Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-28
A STRANGE COALITION-KENNETH
RAYNER, OF NORTH CAROLINA,
AND JOHN MITCHELL, OF FOR
TRESS MONROE.

IRESS MONROE.
To any man who will reason regarding
the matter, the possibility or probability
of a separation of the freed blacks of the
Southern States from the whites, is far
distant, and is likely never to occur. It
needs no argument from us to prove this
statement, for the place to which we could
send four millions of people, the manner
of transporting them thither, the i'm
mense debt which would thereby be en-
tailed on the Government, and other
difficulties too numerous to mention, to
say nothing about gaining the consent of
the. Freedmen themselves, are subjects
which instantly present themselves to a
practical man when the project is pre-
scented for his consideration. It is plain
that the blacks will remain in the land of
their birth, Notwithstanding the COM
bined efforts of Know-Nothings and for
eigners to the contrary. Mr.. KENNETH
RAYNER, of North Carolina, and JOHN
MITCHELL, Of Fortress Monroe, may howl
about the necessity of separation in lugu.
brious s~ore-headed concordance now, as
earnestly as some years since they differed
as to the right of suffrage, regarding It's
application to newly-arrived Irish, Dutch;
&c. This coalition of dissenting inter-
ests is a remarkable instance of the incon-
sistency of de~magogueism. MITCHELL has
always maintained that persons of foreign
birth should nave the same rights in free
America as natives. RAINIER has, until
lately in his long-winded letter to his
Washington friend, upheld principles
exactly opposite. His watchword, "Put
none but Americans on guard tonight"
is now changed to "Drive all the loyal
people out of the South" But his efforts,
and the. efforts of those who lead and fol-
low him will avail nothing. The blacks
will remain here in the land to which
their unquestionableloyalty gives them a
better title than Messrs. RAYNER, MITCH
ELL, & Co., with their record during the
war before us, can lay claim to. One of
these WORTHLESS is expiating his rebellious
crimes in prison, while the other, not
responsible for anything that he did du-
ring a portion of the late contest, on &C
count of a slight disarrangement of his
mental faculties. from which, Judging
from his letter, re think it probable he
has not yet recovered, is allowed to ease
his overburdened mind by burdening the
public with nonsensical efforts at states.
manship,
It is the duty of all to do what they car
towards advancing the good of the com
munity, and while MITCHELL has accepted
a situation under Gen. MILES, Mr.. Ray.
NER ought to accept the situation >
presented to him in the general aspect o.
the country, and strive to soothe oul
troubled waters, instead of increasing the
commotion. He should not rush with
hot-headed haste to the conclusion that
free labor is a failure in this section, until
it has been tried. Men who have always
been held responsible for what they say
and do, have tried the experiment in Ma
ryland, Virginia, and on the sea coast;
and pronounce it a success. MITCHELL
was hasty in declining the grace of oul
chief executive, and his compeer should
have. been warned by that circumstance,
and delayed his announcement until il
was called for.
MITCHELL rushed into print with his
reasonable views, and was rushed into
prison therefor. Mr.. RAYNER hurried into
print with his unreasonable views, and
while he has not gained as much notori-
ETY. as MITCHELL, he has at least evinced
as much of a lack of practical common
sense. =
The National Republican publishes the
following as GA word to RAINIER"
From 1776 to 1885 the free negroes Of
North Carolina were permitted to vote.
In the year last named a convention was
held-in which our friend Kenneth Ray
ner, made his first appearance as q public
man-and by a very small majority the
colored men were ruled out. We venture
to. ask Mr.. r. if he thinks, upon the
whole, that he and his white neighbors
have succeeded in governing the State any
better since that time, than whites and
blacks together did before2 Also, if, had
the privilege of voting been confined to
the negroes altogether, could they in any
possibility have made a worse fist OF it
+bon tho white mon have2