The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-29

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Ninth.-In all the Northern States where
the Republican party rules,Cand all the
| Northern States are now in the hands of
that party,-LABoR is honored above all
things under the sun, except God and the
American Union, of which it is the founda-
ton and your brother mechanics, farmers
and workingmen have emigrated from
| North Carolina by thousands, in order to
reach a land where they could be respected
rewarded and appreciated. - '.----->
Tsnth.-The Governors, Judges, Congress.
men, and Legislators of the Northern States
are members of the Republican party, and
are Working men themselves, having driven
| pillow or swung a hammer just as you do
but they are honored, and you are over
looked and forgotten. .....,...
| Eleuenth.-You have nothing to hope for
but continued oppression until you rise IN
your majesty and hurl aristocrats and oil
garchs from all places of power. Even now
| they seek to perpetuate their ancient and
intolerable system of misrule. AS men enti-
| tied to an independent voice in the govern
ment, arise and protest in the name OF your
children, against such monstrous iniquity.
ZaceltM.-What is thele objectionable to
you as Working men in the platform of the
Republican party? If it guarantees any
thing, it guarantees the protection of Labor.
1t advocates civil, political and religious lib
erty to all men. 1t denounces class legisla-
ton in favor of the powerful against the weak,
while il proclaims that our soil knows no
king. but the Monarch of the Plow and the
Anvil-the Working-man +
1HirteenM.-The appeals to your prejudi-
ces against colored laboring men, is put upon
the ground that the negro is aspiring to be-
come your equal socially. They now say
that he will become your master, and endea-
vor to frighten you with the bug-a-boo OF
NEGRO Supremacy" How ridiculous -
Where is the proof? Who tells you of these
things but the very man that would consid-
er it degrading to have you associate on
equal terms with his famely-who turns up
his nose at your hard hands and oil-stained
garments Your private house is your OWN
His private house is his own. The coloreet
mans house is his own. Your social circle
is your own, and no man, white or colored,
can enter it without your consent. Have
you ever heard of colored man who adyoea-
ted social equality between the white and
black races Never. No laws can be made
to force you to associate with any one in
your houses or at your tables. Did you
ever hear of such a law in any country? Is
such law, then, likely to be passed in free
America The man that talks to you
about social equality insults your feelings
and understandings. Beware of him-he is
either fool or knave.
Fou,teenth.-When in 1853, Working
mems Association was formed in Raleigh in
order to secure Legislative protection for, and
equality of taxation on LABOR, land and
slaves, its members were denounced as Abo-
and the Association frowned out of
existence by aristocrats and secession oil
garchs Has the memory of that event pass
ed from your minds? They despised your
then, and they look upon you
with the same contempt to-day. Working
men of North Carolina, nOoo is the time to
proclaim your rights. Awake, arise, or be
forever fallen !"
FJteentA.-The labor of the colored man
is honorable 1t must be protected, or they
will quit work, and then starve or do worse.
Your labor is honorable. 1t is the glory of
America 1t must-it shall be protected
Our motto is Labor, Liberty, Loyalty, God
and our Country .....'
Look upon this picture. Over one-haf of
The white population and nine tenths Of
The colored population of our State can
1either read nor write. From time lmmeno-,
'ial all the Colleges and places OF learning
nave been in the hands of purse-proud ans
ocrats, who have combined to keep you
chained in the dungeons of ignorance. Shall
his 1ntoerable system of wrong endure for
,ver2 The very stones cry out against it =
It is not the rich and powerful that are igno-
ant and unlearned--they alone have had
I'll che advantages, but this dark cloud
ibis almost rayless night of mental gloom
las fallen upon the Workingmea OF North
Jarolina-only upon them and their chill
lren and their children's children. Remen-
Der that you have been cursed with igno-
ance from the cradle, and what you now
possess of knowledg e is due to your own I'M
;onquerable energy and perseverance. Now
s the golden hour of reformation. Let your
'oices be heard, like the sound of mighty
waters, demanding free schools, free learning,
md equal rights with other men. ...t
And now look upon this picture. The fol-
owing table compiled by the Secretary of
he Treasury in 1856, shows how labor was
,aid in the States of the American Union.
The following is the annual rate of produc-
ion on an average to man, women and child
n the different States. Behold, while in
a person earned $166 60, in
North Carolina only $40 SO was earned
shame upon such institutions! Let us be.
in the work of regeneration this very day.
these figures app cal to you with the tongues
f children crying for bread. Will you give