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Editorial June 27, 1869

The Daily Phoenix

Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

What is this article about?

A Southern editor satirically attributes suicides in a state penitentiary to prisoners' despondency over their criminal peers becoming carpet-baggers who secure lucrative Southern offices under the radical party, while they remain punished.

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A Southern editor, whose State has been specially over-run and afflicted with radical carpet-baggers from Ohio, who have come into his State and monopolized all the offices, accounts for the recent suicidal mania in our State Penitentiary on the supposition that they are the victims of despondency, produced by confinement in prison, while many of their companions in crime are permitted to go carpet-bagging down South, where they are made Governors and members of Congress, or appointed to postmasterships, and other lucrative offices. They esteem it unbearable that they should be punished for their little peccadilloes and delinquencies, while others, equally mean and dishonest, are used by the radical party to punish the Southern rebels.—Cincinnati Enquirer.

What sub-type of article is it?

Satire Partisan Politics

What keywords are associated?

Carpet Baggers Radical Party State Penitentiary Suicidal Mania Southern Offices Political Favoritism

What entities or persons were involved?

Southern Editor Radical Carpet Baggers From Ohio Radical Party Southern Rebels Cincinnati Enquirer

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Suicides In Prison Attributed To Envy Of Carpet Baggers' Success

Stance / Tone

Satirical Mockery Of Radical Carpet Baggers And Party Favoritism

Key Figures

Southern Editor Radical Carpet Baggers From Ohio Radical Party Southern Rebels Cincinnati Enquirer

Key Arguments

Prisoners Suffer Despondency From Confinement While Criminal Companions Gain High Offices In The South Unbearable That Minor Offenders Are Punished While Similar Dishonest Individuals Are Rewarded By Radicals To Target Southern Rebels

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