The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-09-11

mans Bureau, has been spent for tllessake of q
FEW, WORTHLESS, no acceuntnigg an the South
There are two wqapoae Which as 9s@ sSs
they are socihl equality and the sswar Of the
races.n9 The Warzof the rpces- well, now let us:
examine for - mQueut the Inconsistencies .o1
these Journals that are harping about the wal, of
races. I assert here, and i make the assertion
without fearing a'si1ccessfhl contradiction, that
there never was sucll thing as war OF races,
simply because of q difference of complexion. Or
q difference of nationality. Wherever there has
been a war Of races, it has been conflict 81
ideas, conflict OF interest or war for the acquf
sition of territory. 'sissf4a 5ssi .ea ~ ~
NowsIask yonthe question then, is there any
thing of this character, existing between the
white people or the colored people of the South Z
We are bound together by the common ties OF
interest we are one people without difference
the other is white All the noble ideas thecol-
! ored people have, We have borrowed from you,
Our ideas of government we get from You, ana
the language we speak we get from you. Our
interest is one; if the one prospers the other
must prosper Also, We have got to sink togeth-
er or we have got to swim together. The white
people have even taught us the Lords prayer.
Our interest being one, speaking the same ian
guage, dwelling under the same government,
and, above all, serving the same God, and stri-
vingto get to the same Heaven, Iwolld ask In
the name of common consistency, then, what is
to bring about the much talked OF war Of the
races Nothing in the world 1t is only one of
these stratagems that are resorted to dor the
purpose of frightening white men away from the
Republican party, and trying to build mp an in
fernal machine here to tie on to the Democratic
party of the North. IS
= But even suppose such thing could be, as a
war of the races Take Tennessee. & There we
we find that colored people the Conservative
ticket, and we find that white people voted the
Conservative ticket, and colored people voted
I. &laD a,, otaf white voted the
Republican ticket. We find white men and col
ored MN on both sides. How are you going to
? get up war of races then how are you going
Z to get up war of races, when negroes are on
both sides? Take North Carolina, II yon please.
Here we have thirty thousand loyal white men,
and we have some just as loyal white men rs the
sun ever shoneupon, and even some who can not
take the "iron-clad OATH" then we have sixty
thousand loyal black men, in all ninety Thousand
Now, how are you going to. get up a war OF ra-
Irejoiced as I listened to. the. eulogium that
was delivered here upon the gentleman who has
been honored with the Presidency of this Con
vention for his loyalty, for his bravery, and for
his devotion to his country; but, sir, while en-
dorsed all that, and while | prided myself on
having such gentleman among us, especially to
preside over this Convention, stand here to-
: night priding myself equally as much upon the
fact that 1 can say to this gentleman. and will
say to this Convention, that we have some just
as goou i,nt w ,yhn or ct
{ as much devoted to the Unionps any set of men
upon the face of God Almighty foot-stool ZAP
plause.) .s,sssssts.I
ai a,G 81, p.u1u y ~
ON ~ oa o. ~ AZ, .uo ~ tn,d ,,o hfro M Co.
ths n;tad statos Almost j.; ta,a %
tr o. =, 1 s We have had No 5scnr5 in +h;s
( State between the white people and the colored
/, people; we have had no riots; our soil has not
San .o ~ sS ~ oto
ni;r ~ iii ,o,e IN Sarnoposi on,
r ,, of that &C q North 1,aroi;n;ep rberc "a
smother r;dicninns idea onr onnr,reTfs Vance
aS .ha+; C sofa, anoI;t, ~, tyvII ,,,, ~
verv Gentlemen and conia mention then, were
Ito cSoIi tbe names of some Of th, nanerst have
;S;faJ tba ro5 ,a IN -,
SnI,st te WHARF is have e Ell
yo tl,es sS .remtIense ,s,,St here ~ NartI
Torolna and I nav saw r;gbt here in tbe C;tv Of
RALEIGH. who sit down in their nriyate nlsces
and write sensation articles against tbe negro and
( against social eonaiIfv- have tried migbfv hard
4, nnll blacI ueoroes into their norlors and on.
de,vor to win them to. the Conservative side =
fAnnIanse Ia this consistent. is this fair ia #
: r;ghf il II honest are they s,oyerned hy II the
> PRINCIPLES that should govern sfatesmen'p mo
Certainly not. The idea of social equality never
did exisf in the Rennblican nlatform II =, EeSs.
3 They can't noint out sincle Renuhlcap in Con.
, oress or ont Of IL that advScot.s SOCIAL enna;tv
They can't point to q singie coul,trys either IN
Europe or America, where the NO races are
placed in contact. where social eonaiity is sdyo.
Gated, 10 to Canals, where fine laws are nerfect-
ly canal as every man who ,knovs ANYTHING of
British law. knows they are. In Canada thew
have coIored LAWYERS and doctors and colored
Uentlemen ali rtinr their hns;ness tar
helwhites treating the colored neorie kindly ac,
cordinc to their merit. Int there Is, not soc;sl
eOaIy tbe sneif Gn ou, .eee sa oa socl
Z there Won will And colored indges and laws
and coIored members oftbe Jamaican Parliament
There is no social eonality there. You 90 to $, a
party in Jamacia, you don't see eolored man at
white mans party, or white man at colored
mans party; come down South, where the law
does make difference, if you please, you 90 to
awhite mans party here, you don't see any col
ored men there, only in the capacity of servants
but you go to a black mans party, and you will
see some old white fellow hanging around, Qaughr
who are raising hue and cry about social eonal-
I ityi lsla T .sii.fss-ss5 - sill5 f7T1 iii
can forgive the Southern man whose dollars
and cents have been invested in the black man.
can respect Southern man that went into fhe
army, and fought bravely. / can respect South
ern men when they differ with the Northern mer,
and submitted their cause to the sword can
respect those men that urged the firing of the
cannon upon Fort Sumpter, and I will saw for
myself that was in favor of the firing upon Fort
2 Sumpter. You may call me rebel il you wish.
but when heard the first gun that was fired mn
on Fort Sumpter as walked the streets # Chat
ham, Canada West, I rejoiced, because heard
in the roar of that cannon that the North and tbe
South had broken their barpain-and their ma.
tional bargain was to hold four millions Of the
human race in slayery-slayery was national in.
terest, and hold that Northern men were lust as
much responsible for slavery as the Southern
man. (AppIause)
knew when they fired upon Fort Sumpter
their bargain was broken and heard in the roar
of the cannon the death knel Of American, slave.
ry, and rejoiced. cloud applause.} IT :,
These mon tbo+ +o1,, af H. ,,or ~ -. -, -.
to consider that we bsy ~ a,o seem
fancy now, that the negroes were raneed on ou ne