The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-21

a O. Do all white people belong to
party which would treat us in that way
A. Theydo not. There are man
l. who have stood up nobly for you
rights, and who will aid you to tn
end; indeed, all true Republicans az
I such
| O. To what party do the white PEG
pie of the South belong !?
A. The larger portion belong to tn
Democratic party.
Q. Are the shareholders and thu
leaders of the rebellion members u
that party?
A. They are, and would not regard
you as having any right if they were
in power.
O. The colored men should then
vote with the Republican or Radical
party $500
A. They should, and shun the Dem
ocratic party as they would the over
seer's lash and the auction block.
@. Has the Republican party ever
deceived the colored people?
A. 1t has not. While the Demo
cratic party has always been opposed
to their freedom and education, and
their right to vote, the Republican par
! ty has always been their friend.
@. To what party do the leading CO.
lored men belong?
A. Without exception they belong to
the Republican party.
@. What are the most prominent
principles advocated by the Republi
can party?
A. Equal rights before the law and
at the ballot box for all men without
regard to race or color; that is, that
every man shall have the same rights
and liberties as any other man.
@. Does not the Military Reconstruct
ton Act secure to us these rights
A. Yes, but you may yet be depriv
ed Of themaif your enemies get Into
power. At -, j.
G. What would-the people think if
the colored men voted with the Demo
cratic party T..
A. The people Of the North would
think that they did not fully under
stand their own rights nor the duties
devolving on them; and the people of
the South would proudly say: eve
have always told you that the negro
did not wish to be free"
@. What use has been made of the
money which the colored people Of the
Southern States have paid as taxes?
A. 1t has been used to establish |
schools for aohite children; to pay the
expenses of making and executing laws
in which the colored men have had no |
voice, and in endeavoring to have the
Supreme Court set aside the law which |
gives you the right to vote.
Q. What are the Democrats using
my own money to take away my
rights?
A. They have always done so, and
will continue to while they remain i'll
power.
@. Can this be right?
A. 1t can not, but it is what you
have always received, and such treat
ment as you will continue to receive
from the Democratic party.
Q. Some people say that if we vote
against the white people of the South
it will make them our enemies and we
will he destroyed. Is it so?
A. This will not be the case, be-
cause they will try to befriend you to
secure your vote.
@. But they say that we shall be dis
from work if we dare vote the
ticket. VIII they do that?
A. You should remember that your
labor is worth just as much to the man
who employs you as his money is to
you.
Q. You would advise us then to dis
regard these threats and vote with the |.
party?
A. Most certainly I would Had
you not rather suffer, or even starve to
death, than to aid party to reenslave
you? Remember your former condition
and avoid a return to chains and slav-
cry" Give me liberty or give me
death"
@. The white people South say that 7
he Republicans Of the North do not
care for the colored men only so far as
hey can use them to continue in poll
ical power. Is that true? 1
A. 1t is not.
Q. What is the reason that several of 1
he Northern States do not give us the
light to vote?
A. Chiefly because they have in the :,
'ast been controlled by the Democratic
'arty. in the Western States where n
What are called the "Black Laws" ex- F
st, which forbid colored people to live
here, there are large bodies of whites :
Who moved originally from the slave
tates, and carried the hatred and pre- |
udices Of slavery with them. =
9. What has the Republican party Il
one in those States about such laws? n
A. Tried to abolish them as fast as it b b
btained power. 1t publicly advocates al
heir repeal. y
g. Well, I am satisfied. You have is
learly shown me my duty, and l shall t
npart the information to my people. N N
A. Let me say to you further, that
he Democratic party will use all means el
D get the colored people to put it in
over again, but you must remember :
hat has been its past record, and. see !
, it that you do not trust it in the r
lture. In order that you may work s.
} the best advantage for the success of /
lie party which has been and still is :
our true friend, you should have an /
roa nj zatioD aor association uhoro Won ~