The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-10-15

such is their consistency, and such ii
is throughout all their political principles.
If a white Republican addresses crowd
OF colOred men, expressing his honest
sentiments. instructing them in then
rights and duties, and advising them as
a friend, that action involves social equal
ity, and is disreputable
! High born conservatives, however can
mlngle promlscuously among colored meu
at barbecues, eat from the same sheep
| and drink from the same bottle, and they
| deserve the same praise of their fellow
| citizens. Ifa colored man, following his
honest CONVICTIONS, votes for the best in
terests of his race. and as all his higher
instincts prompt him, he is totally unwor-
thy of the ballot, and is even unfit to dig
bare subsistence from the bosom of the
common earth. If on the other hand,
that coiOred man proves traitor to his
race-votes to consign himself. his wife,
and his children to condition worse than
slavery, for they all say that the condition
or an old free negro was worse than that
of slave, he Is respectable, and his
swarthy hand IS worthy of grasping the
sweetest flowers plucked by the snowy
fingers of Cardinals tairest daughters.
Byreference to the columns of the Stand
ard you will learn that in the town of
Chapel Hill, of classic fame, the ladies,
to testify their admiration for the elo-
quence of a colored Conservative orator,
presented him with an elegant boquet Of
flowers. have no objection to this.
The flowers were their own, and they
may give them to whom they please
but clalni, the right, SO long as ] observe
the restraints of public decency. of de
Gliding upon the proprIety or IMPROPERLY
OF my own conduct. The time has gone
by when one man was better than anoth
er because he happened to be born in
independent circumstances, and hence
forth virtue and intelligence alone shall
be the crlterlan of N rit. Nothing more
clearly shows the hopelessnes OF the So
called Conservative cause, and the politi-
cal depreciation to which the party has
descended, than the means employed to
insure success since they are afraid to
leave the result with the unbiased vote |
OF the citizens Of the State and country.
Any man who, by refusing employment. !
to all who will not swear to vote the |
Democratic ticket, and this is done openly |
all over the entire State, attempts to |
staryc Il c0iOred man into voting against |
his deliberate convictions and the best |
interests Of his race, Is less worthy of the |
ballot than the negro VIII ON he influences.
Consider, then, the difference between
the candidates, Seymour, former Govern
or of New York, and Grant, the con-
querer of the rebellion. 1t is true that
Seymour may be the more fluent speak
er, that is, may find more to talk about;
but when Gen. Grant has anything to say
he is pretty generally understood since,
for instance, as his Immediate and un-
conditional surrender. The former l
know by reputation, the latter personally.
Gen. Grant has not the qualities requis-
lite in a hero of romance; but the very
fact that his mind is so equally balanced
that no one trait predominates, except,
pei haps his invincible frmness and de-
votion to constitutional liberty, fits him
to calm the domestic troubles Of the
country his sword has saved But | have
no fears of the result. | have too much
confidence IN the intelligence and patriot
ism of my fellow citizens Of North Caro-
lima, and of the entire Union With |
this implicit trust, look forward to the |
4th of next March. when Grant and Col |
fax will take their seats, as the Inaugural
ton of new era, when peace and plenty |
viii smile owe! the entire country. healing |
the breaches made by the late civil war
while the old flag will once more nave in
triumph over Il happy and united land. |