The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-22
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my my whiskey gets down to 8 cents drink,
e ehe Democratic party always polls a big
' tnt in Ohio, and elsewhere too. Oaugh-
Wv. WV. You see whiskey has declined and the
1nSesmnocratic party has gone up. That is
rhat,s the matter. Uaughter.) But there
HAS been also falling off of the Republican
cote in Ohio and nsylvania-cowardly
republicans not voting at all. Well they
deserve all the kicks that we can give them,
and we can't give one too many. (Cheers.)
Fellow citizens, this talk of Conservatives
about a war of races won't bear bead upon
;ts face. There is about as much danger of
that as there is of the Democratic party lay
ing a tax on whisky. Iaughter) Then
thev howl about yankees and niggers l
won't disgrace myself by assuming for one
moment that any sensible man among them,
d res not know that the cry is all bunkum."
They are low down for argument, when they
blow off such trash as that There is no
merit in such a party surely, and they are
afraid to take a fair chance between man
and man on simple merit They shout yam
kee and niger, and sing "going home to
glory" Oaughter.) But when we answer
liberty and political equality, they change
their tune and sing going to the devil :"
Increased laughter.) Yes, We are in favor
of fair play, internal improvement, and gen.
going to overtaX anybody. But we are going
20 replace the school fund. We are not 60
ing to contiscate, for if am correctly in
formed jeff Davis did that to the satisfaction
OF every one. They say that any white man,
who tavors contiscation is mean man, an
I'm inclined to believe it. 81 commend the
poisoned chalice to their own lips"
Recently heard man high in authority
in North-Carolina say that no man with
white skin could vote for reconstruction.
CA voice, "Who was he?') I'll tell you
some of these days-and tell you now to
beware of these insidious Conservatives who
are opposed to reconstruction and are against
the Republican party. That party is and
has been the safeguard to the Union. am
rejoiced to see that it is so powerful in this
State. Let US be up and laboring for its
triumph, and ell will be well. (Applause.)
Capt T. F. Lee was next called for. The
Captain after moments delay arose and
said
Fellow- Citizens: It is the duty of every
man to express his opinions when called up
on. 1t Is late, but not too late for any man
to say that he is member of the Republi-
can party. [Applause.l 1 recognize two
parties, and also recognize that the Con-
sentative party is weakened concern
Laughter. They beg for colored votes and
the votes of poor white men. But they OPP
posed the freedom of the first, and have al
ways oppressed the latter. They are af1ili-
ated with that old Democratic party in the
North, and heard as bitter secession speech
es in Boston in 1861, as have ever heard in
the South. Now they say that the Yankees
didn't liberate the colored people, but Prov
idence did it. Well Providence was a long
time coming, and finally marched into Raj
inrt -, r
And since your liberation, your advancement
alone Yes, yes They tell us the the Re
is their platform They elect rank rebels in
every Captains district. Why should the
working white people go with any such IL
party? They call themselves Union men, but
it is like pulling an OK through an augur
hole-it's too tight squeeze! Laughter.
They say the good old days are gone, but we
are going to carry them back into the Union
and into good times oncemore. Let us work
hard for that purpose. Yes, yes.
| am Yankee. came here to work and
wish to live here. l want none of their
Offices. But am opposed to these Conserva
tives, and these weakened Republicans
Where are they going to? don't know,
and don't care much. The Conservatives
said SO to me- Stand up my friends and let
us carry the old ship of State over the rough
seas into the harbor of the Union. ZAP
plause.)
Calls were then made for Col. Jas. F.
Taylor, which being repeated, Col. L. arose
and spoke as follows:
FellOso- Citizens, 1t is very late, and I am
heartily opposed to making any more hurrah
in this meeting And I'll tell you why. 1t
is too much of funeral. We have laid out the
corpse of the Lococratic- Copperhead party,
and buried it, and we ought not to make too
much noise over the poor old fellows grave.
Oaughter) But will say one word about
that party, which has ever stood up for
human rights. desire to raise MY voice in
advocacy of the principles laid down by
Jefferson in 1776, in the Declaration of In
dependence, and never fully carried out
to wit, that all men are created equal. For
ninety years, we have not fully carried out
republican principles, and it is only now
after the lapse of so long time that ten
States are being reconstructed on sound
Republican basis. We have an opportunity
to form such true and genuine Republican
government, Independent of all the loyal
States; and L am in favor of so doing,
whether the loyal States do it or not, fellow
citizens (Applause)
But what has stood in the way all this
time? Lucre, money-dolars andscents in
vested in human beings. At first, North
and South all owned negroes-now nobody
owns an interest in them. This then is the
time for the full carrying out of that great
principle of liberty and equality announced
nearly century ago. (Applause.)
1t is true that certain classes will be dis
franchised for while. But it will be only
for brief period, and is no justification for
the amount of confusion and turmoil made
by them upon this point. We are all will
ing to reinstate them after awhile, and it is
only reasonable that they should keep quiet
until that period. or give helping hand to
reconstruction. In fact, they deserve it all
that is. the most of them do, because thew
were fighting against this grand and glorious
government five long and bloody years.
[Yes, yes. They also attempted to found
government on human servitude, a thing un-
known to the world before. They failed
ICheers.l 1t is true at first there were only
twenty two thousand of them, in this State,
but they have grown stronger every day.
In 1865 they were whipped, and then they
all wished to go back, but how is it now