The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-11-13
NOV V]EI1MBER p 13, 1867
MARI nit.


sJpdge Fowle, Of the Superior Court
candidate for Convention on the Conssrvs
tive ticket, says that THE REcoNsrRucTIoN,
Acrs ARE sUNwIsH, AND
DESTRUCTIVE OF LIBERTY. He says that
universal suffrage will either to anarchy |
or despotism. and in any event To bloodshed
He says that the present State government
is loyal and constitutional, but that it is now
oyerridden BY acts Of Congress and we live
under military despotism. IS 4
He distinctly proposes not to carry ont the
sunwise and unconstitutional acts Of Com
gress" if elected, but holds that Other terms
should dictatedito Congress by the. State
Convention. ) alftiG yifii1is9 II 519dt|
He says that q Constitution, comforting
universal suffrage Upon ali male citizens, #
adopted by ythe Convention, will he voted
down by the white people that North Caro-
lima viii not reconstruct On that basis. y f
!; Hence vote for Judge Fowle is vote
for q practical disunionist Let every loyal
man then vote the WHOLE Republican
ticket, and put his mark of unqualified dis
appreciation upon this advocate Of disuniop.
Allwho prefer to remain outside Of the I'M
ion, under military government, iid will
vote for him those who preferta lrstarn to
the Union, according to the laws Of Congress
will vote against him. Vote also against
every Conservative, and for the whole Re
publican ticket. There is no other refuge.
ior our people save the Union Of their fore
fathers. Those who advocate immediate
reconstruction arelthe messengers of peace
and prosperity; but those who osdvocate
disunion, sre messengers of war, bloodshed,
anarchy and fmines- Vote them down, ct
once and forever! Let us have an eta Of
PEACE. IA h'i.'sf "
TRs sssaataasi twitg the. Republicans BE-
cause they do hot put more negroes On their
tickets for the Convention. The Ssatinsrs
faction ought to nominate one colored map
at least in some County, before they com
plain that the Republicans do not nominate
,moie. The, Republicans hold that .stnAerit,
including honesty, fidelity and ioapabilityp
should be the test for office. Let every man
stand cor Ifall on bis own merits. II The
Sentinel holds shat no white man loughteveh
to vote, much less hold Office, unless he can
read and write, or owns certain amount of
property; and while the Sentinel will not
say thai, that the colored man shall |" neoer''
have any rights beyond those enjoyed BY the
old flee negroes, yet, " in their present igno-
rant and debased condition, it is not pre-
pared to trust the colored people to any ex-
litents And yet thatipaper censures the Re
publicans because they do not nominate more
colored men for Office. What hypocrisy !o
Every laudholder who can not take the
iron-clad'' test oath runs a great risk in
voting tor so.caled Conservative candidates
aud in voting against a Convention. Why
For the plain reason that if we do not re
construct under the present acts, Congress
win reduce the State to a: Territory the
State will cease to exist--all titles to lands
will die with the State, and no one will be
able to renew title except on due proof Of
loyalty. That's the reason. Think of tbe
fore you vote. Vote down o Convention, il
yon will get yourselves. into still deeper
trouble than was upon you in 1885, and