The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-04-05
Roiaslesl Traata--Ne. 9.

at the recent mass meeting was Col.
r. J. Moses. the FortS Sumter flag
man. He IS aspublic man, and we
,si.4g, @ sis5;ls ,;tssfi 10 e1amine wnst he
says. He told yon that the Repnbli-
can party bears on it's banner the
motto, Liberty and Equality"
Now. mark this. The Republican
party does not give lyou real 'aiber-
.ty," because, it makes you vote. for
the man they nominate, whether you
know him or like him, or whether
you despise himi and bind you by
oaths and watch you to see if you
put the right tickets in the ballot
box. As for equality" how is it
that the Republican party does not
want colored men to be nominated
for Congress-? Col. Moses says brave
men from the North sprang forward
to defend you. How about the
brave men from the South, now on
your side-where were they during
that long war? Where was Col.
Moses2 You know where he was;
you know that he was Aide and Pri-
vate Secretary to Gov. Pickens; that
he was afterwards an officer in the
Confederate service. When did he
become the friend of the colored
man? After the war--when he
thought that yours was the strong
side; when he wanted to make use of
you to give him position. which his
own people would not do. Col.
Moses talks to you about the trickery
of the Democratic party. Now, does
it not look as if the trickery is on the
side of the men who joined the Con
federate side, and, when that side
was defeated. rushed over to the
Republican partyp These white men
went into the Convention; some of
them took stronger ground against
the white people of the State than
the colorea delegates did. They sat
in Charleston in Convention, paid
themselves eleven dollars day, then
nominated themselves for all the i'm
portant Offices in the State, and now
come before you and ask you to vote
them into position. Are You going
to do it? Are you going to vote for
men you cannot trust? Are you
going to put faith in the men
who have deserted from us and gone
over to your side. and who want you
to believe that the white people of
the State are your enemies? A man
who deserts one flag will desert an
other. Now as to the Northern men
who have come here to be your
friends, why did they leave their
homes? was it because they desire to
work for your interests. or is it
because your votes may give them
good places and pay them money?
Now, you can answer this question.
Ask yourselves, in your hearts, what
these people are after. Are they not
filing their pockets with money?
Who do they propose to benefit,
you or themselves? Are they spend
ing their money for your good or do
they send it off to the North to be
put in safe places. If they do any
thing for your people, they will do it
out of the public treasury, to which
they do not contribute much. Some
of your people have been North, ask
them what is done for the colored
man there? Put the question
straight out to yourselves, who is the
best friend of the colored man, the
white man of the South or the white
man of the North? Who would you
prefer to trust with your own money,
the Northern Republicans or your
old friends of the South? It is a
good rule to confde public Offices
and public money only to people
whom you would like to take care of
your own money. You expect to
save something for yourselves, and
to buy property for yourselves; if
you own property you will have taxes
to pay, who would you have to tax
you? the people here who have pro-
'perty, or the people who have no pro-
perty or money except what they ex-
pect to make by getting Office by
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