The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-21
sOUTRRRN CARPET.BAGGERa.
The ImpressiOn They Made at Cimefm'
nati--Gpecimens ef Grantism.

The lmurees1Om They MADE at C1me1ms
nati-epeeimens Of Grantism.
Cincinnati Enauirer)
The Republican Convention having
done its work, 1t will be interesting to
the country to know the character OF
some OF the men who composed 1t from
the South, many Of whom are the
leaders Of their party IN
the States they here represented, some
OF them holding intimate relations with
the President, and at least half holding
Federal Offices OF honor and trust. Inc
character OF Spencer, United states
Senator from Alabama, Is well known to
the country, and had the United States
Senate been governed by decency, or q
majority of it's members entertained the
respect they should have for themselves
and country, he would have been turned
out OF that body long ago. Spencer Is
one OF the South s model carpet baggers
He secured his election to the Senate by
bribery and by the use OF United states
funds, and his agents even drugged-as
the sworn testimony or his case shows
one and made intoxicated another MEN,
Der of the Legislature In order to pre-
vent their attendance at the session
when the vote for Senator was to De
taken, Spencer controls the Federal
patronage of Alabama, and many OF his
are men without particle
OF character. Several have been caught
from the Government.
Bloody shirt Hayes, who sold a cadet
ship, was another Alabama delegate.
From Arkansas came the carpet
bagger Powell Clayton, whose record Is
one OF jobbery and corruption, and TO
whom is due the social demoraiization
Of the State, and the political disorder
that existed there for q period since the
war. Clayton, when running for Gov
ernor, forced his election at the point OF
the bayonet, and secured his election to
the Senate In manner most discredit-
able.
VII. Gleason, OF Florida, is another
specimen Of Radicalism. He is Chair
man of the State Central Committee,
and charged with much political job
berry. He has done q fine thing In
securing mail contracts and hiring poor
negroes to carry the mails. Instead OF
paying them, he pocketed their hard
earnings. Gleason was the notorious
Governor Reeds right-hand man ln
Rev. n. M. Turner, of Georgia, was
accused OF Beecherism, but that only
elevated him In the estimation OF his
brethren.
From Louisiana came the fraudulent
Gov. w. p. Kellogg, whose record is too
familiar to bear repetition, and too hui
initiating to require it. The notorious
s. B. Packard was another meet mOrsel
of Radicalism from the same State, and
Pinchback and others composed dele
cation that might be termed both venal
and corrupt.
The notorious Gen. Adelbert Ames,
Ben Buffers son-in-law, who forced his
election by the bayOnet, and who is
morally and politically responsible for
the rascality Of Mississippi officials and
the riots and bloOdshed that have dis
tracted that State since the war, lifted
himself like Greek god In the Con-
vention.
James Heaton, Of North Carolina, q
man who lacks the respect Of his own
party--and he has no respect for him
self--was sent by negro constituency
from North Carolina. No reputable
person in North Carolina would admit
Heaton to his household. His ranting
speech, In which he sneeringly alluded
to Greeley In the Convention, and de-
Tended the tricky Senator Spencer, was
hissed by the more respectable portion
Of the Republican party. Several OF
the North Carolina delegates are men,
bers OF the Legislature Of North Caro-
fields ring, and several OF them pro-
flied by the rings plunder.
J. j. Patterson, Of Pennsylvania, who
bribed the South Carolina Legislature
to elect him to the United States Senate,
and b. +. Whittemore, carpet -bagger,
who was kicked out OF Congress for
selling a cadetship, came from South
Carolina. So MANY uncOmplimentary
things could be said about the delega
tion that we forbear. The dose would
sicken an honest persons stomach.
Ex-Governor E. J. Davis, man whose
record is not unlike that of Ames, OF
Mississippi, represented Texas.
The notorious ROaerick Random But
Ter. who was also implicated in selling a
cadetship, and who Is charged with the
Sugg Fort claim swindle, came from
Tennessee.
M. S. J. Bowen, at one time Post
master, and once Mayor Of Washington,
who has been guilty OF the meanest
practices, and OF whom many columns
to his discredit might be written, came
from the District OF Columbia. Bowen
is the ideal specimen OF mean Radical.
These are only few leading char
acters that represented the Southern
States at the Convention. A majority
Of the Southern delegates were such
men as above described, and majority
are sweet specimens OF Grantism, and
nearly all are Federal or State officials
These men have ruled the Republican
party in the South for the past eight
wears. and will continue to rule so long
as the Republican party has control oi
the White House.
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Wao WAS BEATEN.
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