The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
MASS MEETING AT NIGHT.


On Wednesday evening, Sept 4, the Re
pubiicans of North Carolina held mass
meeting in fuckers Hall, in this City.
The meeting was called to order by the
Chairman. Mr. R. NJ Tucker of Craven
County. at eight O'clock P NJ, and was
opened by the singing of the popular hymn
-" Sound the loud Timbrcl." under the di-
rection of the Rev. A. Bass. After which
Mr. A. III. Galloway addressed the meeting
as follows:
MIR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLE-
MEN 1t is with much embarrassment that
1 address you this evening, being young
man scarcely out of my teens.
The great issue, it seems to me, which ag-
itates the minds of the American people is
the reconstruction of the so-called Confed-
crate States; and sir, it is the design of the
Republican party to reconstruct these States
on such basis. that this Union can never he
agaln disturbed by rebellion or a rebcllious
spirit. He felt proud to be representative
of that party and he wanted it distinctly
understood that he neither represented a
white mau's party nor black mans party,
but he represented a party that knows no
distinction on account of color, or former
condition. (Applausc) A man may be
Dutchpan or an Irishman; Yankee or a
Southerner, and tell you will give him a
hearty shake and warm welcome upon the
Republican platform. (Applause.)
When Congress conveyed to the negro the
right to vote it also conveyed to him the
same right hold to office, if we are capable,
and am perfectly willing to vote for any man
upon the Republican platform, let him be
black or white, let him be Yankee or South
erner, Dutchman or Irishman (Applause.)
l. myself, am opposed to confscation. and
the Republican party is opposed to confsca-
ton, but l tell you what the Republican par
ty will do. They will not reduce you to an
actual Territory yet but if you vote against
reconstruction in this State am in hopes
you will he reduced to a Territory, and it
will take more than ten men in Washington
City to prove that you were loyal, and your
property ought not to be sold to pay the
United States debt.
Now, Sir, what we want to establish is
free school system in North Carolina. And
how are we going to get that2 By taxation.
know we have got Il pretty heavy tax
now. But I want to see these men in North
Carolina who own twenty acres of land that
pay as much taxes as man that owns five
or six hundred l want to see that stopped.
want to see the man who owns one or two
thousand acres of land taxed dollar on the
acre, and if they can't pay the taxes, sell
their property to the highest bidder-let the
Sheriff sell it. and then we negroes shall be-
come land holders. (Applause)
would say to the poor white men of
North Carolina, 1t behooves you as we'll as
the negro, to participate in the reconstruc-
tion of the Commonwealth of North Carroll
ma. Only look around u.s. Poverty stares
US in the face Why? Because our COM
merce is embarrassed; our mineral resources
are unsought for at the present time; our ag
ricultural pursuits are stopped? Why is it. |
Because the Northern people have the money, |
and tell you they will never send 1t down
here until you are reconstructed, and when |
you do that peace and harmony will prevail, |
and there will be no longer any talk about /
negro insurrection-and the man who talks
that is not only an enemy to the negro, but |
an enemy to the Commonwealth of North
Carolina. (Applause.) Now the Republi-
can party means education; and it will lib
crate all children in North Carolina |
Mr. Battles children will have to 90 to
school with some poor white mans children,
that build on some obscure corner of his |
and
We are not yet out of the mire. These
arge congregations and speech-making and !
Ill this kind of thing does very we'll, but |
tell you we have got to work, and the man that |
,an talk must be in every precinct. He must |
20 every where, where there is a black man |
DR. a poor white man, and tell him the true |
condition of the Republican party and |
when that is done we will pledge to the Re
publican party Of. the United States twenty |
thousand Republican majority in North Car
olina. We have got to work hard and ear
nestly: we have rot to work faithfully. we