The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-14
TIE POSITION
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
PARTIES.
A Dialogue between White Republican and
+ f CoIOred Citizen.
Published by the Union Republican Congression'
al Committee, Washington, D. G.

The following is dialogue betwee
newly enfranchised freedman ana
sound Radical Republican. The new
made voter is seeking light upon tn
subject of his political duties, ana III
Radical friend gives him plain facts
and demonstrates clearly with whlc
party he and all like him should act
It would be well for colored voters gen
erallv to seek out some tried Radlca
friend and question him upon all sub
iects about which they have any doubt
The dialogue is submitted with tn
hope that the facts set forth therein
will remove doubts from the minds o
many who have been unable to receive
proper information upon the position
in which they should stand at thu
time:
THE DIALOGUE.
Question. With which party should
the colored man vote?
Answer. The Union Republican
party.
@. Why should the colored man vote
W1Cn lnaG parry
A. Because that party has made
him free and given him the right tc
vote.
@. Was Mr.. Lincoln a Republican
A. He was a Republican President.
Q. Are all the Republicans in favor
of universal freedom?
A. They are.
@. What is the difference between
Radicals and Republicans
A. There is none. The word Radi-
cal was applied to the Republican par
ty by its enemies, and has been accept
ed by it.
@. The Radicals and Republicans are
then one and the same party
A. They are, and they are all in IA
vor of freedom and universal justice.
@. What is the meaning of the word
Radical as applied to political parties
and politicians
A. 1t means one who is in favor of
going to the root of things; who is
thoroughly in earnest; who desires
that slavery should be abolished, that
every disability connected Herewith
should be obliterated, not only from
the national laws but from those of
every State in the Union.
@. Is Mr.. Sumner Republican
A He is and Radical, so are Thad.
Stevens, Senator Wilson, Judge Kelley,
Gen. Butler, Speaker Colfax, Chief
Justice Chase, and all other men who
favor giving colored men their rights.
Q. To which party do the friends of
the colored men in Congress belong?
A. To the Republican Party.
O. What is a Democrat?
A. A member of that party which be-
fore the rebellion sustained every legis-
lative act demanded by the slave-hold-
ers, such as the Fugitive Slave Law,
and the attempt made to force slavery
upon the Western Territories.
Q. What was the position of the
Democratic Party during the war?
A. 1t opposed the war; declared
Mr.. Lincoln's management of it fail
ure; resisted every measure in Congress
looking to emancipation, and denounc-
ed the Government for arming colored
men as soldiers.
Q. What has that party done since
the surrender of the rebels?
A. 1t has sustained Mr. Johnson in
his efforts to restore your old masters
to power in the country, and opposed
every act for your benefit which the
Republican Congress has adopted.
Q. Is it known by any other name ?
A. 1t is also known as Conservative,
Copperhead and rebel. Under each
name it is still the same enemy of free
dom and the rights of man.
Q. Would the Democrats make
slaves of the colored people again if
they could
A 1t is fair to presume they would,
for they have opposed their freedom by
every means in their power, and have
always labored to extend slavery.
Q. Would Democrats allow colored
men to vote?
A. No! They have always opposed
it in Congress and in the various STATE
Legislature.
Q. Who abolished slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia
A. A Republican Congress and
Abraham Lincoln, Republican Presi-
dent.
Q. Who freed the slaves in the
South
A. Abraham Lincoln, the Republi-
can President, by proclamation.
Q. Who passed the Freedman's Blu
reau Bill.
A. A Republican Congress by more
than two-thirds vote over the veto of
Andrew Johnson, the leader of the
Democratic or Conservative party.
Q. Who gave us the Civil Rights
Bill?
A. The same Republican Congress.
Q. What party gave us the right to
vote
A. The Republican party.
y. What has the Democratic, Con-
sentative or Copperhead party ever
done for the colored people?
A. 1t has tried to keep them in sla-
very, and opposed giving them the ben
eflt OF the freedmen's Bureau and Civil
Rights Bills, and the right to vote.
Q. Why cannot colored men support
he Democratic party.
A. Because that party would disfran-
'hise them, and, if possible, return %
hem to slavery-and certainly keep
hem in an inferior position before the
aw.
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