The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1867-11-13
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The Republicans Of Wake County have
nominated the following gcntlAmen to rep
resent the County Of Wake in the spproachr'
ing State Convention. They are gentlemcns
ofintelligence and capacity -tliey are from
the people they are not politicians, Or
Judges. or lawyers. but they are Working
men, who know their rights and knowiak';
dare maintain them. 4 .sgo &c i1i,,44 1i.,4
Benton S. D. WILLIAMS is a farmer. he
pIqughed one week for the first dollar that
he ever made. He has always been q Union
man, and refused to ever give his sanction
or consent to the acts of the wicked and
bloody leaders of the, Rebellion. Before the
war he was a jackson Republican Democrat
He believed in gold money. cheap govern
ment. just laws and a fair chance for poor
man. He has laborcd all his life with his
own hands, and has accumulated enough
property hy his honesty and industry to live
comfortably in his old age. When the war
commenced he opposed it; when it ended he
was glad that peace had returned, and the
United States were still unbroken. He then
declared himself for the shortest and most
certain road back to tile Union. He is q
Republican to day, and IS tor going back to
the Enion on the best terms, He recognizes
all the rights of the colored man -as voter,
a juror and a citizen. He win stand by ALL.
who are down-trodden and oppressed, and
will strive to- lift them up and make
men out of them to bless their country He
is in favor of schools for the poor white and
black--a wise and judicious system Of inter-
naliinprovement, cheap government and
light taxes, and for laws that will protect all
american citizens Of every condition in all
their rights Of life, liberty and property. s
7 Vote for Benton S. D. Williams, Hei q
Republican, a Farmer and Working. man.
Jas HENKY HARRis is also a acandidate on
the Republican ticket He was mechanic
in his early days. and is i native Of the
County OF Granville When he resided in
1 NortheCarolina he made mattrasscs and
earned his daily bread by the sweat Of his
brow.la He married and removed to Ohio
There he gave as much of his time as he
could to perfecting his education and lifting
up his race in the scale of humanity. He visit
edCanada, and has crossed the wide AtIanr
tic and stood upon the shores of Africa,
studying the great problem of the elevation
and education Of the negro. When Presi-
dent Lincoln's proclamation was irrevocably
fixed. he returned to America-the land Of
his birth and the land of his love. When
the war was ended lie came to North. Carroll
/ ma. Here he begun to labor among his peo7
ple-to inculcate proper ideas of liberty and
labor--to establish schools and induce both
races to aid each other in restoring the
Union. He has travelled all over the State
speaking to large audiences, and accomplish
ing vast amount of good, Richly does Id
merit the support of every true Republican
and every friend Of free government. His
ability is untleniable- manners and po
litical sentiments unexceptionable--he is :
friend of the ponr, white and black, be iss
mechanic, anda representative man Of hi,
color.
y, Vote for Jas H. Harris soe,y Republican
white and colored. n6y rf isai ri,ia3
Stokes d. FRANKLIN was born in thu
County of Orange He is a, Preacher, ,
Farmer and a Miller. From boyhood Ii,
| has iabored to support himself honorably ir
| the world; and hy his own unconqnerabl,
energy, he has acquired an education and ,
| practical knowledge Of men and politics fa
beyond the reach of those who are raised il
l idleness. He is one of the perple-A NEW
\ MAN. He knows their wants He is pre-
! pared to defend them, white and colored
4 and to see that the constitution is establish
ed on the everlasting principles of liberty
/ Justice and humanity Let every man, whs
has been oppressed BY the tyranny Of Con
federate despotism, remember that Stokes p
! Franklin stood true and never finched in th
darkest hours, in bis opposition to the, ty
rants at Richmond. Let every colored maj
remember that he has been among the first Z
do them full Justice that he is a true Re
publican, and would die before he would yiel
one jnt or little of principle Let them re
member too that he is a Working-rnan, ant
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