The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1875-03-06

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The case Of Louisiana 10 really |
deserving. Of pity..andsrelief. Out
oi:l94 members Of the Legislature, |
more OF less. probably one-fourth
are not natives Of the State-mere
rascally Carpet-Ba born In
the North. with foreign tastes. A.
iiliations and instincts. These men
have procured, bipartisan means,
their election TO the Legislature.
and. BY uniting with the renegade
native Louisianians, they domi-
neer over the original lords Of the
soil. These evils ought to Be re-
dressed and Congress should not
allow the agonised petitions Of
,lown-tro dden Pelicans 10 fall upon
indinerent..ears. What IL Congress
for, II not 70 redress grievances
It is ~~also. .propersfOr State Legis-
latures to join in the effort to en-
ph asise. the griefs Of sister 6tates;
aud the action:of the Illinois Leg
ialature in:this respect is..worthy Of
approval.
But It is always moro influential
to make common cause In these ca
- Of usurpation. BY union great
enforce and volume IL secured, and
when grievances are Of like nature,
there IL economy in combining to
secure redress. To this end we call
tho attention Of the Springfield
Legislature to the greatest outrage
that was ever perpetrated upon
free people. To be sure. relief will
involve the dissolution Of both
houses At Springfield. But we
much mistake the temper Of the
patriots who now control affairs In
these bodies II they shall prove un-
equal to the obligation Of self.sacrl-
fice when II becomes necessary 10
sustain the great principle Of local
seli.government.
The truth 10 that Illinois Ii far
more:completsly given over to Car
pet-Bax rule than Louisiana, and
the evil is the more disgusting on
account of the insldi0us way IN
which II has managed 10 obtain .
ibothold.
The fact has come out, however.
In = little publication entitled
Legislative Manual. 1875, "just h.
sued at Springfield.
Here are srrayed the names oi
the members Of the State Legisla-
ture, their ages, occupations and
place of birth. With the two for
mer we have nothing to do. A far
mer, lawyer, doctor. preacher or
insurance man has a right to 60 to
Springfield, and help make laws II
he can secure votes enough to elect
him. The matter Of age Is also In-
different. But the nativity IL Inn
portant. We wish no Carpet-Bag-
gers in thiss.Btate to eat out our
substance, especially no Southern
Carpet -Daggers.
Illinois was admitted into the
Union In 1878, and enough time has
elapsed In which to grow all the
legislators needed ibr home con.
sumption. At least the native
born citizens Of this:State are en-
titled to their proportion Of repre-
sentation. Thercs.can be no doubt
Of that.
| But how stand the facts? In the
first place, by the census Of 1870,
Illinois had a population Of 2, $780,
sol, Of which, l.lso, ,4o7. or nearly
one-half, were born in the State.
Louisiana had at the same time q
population Of 72e,915, Of which,
5Ol 400 were born In the State. In
general terms It may be stated that
flve-sevenths Of the inha bitants of
Louisiana are native born, and
one-half the people Of Illinois.
Now, then, look at our Legislature.
Out Of fifty-one Senators, and 1853
members Of the House, making a
total Of 2o4, only twenty-nine are
natives Of the State ]; and among
the Carpet-B -BAggers thirty.four are
natives Of Southern States, chiefly
from Kentucky, Virginia and Ten
nessee. Twenty-nine out Of 2O4 Of
our Legislators are natives Of the
Statel Only one-seventh Of the
men who mako our laws are sons
ofthe soil while the Eouth Is rep
resented In our councils by vote
Of thirty.iour, or an excess Of Ave
over the total number Of native
Illinois men In the Legislature.
These startling facts demand at
tention. We do not counsel vio-
lence; although there ara trees
with limbs upon them near Spring
field, and rope could no doubt be
bought at wholesale, with q per-
centage off But, first, by all
means try moral suation. Let
these foreign gentlemen know they
are not wanted. Treat 'em to q 1T
tie social ostrlcism, snub their
children at the public schools let
the natives cut their wives and
daughters II they meet them In the