The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-09-11

4 a. relsi knea i. tbs mailer, aniI calF 1rpn
van i ss n ~ khIs % tbise lhiti yoe
shall giv6ffee expression to the sentimenfs 9,
| the people ftst you represent.
Now IN reference to this conflscef xlcil
! eyer5 one Of ypu know e well r. a. tn q Z
|it Il not material mattu toni the
|sproperty Of tie peopleof Tie SOD e 65|p'las
Gated OF nott, afend here ~ DIR man q!
that gave three years 20 the go3e15ll5ent Of
! tho United States 20 put down I'M bloody
rebellion. and E furthermore 61and here to-
1 day "a representa- ~ tho peopl q the
| Eastern portion of this State and know
| every representa- i've from that portion ct tue
State will vote ID lay any snch resolution
as that upon the table. 1.-THE white people
Of the South VIII act kones 10y tie colorcd
people that are citizens of this same State,
| the Congress Of the United should not con-
6scate their property, but as long IS they
take the advantage of our people and refuse
to give them remuneration for their honest
labor, and cheat shem az they do, from time
| to time, in contracts; then the Congress OF
| the United States will be very certainto c0n-
fscate their, property and I do inotAcafe If
they do (Applause.) III. q, IS 81 Z ~
II There is living in the State of North
Carolina, for every man, let him be as white
as the driven snow, or as black as the
darkness and if the white citizens of. N.
| G. will only give US . fair show as the OLD
man said 10 Massachusetts He was upein
his Church, and his sonsrsn up to tell him
there wass whale stranded on the beach |;
T the old man started to leave his church to 60
and get the spoils; but the minister Of the
church said he would not allow the men to
leave; that he would not have the peace and
orderof the church disturbed ;but he very
deliberately took his hat and says after he
got down to the bottom of thesteps, now,
let US have fair racer q Give Us fair
chance that is all we want the white peo-I
pie have always been down to the bottom of
the steps; and now zoe have got down there,
and we want affair race, and if you don't
give US fair race, you will be sorry for it,,
for the Congress of the United States will
confscate your property. Z: applause. )ss-
In some portions of the State our former
masters will not even as much as sell us land Z
and you talk to me about confiscation. 1t is
the duty of every liberty loving and law
abiding citizen to endeavor to put the lands
of the South into cultivation, and the only
way We can get them into cultivation, is by
the Congress of the United States taking o
decided stand, and make these men, that are
owners of the land come forward and either
sell it to. US Or give it to US. (Applause)
Now. l move that that resolution be laid on
the table. The motion OF the gentlemen
to lay the resolution on the table was lost.a
Mi. Hood of Cumberland County, adj
dressing the Convention said est
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: I rise in the support of
the resolution, and support it, after mature
consideration I will give you my reasons
for doing So 1t has been stated by the OPP
position, that we, the colored people of the
South, are two lazy to support ourselves; it
has been said that we cannot support our
selves unless we are fed out of the public
crib. This is one of the weapons that has
heen used against the Republican party that
it's in favor of con6scating the property OF
the mass of those who have rebelled against
the government of the United States. 8srS
The colored people of Cumberland Coun-
ty are not in fayorof confscation; and they
intend to proclaim it before God and high
Heaven, that they are able as people TO
support themselves, and they want no other
mans property. ~ .aHisia 10 r.esrl
know that my people want no other
mans property; they only want to maintain
their rights; they only want that the rights
given to them by the general govern
ment shall be. maintained. and thew shall
he allowad the nr;v;lege' Of worl;no for
their living, and receive the proceeds of their
labor. .i4ii ,IsoSsiai b u
IF this resolution had been laid on the ia
BILE. and il had oone forth from this Conyen-
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