The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-08-05
COlOred Voters.

address to the colOred people: IL says we
are speaking the sentiment ofthe people of
| the State" This is not true 1t is not the
people whose sentiments are thus expressed,
but the sentiments Of a class who have ruled
this country to disaster and ruin. Ruled it
that they might live in idleness, luxury and
crime. Ruled it that they might trample I'M
der foot the sacred rights of a free people.
We say to these gentlemen, and we speak
for the colored people, you have bound the
| the limbs and blinded the eyes of very
large portion of the people of this State but
you can do it no longer. Their limbs have
been unclaimed by the power that holds
aloft the flag of a free people, and which
power you have been compelled to respect.
The veil has been lifted from their eyes by
the will of twenty millions of FREEMEN, and
their DEGREES have received the sanction of
| Almighty God. No sentiment that does
| dot reach out to the furtherest parts of the
State, and take in every person however
high or low, rich or poor, and without regard
to race or color or previous condition in life
is the sentiment of the people. The article
continues to say under the head of advice
"You do not know how to vote, and this
most Of you, we suppose will really confess.
| We object to your exercising the right of
voting in the next place, because you are so
easily influenced by wicked and designing
men. See how you have voted in the cleo
tons heretofore You have. almost to a man
voted Tor men and measures, destructive of
| your interests and ours"
The colorcd people must remember that
this is an effort to have them vote for the
Rebel ticket, and let us see. You knop not
hoao to cote" How would you have them
vote ? Would you have themundo what
they have already done9 How have they
destroyed "your interest and ours" Let us
examine.
They have voted that all men are endowed
with the rights of life, liberty, the enjoy
ment of the fruits of their own labor, and
the pursuit of happiness. Did they vote
wrong in this +? They voted that all political
poweris vested in and derived from the peo-
pie; that all government of right originates
with the people, is founded upon their will
only, and is instituted solely for the good of
the whole Did they vote wrong in this
They voted that this State shall ever remain
member of the AMERICAN UNION. Did
they vote wrong in this? They voted that
| el,,,,or,, on1 corvitu1o ~
wise than for crime, whereof the parties
shall have been duly convicted. shall be and
are hereby forever prohibited within this
State. Did they vote wrong in this? They
voted that all courts should be open to
every person, and right and justice be adj
ministered without denial or delay. Did
they vote wrong in this They voted that all
men have natural and unalienable right to
p worship Almighty God according to the die
tates of their own conscience. Did they vote
wrong in this? They voted that there should
be no imprisonment for debt. Did they vote
wrong in this They voted that no person
shall be convicted of crime but by the unan
imous verdict of a,Iury of good and lawful
men in open court Did they vote wrong in
this2 They voted that the public debt shall
be regarded as inviolable and never be ques-
toned. Did they vote wrong in this p
They have voted that all the children of
the State shall be educated Did they vote
wrong in this9
These and more of the great princi.
Piles, having in view the welfare of the
people, have they voted for. These, and
only such as these, have yet received their
support. Now, if the rebel party condemn
: these, they condemn all that is good, and
uphold all that is bad Again it speaks:
ave expect to make your political status
an important consideration in our future
contracts"
!, Here it is Vote as the rebels say, and
you have work. The colored people are
: going to do no such thing. They are going
| to have the same privileges as Other
electors The idea that has been so long
, and loudly proclaimed by the rebels, that
f they control the labor Is false in every way
p Tile man acho o1onS labor is Just as much g mas
ter as the man aoh0 hires the tabor The land
q in this State does not all belong to rebels
| Many thousand plantations are owned by
8 good, loyal Union men, who employ mer
G for their labor, not for their votes This is
not ALL The State own millions of acre
which she can and will sell to those honest
hard working men who have been turned
loose in manner and form stated by this reb
ell sheet - $4,000
" "By pursuing this course you will he hap
e Ply and prosperous but pursue ditferen
r one and you will be compelled to leave tn
q graves of your fathers and the homes O
+ your youth and seek employment elsewhere
We are determined" O.
In conclusion the writer says he is deter
2 mined. Determined to do what? Deter
=, mined to make the colored men their tool
and slaves as in former times This is nc
- the first time we have heard this kind G
~ babble. You were determined when tn
= loyal millions proclaimed in thundcrin
tones ABRAHAM LINCOLN SHALL BE PREsI
DENT of these UNITED STATES that h
. should not be naugurated How was it
: You were no less determined when GRAN
marshaied his hosts and marched agains
traitors, never to surrender How was it a
last? 1t was the same then as now. A
). GRANT led the people to victory in 1865, S