The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-09-16
SPEECH OF HON. DAVID HE.ro,
OF CRAVEN COUNT

of ehANEN COUNTY,
Dssoerea ofJqre ne Convention Of the Second c
gfeSs'ondt District, at Goldsboro', Sef 81 , Scn
Col. Heaton commenced by al,ndino , iooS'
first nomination he received, in March 1,st ~ .he
pthe exciting canvass which followed in ,I; and
trict as well as in the State. He said the Re us
lean party Of the district then by It's eensRon.
ept@de w da placed h nim under Of
pay BY canvassing, With an the energy possi, my
the eleven counties composing the district 'Is,
however, the confidence thea feposed was calcn,,
hs eap DO ssfiae 1st ii how could
souled and enthusiastic 1carpatiog SIieh "i has
this day been made by tl1eEoRSeauOT and con'
hataS by tins gfest thr N.rnd and dec
ing him, am esccnes and iasidtnts con- eteS !
with this me = viii be. Wildly writer npen
If the two i which he hetetS |:
fore 9esssd IN tn SnoI 80 feSSded as deeply
absorbinayis the campaign upon which we have
now entered. The present contest is not opIv
one that concerns every man in our State, but It
has about it broad national import He felt an
additional weight of responsibility in having his
name associated in a canvass with our distmgsSh.
cd national can6idates-Gen Grant and Hon
Schuyler Colfax. The colored voters here to-
day, who have poured out in such great numbers
Pmust feel new glow Of pride in being enabled
in
the election Of \ .sidat and Vice President Of
which has besu lfstsS &c sst ny s ysn1s
Five Or six short years ago, the ~ ms Of the
colore mentsho stood before him were 1eld as
bondmen, and under the local law. regarded as
chattcls. To-day, in consequence of the first
hostile gun that was so rashly fired at Fort Sum.
ter, the manacles of slavery have been stricken
from every limb, and each colorcd voter has the
privilege OF asserting his Fights at the polls, in
1nyf ntff x.,f%
Can it be, will it be, that when our colored
friends come to exercise the privileges of this
great boon which has been given them of voting
at an election for President, they will forget the
source from which it sprung? Shouts of no!
never, never The Republican party, through
long months of the most inveterate opposition
has dared to place the ballot in the hands of our
colored friends, and right well do they seem TO
remember 1t. This contest seems, in one very
important particular, to be conducted by our
opponents entirely different from the course
heretofore pursued. At the election in Apri
and last fall, eve'y Conservative seemed to be-
shocked at the idea OF black man depositing
ballot A mighty change has "come over the
whisper in the ear of the colored man that he i
not only privileged to vote, but that his chief
duly is to vote for his long tried and most faith.
full friends-the Democracy. All the danger and
turptude heretofore connected with his voting
now seems absolutely to whiten into virtue il he
will only shout and vote for Seymour and Blair.
The colored man thus has very short road
in their estimation, to political absolutiop'
In this mighty contest, however, it is well for
the colored man, well as every white man.
that the issues Of the day are SO clearly dsfped
No contest of such tremendous import has o.
CURED in the political history of our couutry.
All Others absolutely sink into insignifcauss
when compared with it. In drawing the plain
line of distinction between the objects and pur.
poses OF the two parties he would not by any
means attempt to stir up strife and bad blood be.
| tween the two races. The man who would will.
fully take advantage of the excitement and inter.
est naturally attending such contest as this to
ALLEVIATE the two races and cause hatred to exist
between old masters and former slaves, is an
enemy OF the public peace, and as such should
be reprobated on all hands. In plainly stating
to the colorcd man what his rights are, and what
we conceive to be his solemn duty, there is no
reasonable ground whatever for complaint on
the part of our opponents. If bringing the facts
that exist to 1.-The clear light of day is calculated
to weaken and blast the prospects OF our oppo.
nents, the fault is all upon their own heads.
They have nominated their candidates and un-
furled their banner Of political faith, and we
know where TO find them.
Their candidates occupy not only astounding
but alarming positions. 1t will be remembered,
Seymour's nomination resulted after great conten-
ton and many ballotings. 1t will also be equally
well remembered that Blair's nomination was
brought about with scarcely assign of objection
accompanied with extraordinary shouts and
screams of appreciation and delight. Wade Hamp-
ton and Forrest were pleased beyond measure
at the result.
And why was it that Blair's nomination was
so rapturously received? 1t was because he had
written letter four or five days previous to the
Convention, defining his position distinctly and
without equivocation. In that letter he unfurls
the odious standard of civil war. Let every col
ored man here to-day who Is asked to vote the
Democratic ticket, 60 home with the fact rivt.
ted upon his memory, that Blair in his letter. pro-
poses that, in the event Of the success OF his
party, the reconstruction acts are all to be fOrci
bly, trampled under foot, blotted out and dc.
stroyed. Our generous and liberal Constitution,
ratified by majority of twenty thousand, is
rashly proposed to be swept out of existence.
The colored man, by Blair's proposition, is only
to be permitted to vote once more; then those
who are expected to make the laws and Constr
buttons hereafter are expected to do all the
voting.
We thus see wide field opened for anarchy
and confusion II not absolute bloodshed. The
purpose boldly arowed, is as wicked as II is in
famous Can it be any matter Of astOnishmcnt
that people, after having been so long and SO
terribly scourged with The rayages and desola.
ton Of vast civil war, are enraged and shocked
and aroused at the enormity OF such an unpar-
allclled scheme. This diabolical attempt TO IN.
hinge everything connected with the peaceable
restoration OF the Southern States, cannot be
tolerated by peaceable men at the North, and
hence we witness the palpable evidence oil
as Ii has been, has sown the political wind,
and its advocates will ere long ''reap the whir.
wind"
After still further remarks Col H. closed.
)n.~D IN r,nrrr cAnorrr.