The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-28
Northern Capital" The Raleigh Standard.


men, who into this State and invested their
money, have been badly treated, nsuted and Wilt
fed by large portion of citizens, designated by
the Standard as 'Erebels."
We design making few remarks in reply, and
we~feel perfectly justified in doing because
have never suffered our colume$to cQaisH-~-xord
Of vilIihcatf0n- unfair language pgarAal any
Northern member of the RepV@ican party
since the dhse of the We have never used the
words ''scallawag," ''carpet Dagger" nor have
alased any candidate for office. We have cndeav-
ofed to show that the principles of of the can
dilatts wrong and that the radical changes in
our laws which they sought to effect we've injurious
to our interests and calculated not only to produce
trouble, but burden with heavy taxes. We make
this statement merely for the benefit of the Editor
osNe Raleigh Standard, who is comparative
stranger i'll The State, and because direct
MS attention TO what hope he will yet acknowledge
IS wrong and unfair. lie must excuse lis for sug-
costing that before he undertakes to state what
the sentiments, conduct and feelings of three
Of the white native citizens of North Carolina he
ought to become better acquainted with them.
We make the following extract from the article
alluded to. Speaking of our white native citizens it
says:
.You have been so long accustomed to ocn all the
colored people, and almost Gown the poor white
men, that you would think you had right to do so:
but then you different from the Northern |mud-
siilS, ''carpet-baggers, &c. You made your money
by the of your Stdres brow while the Northern
made his by the sweat of his oarn, and his brains.
At the present time there arc men representing mil
lions Of capital in midst looking out not for the
of profitable investment, for they know
where to find that, but to see if such investments
would be secure, and how they and their families
would be treated if they came here. And what do
they find? That the rbald rebel press of the South
trying their utmost to infame the minds and
passions Of their readers against every Union man,
he he from the North or from the South, and using
scurrilous abuse i'll place of temperate argument.
We already know gentleman who has returned
with the most unfavorable impressions his mind,
who will report accordingly, and stOpa large capt.
tai from flowing into State for investment. 1t
will never do. five expect ladies and gentlemen to
among from the North them
such. Southern hospitality, Southern courtesy
and Southern friendship used to be proverbal let
not now make the prefix southern synonym for
everything the contrary of what it used to be. Let
gentlemen and ladies such-leave politics
in the socal treatment ofour neighbors, and con-
fine them to the stump and rOstrum--then you will
capital flow i'll in abundance, and in Il few
years the good Old North State will be once more in
the Of her Southern cOmpeers, her bonds will
rise a premium, her debt will be extingushed, the
banks of her will be studded with mills and
factories, and the fertile swamps will become bloom
I'M. fields
In the first place, a large majority of the white
people Of the State not shareholders, but those
who were did have right to be SO, and that right
was guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the
United States and by the Constitution and laws of
this State Neither did large majority of the white
people make their money by the '<sweat'' of the
lavcs brow. The parents of some of the wealthiest
natives of this State never owned slave-they made
their money by the sweat of their own brow. Some
men who owned slaves were considered wealthy
simply because the negro property and capital,
but We never heard of many persons getting rich by
slave labor 1t was generally hard matter to feed,
cothc and pay the doctors bill of the negroes, and
at the end of the year ''make both ends meet"
We might reply to the remarks Of the Standard
about making money 10y showing that Northern men
have not always made their money by the sweat of
@.~ brow, but by running their slaves into the South
ana selling them when slavery abolished in the
Northern States by dealing in the slave trade; by
trading in products raised with slave labor, and by
over working white men, women and children in
factories. shops, &c; but all this is well known
that appears utterly inconsistent for Northern
to talk against the South for having used black
Slave labor. While there slaves at the South
there also slaves the North, though different
IN color. No one in the South owned s.pOor white
mcn, and poor white men were not worked to death
al the South as frequently happens at the North
w deny tiat the press of the South trying to
against crcry Union Those who come here
hvccme citizens and identify themselves with the
country, have been kindly received and treated with
respect OF our own knowledge we know of several
Northern men who came into the State since the
close of the and have been invited into the best
society, and recommended for office by the class
"t persons the Standard chooses to call ''rebels'
Ihey behaved themselves with propriety and had
some regard for the feelings of those among whom
they came to live. They did not seek array class
against class for selfish purposes.
We are aware that some Northern men have come
mt" this State who have not been able to command
fhc respect Of many respectable and honest white
persons The reason is, they come here hunting for
office, and in order TO obtain it they seek to array
the black man against the Southern white man. the
slave against his former owner, and in other ways
produce trouble Not only but they insist on the
prescription of many of white citizens and
while claiming extra privileges for themselves DENY
equal rights to the white taxpayer and native of the
State Besides all this, when they get into our State
Conventions and Legislatures, they create new Offices
increase salaries vote heavy appropriations a time
when the people are oyer-burdened with taxation
and then irpudently claim that they and their pecu-
liar friends the only loyal people and fit for office
Can the Editor Of the Standard, the Northern
N the South to praise, admire love and respect such
an adventurous, selfish narrow-mnled class as seek
not only to rule but degrade us? We will not abuse
them or call them nick names, but cannot enter
tain that respect for them which different course
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