The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-23
JANUARY %. 1867.
A Good one from :. Nasby.,,

A Good one from 8 Nasby.''
Our Southern readers will recollect that
the staple talk of secession orators in 1861,
to induce our people to engage in "peace-
able secession" !" was, that if we submitted to
the election and rule of Mr. Lincoln the slaves
would be set free-negroes would be made
the equals of white people, and "big buck
negroes would ride in carriages with our
wives and daughters" Hundreds of thou
sands of honest voters were iDfamed and
misled by these appeals.
Well. the Southern States took the. advice
of these secession orators. They seeded
and fought, and what did they get by IT,
We are as far as ever from the social equali-
ty which they pretended to fear, but the ne
groes are now free-tLey are going to vote,
and to have all their political and civil
rights, and we are still met with the cry of
"negro equality" The whole question of
the emancipation of the slaves, and of their
present and future status, may be stated
thus
Who went to war to spread and perpet
uate slavery9 The secessionlsts. Who lost
slavery by involving it in civil war? The
secessionists. Who set the slaves free? The
armies of the United States, under the COM
mand Of Abraham Lincoln. How much
credit do the secessionists deserve for taking
such steps as led to emancipation2 Just as
much as Pharaoh did for letting the Israel
ties go. When Miriam sang her song Of joy
"on the other side" of the Red Sea, she gave
no thanks to Pharaoh and his host for the
deliverance of Israel Why should the ne
gro have all his political and civil rights2-
Because it is anti-republican and unjust to
tax him. to make him work the roads and
bear arms, and give him no voice in the gov
ernment; because he is loyal, land will stand
by the Union under all circumstances against
treason and traitors because we shall have
no peace in this country, and no adequate
protection to the negro himself until he is
placed on the same footing in his civil and
political rights with the white man. If there
be any thing wrong or dangerous in this,
who is to blame for it2 The secessionists,
who involved the country in war that res
ulted in giving freedom to the slaves. But
as We nave stated, they deserve no credit for
this, for they labored and hoped for differ
ent result.
The Copperheads of the North are afflict-
ed with the same fear of NEGRO equality"
When the secessionists of the South take
snuff these Copperheads of the North invari-
ably sneeze. Mr.. Petroleum V. Nasby, in a
letter addressed to the President, thus touches
off this subject:
"My llege on my return from the Phila-
delphla Convention, / tarried awhile in Berks
County, which is in Pennsylvania, and is
distinguished for the unanimity with which
they vote Democracy. My liege, they learn
ed down there morn six weeks ago that the
war wuz over. and therefore 700 coodent
stir elm up on drafts Taxes they had got
used to, and that didn't move EN-, and so the
speaker wuz emptying schOol-houses by talk
ing NV the results NV glorious war, which
they all opposed and praisin our mutual
friend Seward, which they had aluz hated
as Ablishnist and hedn't heerd yet that he
had jined the Demokracy. Wuz it any
wonder that we went under9 Their aint but
one thing left to us, and that we strangely
neglected My liege, why wuz the NIeGER
not male the central figger this year ez be-
fore2 They is the capital Nv the Democrisy
its refuge-its tower of strength. spoke
in Berks County myself, following one of
them ncwfangled Democrats who had set em
all asleep talking stuff to EN- that they didn't
understand. Mountin the rostrum, ejacu-
lated
"'MEN AND BRETHREN DO 700 WANT TO
MARRY NIGeER?' mo no = they answer
ed, Strengthening up to wunst.
O. Do you want niggers for sons-in-law
No lno!' /,
"'Do you want laws to prevent you from
marrying niggersa' Yes! yes!'
"'Do you want to be marched up to the
POLLS by those who tell you how to vote, be.
side nigger ; No no
"sThen vote the Demekratic tiket,' and
they all replied We will we will = and
they did.
"You see, your Exslency, the Demekratic
mind isn't hefty enough to comprehend them
fine arguments ez to constitootionality, ct
setry, and when speaker deals in em they
suspect his Dimocrisy and fight shy NV him.
But nigger they kin all understand Its
soothin to the Dimekratic mind to be con
tinyooally told that there is somebody lowel
down in the skale-they desire inferior
race, and, therefore, hev bin pullin the mig
ger down toward EN- for years. Did yoo moi
notis whenever we went it on the nigger, w
succeeded in awakenin an enthoosiasm wich
when we neglected, or selected other issues
we failed to get 2"