The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-04-10
HTLLsBoROUGH, N. G., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1867

we first drew breath? ! see before me a
banner on which is inscribed "united we
stand ,,deyided we fall" That motto is full
OF signlticsnce and truth, Tor your welfare
is nseparabIy linked with that Of the whites
OF the South, II we are unjustIy taxed,
you will have to pay your share II we are
oppressed you will suffer il we are ruin
ed you will be destroyed. Your prosperl-
" depends, entirely, on that Of your coun-
try, and whatever tate awaits the white
people OF the South, will be yours. have
said that il an unjust tax is laid upon the
South, you will have 70 pay your share OF
II. Let me prove this 20 you. Many Of
you ale laborers on plantations, working
Tor portion Of the crop. Well, suppose
you get one, or two or three bales Of cot
ton, you have TO pay tax OF twelve dol
lars bale, for every Dale you have made.
This is case in which unjust taxation falls
as hard, or harder, on you than II does on
Us. Suppole Congress was 10 tax the wheat
Of Ohio, lEe lumber OF Maine, the iron oI
PENNSYLVANIA, or the factories ui Massa
chusetts in the same way, would not the
people Vi these States complain bitterly !!
Would they not send men to Congress, who
would use every effort TO have this unjust
tax removed ? so you must do, for every
hiow that Is struck al the Snuth tails on
,uu as well as OH Us. want 10 make you
ieel that you are Southern men, with all
your hopes, your feelings aud your Inte-
rests, identified with tie South, tur that Is
the true position Tor you 70 occupy.
Now lei rs consider for lew moments
the SUBJECT which has brought VOC together
10 day, the military bill just passed by
Congress. You must bear III mind that u
great many persons, amongst whom j. the
President OF he United States, ihink tins
bill uneon.titutiunai that Congfess had no
authority 10 pass II. NV the only way
~ when this question can De settled, = by
i decision Of lie Supreme Court u the
United States. TIE Court will declare the
Dlll either constitutional or unconsutuilon-
Al. Ii constitutional, YOU will, BY u, all be
allowed to vote, How vii you vote !!
Whom will YOU select to make the new
laws which are TO govern the State. VIII
you choose men vino are ignorant ui all law
all science 81 government, 70 mase your
laws and IL frame your government VIII
you place in office those strangers VIM have
nockrd here TO plumber what little Is lett
70 Us. Or will yuu trust the men amongst
whom you have lived heretoiore--amUnssi
MhOm lOu must always i've. II seems To
me that this latter course would be the WI
scst, for as IL Is 10 the interest OF the SOUTH
ern whites 10 mahe the blacks enlightened,
prosperous aud cnnten,ed, they wuuld sure.
iy do all in their power 10 SECURE these Oh.
jects. do not tell you 70 trust TO probes
slons of friendship alone. whether they
come from the Southern man or the North
ern. But what ask you TO do, what |
have the right to AJAX Of YOU Is, that, a.
we profess to be your friends. you will give
u lhe opportunity oi showing, BY our &c.
tiuns, whether we are sincere or not
II we deceive you. then turn TO the North,
aud see u you can iind better friends there.
have no fears 0f the result; ipr with u
not only does humanity dictate kind treat
,nent honest dealing, just laws for the col
urcd population, but sell-inierest demands
from rs the same course. A stronger pre-
judice has always existed At the-NOrth 4.
gains, your people than here, aud IL exists
still. 4 curluus instance OF this prejudice
came under my own observation some years
ago III Pniladrlphia. Passing through that
city, 1 had with ne two servants, for whom
full fare was charged on the railroad; but
the ticket agen, told me that they would
not be allowed 10 ride 10 the same car with
myself. as the people there did not like
to ride with negroes" But said |, "you
make ne pay full price Tor them. and one Of
them is the nurse of Inv children That
makes 40 difference. he replied, "you
can't take them into the car" told him
that had paid their fare; that ! thought
them good enough TO ride with me aud
therefore quite good enough 10 ride with
bis frllow-citizens, and that they should