The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-22

The following is a dialogue between
newly enfranchised freedman and sound
Radical Republican The new-made voter
is seeking light upon the subject of his po
litical duties and his Radical friend gives
him plain facts, and demonstrates clearly
with which party he and all like him should
act. 1t would be we'll for colored voters
generally to seek out some tried Radical
friend and question him upon all subjects
about which they have any doubt. The dia-
loguc is submitted with the hope that the
facts set forth therein will remove doubts
from the minds of many who have been un-
able to receive proper information upon the
position in which they should stand at this
time:
THE DIALOGUE
Question. With which party should the
colOred man vote?
Answer. The Union Republican party.
@. Why should the colored man vote with
that party?
A. Because that party has made him free
and given him the right to vote.
@. Was Mr. Lincoln Republican
A. He was a Republican President.
@. Are all the Republicans in favor of uni
versal freedom
A They are.
O. What is the difference between Radi-
calls and Republicans?
A. There is none. The word Radical was
applied to the Republican party by its enc
mics, and has been accepted by it.
@. The Radicals and Republicans are then
one and the same party9
A. They are, and they are all in favor of
freedom and universal justice.
@. What is the meaning of the word Rad
ical as applied to political parties and poll
ticians
A. 1t means one who is in favor of going
to the root of things; who is thoroughly in
earnest; who desires that slavery should be
abolished, that every disability connected
Herewith should be o6literated not only from
the national laws but from those of every
State in the Union.
@. Is Mr.. Sumner a Republican
A. He is and Radical, so are Thaddeus
Stevens. Senator Wilson, Judge Kelley, Gen.
Butler, Speaker Colfax, Chief Justice Chase,
and all other men who favor giving colored
men their rights.
@. To which party do the friends of the
colored men in Congress belong2
A. To the Republican party.
@. What is Democrat?
A. A member of that party which before
the rebellion sustained every legislative act
demanded by the Shareholders, such as the
Fugitive Slave Law, and the attempt made
:" iOlNo sidFCiy uPoh Ch0 "So'SiA AS'iA
tories.
G. What was the position Of the Demo-
cratic party during the wars
A. 1t opposed the war; declared Mr.. Lin
coins management of it. failure; resisted
every measure in Congress looking to eman-
cipation, and denounced the Government for
arming colored men as soldiers.
Y, What has that party done since the
surrender of the rebels?
A. 1t has sustained Mr.. johnson in his ef
1orts to restore your old masters to power i'll
the country, and opposed every act for your
benefit which the Republican Congress has
adopted.
Y. Is it known by any other name?
A 1t Is also known as Conservative, Cop
perhead and rebel. Under each name it is
sun the same enemy of freedom and the
rights of man.
" Would the Democrats make slaves of
'ne colored people again if they could2
1, n IL IS faIr to presume they would, for
they have opposed their freedom by every
,nealls IN their power, and have always Ia
''feo 10 10 extend slavery.
to vote? "i1o" oo'o'od n'o-
a. "A. No! They have ALWAYS opposed it in
Gonsress and in the various State Legisla-
lures. 0''o
of So,M9 ( VINO abolished slavery in the District
Jinco1a i'm. "a republican Congress and Abraham
NiGeo1n, IN, Republican President.
% "ho freed the slaves in the South?
PraSida apIaham Lincoln, the Republican
Nsiuent, Ven, by proclamation.
Bill VINO passed the Freedman's Bureau
a atwo.tb;rfp bM;gpublican Congress by more than
johnson b'ts as vote over the veto of Andrew
Conservat;u tne leader of the Democratic or
4. The n0 ssms save ps US the Civil Rights Bill,
Q. What ar partT republican aa1 Congress.
A The Re,a.,iy gave us the right to vote