The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-21
ABOUT cARpEr-BAGsERs.

| IN response 10 pdtaSiaph ~ 'hc AsNni'
Courier, by which paper he was called a
carpet Dagger" In what sense or through
what motive he was thus designated does
not appear in the journal before us. The
life and course of conduct during the
period he has resided in Alabama, and is a
scathing criticism upon the Courier's at
tack, yet there are several things in the
letter that might have better been left un-
said without prejudice to his cause. The
Courier charged that "hc was one of the
| first OF those adventures and carpet baggers
who swooped down on the south and Sc
cured place in the United States senate
before the people of Alabama could assume
the full and rightiul control OF
their state government" The editorial
was called forth against GENERAL
WARNER because it did not like a speech
delivered by that gentleman recently at
Chattanooga, before the United States
| Association of Charcoal Iron Workers, hay
ing been thereunto invited and in which
speech he signified himself as republican.
| The attack of the Courier waste sneak
mildy-uniust, indiscreot, silly and unpar-
donable. The facts in WARMERS case are
that lac has been q bona iide citizen of Ala
bama since 1867, at which date he took
his family there to live and die
aud be buried, as also transferred
all his money and other property.
In ten years time thereafter he had spent
over $4,000 in Rome, alose. He also
organized the Tecumseh Iron Company; is
president and manager of it, and has paid
out in the state of its domicilc over 500 600
for labor He also owns some 1000 acres
OF land there and put in the bulk of the
$4,000 invested by his company. Some
time ago, this same Courier strongly
endorsed him for seat in PREsI-
DENT GARYIELD's cabinet as Il repub-
lcan who would be cmincntly accept
able TO the whole south. No man stands
higher among the people of his section than
does he. He has made an excellent citizen
in every particular, with his money, energy
aud brains. And now the Courier in mo-
ment OF Impotence or spleen undertakes to
belttle him by calling him "carpct'bag-
ger who swooped down on the SOUTH Ac-
cording to our own conception the class of
| political Adventures who, under the belief
that they would be sustained in all
| their acts, no matter how bad and
hlugly hu tkn E,laraI nj t,rnpt "A
every sort of tyranny and oppression, were
utterly unworthy of countenance by our
citizcnry. They left their country for their
country's good and pounoed upon us like
vultures, stole private property in the com
plexites..of the moment, fixed themselves
into public office, and plundered the pub
| lie funds by all manner of iniquitous egis-
lation, bribery and open sale of votes. The
true northern people detcsted these ras-
Gals as much as we did, but
| in the hub.bub of reconstruction
| they could not be controlled or handled ms
even tho north itself would have desired.
They had nothing many of them never did
have anything, not even character, to
lose, and numbers of them became rich by
| their rapid and audacious banditism. They
were denominated, chrstened carpet-bag-
| gers to indicate their arrogant poverty and
their utter worthlessncsS in all things. The
| appellation, therefore, was odiouS in its
| current acceptation. Did GENERAL WARNER
come in any such category? The facts
all cmphatically negative this. He was the
very reverse as shown. If not then indeed
are carpet.baggers nearly all the owners of
| southern factories and railroads, and the
scores of industries whose busy hum set
many households in smiles to-day. For
such as these we ask and do yet invite to
come amongst us, assuring them through
the press and elsewhere, of the
| kindest of treatment and the amplest
protection TO person and property.
And yet the Courier in mean aud narrow
article pours forth diatribe against carpet.
baggcrs, and by implication "strong as
holy writ incorporates him in the list
And thereby it furnishes pabulum for the
extreme radical press of the north tC
feed to thousands in that section only toe
willing to believe anything ugly that may
be said OF ourselves and institutions
But let it be understood that the Rome
Courier is not at all representative in iti
onslaught, We want immigrants, be these
rich or poor, in cash. If they will only
bring with them honest hearts, willing
hands and good intcntionto be worthy cih
2cns, We care not whence they come
whether from north of the snow-linc or from
across the pillows. Therefore we commend
the words OF Il GENERAL WARNER when he says
to northern men and capitalists: "Tht
new SOUTH has its face to the rising sun, anG
in its rapid march in material prosperity
aud progress, will soon leave the Courier
class. with their faces turned to the time
before the war far behind say to north
ora men and capitalists, consult with You
money and your families. You do no
need the association of the Courier class tC
find pleasant homes here. Como with YOU
energy and your skill, your economy, you
love for schools and churches and fire.,
speech, and bring your political opinions
with you, whatever they may be, but Will
minds open to new impressions.
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