The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-31
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tice where the colored man Is con
cerned.
Q. Do all white people belong to
party which would treat us i'll that way
A. Theydo not. There are many
who have stood up nobly for YOU
rights, and who will aid you to tht
end; indeed, all true Republicans are
such.
@. To what party do the white PEG
pie of the South belong?
A. The larger portion belong to the
Democratic party. -,
@. Are the shareholders and the
leaders of the rebellion members OF
that party?
A. They are, and would not regard
You as having any right If they were
III power.
Q. The colored men should then
vote with the Republican or Radical
party?
A. They should, and shm the Dem
ocratic party as thcy would the over
secr'S lash and the auction block.
@. Has the Republican party ever
deceived the colorrd people?
A |, has not. While tho 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
O. TO what party DO the leading CO.
lored men belougs
\. Without exception they belong 70
the RrDuhlit,sn marty.
.. What are the most prominent
principles advocated by the Rcpubll
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.
Q. Does not the Military Reconstruct
ton Act secure to us these rights !?
A. Yes, but you may yet be depriv-
ed OF them if your enemies get into
power.
@. What would the people think if
the colored men voted with the Demo
cratic party?
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: owe
have always told you that the negro
did not wish to be tree.''
! Q. 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 achite children; to pay the
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 in
power
Q. Can this be right?
A. 1t can not, but it is what you
have always received, and such treat
nent rs YOU will continue to receive
rom the Democratic party.
Q. Some people say that if we vote
against the white people of the South
t VIII make them our enemies and we
will be 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
charged from work if we dare vote the
ticket. Will they do that?
A. You should remember that your
abor is worth just as much to the man
Who employs you as his money is to
Tou.
@. You would advise us then to dis
egard these threats and vote with the
Republican party?
A. Most certainly I would. Had
-ou not rather suffer, or even starve to
leath, than to aid party to reenslave
rou? Remember your former condition
nd avoid a return to chains and slav-
ry-" Give me liberty or give me
leath."
@. The white people South say that
he Republicans of the North do not
are for the colored men only so far as
hey can use them to continue in poll
ical power. Is that true?
A. 1t is not.
Q. What is the reason that several of
he Northern States do not give us the
ight to vote?
A. Chiefly because they have in the
asst been controlled by the Democratic
arty. in the Western States where
hat are called the "Black Laws'' ex-
It, which forbid colored people to live
here, there are large bodies of whites
Tho moved originally from the slave
tates, and carried the hatred and pre-
ldices of slavery with them.
q. What has the Republican party
one in those States about such laws?
A. Tried to abolish them as fast as it
btained power. 1t publicly advocates
neir repeal
g. Well, l am satisfied. You have
early shown me my duty, and I shall
npart the information to my people.
A. Let me say to you further, that
ne Democratic party will use all means
get the colored people to put it in
over again, but you must remember
hat has been its past record, and see
1t that you do not trust it in the
lture. In order that you may work
the best advantage for the success of
he party which has been and still is