The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-27
CARPET-BAG VARIETIES.

THE COMMERCIAL SoRT-THE ARKANSAS GE-
NUs-PoKER JACK M'CLURE-HIs INTER
VIEW WITH LANDAULEr WILLIAMS.
Buell., of the st. Louis Republican, writes
from Chattanooga TO his paper: As to the
genus carpet-bagger, there are several spe-
cies. nearly all of which are represented by
types in this convention. The best known
species is that represented here by Spencer,
of Alabama, the type to which Kellogg,
Moses, and that ilk belong-that is to say,
what might be called the CONNER
are too well known to require recapit-
ulation. Then there is the fighting carpet
Dagger. This animal is radically distinct
from the commercial Species and has never
fiourished outside the State of Arkansas.
AS rule, the carpet-bagger of the South has
rankest cowardice and personal poltroonery.
He has been adroit at manipulating the
votes and moulding the opinions of
the colored brother. He has affected relig-
ion and philanthropy. He has managed to
present himself to the gaze of the people OF
the North in the attitude of martyr. But
he has always been non-combatant. A
Whit of smoke sends him hustling into
the nearest custom house. A half dozen
boys out on a fox hunt terrify him into
calling for "more troops" And so on. This
is is the sort of carpet-bagger we find in
Il
Spencer. But the Arkansas carpet-bagger
is different breed altogether. He affects
neither religion nor philanthropy. A har.
dened sinner, he glories in his depravity
and SCOTS at hypocrisy. But he has nerve
and is game. There is Mcclure. Poker
Arkansas carpet-bagger. The best il
Illustration 1 can give of McClure's
character is by describing an inter
view between him and Attorney
Gen. Williams last winter, after
the administration had acted in favor OF
Baxter. Mcclure came to Washington with
his blue eyes full of blood. The opinion OF
the encouragement had struck him in the
region of the diaphragm, and to say he was
mad would be to draw it very mild. He
went up to the department of justice and
demanded to see Williams. That
Chief Justice Mcclure of Arkansas
he began, "and have read your opinion on
the case recently decided by the president.
Now. sir, 1 wish to say that the papers on
which you based your opinion and which
you refer to as having been certified to you
by the clerk of my court are either forged OF
garbled." "What do you say, sir?" asked
THE AsToUNDED ATTORNEY GENERAL.
He had been accustomed to the behavior oil
carpet-bagger, but there was one playing
the bully. 1t was incomprehensible to the
attorney general. "I say, sir" replied the
imperturbable Mcclure, shat 1 believe
those papers are either forged, or that new
matter has been interpolated in them; and
ton of your department and the known
character of yourself incline me to the belief
that these frauds have been enacted in your
Office and by your instigation or comm.
vance," "What do you mean, sir?" gasped
the breathless Williams. ''I mean just what
i Il null Mo0l ofi oc az q a
frigerator, "and want to see the originals o.
those papers which you claim have been GER
titled to you by the clerk of my court
81 have sent them to the Senate, sir" sale
Williams. "You talk like man who is ly
ing" said Mcclure. "In fact, sir, 1 bellows
upon it, you are id liar, sir
Original papers are never sent 10 the
| Senate or the House except by spe
cial demand for them. The resolution
of the Senate in regard to these papers
called for copies, and copies were sent. YoJ
do not wish me to see the originals, sir, fol
fear that will detect the interpretations thai
have been perpetrated in your Office. be-
lieve you have been bought up in this mat
ter, SIR" At this Williams turned ant
left the room. His chief clerk Their
came up to Mcclure and said: "I re
gard your remarks as a personal in
suit to myself" $50 to hill" said Mcclure
'sYou don't know the difference between al
insult and an apology. There is not a mar
in this department who is capable of resent
ing anything. Don't talk to me at all, sir.
Then Poker Jack stroked his long beard
walked up and down the room for few
minutes and took his leave. Well, that il
the sort of carpet baggers the people of Ar
kansas have to deal with. Men who know
neither scruple. conjunction, nor fear
They mean to revolutionize the State ovel
again. They are proceeding about in yer,
systematic way. And they will make {
deal of trouble before they are disposed of.