The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
DAILY LEADER.
REDE ESnAY. IUNE IS Ise5.
eco econstructIoa ia north CarOIin

ReconstructioIl in Worth Carolina.
"Agate," of the Cincinnati Gazette, who
accompanied Chief Justice chase in his
recent tour through the Southern States, is
writing for that paper series of descrip-
tive letters in regard to it, from which we
tske the following:
or BOARD THE wAYAEA.
To keep one another in countenancs IS
we hold our unclrLsin positions on the
rolling and plungiDg deck, we combined to
rehesrse all the old jokes about ses sick
ness. One gave definition OF 1t, which,
like many another Indifferent thing has
been unwaTantsbly fsThered on the late
President "Ses sickness is disorder
which for the fst hour makes you afraid
you'll die, but by the second hour makes
you afraid you won't" Another recites
Artemus W'rPs g o1ning lamentstion over
| Point Judith, to the effect tfRs he "neVer
before saw place where it was as hard TO
keep inside ons's clothes and outside ones
breakfast "Sure, it isn't soy sick yez
are" pleasantly suggested an Irish eDgi-
neer, among the officers, who looked pro-
vokingly happy amid all the pitching
it isn't say sick yez arei but yez mighty
sick of the say p
40 81 SIC on1nesl' grosned the Chief
Justice. How the rest stood il don't
know; but that was the last straw and
drove one unfortunate Of the party TO his
stateroom, and basin and towel
TALK ON POLITICS AND NEGRoEs WITH THE
NATIVES.
allow are your people feeliDg2" some
one asked "Oh, well, sir; wesll went out
unwilingly, you know" responded the
| legislator, fresh from the rebel Senate at
Rsltigh, "and most of US arc very glad to
get back" "HsYe you no violent rebels
yet?" ''Yes, quite good many among the
Young bloods; but even they all feel as if
they had been badly whipped, and w,nt
TO give in" "Then they really feel them
selves whipped ?"
"Yes, ou've subjugsted US at last, with
smile which showed that the politician
thought it not the worst kind of jJke
after al. HAnd of course then you have
only 10 submit TO any terms the conqner-
ers may impose27 mo, sir-oh, ah-yes, |
any terms that could be hOnorsbly offered |
20 q proud, high. minded peoplel' The |
rest of the dignitaries nodded their heads |
spproynisly at this bee )ming Itimstion Of
tho terms the "subjugated" State could be
induced TO accept. 1t was easy to see that |
the old positical tricks were not forgotten, |
and that the first inch of wrong concession |
would be expected TO lesd the way to many
an ell.
"Whst terms do you think would be
right2"
The County Clerk, functionsry of near
thirty yesrs' service, took up the cOnverss-
tion, and promptly replied, "Let Governor
Vance call together the North Carolina
Legislator. We only lacked few votes
Of Union msjority in it before, and we'd
be sure to have enough nOw."
What Lhen2'
"Why, the legislator would of course
repeal the ordinance Of secession, and
order convention TO amend the Oonstisu-
tion. I think that convention would &C
cept your Constitutional amendment.
d But csn you trust your Governor
Vanee2 Did not he betray the Union
party after his last election 2
4" Yes, he sold us out clean and clear"
uHe did nothing of tho sort. North
Carolina has not got purer patriot than
Governor Vance" Aud SO they fell 10
disputing among themselves.
l asked one of the party what this
Legislature if thus called together would
do with the negroes
"rake 'em under the control of the Leg
islatar, rs free niggers always have been in
this State Let it have authority to fix
their wages, and prevent vagrsDcy. 1t al
ways got along with them we'll enough be-
foren
s,Are ycu not mistaken about its always
having had this power 2"
HWhatT exclaimed the sstOnished func-
tionary. HWhy, was born and raised
hyar, and lived byar all my lifeI Do you
think don't knowP
Apparently not, sir, for you seem to be
ignorant of the fact that free negroes IN
North Carol ma i0eTG dlI0GyS U0terS from the
formation of the Slate GoUeTnneHt down to
1885,"
sit isn't so, stranger"
HExcuse me, but your own State records
will show it, and, if must say 30, he is a
very ignorant citizen to be talking about
ways and means of reorganization who
doesn't know go simple ana recent fact in
the history OF his State" |
The Cracker scratched his head in great
"WelI, stranger, you don't
mean TO say that the Government st
Washington is going 10 make US let mig
gers vote ~
II mean to say that it is at loast posi-
ble"
swell, why not have the decency to let
US have a vote on it ourselves, and say
whether we'll let niggers vote y
tIn other words, you mean this: Less
than generation ago you held Con-
vontion, which robbed certain classes OF
your citizens of rights they had enjoyed
undisputed from the organization of your
State down to that hour. Now you pro-
pose TO let the robbers hold an election to
decide whether they will return the stolen
property or not"
"Stranger," exclaimed one Of the group,
with great emphasis, sis the Government
at Washington, because it has whipped us,
going to make US let niggers vote 'Pos-
sibly it will. at any rate, strong party
fsvoTs it." HThen wouldn't live under
the Government. I'd emigrate, sir. Yes,
sir, I'd lesve this Government and 90
NorthP And the man, true to his States
Rights training, seemed to imagine that
going North was going under another
Government, and spoke of it as one might
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