New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-04-17
SOTTu CAROLINA.

MEETING OF COLORED CITIZENS AT GREENNILLE-
THOROUGH RADICAL sPEEcHEs-rIiE REPUBLi-
CAN PARTY DEFENDED AND ENDORSED.
large meeting was held ut Grcenylle. April 4, of
which Richmond Williams elected chairman He
addressed the meeting as follows;
Ny FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS: None OF us here
Tonight are orators None OF express ourselves
eloquenty or properly but we are here rs Freed
mon. We have rights and privileges which we never
owned before We have a right to vote Ours rs the
privilege of helping TO elect officers VINO s MAKE Jaws
fr us and want every To understand VINO are his
friends and when the day 10 be careful who he
votes for exposed To enemies; wolves VIII come
10 us sleeps clothing; they VIII try TO turn us from
our friends; we must be very careful Our conduct II
good will keep our rights II bad, We may lose them
and Inc GOOD and faithful citizens We under of
the best that God ever let me sun shlne
paIifti The flag that waves over us now
former position that " lone boaman upon the
wide waters without rudcr or paddle while near MN
plenty Of human beings VINO mght thy sose put
paddle In his hands but they did not choose when
somebody further removed from the poor boatman made
desperate effort and threw paddle over the heads OF
words, Now paddle your own canoe" We hear nlnen
until never had any rights or privileges, IL must
have been friend that gave them To us Ihree years
ago some OF us had little knapsack or carpet bag
Thank God We have got Bmedu great APPLAUSE
and in that bureau there are many poy sion rV l us
that we can be anything that we are an inferior
race and OF account Let us resolve 10 Dc as good ana
faithful citizens the country boasts.
Wilson Cook addressed the meeting as follows:
MY FRIENDS: am proud Of the opportunity OF express.
ing my feelings tins body of gentleien It's the flrst
time in my life that I've had the privilege OF expressing
my feelings in public who granted us these prlyegest
Did our Legislature their last session grant us these
rghtsi think not but the best friend we nave In the
world gave them 10 Beverly Nash says our best
friends are this side tho Potomac. thnk pOti KNOW
they are not Our former masters should be our best
friends but are theyi The Scriptures say we must prove
Them Mr. Nash says he had rather trust old masters
than any other men, where did they leave us why IN
the mud We must reason among ourselves ana ueclue
heat Re
votes not 10 your Threats III your ou master
comes 10 you, and draws bad picture ana tells you
what will happen In ten years, you DC very
After all the Republicans lave done for us shall We say
they are our eneesf had rather be taken out IN some
old field and hung first have offered 81 500 In gold Tor
myself and they said, Wilson Cook that day Viii never
come: but the day when the good old stars and
stripes waved over here and they said wilson Cook you
are IRE, and have got 81 800 yet loud cheerlng ana
now shall traitor 10 the ones who planted the good
old flag in our Indstt Rather hang me- once we were
slaves: now we freedmeu Let US do our duty by
our country, and will he people yet,n We Denave
ourselves The United states says so, ana believe u
See All they done for and what they are now 90
ing Look at the teachers who have leit tner MONIES
prved OF society, and subjected themselves
To the sneers forper owners-and Tor what WY
for us Who built schoolhouses, and VINO teacges
our childreni Did we or can we do 10 ourselves ~;
without hep do nothing. We are thahkIul tnat
darkness is going away, and the light dawns upon INC
freed mans mind he will know who 10 vote lo anu NC
will uroye ourselves grateful people yet LOOK man
IN the eyes when you talk TO INN sone Inv SAIL 40
right II die with the United states On our sue,
then say come death quick ,,,, -.
Resolutions adopted by the Union hepuDnnCtn party
ChaIlcston B. c. were then read by Frank Williamson,
Sccrtary, who referred particularly '" INC
resolutions: =.
"Tmat VIC Will not support any candidate for office who