Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-09-18

view. He denounced carpet-baggers.-
They come among us to get spoils and as
soon as they have filed their pockets they
will take flight back to the region whence
they came. The whites of the South had
offered the colored man friendship. Would
the colored man refuse that friendship and
cleave to carpet-baggers, who had neither
the power nor the disposition to serve
them ? He asked the colored people to
whom would they go when difficulties over
took them, and they needed assistance p
Would they go to carpet-baggers, or would
they go to their white friends with whom
they had been raised =? IF they went to the
former class for aid they would be disap-
pointed. The white people who were their
natural friends, were the only class whose
friendship and assistance in the present
condition of the black man could be of
real value to him. He declared his inten-
ton to go for Seymour and Blair, and de-
Tended Gov. Seymour from the charge of
sympathizing with the rebellion. To sus-
tain that defence he cited the fact that when
the Union army was hard pressed at Get
tysburg by Lee, Mr.. Seymour who was
then Governor of the State of New York,
had promptly forwarded reinforcements
and thus saved Gen. Meade frhm being de-
feated. For this timely service he had been
thanked in official letters by President Lin
coin and Secretary Stanton. Gen. Blair,
the Democratic candidate for the Vice Pre-
sidency, had also fought bravely for the
Union, and had risen to high rank in the
Union army. He believed that If the Dem
ocratic party is successful in November the
country would go on prosperously; but If
the Radical party continued in power their
extravaganza and corruption would ruin
the country. He deprecated this continued
contest between the two races in the South.
It is kept alive by designing men for their
own purposes, and will result in injury to
the interests of the colored people. There
fore he implored them to accept the prof
fered friendship of the whites. Why
should there be everlasting hostility be-
tween them? God made both, and loved
both races Let the black people therefore
cooperate with the whites in building up
the country and making it prosperous.
Rulk, Radical. next spoke. He expected
when he came to find game worthy of his
efforts Regretted that Maj McClammy and
Capt. Ashe had not appeared in behalf of the
Democratic party. (NoTE.-These gentlemen
were present but declined to engage in pub
lie discussion with Radical colored men.
Rulk evidently did not consider the colored
man who had preceded him his equal, and
could find nothing to replyto. Probably he
did n OF listen with sufficient attention. y
Much of his speech was in the prophetic
view counted very strongly on the cleo
ton of Grant and Colfax seemed to think
the Vermont election had settled the Presi-
Dental question--to prove this point read
from the New York Herald, which he
called the principal Democratic organ in
New York city He commended that the
election of Seymour and Blair would pro-
duce war said that the (carpet-bag) gov
ernments established in the South would
never submit to be wiped out by Seymour
and Blair. (Here we have an explanation
of the Radical prediction of war in case of
Democratic success: "Elect our candi-
dates, ;" say the Radical leaders, "and all
will be WE'LL elect the Democratic candi-
dates and we will not submit to them. ")-
Rulk went on to denounce Gen, Blair as a
hummer, and told several anecdotes of
doubtful applicability; declared that no
colored man could vote the Democratic
ticket. (The elections will settle that ques-
ton better than Radical speakers)
Arnold, Radical, followed. He too was
disappointed in not having foeman wor-
thy of his steel. AS he too had nothing to
reply to, he would make his own speech
This he did in his peculiar manner, inter-
spersing it with anecdotes, and giving the
colored people some very good advice
advice which it is much to be regretted
many Of them do not follow, viz to do
their work faithfully, to treat their white
employers respectfully, and to make them
selves useful and necessary to the white
people. He rejected the idea that the
Democratic party intended to reduce the
blacks to personal slavery, but charged
that they intended to reduce them to po-
ltical slavery, much worse. He charged
Gov. Seymour with being common naur-
0erer. Hear that ye people of New York. J
He (Seymour) had addressed an almost
countless mob in New York city with the
appellation my friends" instead of now
ing them down with grape and canister. as
Napoleon did mob in Paris. Query
What is to be done with the mob of Radi-
Gals who threaten war in case Seymour and
Blair are elected? Are they to be fed
from the Napoleonic spoon p He thought
Chase would have run much better than
Seymour. AS the matter now stands
election of Grant and Colfax he reg1
as certain. Arnold concluded his m
by quoting string of verses, tha
of which was we are rising"
rocket, and will come down ed
vember like the stick)
SONG OF THE CARPET b
We rising, rising like
and bold.
We are rising just like Icary
story's told
OF him who few wings q
than steeple.)
Meantime our hands are deeI
the people.
Our winged man, the 60
rather high,
His wings were melted ana
from the sky
Into the sea- II but narrate
ditiOn,
TO show to you how short the
perdition)
We radicals are rising like Gag
We are rising fast, but much W
soon be run
So like the bird of passage, let
may,
And well put it in our pockets to
day.
We radicals are rising, are rising just
If you want to know at whose expens
into your pockets;
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