, 1874-10-24
Ohamberlaine, the Last Of tho Car
pet-Daggers.
What Ex~Gov, SCOTT Says.
A Reign Of Willfsl Waste and Wo1El
Want,
Etcf7ings OF centIpedes.


but quito distinct from tho class Of earpet'bag-
gers IN tho noxt Stats.
TIE p7aTIEcT1oS.
Toxab, Tennessee. n1id Aiohama Tefe' ID 1no
main, ecal}anaegcd ulat ~, possessed by
noarly coual numbor OF Confederate ronegades
and uatiYo unionists, polling tho negro Toso and
xegniug py military and militia.
TenncsBce raY put under by her own people,
bouo os l,cr bono and flesh OF her lloua but TIM
yibaictjyo tcmpor Of Tarsou Brownfow could not
porpu. hts Rebel and rouegadu successor, Stokes,
to bo elected to tho 0oserrorship. Tue SSow1'-
low ulilitta diatanded, tho Commonwealth Bpfan8
,,p l:ko papling when tho hoop Is removed from
il. MD NO hnye lived 70 500 Brownlos ngHlnst
tho Civil.nighta bin, tho Stete Government 6up
pressing Ku-Klux OF itself. md tho moulory Of
thu Brpwulow rulo is merely tho episode Of q
faction.
Toxaa Was Reizcd by desporado. bred among
her people, aul held BY Ills mounted police until
. vast Immigration froru tile other Southern
Statea respectfully masscd around Linn, and thcif
suGragcs, expressed at tho polls, tho Federal
Government lad to recognize.
Alabama, lilo North Carolina. had q large
lumber Of N*ligB and Unionlsts, whoso lovo for
tho Confelcsacr raH but ga.n-deep. They 'sero
organized by two Union oTicess,-WatTen md
Bpuncer, who carno together to tho Senate,
<,aarrclod, aud Speuccr cxpunGod WarTon, and.
1y dcxtrous campaign, carried the State fatty
1T la7a 10 10 no;' culia, for troops and Bpread-
iug stoeias Of outragcs which Indicate thns Ao ID
r1pectiug to lose It.
In Arkansas. tho carpet-baggers may DO da-
nominated Laul-Ptraios. 1nLousiana. they are
,Fi!ibuatezs, secretly suppostca fcotn Washing
ron. In Georgia, they aero counteroitcrs OF
bonds and torgcra Of scrip. Ia South Carolina,
they come under tao head OF
aRASu-LARcEST THIEVES.
Let nc illustrate tho cgnc i'll this Stetc:
Tho onl us tho War founa South Cnrofina's ma
tire white population eln.osr hope!esHly sitnaea'
financially aud socially. Thousands Of people
wero living, like the Goycrn1uont animals, OH
Quartonnns.ess' corn. No crops wero ra'Bel to
spchk Of tho ar1nS Of occupation Lad lite to ao
but Riyo nla.a. so little politcs was there that
a Rebel General mud ). Rebel Senator divided tho
Eu1rrsyes, aud Mr. Orr was elccted over Wado
Hampton.
In ond around TIC State Con stitutionnl Con-
yentioa wcro boheld, for tho frat timo, the men
vito vuro to 1.-Two upon the suifacc FOR while.
Tho military head Of the State, 7. Z. Scotia
tall, Aoril. Buckeye soldier, under middle lHe,-
wac naturally selected for Governor. az ho had
EQ4uuAuCN0 Al1lEt lllt fA1AeEA t%AS
of tl1e Commonwealth. He is still residing in
Columbia, md appeared to mo to bo in bettcs
oaor there ti,=u any other Immigrant. partly
heeapno 10 is not happy with tho King Thicll has
anccecded him, aud parity because ho ia regarded
se somewhat tho victim Of tho shrowd rasca!s
around him.
TA1E WITH GOV gccrT.
:, Like Chief~5uatlco Waite, 1npsnchcr Ashley,
\ l.F+, NJ Enf1 ffnY
tie Toledo District, and Ills fatEcr and Gen.
Winfield Seos: wcrc cousins. He is caat in
Scotia gtature, 0 feet high, atraight and strong.
and moro formidable, should think, zor military
than Tor crn LILO. Said he:
''The cause OF all my mietortunes in this
State uas commenting to run ssain for Governor
Tia. Legislature, stcaSi:y growing unEeasrciu'
zn!o and corrupt, dctcrmiued TO break laose after
re had 3 pecoul timu ca,ried tho Htete, and, for
tho laet two Ycnra OF my Administration, wero
bont upof, i1npcaahlnH, traduciu,, aEd, il Aeees.
usry, Gksa:si1,stlug Mo. And I DO not belis;e
that al,y Governor can regulate shia Stase Mill
such Legialature. ....
