The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-07-10

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teritv. These men are bevond the reach of
aronment' Thew shall die 40 the fool dietl,
and the snlendid fabric of national nros'
ner;tv which will rise above their graves
shall 'tnow them no more f,rever
Then thsre s, 10 . class of mon The ola no,;
t;c;ans IF the south who desira nou,ar ond
influence in the reoreanized state of affairs
These mon will vote AGAINST the Convention
because .thcv are disfrancb;sed Andrew
.Jnhnson once sa;d a very significant thine in
reoard 70 @ encb men as these-s. that tra;fors
n,,st 70 ka bocL seote Ith;nt tba Aner;con
,,ao,,,o NIL, ha .,,ora r,oonon;n,ons =, If thaso
~ rp Iii M" - az Pao,,I,I;,an -. % anS
cort;nna tbera;, With gpod fa;ti, | and stond
;na for t,vn raaro Con oreSs % ,r;l, arfronnh;so
them as fast az ro,, were d;sfranch;s;no the
neoroes dou,, Moro ebort time ooo h1 tho
w5;nn;ng ,,ost ct. - : -' So -
Then bear heart that there ;s mncb fear anono
tho Sontber. e,,oonlo of oonf;sca,;on onSS
ne,ro eonoJ;tu bel;o,.a T ossart tho nn;n;o,
at fhe North in sav;no that cont conf;scat;nn viii
never come unon the Sontbern neo,,le nnIess
hv their own nervoroeneco
Rut what Is +h;o oo~6sco+;o, which tho
reonle of tbe Sonth 90 mnch tear2 Is;t that
mercilees robbery which bae already ;mnov-
erished vour whole land2 Ia II that system
of wholesale conscr;nt;on bv which the
father the son and the brother were lraooed
from their homess Bv which rations were
NOT demanded for the soldier bnt were left
for the familv2 Rv which every thing of
value was swent into the Golfers of tbe State
Rv which in five wears off Confederate rnle
the entire South was reduced to such depra.
dation az would never had been had the fiac
of some pitiless British monarch floated over
the continent forever2 Having tasted the
horrors of sucb con6scot;on do NOT wondar
that the citizens of North -Carol;na trenoLIe
with dread of another Rn+ in NV bnmbJe
iudgment II will never on ,.ome cove +hrougb
tbof san,e ou;c;doi nnodnos. ,,h;oi, hronTbt
tho horroro Of tba ,,ast
think 7 need not % state to tb;s ;ntel,;oent
audience that neither the lave If Congress
the nrincinles of Rennbl;can;sm NOR the
| Constitution reouired at tbe bands of vonr
Convention will reonire anv neoro woman
| to marry or to have issue by a White man.
| Nor will thev reouire anv white man TO sit
of the table of black man or to invite the
black man to his own Srch tb;ngc 90 thece
oerta;n to nr;vate social life vbe1e Tho Ia W
does not nrovide
Rennbl;can;sm s;mn,v domands the ooual
civil r;ohts of the hlact man beeore tbe law .
that he shall have the r;oht to sow and rean .
that he shaII have the r;9ht of nrotect;on for
his nronertv his nereon and his family
that he shall have the riobt to public con,
| vevance and IN schools. and lastly that su-
| nreme r;ght of tho American tIe r;oht of
The ballot Whoever will denv IN the least
of these sncb rigbts 90 these lawful and
civil 10 not b;nsolf in nv, bru,hle ;nda-
mont nronored for Amer;can c;t;zensb;n
! also learn that among the colored men
of this State there is concern lest the Con
vention shonld he controlled too mucb bv
| their enemies 7 mean that tbev fear the
| Constitution which sbonld he framed by
that Convention will not sufficiently guard
| their RIGHTS. know how iealous these men
are of their first privileges accorded their
race since two hundred wears when thew were
first nermitted to work the rice and cotton
fields of the Sonth
! This very ieslousv of their liberty nroves
them fit for liberty Rut allow me fo saw IN
the colored men here tonight that ConGress
demands that Constitution he made and
nreeented bv the Convention in North. Caro-.
Ina sbai, he Renuh,;canN that ia II shall
contain nrovisions for the rights Of all men
before the law-those of tbe black mep as
we,l as those of tbe white man
Cast vonr votes for that Convention The
Congress- of the limited States which ia the
Great friend of yorr neonle eynacts f. of Won
IF North. Carolina forms Convention which
will not protect Won Congress- will send tina,
Constitution hack to North. Carolina fo,
North. Carolina to smoke in her nine.
Then Il is told the black men that the Re
nubl;can marty onlv w;shes 70 nse him for its
own nurnose. that II desires his votes. but
will abandon him in fnture that his hes,
friends are here in the South that his inter
ests are with them. Let me saw to YOU col
ored men. what I have said before. the Re.
publican party is not party for black men o.
for white men. but for all men. It can hay,
no possible object in securing the vote of th,
black man save his own good. Wheneve
this marty which is now the nation itself
/ ceases 70 be the friends of the black man
then let the black man cease to be frien(
to this party. Whenever the government
the Tinted States controlled nv this marty
ceases to feed your moor to clotbe YOUR ma
ked. to educate YOUR children. to snatch vol
from oppression and iniustice from th
stocks and the whinn;no most then abando,
that and seek your friends elsewhere. When
ever those other men-now nameless-shal
prove by their words and acts that they ar
YOUR friends; whenever federal officer nee,
no LONGER stand in the courts to prevent YOU
r;ohts being wrested from Won by the un;us
decisions Of magistrates: whenever blu
onard need mo LONGER natrol this wbol
South to prevent the robbing of your home
and the sIaughter of your people: whepeye
contracts are no longer made which bin,
uo,, CON, and bodv IN ennlovero. wbe