The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-08-28
A COLUMN FOR coLORED MEN.

In It deserves 10 be considered earnest
iy, and if its fatts and ddnionitions be
needed as they should be; tile tesult
cannot be otherwise than beneficial in
aiding to restore that cordial under
standing and good feeling which the
self-seeking and cold-blooded carpet
baggers have for time only, we hope,
interrupted.
Read first what your particular friend
Gen. Howard said in his speech to the
co!ored people in Richmond.
Coon ADVICE TO THE CoLoRED PEOPLE
FROM HIGH AUTHORITY. General o. o..
Howard, chief of the Fteedmen's Blu
reau, delivered an address to the colored
people of Richmond on Tuesday night,
which contained much good advice
For the benefit of that class OF our pop
ulation, we copy the report of it fur
ntshed by the IFhig, and commend his
sensible injunetions to them. They
cannot doubt that he is their friend
the report says:
"General Howard, who is a fluent
speaker, though nothing ofan orator,
told them many things viii h they ought
to have known three years age before
their minds lwere poisned by carpet
baggers and sealawags. His speech,
was, in fact, for the most part, a sermon,
and he enjoined upon them first of all
to love God and keep his command
ments. 1t would not do for them, as
protesting Christians, while not recog-
nizing every one as neighbor, to want
to take the mote out of brothers eye
while they had a beam in their own.-
God had made them black TO. some wise
purpose. He never makes a mistake,
and the cOlored man who repincs that
he is not white is sinful. The Lord,
nevertheless, If they are pure in heart,
loves them just as we'll as he does any
of mis- other created beings.
"lIe told them further, if thev were
Christians and their employers used
hard words to them to remember that
soft answer turneth away wrath.
ale believed the white people of Vir-
ginia loved the colored people and the
colored people the white people. These
were ties of affection which could not
be easily severed. They prefer colored
labor, and hence the failure of white
emigration. He had seen the good
feeling which existed between them on
the occasion of his visits to the Trede-
gar Works and the tobacco factories.
"On the subject Of politics he had only
to tell them to lean on the Saviour as
the only hope Of salvation, and vote ac-
cording to their conscientious conyic-
lions of right, without regard to the
opinion or directions of anybody. He
would forfeit his selt-rcspect il he at
tempted to influence the vote of any
man.
"He hoped none of them were foolish
enough to expect land to be given them,
and earnestly counseled them to save
money and buy land.
"He also impressed upon them the
importance of having clean houses, OF
sending their children TO school regular
ly, and of taking a more intelligent
view of religion, adding that religion
does not consist in shouting or in mere
feelings ofioy, bat in something high
er, more ennobling and enduring.
General III. spoke until after 10 o.
clock, and was listened to with marked
attention.
Read next what a sensible colored
man says in his letter published in a
late number Of the Lynchburg Virgin.
ian.
What has Congress done for as (? They
have forcibly, fraudulently, deceitfully
and dishonesty alienated us from our
old masters, who were our friends, who
knew us entirely, who sympa.hized
with us, and have banded us together in
oauh-bound leagues for the purpose OF
controlling our votes, and making us
their slaves. Weare starving tor bread
as the wages of our allegiance to carpet
big adventures, the tools of Congress,
who will ruin us. itLeed be, SO that they
get office. Congress has done nothing
for us. The leaders of the Freedmen S
Bureau, and the carpet-bag politicians
have been fooling us for three years,
telling lis to hold on to the league par
ty. with the hope that Congress would
soon do something great for us--that
we should soon have houses and lands.
These false promises have been used by
corrupt men, for corrupt purposes, that
we might be fooled and they get office.
We have been duped long enough
These emptycrawed adventurers use us
as tools that they might get office, and
we are left to perish while they pros
per. What do they tell us now? at
you vote for tue Democrats you vote
yourself back into slavery" IF you
vote against the constitution made Mt
Richmond, you vote yourselves back in
to slavery"
These statements are all false, and
these men all know it I; the Constitu-
ton of the United States forbids it, and
the Democratic party would not restore
it If they could. Slavery is gone and
the only fear of servitude to tile colored
man is from the Loyal League, ruled
by unknown adventuers who co ne like
yultures from the North seeking carron.
They are our enemies at heart they
will make us slaves. They fool us, We
trust them, we vote for them. They
laugh at our folly and we perish.
o, my colored bretheren, quit the
League before it is too late Congress
has done nothing for us and intends to
do nothing for us. The freedman's
Bureau has done nothing for us and in
our ttural friends the white men
among whom were raised, are yet will
ing to rent us lands to work and to pro-
tect us ia the cnjoyent of our privi-
eyes. Just look at the men who come
into the League with white skins. Who
are they and what do they come for, and
will they help us? They are drones
who have done nothing for themselves /;
spongers who would eat without work !;
men who have failed i'm every honora-
BILE employment. They come for office
they come that we might serve them
and not that they may serve us. They
all want Office, and they are all unwor-
thy OF office, incompetent men whom we
never heard of except as objects of con-
temDt until the Lea0ileg were formed =
They will do nothing for us. Men who
will not work for their own wifes and
children will not work for us.
If we will do our duty work and be
Industrious, re can make a good living,