Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-01
THE KNOXVILLE WING
Knoxville, Tenn, April I, 1868.
From The Raleigh Standard
To the White Working Men Of North
fIrf Carolina. fEE


White working rssnt the following feels are 81
nit'ed e you Is working msn who esrn your d 2,
bread by TIE sweat Of your bfows II is hoped Oh
you vii read and decide fairly, remembering thi
yqur intere-ts ss children Of cur good GA nctne
State dear 20 The heart Of every true Ncrtn Sa
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importance o. consideration in any Southern tatI
but have been stigmatised as mean whites" @pOo
white trash, and greasy mechanics" You hAv
been imposed upon socially politically and pecuni
ary BIZ Southern aFstOcrats and secession oigarchs
Seeold--You were forced into the late war agaius
your wills You were wheedled or bollied into vol
f.tesrne, By promises 10 feed your families which
we're broker OF By thsests and persecution. You
we're then conseripted, hAHd-cufed, and made *
Sight for slavery and secession under ot1cers who
we're astoorats or the tools Of the great oligsrch
Jsferon Davis. Il was a rich mans war and :
poor mans fight
7aird-Tbe whole weight Of the war fell upen
YOU and your innocent families, who were nearly
starved aud became thoeless and almost naked and
to-day you are poor, in debt and taxed BY rebel
government without mercy, 70 pay the salaries Of
set Of rebollious and reckless oficialB.
Foarkh--Until the present time there has been 10
party in the South which proposed to elevate you
il society, 10 make your labor honorable, educate
your children, protect your Industry, or reward
your efforts towards political advancement by pro.
noting you 70 high and responsible positions.
Fifth-Humble working men have ever been
scorned by gouthsrn ohiyalryP and one Of the
worst recommendations your children could have,
vas that you had learned them trade. Remember,
that the leopard does not change his spots
Sirth-Remember the men who involved you In
war did IN The interest Of and for slavery They
lost their slaves and now they want TO tax you TO
make good their los. A thz Of this sort would
make slaves Of YOU Are you ready to bear it p
Remember also that all the laws passed here in for
mer times were for the benefit Of Blaye-ouners and
large lAndholders. They would not even allow q
poor mechanic 10 have q lien upon his work until
bis wages were paid and they always put upon the
poll Of the poor laboring farmer and mechanic the
same tax IN proportion which they put upon the
land They desired, irst 70 pay the rebel debt and
thus IN part reimburse themselves ct your expense
Tor the loss Of their slave property aud failing in
That thoy nov want 70 tax you TO pay for their
tlAyes. 5-.... -
Ssgsafh- Behold There Il now a marty in fun
life and Tigor in North Carolina which honors the
working men, whose advocates and members are
working men, and whose brothers at the North are
likewise honest sons Of toll. That party is sterniy
opposed Be- al measures tonaine taussd axe dcrase
ton Of labor-t is against the slavery Of white
black mon, and looks with the greatest adherence
upon aristocratcal or monarchicSl governments.
Eight-In the North, as well as in the South, the
great advocates Of Republican principles are your
arm true and tried friends They have risen from
your ranks in the face Of the btterest opposition
They have fought your battles on every field, and
are to-day contendng for your interest with all OF
their original courage
NBht-In all the Northern States, where the Re-
publican party rules-snd all the Northern States
are now in the hands of that party-abor is honor
Cd above all things under the sun, except God and
tho American Union, Of which 10 is the foundation
and your brother mechanics farmers and working
men have emigrated from North Carolina by thou
sands 10 order to reach land where they could be
respected, rewarded and appreciated.
Tsnth-The Governors, Judges, Congressman and
Legislators Of the Northern States are members Of
the Republican party, and are working men them
solves, having driven pillow or swung hammer
Just yoa do now but they are houored, and you
overlooked and forgotten.
