The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-10
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tee where the .colored man is con
@. Do all white people belong to {
party which would treat us in that way
A. Theydo not. There are many
who have stood up nobly for your
rights, and who will aid you to the
end indeed, all true Republicans are
such
@. To what party do the white PEG
pie of the South belong ?
A. The larger portion belong to the
Democratic party.
@. Are the shareholders and the
leaders of the rebellion members OF
that party? ..
A. They.are, and would not regard
you as having any right if they were
in power.
Q. The colored men should then
vote with the Republican OF Radical
party
A. They should, and shun the Dem
ocratic party as they would the over
seer's lash and the auction block.
@. Has the Republican party ever
deceived the colored people?
A It has not. While the Demo
cratic party has always been opposed
to their freedom and education, and
their right to vote, the Republican par
ty has always been their friend.
@. To what party do the leading CO.
lored men belong?
A. Without exception they belong to
the Republican party.
n NNbot ora tho most DrOmnOnt
principles advocated by the Repubh
can party?
A. Equal rights before the law and
at the ballot box for all men without
regard to race or color; that is, that
every man shall have the same rights
and liberties as any other man.
@. Does not the Military Reconstruc-
ton Act secure to us these rights?
A. Yes, but you may yet be depriv-
ed Of them if your enemies get into
power.
Q. What would the people think if
the colored men voted with the Demo
cratic party?
A. The people of the North would
think that they did not fully under
stand their own rights nor the duties
devolving on them; and the people of
the South would proudly say: owe
have always told you that the negro
did not wish to be tree"
@. What use has been made Of the
money which the colored people Of the
Southern States have paid as taxes?
A. It has been used to establish
schools for aohite children; to pay the
expenses of making and executing laws
in which the colored men have had no
voice, and in endeayoring to have the
Supreme Court set aside the law which
gives you the right to vote.
@. What are the Democrats using
my own money to take away my
rights?
A. They have always done so, and
will continue to while they remain in
power.
@. Can this be right?
A. It can not, but it is what you
lave always received, and such treat
nent rs you will continue to receive
rom the Democratic party.
Q. Some people say that if we vote
gainst the white people of the South
will make them our enemies and we
will be destroyed. Is it so?
A. This will not be the case, be-
ause they will try to befriend you to
ecure your vote.
Q. But they say that we shall be dis
harged from work if we dare vote the
republican ticket. Will they do that?
\. You should remember that your
.bor is worth just as much to the man
-ho employs you as his money is to
on.
Q. You would advise us then to dis
gard these threats and vote with the
party?
4. Most certainly I would. Had
on not rather suffer, or even starve to
cath, than to aid party to reenslave
GU? Remember your former condition
I'd avoid return to chains and slav- !
y" Give me liberty or give me i
cath" Il
Q. The white people South say that 5 5
le Republicans of the North do not a
Ire for the colored men only so far as y
icy can use them to continue in poll !,
cal power. Is that true? t
a. It is not. \
@. What is the reason that several of
e Northern States do not give US the e
ght to vote?
A. Chiefly because they have in the =
lst been controlled by the Democratic
Lrty. in the Western States where
hat are called the "Black Laws" ex-
:, which forbid colored people to live -
ere, there are large bodies of whites |
no moved originally from the slave il,
ates, and carried the hatred and pre- y
dices of slavery with them. A
Q. What has the Republican party
me in those States about such laws !? F
A. Tried to abolish them as fast as it r.
'tained power. 1t publicly advocates
cir repeal. =
9. Well, am satisfied. You have 6
Early shown me my duty, and shall X
part the information to my people,
A. Let me say to you further, that
e Democratic party will use all means D
get the colored people to put it in
wer again, but you must remember A
nat has been it's past record, and see 81
it that you do not trust it in the
5ure. In order that you may work :
the best advantage for the success of \
p Dartv which has haan and still ic nv