The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-09-16
Cheerful Signs.
'Tae work goes bravely on" The pros
Rl&s for thnniention nf Grant and Colfa Y

rs I0r tneciectl0n OF Grant and ColfaX
tighten every day. From every direction
6hcncws sschcering. The sober, thinking
everywhere zee and know that the safety of
the Republic depends upon the success of the
Union party this fall, hence, they are acting
accordingly. as.s
Meanwhile the old pro-slavery oligarchs
are scowling and biting their nails in disap-
pointment and rage. Their glory has de-
parted They have been in hopes yet to
regain what they gave up at Appomattox
Court House. They have entertained a
hope that if they could not rule thsalr former.
slaves as laborers, without pay, they could :
use them at the ballot box or else so intimi-
date them as to keep them from voting the
Republican ticket. Their efforts are going
to prove of no avail. They know who
their real friends are. They know theirrights
and knowing, are going to maintain them.
The poor white man now begins to learn
his true interests. He has found out by the
bitter experience ofthe past seven years, that
those to whom he was accustomed to look
for advice in political matters, were no real
friends of his. The promises they made in
1861, to see that his family should be taken
care off he would go out for few months
only and help to whip the Yankees, he soon
found were made to be broken. No people
in modern times, except slaves, have been so
hoodwinked, deceived and imposed upon
as the poor white men of the South. But,
thanks to kind Providence and the armies
of Grant and Sherman, they have been lib.
Grated as we'll as the slaves Their day of
deliverance has come The son of the hard.
listed farmer can now enter the lists with
those who nave therefore, claimed to have the
exclusive right to places of trust and honor.
And the son of the once naughty and proud
aristocrat finds that upon giving up his
slaves he must either 60 to work, steal, or
starve. Many of these, to their credit be
it said. have accepted the situation in
good faith, and are regarding labor
as honorable. They are making good
citizens and will be respected as such.
Others not yet fully understanding the stu
alton, and not having shaken the vapors
out of their heads" are still disposed to look
upon the "Confederacy" as not really dead,
but sleeping consequently they are wearing
democratic" badges, yelling for Seymour
and Blair, and becoming members of Ku
Klux. and other disreputable organizations.
The election Of Grant, however, wilt teach
them lesson. They will, after that event,
act more in accordance with common sense.
For them to be little sore is natural.
They'll get better after awhile. "4
All honor to the colored men They are,
as general thing, peaceable and well dis
posed. They are, in their dispositions, for
giving and forbearing Were they otherwise,
much trouble might ensue. Their habits
of life heretofore, make them as to the real
necessaries of life, easily satisfied. They will
be true to themselves. They know by ages
of bitter experience the power of the oppres-
sor. Having tasted the sweets of liberty
and enfranchisement, they will not yield
them without a struggle. The interest of
the poor men of both races are identical.
Both want good wages, good schools for
their children, and good order in society
and in order to secure these blessings they
must thwart the designs of treacherous and
corrupt set of politicians, who have always
abused and oppressed them. To freedman
who will vote for Seymour and Bair, the
bitter experience of slavery must prove of nc
effect, and the landless white man, who sup
ports the same ticket must surely need fur
ther teaching from hard task-mastes. The
) odious and internal legislation of the Con
federates during the past few years has
however, opened the eyes of the masses
Thay will never again be deceived Tht
genuine, true, all-the-time Union men of the
South will never forget them. Forgive
when true repentance is shown, they will
: but forget never !!