The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-04-17
"Get thee behind me, satan.o

The Hon. John M Bolts, in his late ad-
mirable letter to the colored mass meeting in
Petersburg, speaking of the temptations
presented by rebel leaders to the colored peo-
pie, to induce them to desert the cause of the
Union, says:
Whenever and wherever they approach
you recollect the scene upon the Mount be-
tween your Saviour and the Devil, and imi-
tate bis example by saying, as your Saviour
said to the tempter, get thee behind me,
Sutdn.""
There is much sense and force in this ad-
vice. "Touch not, taste not, handle not"
that unclean thing called treason. This adj
vice of Mr.. Bolts was practically carried out
by the colored people at Gordonsville, Va, a
few days since. A pretended Union man,
like Brother Pell. so-called, attempted to ad-
dress the colorcd people of that place, but
they would not hear him. The correspon-
dent who witnessed the scene says: A
He advanced to address the colored peo-
Pile, who, almost without word or the least
disturbance, turned their backs upon the
speaker and dispersed in every direction. 1t
was such thunderbolt to the rebels that
they seemed stunned, but rallying they gave
their champion II cheer. He addressed them
and the few coored men that remained from
curiosity, but it was evidently uphill work,
and did not last long"
That was well done Brother Pell, of the
Sentinel, while protesting to deprecate i'll
feeling between the whites and blacks, is con-
stantly engaged in efforts to sow discord
among them, with the view of benefiting
the rebel cause. Witness, for example, his
allusions in his issue of April Sth to the for
mer treatment by members of the late Re-
publican Convention of freedmen who. were
once their slaves; and his statement that
eighteen of the members of the body were
once "negro traders" Miserable, ignoble,
contemplate malice This harpy, stimula-
ted by the devil of hate and discord, would
have the colored people dig up their former
real or imaginary wrongs, and involve them
selves in bitter feuds with their best friends
among the whites, for no other reason than
that the rebel cause may gain little strength,
so that rebels and traitors may hold Office
and plunder our people while longer. We
4 learn that white man in this City who pro-
i fesses to be gentleman and Unlonist, has
\ been engaged in picking up evidence about
"negro traders" and we suppose he carried
|! his budget of news to the Sentinel Office.
i Brother Pell, so-called also refuses to say
| in his paper that colored men are entitled to
hold office and yet he is constantly engaged
| in making offers privately to colored men
that if they will abandon the Republican
cause and take an Independent stand, as he
calls it, his party will support them for of
flee. We say, publicly, that colored men are
as much entitled on their merits to hold Of
ice as white men, and we expect to see col
ored men members of our State Convention
but the Sentinel, refusing to say this publicly,
and refusing even to retract or qualify its
declaration made last October, that the col
ored people are the God-cursed sons Q,
Ham," is insidiously engaged, IN pirate, ir
making all kinds Of promises in this respect
TO the colored people. Well may these peo
pie exclaim to Brother Pell, 'get thee be-
hind me. Satan" Only few days since
Brother Pel sent thoughtless, hair r-brained
| young rebel to leading colored man O.
this City, with the promise of a seat in the
Convention if he would take ground agains
Holden, The young man, who had been in
structed by Brother Pell, told the colored
man that " Holden was about to deceive tn,
colored people," Our colored friend did no
entertain the offer, and the young man retir
| ed with several feas in his ear. Brother Pei
had, himself, previously tried another leading
colored man in the same way, and failed.
The colored people will remember how
the Senior Editor of the Standard was ma
ligned, ridiculed and persecuted by the Sen
tinel, because on The first day of Januar,
last he took ground openly in the African
Church, in this City, in favor of unrestricted
negro suffrage. They also remember tina
within the last four months this same Sen
tinel, edited by Brother Pell, called on tn
grand juries to indict the colored people
and white people, and the Editors Of tn,
Standard, as incendiaries and traitors, be
cause they were getting up and signin!
memorials to Congress to pass reconstruc
tion act. But now, when it is supposed tn
colored people can be hoodwinked and de
ceived into the support of rebels and traitors
the Sentinel is as busy as possible in declar
ing that it always has been and is now tn
best friend the colored people have! Of
hypocrisy! Oh spirit of falsehood and de
ceit, emanation of Sat an himsefl Wei
may the colored people say to all such a
Brother Pell, so-called, GET THEE BENIN
Me, SATAN" .8
The Holly Springs Meeting.
4 The Sentinel attempts to ridicule the Re
| publican meeting recently held at Hol