Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-07
Franz BLAIR WAS 4 CARPRf.BAGCEp IL
lNniANi IN 1855,

Northern mn who are in the South
trying to make living. He stigma.
ties them as Carpet Baggers. In
his speeches in the South his b,,
sad much against this class of men
and in the report of the inter,isv
with him at st. Louis, had bv ons
OF the reporters Of the Republican"
a Democratic sheet, the subject "a
again dwelt upon, and the evil ~
Carpet Baggers in mississippi, Sc.
cording to his story, the Carp..
Baysers have been gotten rid O.
and in these he claims the necros,
vote the Democratic ticke.and reec.
. I'd quiet reigns, &c. &c. What,
blessing that must be, TO &c, Il,
negroes to vote the Democroro
ticket. or course any intelEccp,
man In the country knows the pm.
pose for which all this abuss Ct
Northern inch is uttered by Blair
and his o-confederates in H..
work vi defamation, but everyboj,
may not know the bold end bar.
faced effrontcry Of this man !,
making these charges aSains, Nort..
ern men. Why, the fellow carpo,.
bagged himself down here in 1856.
and painted cotton with msp nv
III; name OF Alexander on H..
Marshall place. little below Iii.
liken's Bend, OH the Louisiana ST..
Of the Mississippi River ;and, VIA,
is more, he cared so little for bs
financial credit, or ks standing a
man, that he lett the place q. The
end OF the year without even pawn,
off his lands, and they have no.
been paid to the best Of our know.
ledge and belief up to this day. It
il well understood thst be sank,
large sum Of money which b. PIC.
badly still owes somebody for, but
whether he does or not it is e.r.s:n
that he left the country without
paying his hands. What he mar
owe tc merchants (, supplies, orto
banks for money, We know nothing
about, and say nothing about, bit
what he owes to the 1eor as s:.o
did his work we do ksow some,
thing about, for HG Sc; the inioFna.
ton from gentleman living in this
neighborhood row, tn. who WAS
perfectly familiar with l'l4irs tran
sactioHs in 1866, fox la was then
living in Louisiana, AMI in coz.
dition to know the facts, ant vss
we'll acquainted with the plaza and
neiyhborhood where the debts weyo
contracted, and where they rems:a
,n'aid up to tbs day. Ye III.
man con be Ii tened 20 by the
Democracy Of tn, South and al &
his vile stuff about Carpet BaR9s,s
be published and rrpubiisaed n
nau~um, and then a Democrats
sheet ut 81. Louis can send are.
p ,rter have him interviewed tor the
pnrpose o! getting the stale ISLANDERS
again repeated in some new form
to again sem: broadcast over tho
country.
Blair himself wal 4 lrdicsl Ha.
publican before thu war and u4
given o command IN the Union Al
my. He was stationed near Nllli'
ken's Bend du. ing tn seige Of Eicks-
burg. 1t was then that he discover
ed the value OF the cotton lsr do OF
that section Of tho country, sons o.
which he attempted to plant IN H.
65 in the way Wa have pointed ont
1t was Blair who advised the confS'
eating of the Southern plantations
which he told bis soldiers ought 10
be given to them to occupy, Sa'"
ward for their services. he 'ee'
c ,mmended them to come SCUM
andilive after the ~s'. In o'he'
words, to carpet-bag down Sou'D'
A negro man over in Ioulslsn'
who it was understood was TO 'o''
the Democratic ticket in 1868, Was
called upon by his pemoe'a"s
friends and lmirers TO maze
speech; which he did, and following
the lead Of his white brethren IN 'Ds
same faith, denounced the eHrps',
baggers. He said he knew oneo'
this class Of fellows who he'd c'n'
down South to llans cotton WIZ
was a very bad man for he ran away
without paying Of bis hands, anu
that he owed him then for ls''O'
psrformed ON the Marsh Plaee