The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-10-23

These gentlemen also say that congress
has done wrong, and that il must resQDsidcr
It's action in, relation to reeahstfuctiohl
They hold that they themselves and not
Conar,.ss or YOU, or the loyaI whites of tho
South are the best judges of reconstruction.
Twice already have they put away terms of
settlement, and they are nav srsfnAngs item
for a third time. To them the rebellion was
only little onpleasautncss." Laughter
They are still disposed to be flttle pnpleas,,
ant in their manners and thik about Voting
down Republican Conventions and Constitu-
tons. Well, fellow-citizens, let them do so,
if theycan But are determined % carry
out these acts ia good faith, over altopposl-,
tom Tcrfes IL YES, yes.1 VIC will also so
cage the Devil of Rebellion that he will not
90 out to harm this people any more for "a
season. Applause and laughter.l We are
going to inaugurate an era of peace and good
government in the State of Nortl,-C Carolina.
Scventy-fivc thousand colored voters will
register in this State and ninety-five thous-
and whites. Of these latter fhe Republicani
and it may be fifty thousand. lCheers. Our
vote will be at least oae hundred thousand,
withtNenfy- Hive thousand majority. Great
applause And let me tell you, most of tic
white peopletliat viii 60 With ust9 sictory
will he the poor, over taxed, hard worked
men of the State, who age honorable and
high-minded in the midst of their poverty.
They have reason to be proud of their scan-
tv means at time like this, for they came
honestly by it. 1t is not their fault but the
fault of those who led them on to the sham
bles Of destruction Then there are die COZ
ored voters. No power under Heaven can
detach them from the Republican party
That's SOL SO you see there is power in
this State strong enough and brave enough
to restore the State to the Union, fellow-cit-
liens. And we intend to do it, as have said
before, in Spite of. all oppositioi1 !uppn the
basis of loyal suffrage (Applanse.
The fact is, fellow-citizens, all the argu;
ments and views of Governors Bragg and
Graham are based on false premises. They
forget that North Carolina has lost, by ne
belliOn, all her constitutional relations to the
general government. President Johnson
himself said this in 1865. There has been
no charge stree. We are now as we were
then Ia subjugated territory, only State
in name and by courtesy, as it were, under
military law, taking our laws and shaping
our course at the will of the conqueror. 1t
is true, We may do as we please about recon-
structoH. We may accept il u QmPtly with
all its blessings or we may refuse it, and
take theconsequences; but there is no pro-
priety, or reason, or truth in the argument
that we occupy the same footing and are
entitled to the same privileges with Penn
sylvania and Ohio, These gentlemen. will
continue to argue at random until they see
and feel fins GREAT truth
once acted with Gov. Bragg in the
Democratic party Bnt seven years ago, we
dlsagreed-he went torsecession land 4 nd
hered7 TO the cause OF the Union. Cheers
we have dinered ever since, and ind that
we are now as wide apart as ever before:
Laughter. u
What is it that the people are now called
upon to DO Registration Is well-nigh com
plete, and tae day OF voting will be soon
txed-probably about the goth of Noyem-
ber- The first thing that is before the peo-
pie then IS to vote fora Convention. Then
we must nominate candidates for Cepyep-
ton. This must be done in a few weeks =
We should call a Convention in Wake
County, and have every Captains district
represented Then We will nominate cam
didates-feur men to be voted for in the
approaching election. "a, voice, q that's
right.n -
And now, let me appeal to you all in the
name Of liberty, of the Union and the Con
stitution, to vote for q Convention promptly
and cheerfullg. lCnes, we will Our enc
mics charge US with being contscationists
but we stand here to-day, as we nave stood
for two years past bet~eea them and coHfsea-
t'oa. Let US go forward and do our duty
and replant tue tree OF liberty in the soil of