New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-11
VOLUME VIII-~NO.



such persons as hold Office in States
in which they were not born. Most com.
plant has been made against members
of Congress who claim to represent one
State when the facts show they were born
in some other. From this cause it will be
seen that many of the Western. and such
of the Southern States as have Democratic
msjorities, have the most reason for com.
plant as to representation in Congress by
carpet baggers, or non natives, as they are
called in the South when running on Dem.
ocratic tickets. Yet No White Leagues are
organized in such States. and shotsuus are
kept only for legitimate uses.
Alabama has ten members Of Congress-
FIVE native and five non -native-six are Re.
publlcans and four are Democrats. Two Of
the Democrats are carpet.basgers.
California has six members. One il q
Democrat, and all are carpet.bagsers.
Connecticut has six members. Two Of
them are arpet-baggers. one OK whom
General Joseph Il. HaEley-was born in
North Carolina.
Illinois has twenty-one members. Five
Of them are Democrats. Four of the mem.
bers only are natives of the State and tit.
teen are carpet:baggers; two are put down
a. nativity not known. and those two are
Democrats. The man who does not know
where he was born is ''non-uatiye" Of the
most uncertain type.
Indiana has fifteen members. Seven OF
them are carpet -baggers. one-Hon. J. &C.
Shanks-having been born in Virginia.
Iowa has eleven members, and all are
carpet baggers. One OF them was born in
Scotland.
Kansas has five membess. Five Of the
i've are carpet-baggers, one Scotchman.
Kentucky has twelve members. and all Of
them are Democrats. Three Of the twelve
are ''non-natlye." We use the tern. mon.
native" in Difference to the feelings Of the
straight Bourbon. who is Bourbon still,
though not bowling on his native heath.
Louisiana. who stands to-day disgraced
by White Leagues and murderers. has six
members of Congress. Its Senator, Hon. j.
3. West, is 4 native Of this State. The Rep.
sesentatiyes in the last Congress came to
this State with the Union army at a time
when the White Leaguers who are
in arms today were fighting against
the United States. and God willing
they intend to stay here. having earned in
battling for tho Union right to i've in any
one Of its States.
Maine has only one carpet.bagser out Of
seven members. and he is a man by no
means despised At home or abroad. We
allude to the Hon. James G. Blaine.
Speaker Of the House, who was born in
Pennsylvania.
Maryland has eight members. among
whom are two carpet-baggers, or non.
natives, both from Virginia. aud ono
Democrat.
Massachusetts has thirteen members,
with three ca,petbaggers-one from Viz.
ginis.
Michigan has eleven members. and nine
Of them are carpet Uasgers. No ku-klux
reported in that State.
Minnesota has tive members. and not one
OF them is native Of the State he repre-
sents. The war On carpe. bagsers there is
not SO deadly as in the South.
Mississippi is in the same condition, with
q mitigating circumstance. Out of eight
members seven are carpet baggers and one
non.native. The Hon. L. z. &. Lamar. the
nou.natiye and Democrat. was born in
Georgia. The Hon. John Il. Lynch. one of
the carpet. .baggers, was born in Louisiana
Missouri has thirteen carpet -baggcrs out
OF fifteen members. Seven Of the carpet.
baggers ars Democrats, not including the
Hon. Carl Schulz. ,ron. Germapy. wiz" calls
himself Liberal Republican when making
Democratic speeches.
Nebraska has three members, all carpet.
baggers excep. one. He is uon-native-a
Democrat from Maine.
New Hampshire has five members, two Of
whOlh are carpet.baggers.
New Jersey has nine members, with six
Republicans and only one carpet basser.
New York is more mixed. 1t has in Con.
g,ess thirty five members. twelve Of whom
are carpet bagsess. Fiv, of these carpet.
baege.s are Democrats, two Oi the gentle.
men h:i!ing from Ireland. one :roin New
jersey; Fernando Wood. who counts one.
from Pennsylvania. and. lastly. one from
Ohio. The gentleman from Ohio is Hon.
Sunset Cox, a sun which rose in Che West
and SGT in the Esst--all wrong, sou see.
Mr.. Cox i, wha: may be called travelling
Representative; he served rs q member Ut
Congress from OHIO, and ii our White
Lraguers are successful ia cOH trolling e!ec-
tions. i is not impossible that lie may DO
ecn'e - Repre- sentative from Louisiana.
North Carolina h..~ only three Republican
lnembcrs Out vi seven, Dut all are natives
Of the State.
Ohio has seven carpet. .basgers out OF
twenty two nem"crs. Out oi the seven
are three Democrats; one ct the Democrats
il non native. coming ir"m Virginia.
Oregon has three me,.hers. Two Of
Shem are Democrats. and sll arc carpet
baggess.
Rhode Island has four ns mbers, two Of
whom are carpet bagsess.
South Carolina hss only two carpet.
. basgcss out Of. s!1 members. Ali aco Re
publicans.
Tepnesree has four carpet basgsrs out OF
twelve members.
TcxA- las eight members q! Congress. all
carpe, bag gers. Six III them are Democrats.
Lailins from Georgia, Mississippi, Aiaha,na
and other S.ases.
West Virginia has five members. Three
Of them are Democrats OIc Of the D.,nO-