Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-05-03

cure the ballot, and, as whole, we think.
from present indications, the Southern
people will secure the majority of it. No
where, we believe, will any attempt be made
to interfere with this ballot. or to prevent
It's free use. There will be less obstruc
lions at the polls, in the South, than at the
North The negroes in some counties will
outnumber the whites three to one. They
will jostle and crowd their old masters in
way which will astonish the white men of
the North
Such spectacle of course will be q trial
OF patience aid forbearance-but necessity
knows no law. Only the Providence of
God can see the end of such an experiment.
Ii 1t shall not ultimately end in a war OF
races, 1t will be because of non-interference
| from the North and great good sense at the
South All realize that now that the negro
Is free, that he must be educated as far as
possible. The leading men Of the South
advocate this and welcome all aid and en-
couragement to secure this end The ne
gro is much more tractable this year than
last. He labors better in the field and bet
ter In the workshops. He is content either
with division of profits upon the farm or
fair monthly wages on the road. In many
things, 1t is frt1e, he is a mere child in his
dandylsm AM foppery, and this is particu-
Larry true OF the young women, who are
IN danger OF spending years earnings in
| week, or day, unless we'll advised and
! controlled. But everywhere in Virginia,
IN Tennessee, in Georgia and South Car
DINA one hears of Improvement. such as
better culture in the field, better regard for
contracts, and that sense of self-reIiance
which was not felt at all one year after the
war;
| Ii then Congress means the acceptance
| OF It's harsh measures as finaLity it will
be its own fault if all, or nearly all of the
Southern States are not in good fellowship
| before the close of the winter of 1868. The
commanding Generals South declare that
there military bills are finality. We trust
that time will prove they speak by al-
| thority.
! Al HOME AND ABRoAD.-In view of the repeated
| harangucs which the colored race of our city, tho
newly enfranchsed population, will lear from
Radical orators from Massachusetts, and other
| Northern States before the present political can
vass is over, we publish the following extract from
/ the recent speech OF Governor Orr ofsouth Caro-
! lima, to the Charleston Board of Trade, and com
mend it to the consideration of every colored 70
ter. Let these party hacks vino profess to be u
name, benevolent and sympathizing men, pay
attention to the blacks in their own States
and manifest their sympathy for tho race by car
rying into practice, at home, the principles which
they boast OF so loudly abroad:
Governor Orr said . When the emissary come.
here from the State of New York, Massachusetts,
Or Ohio, and says to the black man, 'we are youl
friends are going to take care of you; vote
with us these white people cannot be trusted :
l want our coored MEN to say to these eDlissaries
to the Massachusetts men, that in South Caro-
lima, under this law, it matters not by whom i
was passed, every colored man, twenty-one year
of ago. is entitled to his ballot and that he would
not be allowed to vote in Massachusetts unless h,
could read and write. Say to the emissary O
Ohio, who comes here for the purpose of givins
advice as to how you shall vote, go back to Ohio
! here, because no black man there is entitled t.
vote. Within the last three weeks New Jersey
ohio and Michigan have resolved that the blacl
man shall not vote under any circumstances what
! ever"