Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-05-03

.,.,,.., and v,u know mean yankee is the mean
Get man in the world. (Laughter.) We have men
enongb in New England, on the Connecticut river
who have had 700 years OF ehris h ian and have
raa1 that God made man in his own image
that every man should " do unto "IheTs as DO
would wish others TO do nn'o IN ti,,, har 20
seen men in this country calling themselves oel9
ocrats who would not a low the negro 10 vote; II
a man calls himself democrat that uoh MAKE H d
democrat of him. l remember very wen " St tbn
- sbo,Id break out and the two sections come
m blows that the battles would be fought IN the
North -" 1 remember Vallandigham said that " II
70 undertook to march an army to the conquest OF
H. south we would have to do 1t over his BODY"
know we have few timber backed republican,,
who IRE ALWAYS afraid and tremDhnG when the
question of suffrage comes up anu teia you We We
dav and by night, for the pu pose OF shaming our
members and [ tell you Also we Will have 6
i'm of it to do that. Slavery has reached
J mart of the country it has cast its dark spirit
over it. and we have great many men who h-Te
been opposed to your liberty Connecticut VIII D
ashamed to deny 70 the black man, any longer,
the mt of suffra SCto the black man VINO iousht
for them. - .,,-,.,. o-..,- ~
vhiskey bottle and endeaVcr py Tue means IN
vour mower to elevate your race ana do good Tor
yonr country am yankee, and they tell us we
can see silver dollar mile OH. We cannot see
onv NOW n mile off or any where else, but we can
COO ,yreenbacks Caughter,l and want TO see you
cnosoe1 in all legal employments be industrious
and iaDor to lay up your money, and you who have
got little children, they are not gong to be soid
onv moe (tyries Of thank GOd.) They can't
come into your houses now and take your babes
ont of the cradles Eand sell them; they can take
your wives and sell them Get lands and homs-
steads, and when say this, mean e"in the
We have got As, O0O, 600 acres Of land in these
States that were in rebellion We cut them IL o
eighty acre lots so that more than oO,OVO tamihes
can settle on them. These great plantations
have TO be made into farms The neceSSltles and
interests of the large land holders demand tins
You can buy land, get homeSteads, be lahd-hoid-
ora and walk on your feet, calling none masters,
INIT lacking ND to the God Of all humanity. Loud
cheers3 The great Union loving, humane, pro-
eressive radical republican party OF the United
States is to be hencefOrth your party nave 10
donbt that these States are at peace, and now,
say to YOU act with humility, bury al PIE JUDGES
and passions engendered BY slavery ana Oy inns
war forget all the wrongs Ol the past stauu up
together on the platform OF country hDe: ~, JUS
tice and humanity look to God for direction, and
devote yourself to the elevation OF your country,
yoZl race, and say to al our friends mere uon
Io afraid we have party that Is large enough to
nreiact YOU. (CheeIs.) have known men who
acted as if they wanted to keep their party small
Uaughter.) :-.---o,.. g.
emancipation. | began i'll a small party, 1t was
so small that 1t was sneercd at anu looked upon
with contempt and now we have got from GU TO
80 600 majority in Massachusetts, lAppIauSe.)
We want every person to belong TO that party. l
have never belonged to party so large that we
couId afford to lose a single ma out OF it, and 1
advise YOU to invoke all men, black men, men who
were dragged into rebellion, and esf ecJaHy m
woke the poor degraded white men OF the state
who have been cursed with slavery more than the
black man, to come that platform - NOW Is
the dav and hour" invite the men Wao fought
on battle fields, invite the brave men who fought
against u.s. but who have come back AGAIN, who
are ready to fight for the old flag and stand shout
der to shoulder and move forward to victory
Don't be afraid Of being swallowed up-the men
who are right always-swallOw everybody else
trust in man and in God, and you Will make our
country the proudast, the grandest, and the most
sublime on the face of Gods habltable globe
loud cheering.J 4 country that France with Its
imperial pOWer-that Prussia with Its Bismarck
at the head-With England and all the nations W IL
have to look up when they see the United States
happy, prosperous and great. Enthusiastic ap-
EIause.l 1t is in power to 90 more Tor the en-
during peace of this country, than any set OF men
had ever the privilege to do. Within the last
seven years this great Republican party has
wrought every day Of its existence always for
from spite This great party VIII
do its work in North Carolina, and III the future
we will have peace, affection, kindness between
the different sections of the country, and in teN
years We will all be- brethren together That should
i> the wish the prayer OF every lover OF his cOun
fry It his race, of every man who desires to love
80 Co and his neIghbOr as himself
An on+b. ~siastic burst of applause followed the
,onninsion ~, Dir. Wilson's address. which was
again and again SAHo'e"' '4-h"'' "---~-- ' - --
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