Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-17
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRtWEEKLY By
EDeAR SNOwDEN.
TUES .AY evENINe, JULY IT. 1877
We approve OF Judge Back terrible arra'gu'

we BppGuScu VI o'eSN
meut Of IN repuolicao party: IN the NORTH
American Review. for the same reasoo that VI
approve of the Indictment OF the Louisiana re
turuiug boa1d-not that either will have the
slishtest effect upon the title by which PfeSl
dent Hayes holds possession of his Office, tul
that Doth will teod to make all those implicated
in the Great Fraud objects of scoro and aversion
while alive, and of repulsive memory wheD
dead, because of the crime they committed up
Old the liberty Of their country. ANY speech, OF
writing, or action that will increase the odiun
that already attaches TO the criminals who de-
frauded their fellow countrymen OF their legally
elected President, and thereby made republican
institutions by-word and a reproach among
the oa,ions Of the world, is patriotic effort,
and should be applauded according to its etf=o'
tiyeness. and if merit have its legitimate effect,
Judge Blacks article, while enrolling its au'
thor name among the great men OF the coun'
try, will cousigu the radical members OF the
Electoral Commission TO go tiffany that Will
clog to their descendants. 10 his mastery re-
view of the events Immediately preceding the
election, he gives the following true history oil
that scourge Of the South, the carpet'bagger:
''The people would not have been wholly
crushed either By the soldier or The 0egro, 1t
both had not bean used to fasten upoc them
tho domination OF another class OF persons
whose rule was altogether uoenduraoie. These
We call carpet 6aggers, DOT because the word l:
descripuse or eupnonlous. but because they
have 10 other uame whereby they are known
among the children OF men. They were 10.
principie6 adveuturers who sought their for.
tunes ia the South by p!ucdering the dsarmed
and defeoceleas people; some OF them were the
drees of the Federal arny,-tbe meanest OF the
camp tolc 8ers; macy we're tugltl7es from North
ern Justice; The bes. Of them were those who
ven; dowu after the peace, ready for any deed
of shame that was safe aod profitable. These,
combining with "a few treacherous "scalsWaQs
and some leading negroes TO serve as decoys ior
the rest, aud backed by the power of the gene.
raj go1e:omcnt. became the strongest body OF
thieves that ever plllaged people. IoelI
mural grade was far lower, and yet they were
much more powerful, than the robbcr bands
that infested Germany after the close OF the
Thirty Years Var. They swarmed over all
the States lrJm the Potomac to the Gulf. and
settled iu horjss, not with intent TO remain
there, but merely to feed on the substance OF o
PROSTATE aud deteuceless people. They took
whatever came within their reach, iutruded
themselves into al! private corporations assumed
the functions of all Offices, including the court:
ofjus;cc, and in maJy places they even run
the churches. BE- force and fraud they either
controlled all elections or else prevented cleo
tioos from beiag held. They returned sixty Of
themselves TO one Congress, and ten or twelve
Of the most ignorant aud veual among them
were at the sauc time thrust into the Senate
This false representation of people By stran
gers and enemies who bad not even a bona fdt
residence among them was the bistsrest OF al
mockeries. There was no show Of truth OIL
honor about it. The pretended representative
was always ready to vote Tor any measure thai
would oppress aod ersa7e his so-called const
tuents; his hostility was unc0ocealed, and h;
los, no opportunity to do them injury