The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-07-11
THE ELECTORAL FRAUD.
Judge .. -. Hacks Excavation
Of she Infamous Commission.

rights Of the people, Judge Black pro-
coed. to depict the condition of affairs in
the State Of Louisiana previous to the
Presidential election First, he describes
the carpet Dagger:
WHAT THE CARPET-BAGGER Is.
The people would not have been wholly
cru -Icd. either by the soldier or thc negro,
both had not been used 10 fasten upon them
the domination Of another class of persons
whose rule WAS altogether uncomfortable.
These We call carpe.- baggers, not because
tile word is desert ptiye or euphoniouS but
because they Eaye no other name whereby
they are known among the children Of men.
They we're uuptincipled adventures. who
9uu -ht their fortunes ia the south by plum
dvriug The Gisarmed and delencciess peo-
Pile: some of them We're the drcgs of the
Federal army--the meanast Of the camp
followers: uaaay were fuGitives from North
err Justice; lie best OF them were those
vino went down after the peace, ready for
any decd OF shame that was safe and profit
able. These combining with u few treacu-
erous " scalawagS" ana some leading ne
grCes ID serve as dccoyS for the rest and
backed by the power OF the general Gov
crament. became the strongest body Of
thieves that ever piilaged people. Their
moral grade was tar lower, and yet they
were much more powerful, than the roDber
bands that infested Germany after the close
of the Thirty ears war. lhey sWafmed
over all TIN. States from the Potomac to the
Gulf. and settled ia hordes, not with intent
to remain there, but merely to feed on the
substance Of q PROSTATE and NeteHcclt-s
people. They took whatever came within
their reach, in5ruded themselves into ali
private corporations, assuAheu ne ~ 'l3iiN
OF all offices, including the courts OF Justice,
/ and in many places they even run the
churches" BY force and fraud they either
controlled all elections or use prtFth1e1
elections from being hello. Iuey returned
/ sixty OF themselves to one congress- anu
4 ten o. twelve of the most Ignorant and We
! nal among them were ~ tte sa'he tiu'e
i thrust into the Senate. rms faise repre-
( senFatinn of people by strangers anu cue
mics who had not even a boha noe ft7lheHce
among hem was the otJf"its' Oh ~ mon
cries. There was no show 81 truth OF non
4 or about IF. Inc pftteh"'u iet' t9N 'l''tl'
was always ready to vote I"F aty H1ea1 ,i { :
that would Cypress anu tH9i1Fe M a"-c'ii !.
constituents; ms hoslI..H NJ t,.,
/ and he lost no opportunity 10 40 Cheh IN
iury
T. The agricultural and commercial WeaitA
of Louisiana made her strong temptation
to the carpet-b aggers. Those Nultufes anuH-
ed the prey ir6n aiar; anu, As soon As thc
war was over, they sWoOped down upon tler
in Hooks that darkened the ar. Inc 5ttte
was delivered into their hands b. the mill
t8ry authorities: but me ON leI9 lnlI,o 80
some restraints upon thetr iaWiSs9 CuPIHtls
tF.a II m II I
q legalized method of stutiing the ballot.
box, and they stuffed IL. 1hticTioitH' a't',
down to very recent peF1Ou' tlfE 5oi 6Sb
I tl,aunsfl YES without let or hindrauce.
The depredations they committed Wefe
rjghtful. They appropriated' on one pre-
tcnee and another whatever CueF Soui,' '"5
their hands on, and then pIed9ed I'd tiehl-
! selves tbe credit of the State for uuc0uGJed
millions more. The public securities fal
down to half price, and stIil theG put tae
! fraudulent bonds on the market anu soIO
rbem for what they would fetch. The oW \
crs OF the best real estate ~ t9#h OF couh,
+rv we're utterly impoverished because Tue
I burdens upon il were heavier Juan the Ieh3
would discharge. During the last ten } ear
9 tie cirv of New OtlenS PAID IN the loFh o
/ direct taxes more than the estimated Natu'
r ~ all thp property within her limits, an0
5 sim has a debt of equal amount unpaid. l
is not likely that other parts OF the pa ttt
. -uiF..rcd less. The extent OF thelF >poltlt
!. rinus can hardly be calculated, Dut the ttNll
5 uony OF the carpet-baggers theIl9elNe
E against one another the reports q com
!, mittccs sent hy Congress 70 IN e9.l-l'o ~
:, subject aud other lhio[llldtloii - oiii ~ ~,
p entirely authentic MAKE i s'lG ~ 80 -"
a General conllagrauon, sweeping over a
Il the state from one end to the oJ.lef' anu ae
a stroying every building ana every afIlc L5
personal property. would nave oe9n VIZ
: tatiou OF mercy III con- pa '9''' -
~
Of ,rtisp,av seem at first blush like gross e1
e. a,reeratiou. because it is worse thah any
Of tj7i7.r That T.fis1t.le eyer did before IT
II r,.-lfes- IF Roman Uroe0nSuls left some
\ 49, - tba nrnvinc.s they wasted; Il
Tornlan ala not strip the Saxon quite TO Il
Sc skin: the PuritauS under CromWell dl' ~
in -'fr.rg. deSolate Ireland Their rapacll
\ - confined 10 the visible things while
re -. ,.ntlId presently handle and use. The
III ronid not take what did not exist. But Il
FL American CARPET Dagger has an lnVtntlt
A. ,n..nnxyn 10 those old fashioned roobel
of iiIt is,eases lis stealing power az mus
to ~ ~. sraar1 engine adds to the mechanic
It force of mere natural muscles lie man
)" repotiahle bonds of the State, signs al
e / Ills Them ;. according TO the forms Of law
ha ~ 49,, CONVERTS the proceeds to his OV
,el / 40 aod then deties Justice ITO 20 bchlI
9r the returns" BY this device his feiohio
~ finaers are made long enough 10 reach IN
to the rockets of posteTtty ne lay = ills -
~, nronertv vet uncreated; he ahtlelpa'
re. H. lI,hor ii coming ages and appropriai
IT, ~ tr,1its If II i'm advance; he coins he !
ne dustrv OF future generations INTO ca a
: s,..+ohas the inheritance from chbuL
Ks. ,,bG.n fathers are unborn. Projecting
rs w. taryysr,] nv this continuance and OPT
,ti,,,r iaterallv at the same tiuc, he gath'
ma an amount of plumber which no couhlty
-, Tba world would have yielded to tue 0e
" ~ +ba vsudaI
for "a ~
at >- or TUE COMMISSIONS
inE ..,--;
ag But how WAS IhG 'JT ~ lIamsa Of Rem
he to be accom- it>heu' - ,rirbnnt
m sentatives was Democrats al; i; so,,, 10
lar consent, expressed or III - -, IN,
at or another, the senate epuio -! ~ -, ,as
an 10 false count. me hrst my M $50
oil powe. &c determine absolutely anu O. ~,
~. riIv what electoral votes should be co9 con
j. and what not. rms wl~ -hc a. a,91
bic point uatl Mr.. ConkllhS t9oN - -,
x speech of SURPRISING aoii. .,yyiisihje a?o,