, General Nc
Mlillan OF OHIO, one Fish, and Michael
Hahn, native.
he also sketches the members of this
ring at length.
VI tennessee he saws
ans State has the meanest delegation in the
House OF Representatives at Washington.
headed by Roderick r. Butler, who kept
his seat In the House after having been
pronounced unworthy of it, like the Rev.
Mr.. DImmesdale, who preferred TO preach
IN the pilIory. It's debt has been Increased
tWo-thlrds since the war by jobs and ex-
penditures to keep up non-representatiye
rule, and IN its entirety now amounts to
700, 600, 900. It's bonds are worth 40 cents.
although a recent 'buIl' movement ran
them up to 60, where they cannot stand.
lie describes South Carolina, under it's
present management, as "the State of
ChieVery," but says its finances have been
''skiJfully managed"
Reconstruction" and adds ''The debt of
the State has been increased for enter
prlslng ends, and still the State bonds
stand above par
He says that Florida is ''carpet- -bapped
md scalawagged to despair by tthe Reeds,
GleasOns and uamiltOns who ride her"
Ills account of Virginia is as follows:
Forty millions of debt, honestly met on
interest day with three per cent. cash, and
three per cent. in certificates, readily CON
Vertable into cash--this is the State of the
Did Dominion. An honorable man for
Governor, too conservative to do all the
work he might two Senators of different
politics, both of good character, and
people with the aptness to learn and re-
;Over, this State demonstrates the power
IF the ballot, exercised without national
Interference, to make us land of rich and
Iirtuous commonwealths again.
The following extracts aIc made from
his letter
The whole policy and sole hope of the
olunder set in the South is to invent and
spread diaE0lical stories Of massacres,
murders, rapes, masked batteries, etc.,
,tc., and under cover of these lies to call
}ut the militia, and keep the better popu-
ace by intimidation from the polls. This
s tho game. This is the device. The OBJ
Get is entirely vulpine.
We cannot have q good govern
nent in this generation until we acknow-
edge that every gray uniform and every
blue uniform has an influence and
place in the body poIitic. Itia
such is the contrariety of human
nature, and such the consistency of re-
publican government, that the men capa-
ole Of the highest performances as rebels,
re also capable of the highest good as re-
tored citizens. General Grant did not
axe Mr.. Whittemore to be Attorney Gen
raj; he took q rebel staff officer, and, if il
lad been possible, and he had taken
ebel officer Of much higher rank for the
anne place, he would probably have done
better thing.
Z To restore the United States in
he South without the men who live there.
iii be as long work as was the building
p Of the kingdom of Prussia by killing all
he pagan Prussians. It took four hun
red years, and the conquerors had grown
bad as pagans.
= Z Since the war closed not one lead
ng rebel has broken the law. In all the
istorted and exaggerated reports of vio-
ance at the South they have not named
ne rebel General as perpetrator. Alas !
or some of our Generals, rewarded in the
gratitude of the people be-
ond their merits It is sure that the
men in the Radical politics of
many States in the South are without pre-
edcnts, principles or pride. They are
ot worthy to be expOnents of the Repub-
can party OF the North. Their motto is
ule or ruin Their correspondents, sup
orters and fellow craftsmen in Washing
on arc Oliver p. Morton, Senator, and
'eDIanln +. Butler, Representative.