The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-25
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rsMr. IIof1os afesisS ios,st tns ;staAa. !.
Ever sinoa tho Ro 3sco1 notiov ~ So,,tl,

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Ever since the Radical policy Of South
ern reconstruction brought upon the
South the corrupt and inefficient rule
w!;oh ta, i; &; :. Les hee. sS eac-. cs
the Radical party and the Radical press
50 attribute all opposition to.this rule to
''disloyalty" to the Federal Government
On this point the New YbrE World says:
.'The Soutbern people wiIl aobher or
lakAt receive tardy justice, add ia full
vArdiot OF aeauittal from the charges
against. their sloyalty mado bines their
submission toithe1 Federal authority at
the close of tho wnr. = Already bone Of
tha Republicans are beginning TO make
q diatisscsis: ScfGcSs Loyalty 30 tbe car
ges!paggers aananipyaity t9|tns Fcderai
baaan, ceontpnpdedl !. 1Whehl tie people OF
ahe,Sonth have axpresasd thsif disgust
nakbaBssYts }sd fHd naaSenturers BY whom
sas ass ss p.anas5sa hand and
gaiadd,t iu uit the Radical newspApers,pA
SR@99 Sf'HI6&la kSsindt .th4isGsi6yalty
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I'VE must ,in pandor, admit thai the
RadicaIs rhate some ground for, this
charge. For, in good truth, the Federal
au}horities at Washington have createh
encouraged, abetted and sustained tE
iHterlOpiug rascals whose villainy ann
r&pacity the Southern people hav. found
too abominable for patient endnrance:'
la; the frst elections which took platb
hRder the Reconstruction Acts, the car
pea-baggers were the triumphant party;
THey succeeded by the aid of Fedefni
baSouets and terrorism. Having thus
g4tned possession Of the new State CO:
vernments, they proceeded to organiRa
carnival OF lBgalEed extoTtiou andre
berry by the most 4agrant and OUTRAGE
oas lablse of, "tRea Faxink power! AID
hsaahae the Southern II" "paople did .nndt
submit to be skinned without squirming,
they are ACCUSED Of chronic disloyalty.to
the Federal Hovernnent. ~ -.9nG'ai sI':h.'
VI But the truth is, beginning to .davn
qpon even the Northern z ls4 tIical lii 51dfad
The:tessimony infa Mr. Horace Greeley is
important. i,s,t ,l .:V. 70 :s III i. nii@ ni '
The, World, 'tefetgiuB TO Mr.. Gfeeiey's
taAltApq ls il ,sthe .thievisf asss1p5At- s1
bagge1e;. says: la uil, ,r ). tiaw ~
'9.ris., ,HssAsiey K g constrained to 40,
knDvledge'that: the carpet.bsgS State GO
vefnnpehts ate goahd dalbus dsns OF thieves;
apa Il ;iibbHo ailaY YiAtio9n S The raacality
That lew honest, men may have been
dsluded Into supporting athom. Mr.
areeley's statements fully Justify the in
dignant loathing and disgust with which
the Sohthera people regard their carpet
ryNt 10 IA Z l.
OF Intentional .dialoyalty to just nn-
come "a AFFECT and degenerate as to lick
the feet OF. auoh sconnrirsls o. Federal
bayonet have put in-transi6ut3 authority
over them. i:'h:.t.A .;,n' ....I'
':...,,r".It il. but fair to Tie Southern people
that thay should have the bhnetit of Mr..
Grteleyls end6rsemsns OF their opposi-
t7on TO- the Gfhaping, villainous carpet.
baggers. We therefore make large quo.
tationa Despite his Republican color
sssY@sata Rlsh s5aeiao6k s,sstbess
These extracts have the added weight
Whieh belongs to the testimony of apinn1
willing witnesS:n y,e4 .e-ii !. k#LttN&
".In the haysy survey given in.onv
Lincoln Hall Isl peech OF the SoHfEeeiru
situation. the persistent DemooratinDnt-
ory against 'ths oarpet- baggers' their
hypocrisy, their vanality, rapacity. 60. ~
claimed attention. No statement OF the
Southern problem would be complete or
candid which ignored this complaint.
. 'Oarpet.beg' vilfhiny was often urged as
the proyocation aud excuse OF XII Ktux
atrocity. Did such villainy exist? If
30, what was its nature Aud extent?
t,::::..We answered These questions frank,
~ aud truthfally. All those stigmatized
as carpet. baggers' are not rnscals: many
Of them are worthy, upright men, who
are obnoxious to:the ol,s plnntipg aristo-
cracy and its satellites, only .bsoaase
they are earnest. efficient Republicans.
lf'they would support and vote the
Democratic ticket they would not be 40.
counted !'oarpet-baggers' at all, though
freshrffom New England or Ohio. But
there are carpet baggers' who are knaves
and hypoerites who, making loud pro.
fessidns of zeal for Republican ascend
ancy and negro enfranchisement and
elevation, are mainly intent on fiuinE
their own. pockets from the spoil Of an
Impoverished, aunthrifty people. Aud
this kind of 'carpet-bnggsrs' have been
prominent and powerful in the legislu.