The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-11
q oTTUMwA wAPEIIo COUNTY IOWA THURSDAY il,


J COUNTY, IOWA TIL
Oarpet-13agg
Senator Warren, Of Alabama, re-
piled in the following very handsome
and humorous manner 10 Frank
Blair's charge ofCarpet bag govern
ments: y
But I desire 20 NOTES another
charge which We hear . great deal
about. The favolits name applied
70 our Southern governmeaAs BY our
Democratic friends y that e aoaFpetr
bag governments, = and the Northern
men, mostly soldiers Who went to
the South after tho war, Sfs called
soarpet-baggers." / know that be-
fore tho war, tho South was . pretty
hot place for . Northern man with
Northern ideas, but supposed that
one Of the results Of the war WAS the
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with other citixens there, including
freedom Of speech and political &C.
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Auow now Alnu,y nis Iee.ngS 70
nssI m1 aae' out am surPrlseo tnat
.h ~ s.o1.u soo1 'no ulspslagemen. o.
sn1se men, VINO were mostly SOLDIERS
:.uu Domo - wnom iolioweu -, n's iead
- Wy W e s.ns. tno IeDo"Ion' On
nolo .uMor' i1r ne mas Deen inc VIC,
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; asso :uousns 1nsI naslng ielt inc
.nJuss'oo .neivpy zone nlm' no woo,o
.os W ~ i0"uy W nseo u ~ 70 ON
't1
lomemDer : story wnlcn was
UulLsI. snfougn inc ooutn, ana WIS
S SO.... ~ onela',y 70 sne papers,
aIous sne osnstor rom missouri, ano
, mn..n a W. ~ oouDI.ess e. gro1ndless as
.nos..v. sno s'or,es 'n ~ ne neals
- .oOu. nlD 0oMIaues. Inc STORY rs,
sn.s - Pontlcal mee1ing IN the
n wnere sne senator nad
nls Pisnsatlon' ms Democratlc friends
gosa coioleo man 70 PRESIDE, as Is
s1olr ns c 80 hopes 70 get inc color.
~ wv lvl ooy Mour snd Dialr,
~. sno ~.lso Mon neu gos through
WIN 'ne'r Speocnos, wnlcn were
,argoly m"oe up o. abuse OF carpet
Dsgsers, VINO, u was ahegeo,
nau gone uown tnere 70 SPY
ous anu planoer tue isno, the COL
Oleu Pres'oene VI tue meeting
We was caileo upon Ior e speecn.-
ne sa'o ~ response snat ne en-
uorsed al tnat nao Deen sald ABOUT
sneso carpeIDsggers, tnat ne nimseH
nao Deen IN Inc employ o. . carpet,
osgger, ana nao WORKED lor MIN an
sunmer: ana the carPetoagger nao
eone Oh w,tn0ut paying nm AND,
salo ne, snlnk you must all know
MN, nave nesra ms name caiied
many LINES to.oay; they call him
FRANK niair. luAugnter.
OarpeLDaggefs are Nortnern men
living IN the south, ana are IKE men
everywnefe; tnere are some good
ana some pad among them out let
me toll tne senator, there are many
as gooo men among them as you
VIII ma among any equal number
o. men elsewhere. we have IN my
osate some OF the senator's own ofn-
GERS ana soldiers, who are all the
supporters OF reconstruction, and
VINO are IN patriotism and morality,
not IN position and ability, the
peers OF Inc senator. his gallant
ana skiiifal adJutant general, whom
ne Will wen remember, is one OF
mem; ana 40 not tnink ne, when
ne remembers his services to his
trial, his purity of private character,
wouio expect MS OLD commander, by
n a vunO SHu"' h ~ oas. any ~,
seen st. tn 81 IN Alahama as1ar .ha
war and honestly cast his lot among
tnat people ano voted as his Judg-
son..o.,s e ..:as OssIo uIm ny y
these Garnet haooers Nov lat ma
say 70 the Senator that these "carpet-
Daggers, mostly soldiers, who arc
th tho . nons. - csAve,y anI I;, nae,lsy "
Senator h;maan ara naariv ali 7
may say, almost without exception,
found upon my side OF reconstruction