The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-07-31

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with all they need, and the farms IN re.
turn will supply their wants.
There is another fashion that had as
we'll 90 out Of date. Some Of our peo-
pie are daily declaring that they are
better friends of the colored people
than the yankees; that the yankees are
putting bad notions in their heads, and
various other appeals calculated to
produce bad feelings. Now all that is
foolishness; first, because you can
never make the colored man believe
it, and secondly, if You could it would
be wrong to do so. Sectional appeals
of that character are unpatriotic. Ii
they are going to prove what they say
to be true, let them at once freely and
cheerfnlly, not grudgingly, accord to
the colored man the fruits of freedom.
If they are doing it freely and in
friendly spirit, why criticise any body
else for doing the same thing 2? This
is new business, and our success and
prosperity depends upon the good feel
ing that ought to exist between the
two races. s9sa 9aiN7'g
The Southern man who says or does
anything to create bad feeling towards
the North, at this critical time, is no
patriot, and the Northern man who
tries to stir up one portion of our, peo-
pie against the other is equally destl-
tute Of patriotism. 5e,.,..3- $
1t is right and proper that both sec
lions should remember that slavery is
national sin. The North is as much
responsible for its introduction here as
the South. The North had the good
sense to get rid oft, while the South
was silly enough to try to perpetuate
it. The sin was national, and the suf-
fering has been SO too. There is no good
reason now why the two races should
be at enmity, but many reasons why
they should be friends. Our common
interests demand it, and J trust our
hearts feel it. Surely slave owners can
entertain no unworthy prejudices
against a people who remained with
them faithful to the last and forbore to
participate in struggle which after
1868 was avowedly for their freedom.
After that period they knew that one
army was fighting for freedom and the
other for slavery. And yet they re-
manned faithful, kind and obedient, pro-
tecting and feeding the families of those
who were fighting to perpetuate their
bondage. Here again in this remar-
kable contest, we see conduct so contra
ry to the promptings Of human feeling,
that we are constrained to believe that
a merciful Providence was guiding the
whole matter, with a wisdom above the
reach of man.
Then let us be friends and work together
for our mutual benefit. My advice to the
white man is, be kind and just to the color
ed man, make fair and liberal contracts with
him, and stand up to them, even to your
hurt; and it is precisely the same to the col
ored man. Heretofore the colored man has
had but little opportunity to form general
| character; it will not be so hereafter. The
! broad world is now before you, and you will
soon make some sort of mark upon it.
Your conduct and your dealings with men
| will soon make you general character
You can make it good, bad or Indifferent,
just as you see proper. Honesty, industry,
economy, sobriety, intelligence, truth and
virtue will secure for you all that any man
should desire You should also look to the
virtue and integrity Of your children
Teach them to speak the truth from the time
they first begin to lisp, for you know that
those who oppose your enfranchisement are
in the habit of charging the whole race with
falsehood, and indeed we all know too well
that deception was an incident of slavery !;
but since the principle has fallen, let the n
cident fall with it. 5f.s
The responsibilities and duties of freedom
and citizenship are important, and you must
now qualify yourselves to discharge them
inteligent!y and honestly. If you fail 10 do
so, you will soon find level not very much
higher than slavery. Every good white man
will encourage and assist you to prepare to
meet and discharge your new duties as citi-
zens.
While I tell you that those who are de-
nouncing the Yankees and swearing that
they are your best friends, are mere time
serving demagogues, let me also say to you,
beware of any man whether of Northern OF
Southern birth, who tries to inAame your
passions and prejudices against the white
race and to build up colored party on those
passions and prejudices. He who does it is
an enemy alike of the white and colored
man, and is seeking some personal advantage
at the expense of the country. To say moth.
ing of right and wrong see what madness il
would be for you to form party on such o
basis in North Carolina. You only consti
tute one third of our population, and unless
you can get a large portion of the whites to
join you, you will be in helpless and hope
less minority. How can this be done2 By
throwing banner to the breeze. with Union
Liberty and Equality before the Law. in
scribed within its folds. Let hate and pre-
judice have no place there. Elevate YOUR
selves, but pull nobody else down. Go fol-
the education and progress of mankind
without regard to race or color, and invite
all to come forward and assist in the devel
opment of our common country. Thes,
principles are good for the white man anC
good for the colored man. They are founded
upon rock and cannot be moved. Yo,
will then have party of principle, and no
of race or color
While would rejoice to see all men unit
upon platform so reasonable and lust. d,
not believe that the millennium has vet arriy
eel. cannot close my eyes to what is goin,
on around me. On the 9th of March last,
attended In Raleigh, the largest and mos
enthusiastic convention that ever assemble,
in h-Carolina, and we there threw tn
banner of the Republican party, the onl
national party in this country, to the breeze
with the principles which have just state,
inscribed upon it. In order to carry on
these principles we endorsed the measure
adopted by Congress for the reconstruc.io
Of the Southern States, and had hoped vi
til recently that they were to meet with n