The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-02-05
TO THE u. L. OF A. In N0RTH-CAR0LENA.
STATE COUNCIL CHAMBER, U. L. A.,
RALEIGH, Jan. 81, 1868.

STATE COUNCIL CHAMBER, U. L. A.,
RALEIGH, Jan. 81, 1868.
BROTHERS You will be called upon in
short time again to exercise the right OF
suffrage The Convention now in session in
Raleigh will soon submit to you the new
Constitution for this State This Constitu-
ton must be ratified. We must elect loyal
members of Congress, and loyal State and
County officers All our past labors have
been directed to this end. Let us stand
to utter rout the enemies OF reconstruction,
and declare in unmstakable terms that
"LoYAL MEN MUST GOVERN" In no other
way can the Union be restored. In no other
way can prosperity be revived and made
permanent among us. In no other way can
Liberty itself be preserved.
But, to make sure of these results thorough
organization is necessary. We should at
once 90 earnestly to work. Establish your
Councils at every County seat Invite into
them the loyal and the true. Hold frequent
meetings Let documents and newspapers
be read, commented on, explained, and free
ly circulated among the people. Prepare
yourselves for the various nominations to be
made for office; and when the nominations
are made, see to it by every honorable means
in your power that the loyal candidates are
elected. We exhort you to have no strife
or wranglings among yourselves about Office
The cause is too Important and the interests
at stake too precious, to be put in peril by
mere preferences for men, or by the ambi-
ton of men. Let us rather g in honor pre-
fer one another" so that, like brothers in
common cause, we may be able to reach the
best results. Let your Councilsat the Coun-
ty seats radiate throughout every neighbor-
hood in the County. Let precinct Councils
be established, and let them cooperate with
the central County Councils In this way
great good can be accomplished Be ready
especially several days before the election,
for the work to be done on that day. Let
committees or precinct men, with the neces-
and let every loyal Lacquer sserAA, srork, eOrk,
up to the last moment on the last day of
voting -a.
Brothers, our mission is the noble one of
reconstructing our State on the basis of 10y
atty, Truth and Justice. We seek to " Sc
cure the ascendency OF the true principles of
popular government equal liberty the edu-
cation and elevation of the toiiing masses
the preservation of our national honor and
faith" and we inculcate brotherly affection
and true charity towards all men," Our rule
of faith is the Holy Bible Our political
creed is found in the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and the Constitution of the United
States. We love the flag, because it is the
symbol of the national majes:y and glory.
We are for the Union, because it will be to us
in the fnture, as it has been in the past,
fountain of innumerable benefits and bless
ings. We seek the good of all, the injury
of none. And yet, brothers, you have been
misrepresented, denounced. threatened, per-
secuted and hunted down for these princi-
pies and sentiments. The most Infamous
calumnies have been heaped upon you. In
public and in private, from the stump and
from the press, and even in Courts of Justice,
your enemies have resorted to every effort to
destroy your good name and your noble or
ganization. But you have stood firm. To
your lasting honor be it said, you have never
faltered. Sustained by consciousness of
the purity of your intentions, and YOUR sin
gle-eyed devotion to your country, you have
presented an unwavering front, against
which the legions of treason and Rebellion
have ragged in vain = an 31G s,i y iaf aH
Loyal Leaguers You have done WE'LL
You have contended against fearful odds,
and have been victorious. Against you has
been arrayed the wealth and power of the
State. All the patronage Of tlle State govern GOV
ment, with all its corporations, has been