The loyal Georgian., 1866-02-17

Aud our rice they can harvest and thrash,
They feed us in health, and they nurse
us when sick.
And they earn, while we pocket, our. cash.
They lead US when young, and theJ help
us when old, 81 f.aaa
And their toll loads our tables and sRelves;
But they're 'niggers;' and therefore,, (tbe
truth must be toldl
They connot take careo Of themselves 'aaa
The Herald refers to army officers who
have been stationed in different parts Of
the South to sustain his position ); and in.
following his example, | viii refer to the,
speech of Major General Weshburn,
delivered in Tennessee, as far ba K as
29th of last May In his speech, the
General urges Eve principle points, rcla>i
| tive to the colored man in mis- new. status;
and says as follows: 1t cannot be un
known to you that there is a spirit Of
teverish Iuneasiness and disquiet in the
minds of the colored people. Not
vicious spirit, but feeling which ARISES
in great degree from the anxiety as I,
their future Do not suppose that am
suggesting to them any new ideas, or en-
couraging them to make exactions which.
they would otherwise not make. There
are among them many persons of con-
siderable Intelligence, and they are dis.
cussing constantly questions in regard to
their future welfare, aud there are certain
things which they claim as rights, and
willcontinue to claim, until they are con
ceeded. Among these demands the most
and perhaps the only important ones. are,
lst. The right to educate their children
at their own expence, or if taxed for
schools, that they may have their proper
share Of tax raised for schools expended
for their benefit. Cd. The right to pur,
chase and hold real estate. Sd, The
right to testify in courts Of justice when
either the interest of colored or white
men are involved 18th, The right Of
suffrage Now, can these demands be
acceeded to without danger to the State?
Can they not be granted with positive
advantage, and greatly to the public
prosperity and safety? If they can, the
sooner the better He dwelt especially
upou the Elective Franchises and said I
as follows sTue only reason that can
now be assigned for denying the free men
who arc subjectto your laws, and pay
taxes to support your Government, a
voice ia making those laws, must be that
| they are ignor tat and degraded, aud not
Possessed of sufficient understanding to
exercise the privilege intalhgeutly. Sup
pose, then, that you restrict the right to
those who can read and write Is not the
colorcd man who can both read and
write as capable of voting as the white
man who can do neither | think YOU
wilIagree with me shat be is Sofar, then
we regard the, question as settled. Let
us, then, 90 little farther The Govern
ment of the United States had claims III, d
me, and upon you, when it was assalled,
for we had always received shelter aud
protection beneath the broad an ample
folds of its starry banner. Not SO the
colored man They owed the Covers
ment no debt. ltnever gave them kings
doms, or called them children Yet
when it was asSailed, and in it's darkest
hour, they freely and voluntarily barred
their bosoms to the shafts of battle, and
have fought for the preservation Of our
country like heroes. Let me then ask if
these men, upon whom Government has
no claim, who have risked their lives 10
preserve it, are not entitled to as much
consideration as those wao have risked
everything to destroy ? And he fur
ther said Il always like to take prac-
teal view of every question. have al
ready said, that Ill many Of the Soul ern
states, colored men were formerly allowed
to vote without detriment to the pubic
welfare La the neighboring province Of
| Canada, beneath the red cross of ST
George, and under the most enlightened
and powerful nation upon tie earth after
our own, there fare forty thousand
voters, and in one large district, known as
the Queens Bash, there is a large ma
/ jorlty of eolored voters Yet they have
4 felt no i'll effects, in that province, from
giving the negro the RICH Of suffrage
without restriction. Nor has the fact
/. that that province has been go liberal TO
| the colored maa been found an objection
bv the thousands Of Southern men, many
of them the very pink Of chlgalry who
have sought refuge there.
| Now, sir, it behoyes the people Of
| Georgia to loo this question well in the
&c, aad to be prepared TO- meet it in d
! siatesmanltke and patriotic manner; aud
in order to ems bic them to do 20 the more
fully, let them look back TO the old ~
volutlon, when Georgia vas the last Stae
TO cast her lot In the scale Ut revolution.
with Mass chus It's anI Other coIonifs,
who determined TO throw eff tueIr allie ~
y. Continuea on Eo4Lth Luge.