The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-20

ny pom Cne plains or SILL hanging from
the limbs of trees. It has been said
this should not be permitted to be
brought up because it produces unpleas-
antfeelings and if it is brought upit
will produce strife and lisa clamoring
for blood. Protect those who commit
ted these deeds, as you will by your ac-
tlon,the Government is powerful enough
to bring them to light and to mete out
to them Justice, and / intend to see to it
that this is DONE (Applause.)
n THE FREE NEGRO.
Democracy and Slavery could not ex-
ist together-where could / take my
stand Upon the side of my boys or
your slaves ? Upon the side ofyour
slaves that my children might be slaves
to slave idol ? / will tell you that
the masses of this country will be eman-
cipated from the letters that surrounded
them.
They had been told that ifthe negro
was made free and elevated above the
mudsills'' of society it would bring
them down to an equality with the ne
gro. We have now seen that tried
They are no more placed upon an equal
ity with the negro than before. It has
not changed their position one iota, but
will tell you what it has done,
By making the negro free you have
secured the freedom ofthe poor white
man, and withkyt it you could not have
done it. Their4cause is a common one,
whether they believe it or not Now
you tell me it does not matter so much
about making him free but if you per
NIT him totestify in the courts, then you
are deceived.
Is it necessary to talk about this ? Go
! and tell the people the truth-unless
Gods eternal word is untrue that you
cannot injure any one by elevating poor
fallen humanity. 1t is the noblest work
man can engage in, not only to elevate
himself, but to elevate others.
THE PRESIDENTS SUPPORTERS AND NE
| GRO SUFFRAGE.
You cannot talk patiently about his
voting at all. And now recurring once
more to the position ofmy friends upon
this subject, / will announce my views
upon it. / would make qualification
for voters, and make it applicable to all
black or white, and permit all who come
up to it to vote. You say / am radical
upon this subject.
You profess to be great friends of the
President, and are about to appropriate
him nole'as volens, and never permit any
one else to have any interest in him. ]
agree with him precisely in this, and dc
you? He says he's in favor of giving
suffrage to the negro under certain con
ditions, and you know it. Can you &C
before the people of Texas and make
them believe you are better friends tt
him than am? In the face of all this
the people are not as big fools as yor
take them to be. They know I do moi
lie to them.
The President has said that he was
in favor of qualified negro suffrage
Do you agree with him? He said to &
gentleman from Boston that if back il
Tennessee, he would be in favor of quail
fed negro suffrage; he would give it tt
those who had been in the army; wht
had acertain property qualification, ane
could read and write. Are you in IA
vor ofthat /? Il am in favor Of it.
The President tssegrapheds to TIL
/ Provisional Governor Of Mississippi
while the Convention was there in ses
sion, urging him to use his utmost en-
deavors to get them to incorporate into
the constitution the measure which
urged you to incorporate into your con
stitution. He said it was right in itself
and if done other States would follow the
example, and thereby steal from the
radicals their thunder. Are you stand
ing by the side of the President in this
or acting in opposition to him when yor
! pretend to be his friends?
You are not friends of the President
You would be glad to see the President
and the majority in Congress quarrel
Perhaps some of you allow the germ O.
hope to grow in your bosom that AGAR
| you could take position against the Uni
ted States in sucha struggle, and that
you might perhaps invite controversy
with some foreign power and bring
about war, and in the event of wal
with some foreign power, you could
again seize the standard OF Rebellion
and fight against the Government O.
the United States.
! But let me tell you that you calcu
late without your host. Go to Wash
ington, and in your blandest tones SPEAK
to the President and tell him your sen
timents; whisper in his ear your desire
that he shall become the Cromwell O
his time, and you will find yourself
| leaving his presence with blanched
cheeks and shaking limbs, if you do moi
find yourself in a dungeon.
| You will find the President and the
majority in Congress acting In concert
and you cannot pretend to make any
one believe you are governed by hi
! policy, or that you have stood by hi
side in anything except in your rejec
ton of the war debt. And this is thu
only measure passed by you where yot
have met his wishes, hopes, opinions
or purposes, and be knows this as wei
as you do.
/ One of the greatest wrongs you hav,
inflicted upon tile people Of the Unitet
States, and upon the government, il
that you have fatniliarized the minds 0
the people with different form of gov
eminent. You have unsettled the minds
and unhinged the principles Of many
There are many engaged to-day sowing
broadcast over the land seeds of discort
against free government.
They must be dragged to the ligh
and exposed, and the people must b
made to understand it. Such men ar
responsible in the sight of God ant
man for their war upon our government
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