Eiersafl-1ou have nothing 10 hope for but con-
hnued oppression until you rise in your majesty and
hurl aristocra.g and oligarehs from ell places Of
power. Even now they seek 10 perpesuate their
ancient and intolerRble system OF misrUle As men
entitled 20 independent voice in the government
arise and protest In the name OF your children
sghinst such monstrous iniquiIy
T.0elfh-What is there Objectionable 10 You as
working men in the platform Of the Republican
party II il guarantees anything it guarantees
The protection Of labor. Il advocates civil political
and religious liberty 10 all men. It denounccs class
legislation Ia favor OF tina powerful against the
weak; while IL proclaims that our soil knows no
king but the monarch Of the pillow and the anvil
tho working man
T7.irtssnfs--The appeals 70 your preiudoes
Rganst oolored laboring men put upon the ground
ciAlly. They now say that he will become VOC:
master and endeavor 20 frighten you with the bug
sbOo Of negro supremacy How ridiculous !
Where u the proef2 Who tells you Of these things
but the very man that would consider Il degrading
20 have you associate equal terms with his family
who turns up bis nose ct your hard hands and oil
stained garments Your private house is your
own Bis private bouse is his own. The cologed
mans house Is bis own Your social circle is your
oHp, and no man, white or colOrod, can enter IL
will srrr ~ n a
colOred man who advocated social equality between
the white and black races Never No laws can
b made 10 force you 20 associate with any one in
yoaE houses or al your tables, Did you ever hear
q such law IN any country lie such law, then,
likely 70 be passed in free America The man that
salks = you about social equality insults your feel
ingH aud understandings. Beware Of him-he is
either a fool or q knhve.
F0irtesafh-When IN 1858 q WorkinRmRns As.
soctAtion was formed in Raleigh in order 10 secure
legislative protection Tor and equality Of taxation
ON labor, land and slaves, is members we're de-
nounoed AbolitiOnsts and the Association frown-
ed out Of existence BY aristocrats and secession oil
sarOhs. Has the memory Of that event passed from
your minds They despsed your professions then,
and they look upon you with the same contempt to-
day Working men Of North Carolina Eelg is the
,ime 70 proclaim your rights. Awake arise, OF
10 forever fanenw
fViecsth.-The labor OF the c0lorea man is hon
orsee. II must DC protected or they win quit
VITA Nle tAel Hthrke or DO worse Your labor Is
honorable. IL Is The glory Of America 1t must
Il shall be protected. Our motto Is Labor LOYALTY
Liberty, God and our Country
Sirtocrth.--Und the old slave oliganehv what
laboring man could ever hope 70 hold ofBoe or ele
Vate himself in society, where was dsgracefu 10
work and where Shareholders alone ruledg Under
Republican rule, things viii be changed. Merit
VIII be rewarded. Tbs question viii not be asked
was his iRther a STAKEHOLDER o. Does be belong
30 the 0rsi families p
SepeHteeath-The principal means made use Of
oy the old slave brlstocracy 10 degrade the white
race, Vas by teaching their slaves 70 think more
hlgey o. black slaves who belonged 70 rich men
thhh o. poor, mean white folksp
E$ateett-Ihe slaves, since they have been al
loNee 70 Nolei VIII vote with our honest poor white
AooFihg men 70 put down The old slave aristocracy,
who hlhed thein, Impressed them; plundered
them; oOnscripted them and sent them in ropes
and handouts 70 the front 10 die 10 save their slave
property while their families were starving Al homo.
III ne coiored men were worth one thousand dollars
Apiece 70 their rich owners ~ make cotton turpen-
slhe and tobacco, 10 put money in their pockets,
-hey are worth much more 20 our white laboring
Laen' 70 help them put down forever the old seces-
~ ALssocras who degraded both ooered men and
s,,slssth-Those old slave and secession srisio-
lsho,,rs lying 70 deceive and delude the white
Nootl.g men Of the State bv rrescbin -. .,.-ti
They know that the honest yaor ,vbi,e
- ~ StA,e never had any such social e1Ysiit
A wa hot the lAborlng men Of the Ststs a. ~ 10y
cassa Win TIE eoiored race upon term, 80 ~
-Hf"'aF eguAiiy II s with pain thai We ,insS =