The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-22
As TO cARPsTeAaeERs.

As TO cARPETeEGGERs.
lion. walter Faulkner, one time
Candidate for Governor in the Aoor-
i've April Is primary, declares that
IL order to save the state from the
rule Of the carpet bag party he s
gong TO stump the state. What Up
1oodIe and tOmmyrot.
II Walter has no better message
for the voters of Tennessee in this
enlightened twelfth year OF the
txentieh century than thread bare
story about ~carpetbaggers he had
I1st as we'll attend to his duties as
attorney general OF his judicial cir
cult. Intelligent folks have lost
cadence with that sort Of campaign
rot. The Republican party had Just
as we'll try TO win the national cleo
ton this year by waving the bloody
shirt in the Northern states and
would be just as successful as Mr.
Faulkner will be in ralIying voters
to his standard in Tennessee by an
appeal to long buried animcsttLes
glowing out of a var that ended
nearly a half century ago.
gMr Faulkner will ind ont before
he proceeds very far with his appeal
to passion, hate and prejudice that
the people Of Tennessee have pro
g. essed even if he has stood still
It is interesting to note that this
time worn and thread bare appeal
TO long buried aninosities Comes
from a young man who q his own
knowledge knows nothing and suf-
fered nothing from the horrors Of
war or reconstruction. II the sur
viving patriots OF that stirring period
are willing to let bygones be by
zones Mr.. Faulkner certainly has no
right to complain.
This young man should pause and
think for . moment. Right now
Tennessee ia spending money send
ing commission to Northern states /,
in an effort to bring 'carpetbaggers" \
20 this state The resources Of the j
are being advertised 4
IS they have never been in order to .
attract people from other places to
make their homes here VIVA. win
these prospective settlers say when .
trey hear that the chief apostle OF
harmony is inyeighing against
those who comes here from other
states and climes to make their
homes? Are they to be told that
they are to have no part in the gov
ernnental affairs Of their adopted
state and are merely to furnish am
munition for demagogues and place
seekers?
Tennessee can never progress and
develop it's resources until its own
people turn their attention to the
problems Of today and forget the bit
.erness of the past. No good pur-
pose can be served By stirring up
I'D sores or reviying forgotten ami
ncsiries and the candidate who
Jases his appeal to the people upon
20 low a plane has a mighty poor
opinion Of the voters.
This state needs more people. It
could support with ease ten times
Is present population. There is not
city or town in the state that is
lot anxious for bigger population {
Clubs, Boards of Trade 7
ma Chambers of Commerce are
day and night to get peo- I
lie to the vicinities in which they 9
.Xist, and mighty little Roadway they t
sill make if the politicians succeed I
q creating the impression abroad 0
nat there is no welcome in the vol. r
hteer state for people from other s
tates carpetbaggers il you please. .
ennessee needs and must have e
lore carpet baggers" If it is to at "
lin to the highest development