Wilmington journal., 1875-08-20

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rb,. Washington City National Re
,,;.o,, is quite hcnstfni i'll it+ utter
.s ii. nj tie quality Of the "Eatlve
=. IL thr lnrke nF lta party II
m (rrrIla. AZ d the Intelligence
,aura.lclt Of a large element of its
c,.ztr@mr
qL. hI,o,i cf H"li"r' cc"rding to tht
r.onblirl,,. and "f ii"ss' and B'"Rdr
,I,rrk.,r, ard settle. ana isrHdt, ar'!
r,...I,nnn, and Moore. ana l>''dGcr. and
p,,,,r, - su.le If the best natIv'- blood
>orth CrrulInn, association with
l;.l, i the result OF mem >ership III
tre R;.Iicnl party. But it is not the
.,,,a blood alone that makes the Rc
..,ILcun cry out in admiration and
I.Gcht The carpet baggtr, too, is
,ro,tIy Of much commentator.
II - true the H,puhiicut does not
-..,..l; If tlio carpet Dagger as II blood
Il animal. but then it Is mn rXcceding
,.u-rful one. Says tfnt paper:
Tbr au-clllrd ''cnrpct-haggerh" ar"
,..r Of ,xr ptionAIIy good character,
-,.l Lovt. won the unwilling respect IT
trrir opponents by years of honest de
..,nu to the bt st interests of the
,,.o,,le among whom they have taken
T., ,thcir residence. Among these are
sncL men a. Messrr k"ogn and Bali,
e fGreersborO, French and Canudy, Of
Wilmington, and others. too nIIm"r-
M tn mention, who are entitled to
c.r,id.ratlou as Iuiiic-splrlted citl-
a.ns vho,r solid worth would enable
rt.r, tn deserve, if il did not win, the
r,-rr,t of any community.
And whnt ms b,como of Messrs.
Tourgco und Finvial Foster aud Alb
bottg Are they not carpet baggers,
who have done the party some service?
Ala-l that such eminent specimens of
tI.ir kird should have fallen INTO the
uDdIstir guiehcd mass "too numerous
10 mention.
Whnt has Mr.. French done to en-
title Liza to such prominence i'll Radical
estimation? MessCs. Tourgee and
Abbott were, as well as he, mem
bcrs the Infamous COnvC utiOn of 1868
And was not Abbott, AS well as French,
concerned in that little "epeculatiou"
on the rise in State bonds, spoken Of
in the Fraud Report? And was it not
TourCce :hut told that touching,
truthful little story about the fifteen
dead negroes i'll one mill-Pond?
And will Rny ono dare dispute FInv-
ia Fosters right to the loftiest
round in the ladder of Radical
fame, that very benevolent, very large
hearted man who went into the en-
baimiug business directly after the
Val in order to soOtho grief-stricken
families at the North 10y sending them
for IA consideration the deud bodies of
their friends, killed in battle And
il he did occasionally send body
With the wrong leg or tho wrong uruI
eat OH. WAS that bis FAULTY Could lie
til which arm or which leg to cut oil
un!oss the tuIniiy WIS particular i'll its
description OF the body it desired ?
AID is thus any reason why MIR. French
BhouId be mentioned and he not? We
protest against such tuvOrItism.
And then, too, what Ignorance, to
Pass Mr.. C,nady as ii carpet bagges
We had tEouGht if there was any
specimen Of the scaIlawa2 pure and
simple i'll North CmoIi:4u, that Mayor
CM1ady was the nan. We protest
against his byiug taken from among
the hooded stock and put with the
common herd. He belongs with such
lliustrious native h!oods as EOdmnn
and Holden and Reade
Let Justice be done though the
heavens fall.