The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-12-09
Truth Suppressed.

"The people of the State have reconstructed
their government on the basis of the equal rights
of all. We have 10 distinctions founded ON color
or race G0vernor's Message is
And yet not one of our eighteen hundred
Cherokee Indians was allowed to vote. They
have no rights. Their only crime is that they
have been here too long."-Bib. Recorder, Nop. 25.
Our attention was recently called to the
above paragraphs, which appeared in the
organ OF a numerous and highly respectable
religious denomination. Coming from such
source, we should at least expect fairness
and truth. Instead of fairness, we find a
gross perTersion of the Governors Message,
and puerile comments upon the perverted
extract, The facts are these: %, r"-a's II
In the Governors Message, page 1, para
graph 2, occurs the sentence, "The people of
the State have reconstructed their govern
ments on the basis ofthe equal rights of all"
That is correctly reported in the Recorder.
On page 10. near the bottom, we find the
sentence, "We have no distinctions founded
on race or color sace those ehieh are social in
their character but ecery one is free unde,. tile
lao to make his oaon soay in life and to aoin
agood name for himself and his children"
The Recorder quotes the first clause of this
sentence, leaving out all after trace" and
placing the extract in connection with an
extract found fourteen pages from it. as if
they were truthful consecutive quotation.
The Misrepresentation consists in giving only
part OF sentence as the whole of it, in.
order to convey a false impression. Will
the Recorder correct its quotation, or will it
assume the odium of palpable perversion
of language2 S 'f4'.- '-2
In regard to the comments of the Recorder,
they are simply absurd The Constitution
OF North Corolina, article O. section 1, de-
clares:
Every male person born in the United States.
and every male person who has been naturajzed.
t~enty-one years old and upward, who shall
have resided in this State twelve months next
preceding the election, and thirty days In the
county IN Which he offers to vote. shall be deem
ed an eiector aio 7T-I'-H7 ~
There is nothing in that section excluding,
any race. Besides that, under the treaty
made between Gen Scott and these Chero-
kee Indians in 1888, they had secured to
them all the rights of citizens of the United
States. IT they chose to exercise those rights.
from that time up to the formation of the
new Constitution, it was believed by their
Chief William Fl. Thomas, that they had the
figdt TO vote. And although himself a par
tlzan Democrat, and anxious for the Success
OF ills party in that section of the State, he
was SO careful of these Indians, knowing
'heif peculiar disposition and fearing they
might come Hnder bad influences, that he
would not allow them to vote, though he
Was himself often a candidate for office. and
the votes fthese men would haye ensured
his election.
rev. s. s. Ashley, Superintendent of Pub
nc instruction, by and with the advice and
consent of the Governor, has given direction
mat tbs race, whose condition Is SO much
ia'iiented by our contemporary the Reeorder,
snail naVeall tbeir children enrolled in com.
a''n With other children of the State. that
ton. '''''-'
'hese people can become citizss If thew
'OSe TODD So Therefore. the statesnent is
'''"' We hare no Distinctions toah1led
'" '@Gs eradtor, saoe those ulieh nye .ac;oy in