The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-05
TIE POSITION
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
PARTIES.
A Dialogue between a White Republican and
CGIGred Citizen. -H@
Published by the Union Republican Compression
al Committee, Washington, D. q.

Radical friend gives him PLAIN 1acts,
and demonstrates clearly with which
party he and all like him should act
It would be we'll for coloredSoters gen
orally to seek out some tried Radlc;'l
friend and question him upon all sub
iects about which they have any doubt.
The dialogue is submitted with the
hope that the facts SCI forth therein
will remove doubts from the minds OF
many who have been unable to recciye
proper information upon the position
in which they should stand at this
time:
THE DIALOGUE.
Question. With which party should
the colorrd man vote:
Answer The Union Republican
party.
Q. Why should the colored man vote
with that party?
\. Because that party has made
him free and given him the right to
vote.
Q. Was Mr.. Lincoln n Republican d?
\. He was a Republican President.
Q. Are all the Republicans in favor
ofuniversal freedom?
A They are.
O. What is the difference between
Radicals and Republicans
\. There is none. The word Radi-
cal was applied to the Republican par
tv bv its enemies, and has been accept
ed by it.
Q. The Radicals and Republicans are
then one and the same party
A. They are, and they are all in IA
vor of freedom and universal justice.
@. What is the meaning Of the word
Radical as applied to political parties
and politicians ?,
A. 1t means one who is in favor Of
going to the root of things; who is
thoroughly in earnest who desires
that slavery should be abolished, that
every disability connected Herewith |
should be obliterated, not only from
the national laws but from those Of |
every State in the Union.
@. Is Mr.. Sumner Republican
A. He is and Radical, so are Thad
Stevens, Senator Wilson, Judge Kelley,
Gen. Butler, Speaker Coltax, Chief
Justice Chase. and all other men who
Q. To which party do the friends of
the colored men in Congress belong?
a. TO the Republican Party.
@. What is Democrat?
\. \ member of that party which be-
fore the rebellion sustained every legis-
lative act demanded by the slave-hold-
ers, such as the Fugitive Slave Law,
and the attempt made to force slavery
upon the Western Territories
Q. What was the position of the
Democratic Party during the war?
A. 1t opposed the war; declared
NIr. Lincoln's management Of it a fail
ure; resisted every measure in Congress
looking to emancipation, and denounc-
ed the Government for arming colored
men as soldiers.
@. What has that party done since
the surrender Of the rebels?
A. 1t has sustained Mr. Johnson in
his efforts to restore your old masters
to power in the country, and opposed
every act for your benefit which the
Congress has adopted.
Q. Is it known by any other name
A. 1t is also known as Conservative,
and rebel. Under each
name 1t is still the same enemy Of free
dom and the rights Of man.
Q. Would the Democrats make
slaves Of the colored people again if
hey could?
A 1t is fair to presume they would,
sor they have opposed their freedom by
every means in their power, and have
always labored to extend slavery.
Q. Would Democrats allow colored
men to vote?
A. No! They have always opposed
t in Congress and in the various State
legislature.
Q. Who abolished slavery in the Dis
riot Of Columbia
A. A Republican Congress and
abraham Lincoln, Republican Presi-
lent.
Q. Who freed the slaves in the
south {?
A. Abraham Lincoln, the Republi-
an President, by proclamation.
q. Who passed the Freedman's Blu
eau Bill.
A. A Republican Congress by more
han a two-thirds vote over the veto of
andrew Johnson, the leader of the
Democratic or Conservative party.
=. Who gave us the Civil Rights
Sill?
A. The same Republican Congress.
Q. What party gave us the right to
ote
A. The Republican party.
.. What has the Democratic, Con-
ervative or Copperhead party ever
one for the colored people?
A. 1t has tried to keep them in sla-
cry, and opposed giving them the ben
lit of the freedmen's Bureau and Civil
lights Bills, and the right to vote.
Q. Why cannot colored men support
lie Democratic party.
A. Because that party would disfran-
lise them, and, if possible, return
lem to slavery--and certainly keep
lem in an inferior position before the
w. ...
@. With whom do the disloyal white
en of fhe South desire the colored {
en- to vote?
A. With the Democratic party.
Q. Would not the Democrats take )
way all the negroes rights
A Thav would