The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-25

row for his home.
From the Great Republic, Washington City
U. L. A.
Extracts from our Correspondence.
MOBILE, May 4, 1867.
1.-THE papers, like the people here, are il
tenselv bitter. They are Joined to their idol
and it seems to me that nothing but radlci
civil government can ever save them. Ce
tainly nothing but that can save the 10y;
people. :,
IF we should have governments In II
southern States welded by any but staunc
| Republicans am certain that our tire-trlc
loyalists, black and white, would be abb
| with but little trouble to count their days
| the South, and too many of them might sa!
"our DAYS on earth are easily numbered.
No pains must be spared to embrace IT,
entire LOYAL vote by organization, and
have as many more added by conversion
prior to election as possible The necessar
means is all that is wanted, and with suit
BILE representations of the necessities OF IT,
case we may safely say that victory can b
ours
cable men are ready to GU into the cour
try as soon as means wherewith to meet e.
penses can be secured. 60 to New Orlear
tomorrow"
"MoBILE, May 3, 1867.
"Had we the necessary means with whic
to work to advantage ninety-nine one hur
dredths of the colored people would be
our ranks in six months. This l coul
guarantee with the assurance from you
adequate means to secure organization. I'll
white people also, and some who fougE
agair t US, are opening their eyes and ex
pressing desire to join US. They coult;
not, or dare not, join an open organization
and herein is our strength.
Il am sure that before tomorrow night
will have insured the organization of at leas
twenty more counties in this State. l wi
then proceed to New Orleans, and thei
commence my next work for the Gulf coun,
try.
"You told me to secure some colored me
and send them out to work in the country
l know it ought to be done. 1t must b
done; but they are too poor to pay expenses
Let me know that aid can be had for thi
and 1 will procure you the right men
an hour. The North must help them,
they are lost. The loyal men here, bot
white and black, are poor. l gave ma
ten dollars to-day to go into the countr
where three hundred men are employed an
organize them. He should have had fit
dollars, but he, poor man as he is, will max
up the balance out of his twenty dollars pr
month wages. The devotion of these poo
loyal people puts our northern loyalty
shame. l spoke to five thousand again tt
night in the Stone street church. The hous
and yard were packed with people. Let m
hear from you early at New Orleans, and re
member can get no further without means.
NEW ORLEANS, May Z, 1867.
"The leading military, and the Republi
cans in civil life, say that we must push GU
work over the Gulf States at once. Nothin
else can save the cause Can employ thrt
or four men and send them to the countr.
and promise to pay expenses? With sue
permission I can secure organization an
success Without organization other wor
is nearly useless. 1t will only serve to max
defeat more apparent and notifying"
RICHMOND, May 7, 1867.
"Be assured we will work with all the ia
cilities we have or shall have. All report
from the country confirm the impression
that the colored vote throughout the State
must be organized thoroughly and imme
diately."
The foregoing extracts are given as bri,
samples of scores of letters from all of tn
non reconstructed States. These letters al
written by wel-informed and earnest mer
who, to the extent of their ability, are enga
ged in the work of organization with tn
view of securing a return to the Union upO
a republican basis We place the earnes
words of the writers before the loyal peopl
of the North, that they may appreciate tn
task imposed upon the loyal men of tbs
South in the present emergency.
hAo fN
turned t. this field of labor, during which
time we have become acquainted with many
hundreds of loyal Southern men, and have
maintained, and are maintaining, volumi-
nous correspondence with them in each
State. We have all the time expressed the
opinion that only actual, thorough, and
general political organization would reform
the South, and have been working, and are
still working, to that end. And that is why
those letters have been received.
We know that without such organization
reconstruction will be effected in the inter-
est of sectional hostility instead of national
unity, and that to secure such organization
assistance must be furnished the loyal men,.
Such assistance can be, and ought to be,
furnished, and we call upon the Union
Leagues throughout the North to institute Il
SsSlCLi vi SOlll IpuilOHo, GilC PioSCCOo w NC
forwarded to the National Council in this
city, to be expended in the work of organic
ing and educating to the duties of citizen
ship the enfranchised masses OF the South.
One earnest man in each town, city and
village at the North can promptly and with
ease raise and remit few dollars. This
would accomplish the work. Do not think
this is addressed to some other person 1t
is to you who now read it. You are the one
to take the initiative in your locality. Do
it at once and report result.
Remittances may be made to the Repub-
lican Congressional Committee, the Presi-
dent of the National Council of the Union
League, Washington, D. c.. or to the per-
sons named in the following list, from any
of whom any further information may be OBJ
tanned:
Virginia.
Andrew Washburn, Richmond
Charles Spencer, do.
George Rye, Woodstock
t. L. r. Baker, Norfolk
VIM. B. Downey, Leesburg.
j. w. Jenkins, Winchester.
G. L. Watrous, do.