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

derson. who SPOKE Is follows VI 9 -
This Il One 81 the pfnddast' moments Of
my.li1a t0Ihsvep tle'p opportunity etana-'I
singbefqe % many citizens Of NsiE3h5( 3ozollne
ali Of whom claim to b 4, <{1
there ore any persons herr who are not ke-s
|publicahs they came here as spectators I
isuppose for the purpose -of. Pleking some
flaw or for the purposBao Of taking some dd.s'
vantage of the Republican party OF NORTH
! Carolina. II shall dwell tonight ION stub
born facts. The Republican party Of Nortla-
CarolinS Is in its infanc itiis: not thorough
" organized. and unless the LEADERS sof the
Repdblican party Of NorthsC Carolina stand
up firm without shrinking as my friend Mr..
Harris, has said, white and black. we cannot
conquer. We have enemies ell around us
whosare striving to sdisorganize this great
Republican party. of North Carolina
q It is very clear to me that, until the ke-
apublican party that holds the reinsi Of this
government in their hands. see that by adj
Uniting North.C Carolina into the Americans
Union, aitswill give strength and power TO
that party, we are going to be lett out IN the
cold. There are many responsibilities rest
ing upon as; there are a great many men IN
North Carolina who say they are Republic
cans but /. am afraid they are a little gal
vanized. These men who were willing to
fly off at every little technicality; who are
willing to take exception because the freed-
men ali belong :tol the Repnblicsn party
Some of, them say they can't go the negro.
7 tell you gentlemen. when any man isl says ne
can't 81 the negro. WON'T give dime for
his Republicanism and all he wants is to be
sprotected by.tbat party, and receive the benelf
bo on. fxrnn !.
tunity he will deserve it. The Republican
platform is large enough to hold every Re
publican in the American continent, white
iunfurlcd from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, speaks. to the nation Lib.
erty, Justice and Equality before the Law
to every American citizen without regard to
race or color, (applause0 butternut, Sc
cesli, and Copperhead' excepted of every in
stance. You can't find man in North Car
DINA, who says he is not Union man, but
they can't come up on the Republican. plat
form, for fear the ''nigger will hurl them off.
9[Applause and laughter.) They are like
+ the fellow who went to see his sweetheart.
He got there a little before shutdown. His
sweetheart asked him if he loved butter,
milk 2 10, yes,'' he said. She poured out
some buttermilk and while she was going
to get some cake big bug flew into the
buttermilk, and, when she came back,
fearing he would offend her, if he did not
drink the buttermilk, he shut his eyes and
drank buttermilk, bug and all. Laugh
ter The body polite is sick, and if it
does not take the African pills, the body
polite will die, and the dead may bury
the dead, and iwill not go to the burya'
ing. lfApplause The Republican party
is in its infancy; and I have seen. demon
STATIONS in this Convention here to-day,
that / have felt mortified at saw denn-'
constructions here to-day-men who came up
here claiming to be Republicans, willing
to fly off on technicalities Now, every
body may fly off, but the freedmen. and
am going to stand on the platform Of the
Republican party. Applause ,do'sat
The first time that ever the freedmen of
North-Carolina assembled in State Conven-
ton was on the 9th day of March, 1867,
what, did our enemies say How many men
were discharged from the Nortll-C Carolina
Railroad for attending that Convention -
Every man who attended was denounced as
free negro equalizer. He was denounced
as being Radical Republican. thank
God accepted the name. And some of
these same men to-day would be glad to
turn their leaves over, aud blot out a few
marches they have made, and few remarks
they have made. They are pretty good
looking, but they can't come inn APP
plause. W. - Rs.
Now. gentlemen and fellow-citizens, they
all want you to shout that song from the
sea-shore to the mountain tops, "Let by
cones be by-gonesI" 1--WE are all Union men
now ~ But they wont say they are Repub-
1icans. want them to come out and say
they are Republicans. want them to come
out and say they are Black Republicans T.
want them to come out and say they are
willing for freedmen to sit in the jury-box
want them to acknowledge their sins
They swore in the Legislature of North Car
olina they would not go up to the ballot
box with the negro. They denounced the
Congress of the United States, but they
fooled them on it. How did they do it r.
They gave them the Howard Amendment
They swore they would not take it, They
swore they would not put the halter around
their necks. But as soon as Congress put
it around they walked up as tame as camels.
Applause. ~ ~
Let by-gones be by gones !" In the name
of God,I ask you here-I ask the old gray
headed men in this Convention will they let
by-gones be by-gones? We passed through
bloody war. The whole Southern country
is bankrupt, and to-day there are hundreds
of thousands whose bones are bleaching in the
soil of Virginia, and there are to-day hun
dreds Of thousands ofwidows and orphans
in North Carolina, and these poor men who
were forced into the army by prescription
their little children are now crying for
bread, and the magnanimity of the United
States government is now feeding them
Let by-gones be by-gcnes. Don't the blood
of these men cry out Don't the tears of
these poor widows, don't the walls of
these orphans demand that these men shall
take the lowerseats in the synagogues And
is itnot written upon the walls that they
arc unworthy to take the name of Union on
their polluted lips? [Applause. They ask
|. the Radicals of North-Carolina now not to
disfranchise them. I say ''let Justice be
done, though the Heavens fall" [Cries of
sYes, y ssyes.n] These. men are responsible
for the beggary of their country, and sthey
ought to be satisfied that the government of
the United States did not hang them. [Ap-r
plausc.] They ought to be satisfied to be
permitted to live upon this glorious conti-r
nent DISTINGUISHED. They ought to be
taught that treason should be made odious.
Their children. ought to say, "My father was
disfranchised ON the ground of endeavoring
to destroy the best Government that ever the
sun from high Heaven. looked down upon"
Applause That isthe kind Of Republican
I am If every body bolts from me in North
Carolina, am going to stand them, and
taII vc,1 Ohio l1;,,d II az, ri ~ 50rr,,; 4,
ON my side, and every ono Of the freedmen,