The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-05-15
Packard.


Packard promises to survive as the last of
the carpet baggers. 1t is true that Kellogg
is seated en- the senate but as he was elected
by the republican members of that body,
and not by the legislature of Louisiana his
tenure of office is mighty uncertain. Next
March, when the democrats assume control
of the senate, one of their first acts, unless
they are false to themselves and their duty,
will be to Gust kellogg from the seat 10
which he has no lawful or equitable claim.
and give the place TO the rightful incumbent
Judge Spofford, who received the votes OF
the republicans as we'll as the democratic
members of the Louisiana legislature. The
terms of Spencer, of Alabama; Dorsey, OF
Arkansas; Conover of Florida, and Patter-
son, of South Carolina, all end in March, and
of the adventurous group of unprincipled
kneves, who once misrepresented the re
constructed" states in congress, not one
will then remain. The republican negro
senator from Mississippi-B. X. Bruce-holds
his seat till ~, but he is not to be contounded
with the carpet-baggers. He is better man
than the best of them, and more of q states
man withal. He seems to feel the RESPONSE
bility which rests upon him as the represen-
tative of a race which, for good or evil, has
the destiny of citizenship 10 work out and
he shows an inclination TO perform his part
honestly and honorably. His negro pre-
-decessor from the same state, Hiram
II. Revels was also high above the
average, morally and intellectually, of
the northern adventures who sQuatted
upon Mississippi. In South Carolina,
the state which was most completely under
carpetbag domination, the exodus has
begun, and under the gentle impetus of in
xestigation and court processes, it is not
likely to end till the last of the thieves de-
parts. Chamberlain is practicing law IN
New York. He knows better than some of
his northern admirers why he does not re
D~1..
is not for fear of political persecution which
keeps him away. Those of his former asso-
ciates who are not in the sheriff. charge are
seeking new pastures
,Europe's knowledge of the American
carpet-bag system has been limited to the
reading of such sparse reports as found their
way across the water. Perhaps IL is we'll
that she should have an exhibition of our
products in that line before the thing passes
from sight and memory. Hayes appoint
Rent OF Packard to the Liverpool consulate
will give England, at least and indi-
reotly the other "effete monarchies"
an opportunity of seeing of what stuff poll
ticians are made, when fraud triumphs in
free country. The Liverpool consulate is
one. of the best berths in the gift of the fed
eral government. When Franklin Pierce
came to the presidency be desired above all
other things to testify to his abiding and
almost sentimental regard for Nathaniel
Hawthorne-the companion of his youth,
the ''chum'' of his college days,
the friend Of his manlier years
Hawthorne was democrat but
not much of a politician. His was the
foremost name in American letters but
Literature did not pay In that day, and he
was poor man. When, therefore, Pierce
rewarded him with the Office of consul at
Liverpool everybody felt that the president
had done graceful and gracious act. The
Legitimate fees of the place amount, we
believe, to more th&1 $1,000 a year. The
chance for stealing which it opens up was
not tested in Hawthornes day. SUIT IL will
DE different under Packard.
Stephen 3. Packard balls from Maine. He
is a native of the state which adopted Blaine
and has kept old Hannibal Hanllin in public
lie since the memory of man runneth not
to the contrary. IL is asserted that he ws.s
formerly democrat, which is not unlikely,
as ulen usually desert their principles upon
entering upon a disreputable life. Packard
turned up In New Orleans after the war
as a federal officeholder. He was young,
and looked stupid. but he hid considerable
shrewdness under his dull features and
expressionless face. He was variously
employed in the revenue Office and in the
custom house, and as a manufacturer of
republican votes from the raw material
of blank ballots, but he did not acquire
infamous distinction till he had captured
the place of United States marshal. When
the history of carpet-baggery comes to be
written it will be found that through the
marshals the most mischief was wrought.
These fellows were quasi judicial officers,
and they enjoyed rare privileges In tap
ping the treasury and charging their