The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-16
For the Standard,
For the Standard.
General Wade Hampton and IS Blatant
DemagOgues.''

Demagogues.''
Gen. Wade Hamptons speech, which we
publish elsewhere, is full of more sincere and
salutary regard for the interests and welfare
of the black race, than fills the bosoms of
all these blatant demaeogues combined
We repeat that our colored friends will find
this out i'll all good time and will act accor-
dingly-SentineJ, 28th ult.
MEssRs EDITORS 1t fills my soul with
sorrow to find teachers of the people (all ed
itors are teachers,) pressing such decisions
as the foregoing on the faith of the public.
This teacher, presume, is honest and sim
cere; but am afraid he is Bourbon
never learns anything and never forgets
anything"
Like most of us too, he sometimes violates
plain, simple precept of the Great Teach
err" "Judge not, that We be not judged"
saith the Master The writer of the quota
ton above had forgotten this rule when he
penned the former sentence, else he would
have abstained from an unnecessary lmputa-
ton that turks in it, and which is distinctly
charged in other passages OF the article from
which the extract is taken. No man should
utter, as truth, anything which he does not
know to be truth. | do not believe that
former sentence to be true; but dare not
say it is false. Whether it be true or false is
known only to the searcher of hearts. Judge
not, fellow-mortal of the Sentinel, that you
be not judged.
By the words blatant demagogues' he
refers to the Majority of the Republican
Convention lately assembled in Raleigh
He thinks the colored people {" will find out
in all good time that they have better
friends outside the Republican party OF this
State and elsewhere among the whites, than
in that party. He predicts too, that they
the colorcd people, after making the dis
coverv aforesaid, will act accordingly. -
By which l suppose he means that the col
ored people will vote against Republicans,
when they come to the ballot-boX.
The Republican party has nowhere, that L
know of, expressed any spec'"t interest,
friendship or regard Cheap as such express
ions are) for the colored people or any other
people But that party does think the col
ored people, dixie other folks) are entitled to
Justice; and it holds itself bound by an OBJ
legation that cannot he annulled to struggle
on for the equality of all men before the law.
Ten wears ago Gen. Hampton, doubtless,
expressed and felt as lively an interest in the
welfare of the negro lis he does now. Ihe"
he honestly thought slarery was better tor
the negro than freedom, and he was wiling
to fight Gas he afterwards did to keep A1"s IN
slnrery The Republicans pr9teSstng no az
tectiom and sh0,cing n0ne for the negro,
thought nevertheless, that his just claim to
freedom was too strong to be ignored; and
that party after getting control OF the gov
vernment took the first opportunity 1t bellev-
ed to be legal to make the negro free. Gen.
Hampton and Others, " full Of more sincere
and salutary regard for the interests OF the
black race than filled the bosoms of all the
" blatant demagogues," who composed the
Republican party combined, said freedom
would ruin the negro and annihilate his race.
The Republican party said it could not help
it. If justice to the negro would ruin him
his ruin must come Better that the race he
anniIdtel than that injustice should live and
be protected in this Republic for the benefit
of the race. But that party said as there
was truth in God it did believe Gen. Hamp-
ton was mistaken 1t could not see how
freedom could ruin or annihilate the negro.
And Gen. Hampton also noao seems to think
he was mistaken. He says the deed has
been done, and for one, do honestly declare
lido not 7cish to see it revoked" Manly, no.
bic, glorious words, Gen. Hampton! Free
dom, even for the negro. is not 81 bad thing
as you once thought. Slavery for him is not
so good thing as you once supposed. else
you would be willing to have it restored.
:. Whenever the telegraph announced a
Southern victory the black man trembled;
but whenever the tidings came of North
ern victory we rejoiced because we knew
we that much nearer freedom.
To-day, thank God, we enjoy the results of
that freedom"
So spake Beverley Nash, colored man, in
Columbia, in response to Gen Hampton
Comment is unnecessary. Ny fellow South
erners for the love OF our dear old mother,
the sunny South, beg you to slumber no
more in fatal decisions. Oh, brothers!
Awake, arise or be forever fallen"
Let us allow no man to deceive us hereaf-
ter no matter whether he be himself the viz
tim of a delusion, or whether for purpose.
he is pandering to our prejudices. God has
created no men such fools us to prefer injus-
tiee to themselves from friends, to justice
even from strangers. If we want the votes
of the colored people we must adopt the
just principles of the Republican party.
Gen. Hampton tells the cOlored people
that the new reconstruction measures may
prove failure. The Supreme Court may
pronounce them unconstitutional and leave
the State governments as they now stand
Ia that event, he tells them he would be will
ling to allow all of both races who can read
and who pay taxes to certain amount to
have the right of suffrage. That is some
what In the direction of the Republican
party; but not exactly coincident with the
line OF justice. Besides Gen. Hampton, as
he torclbly suggests, only speaks for himself
Those who control our State governments ut
present have shown that they will do moth
ing of the kind except under compulsion-
Gen: Hampton by declaring himself in favor
OF doing it acithout compulsion, shows that
he IS tending towards Republicanism.
The safety and stability of the government
forbid the disfranchisement of any citizen
who has sense enough to commit crime.
When Gen. Hampton and the thousands of
the good and true men in the South shall
nave sincerely reached this conclusion, be-
lleve, the country will then have been re-
constructed on foundation lasting as the
ages. SOUTHERNER.
Johnston County, April, 1867.