Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-10

tuition. 1t is worse than We believed pos
slble, We did not thlnk that vindictire
ness could go SO far. We can neither be SC
cowardly, SO false to our children, and 81
wicked In the sight OF God, as to vote fol
such an abominnble concern. It is impos
slbIe that the white men of North Carolini
can really approve Constitution that makes
the negro their equal IN ALL THINGS -
Let US, then, like true men, vote en- masse
against it. Let US do what we believe to
be right, and risk the consequences. Let
it never be said thst the Yankees, the ne.
.groes, and a few socalled native whites,
scared all the manhood out of US, and
forced Us to 0dopt aChat zee despised. We
are by no means obliged to submit to such
lnfamy. If we are guilty of treason, lei
the conqueror prove it and punish us il
We are not guilty, then let us stand up fo1
our rights
This proposed Constitution is monstrous
IN any sense you take it. Suppose it just
and proper to punish secessionists and &C.
tive war men, are there not thousands in
North Carolina, who are as true Union men
as ever lived pa large number of old men,
who opposed the war all the time-hard
working men who have always been true
to the Union-widows, who have suffered
more than tongue can tell-orphans, who
have been deprived of everything except a
little property yet, upon all these, this
negro-equality, otfioe-making, heavy tax
ing Constitution falls with equal ruin =
supports his wife and children by his own
hard labor, will literally be ruined, if this
Constitution is adopted. He must pay
tremendous tax, send his chill
dren to mixed schools, muster with
negroes, have negroes for judges,
magistrates. railroad conductors, road
overseers, &C., &C. is THIS RIGHT
Has he done anything to deserve such pun.
ishment? Yet all can see this is precisely
what is proposed, and that no distinction
Is made in any way. on account Of what a
man has done or suffered.
You may belong to the party that made
this Constitution; you may have thought
this party best, and that by it we could
most readily be restored to the Union; but
you must see you have been betrayed, that
your confidence has been abused, that they
have deliberately planned the ruin of the
white man for the benefit of the negroes
and office holders.
The Constitution is an out and out Yam
kee concern, made for their benefit AND
YOUR RUIN. They tax US enormously
to pay the public debt due Northern bond
holders. They give every Yankee some
kind Of an Office and push our men aside,
and then they levy an enormous tax to pay
these officers and to educate the negroes
Let us never submit to this. Alabama and
Arkansas have rejected their proposed Con-
stitutions and now they will have better
conditions. All that the Radicals tell you
about war and coDfscation if we reject this
Constitution, is FALSE and they know it.
We know you are opposed to negro equal
ity and high taxes. Then come out boldly
and put down this ruinous Constitution. -.
It is COPYRIGHT to reject it if you do not like
it; Congress grants you the right to Uote
freely, aud if you vote for it the whole
world must suppose you APPROVE II.
Let every man go to the election and
vote as white man should. Let us defeat
this monster and then make such O Con
as will bo fair and just to all
classes and conditions!