The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-08-21


as they would be done by?
A. Because they are devoid of prin-
ciple, and destitute of all sense OF JUS
tice where The colored man is con-
cerned.
Q. Do all white people belong to 9
party which would treat us in that way Z
A. Theydo not. There are many
who have stood up nobly for your
rights, and who will aid you to the
end; indeed, all true Republicans are
such.
@. To what party do the white peo-
pie of the South belong
A. The larger portion belong to the
Democratic party.
@. Are the shareholders and the
leaders of the rebellion members OF
that party? !,
A. They are, and would not regard
you as having any right if they were
in power.
@. The colored men should then
vote with the Republican or Radical
party?
A. They should, and shun the DEM
ocratic party as they would the over
seer's lash and the auction block.
@. Has the Republican party ever
deceived the colored people?
A. 1t has not While the Demo-
cratic party has always been opposed
to their freedom and education, and
their right to vote, the Republican par
ty has always been their friend.
@. To what party do the leading CO.
lored men belong?
A. Without exception they belong to
the Republican party.
@. What are the most prominent
principles advocated by the Republi'
can party?
A. Equal rights before the law and
at the ballot box for all men without
regard to race or color; that is, that
every man shall have the same rights
and liberties as any other man.
@. Does not the Military Reconstruc-
ton Act secure to us these rights +?
A. Yes, but you may yet be depriv-
ed of them if your enemies get into
power.
@. What would the people think if
the colored men voted with the Demo-
cratic party?
A. The people Of the North would
think that they did not fully under
stand their own rights nor the duties
devolving on them; and the people of
the South would proudly say: "We
have always told you that the negro
did not wish to be tree"
@. What use has been made of the
money which the colored people of the
Southern States have paid as taxes?
A. 1t has been used to establish
schools for achite children; to pay the
expenses of making and executing laws
in which the colored men have had no
voice, and in endeavoring to have the
Supreme Court set aside the law which
gives you the right to vote.
@. What! are the Democrats using
my own money to take away my
rights?
A. They have always done so, and
will continue to while they remain in
power.
@. Can this be right?
A. 1t can not, but it is what you
have always received, and such treat
ment as you will continue to receive
from the Democratic party.
@. Some people say that if we vote
against the white people of the South
it will make them our enemies and we
will be destroyed. Is it so?
A. This will not be the case, be-
cause they will try to befriend you to
secure Your vote.
@. But they say that we shall be dis
charged from work if we dare vote the
Republican ticket. Will they do that?
A. You should remember that your
labor is worth just as much to the man
who employs you as his money is to
you.
@. You would advise us then to dis
regard these threats and vote with the
Republican party?
A. Most certainly I would. Had
you not rather suffer, or even starve to
death, than to aid party to reenslave
you? Remember your former condition
and avoid return to chains and slav-
ery-"Give me liberty or give me
DEATH"
@. The white people South say that
the Republicans of the North do not
care for the colored men only SO far as
they can use them to continue in poll
stical power. Is that true?
A. 1t is not.
@. What is the reason that several of
the Northern States do not give us the
right to vote?
A. Chiefly because they have in the
past been controlled by the Democratic
party. in the Western States where
what are called the "Black Laws" ex-
list, which forbid colored people to live
there, there are large bodies Of whites
who moved originally from the slave
States, and carried the hatred and pre-.
JUDGES of slavery with them.
g. What has the Republican party
done in those States about such laws
A. Tried to abolish them as fast as it
obtained power. Itpublicly advocates
their repeal.
G. Well, am satisfied. You have
clearly shown me my duty, and shall
impart the information to my people.
A. Let me say to you further, that
the Democratic party will use all means
to get the colored people to put it in
power again, but you must remember
what has been its past record, and see
to it that you do not trust it in the