During nlr Official terra. 7 male more votoef
thsu nil tho othDr Administrators III tbiA cotll1.
hy together; And for every veto received
nea.iy hushel Of nnpnyaaols lattext.--thls
being ts7ortte way Of expressing the alllMad-
vorsious Of tileao iaacalA Fiu9lly, as sou lusow,
They dill produce articles vi itncachusant. ano
sd1on1nel. I suninouna them together III
startly, on tie plel tast chargbs Of much 1nagnt.
1ule should be tried at once. go that MI MI.
worthy CA.f- -5iag.sTstp should not te insG,asted
NTH power a moment beyoNt bis impeachment
By the t1rms of tho Constitution. could have
ordered a new election i they failed to 1neoi
within specified time. TheJ voted and aluna
sva aa afsss ~ Term p 9xpSs 9leo1 sls1
House, ~ 'Teior1n candldsto aXainst N,
atyie of gcyernnsnt-"
I asAod tho Governor whom ho held reeponsi
bic for Legislative corrnrtiun.
venerally, nrc very poor mud cnsily bought up
Whittemoro and Bowen Nero the principal ls
eals In my period. In short, yo!l haye Les'aln
turo ready to E's purchased; fen personn pnr
rhasa it, oftea1 'ts'S stato funds 20 90 ths WoIs
with, or getting it troul banks aud hsuaols ng!l
here, nntige md importcd. 'flo proportion Q
surt,1utiou is Indicated by tic capo with wllol
my veto wss repeatedly over-rltiaan.
"1wi]l toll you, !" r'd seoss, "a1l lnstanco Of
Al srArG GOVERNOR al1.SAcEo WITH RIOT
and dcash by tho elected Legislature OF hln ow
patty, for refuLl!lS to let shonl rob.
"rho LogialAsute, in 1871. undertook to Sc
out OF tho Treasury, for tlcmGolvcH, the stna Q
&zoo,voo equal 70 the na!a'y Of = Mennes y
Bill! Of $l25. 900, and. after It paspetl tle o.
Crosse,a, clerks, boRaes, etc., coply Erote 3l45
ooo npto tho an,onn: Of 32d5, tDo Huhpactin
that they we're doapera:o. nHl would :.tEs'naI
" tula E5lGtsItQ 4NS0 -t2A =
onices tho night before, aI,u soo6ed at tho Al
proprlatiot. ! then yetool tho bill wthol
abusive Language, sag;ug: I nollose tho men
bers OF tho General Assembly will ti,eInsolyt
correct nn orror that uauht hsvo c1apt Iuto II
I'LL caudentinoly OF its enrolment
''Tho nczt day, AZ proceeded to tho Capito
Tho anembels stoua in f-ons,-Doaeu aud til
lko amongst theu.,-blac!i Cd aasasgina. l W.
prepared tc tefcnd myseIf. Int, btyoud oarso
and nluttertngs, they attempted nothing"
asked the Governor about Tic bill of furn
turo fur tAe Homo Of Representatives,
"Weu," ho Iail. "1oan z. Denuia. who
now on tho outnido Of tho ronitont,ay-. Al Wa
den, iustoati Of inside, was appointed by ii
Legislature to buy tho iur1.l snrc. Tie b;llg We
puI down by tho furmtare-mon Tar abo,
coat but, even then, they undo only a5U,U d.
which tho Com1attioa Aaosol up tu AD5.lU
Ehat can sou expect OF q t4egis!ntt.ro where Il
.oBt OF All investigation into eieotion uuuds
vne placo IL sao, ,Uy3, and tho Chairman lo,uacs
tpsv er nucs,iotD Oh The grounl thss he wuu
:riuiuaio himself ?"
Io.n, QUESTIONS.
"Wcl Governor, Whit do sou think Of
uegro a. It. eleesor ana votars"
1le IL too uhort uf memory, both IN era
tpde aud !eaentMens. II this state, vast nu
be, Of noElocY desire to tiye By oh!ce. and til
will tallc it from anylodY. nptrchena Il.
uyaf,tunfit t]tN iHpry,nH tsi}1 NaD tiIaulHttYaH