The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-13

The w Hly InakeS SpeCiei pea Ill az
tempted justification of its continuous abuse
of all that is not Virginian, and of all who
are not native born Virginians and Demo-
Gratis. Horace Greeley, whose political
actions have been with the Whig, a con-
slant theme of denunciation, is now an
authority, whose language is made stand
ing matter, and standing text for dia-
tribe, in its columns. Doubtless Qor the
editor Of the Wing is ian honorable
many, there is somewhere in the brain of
that stern moralist hair-line of distinction
drawn between the immigrant, who brings
thousands Of dollars into the State for in
vestment, and the hard-working man, who
brings his courage, brain, and sinew for
the purpose of creating wealth for himself
and the Commonwealth, by judicious ex-
penditure of his capital, his courage,
brain and sinew; bnt such distinction is
never made visible in its columns.
The only line Of distinction, whichis ever
made apparent by the Wing, between. car
pet-bagger and settler, is the political line
of demarcation between Republican and
Democrat, except that indicated in the fol-
lowing extract from Its article of Septem-
Der 18th: i'oiaai,o s''ts
We are not so unjust to the Northern people
as to Judge them by the carpet baggers they have
furnished us, will we be SO insulting to the
honest settlers who come here to dwell, to cast
their fortunes with our people, and TO earn their
bread by the sDeot Of their bro,os as to ken them
| to carpet-baggors. These are not carpet-bag-
gers, although the Gazette chooses 80 to stigma
, tise them. We respect and welcome all such,
let their politics be what they may. Virginia is
open to them, whether they choose to come sin
gly or in companies fg5s,s- ss{f
The Whig is too truthful to deny that
all persons who have settled in Virginia,
no matter if "the first thing they did was
to buy land and build houses" and re-
fused to acknowledge allegiance to Southern
Democracy, or stultify their citizenship by
absolute negation of national politics, have
been ostracised as soon as their purchases
were made and payment secured; while il
their convictions of duty were strong, and
they decided to exercise their rights as citi.
zens of the United States as well as citi
zens of Virginia, andibelieving Republican
: principles true, advocated, and, so far as in
: them lay, enforced those principles; instead
f Of being severely let alone Ia favorite ide'
g with the Dispatch they are severely stig
matized, and mscrupulously maligncd.
5 But the Wing states and its statemen
!, should receive due credit-that if ney
corners "earn their bread by the sweat 0
their brows," It does not consider then
: carpet-baggers. NJ wv
(, Virginians are qualified for Office by ma
e ture, as poets for versifcation-,,ascit,,
n non. fill. saR y .s.a asg Is
( It is all right and proper that Virginian
; should migrate wherever led by their tow
# sweet will" and float or climb to offic
: wherever an opening is found, or can b
d made; but the Old Dominion is reall
n sacred soil, and no audacious intruder mus
n interfere with the exclusive prerogative {
e office-holding, which inheres in Virginians
q AS docile toilers, the Wing informs settler
+ ''they will be welcomed with open arms !;
81 but when their sacriligeous hands woul
lie reach to the crib Of Office, the Whig OF
claims with Macbeth:
d "Approach thou, like the rugged Russian bear,
h The armd rhinoceros, or the Hyican tiger
q Take any shape but that"
! Will tho Wing, if it has any other lii
4 of distinction between carpet-bagger al
!. settler, make it known to the public, tn
- bane and antidote may both be presented
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