The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-18

was not your Old masters. II was the
Yankees. These very men who come
out here and pretend TO be such great
friends with you although they never
saw you before, will pat you on the
back with one hand and steal from
you with the other.
Now, we don't want you to 90 with
these people. We want you to come
with Us. If you come with US, then
we who live together can all be friend
ly together, and we can make the Van
KEGS stop their stealing. But if you
90 with them you make trouble here
at home among ourselves. You divide
the house against itself. You get up
a black mans party here ia Georgia,
and 0f course we shall have a white
mans party Now, are you willing
for this? Do you think you are pre-
pared TO struggle with the white peo-
pie? You must recOllec1 that when
il comes tei+he final struggle. you will
have not only the Southern people to
contend with, but all the white people
both North and South.
Now, we. your old masters, do not
wish for anything of this kind. We
pray God thatit may never happen.
We remember how faithful you were
when you were slaves. We remem-
Der how you stood up to US during the
war. We remember you as members
of our famahes. We were boys to
cether, we We're raised together. We
have not forgotten our old friend
ships. We do not wish to break
them We hope that no Impertinent
Yankee will come In between US and
break our friendship and set us
against each other. These Yankees
have told you that we wish to put
you back into Slavery again. They
are miserable liars We haveno de-
sire to make slaves Of you again. We
never made slaves Of you in the
first place It was the Yankees who
did it. They viii not dare to deny
1t. Ii was Yankee money that
brought you from Africa. Yoa came
IN Yankee ships manned by Yankee
sailors. They forced you on US as
slaves when we did not want you.
And now these same Yankees come
here with lie in their mouth and
pretend to be your great friends.
If the money which they got for
you, together with the interest on 1t.
were divided out among you, it
would give to every one of you a
farm and a fortune. When they tell
you that We wish to put you back into
slavery, ask them who made slaves 0
you IN the first place, and they Will
turn almost as black in the face as
you are. .96a .8I.
No, we do not wish to make slaves /
Of you again. Now that you are free,
we want yod to stag free. The time
never will come when we shall wish |
TO enslave you. We would not do it |
f we could and we could not if we
would.
We know that we are the stronger
party. and we can afford to be mag
lanimous We offer to you the right
land of friendship, We do not think
'ou are qualified to vote. We know
rou are not qualified, and so do you
2now It, Still at present you have
he right to do it. We acknowledge
hat right If you choose to vote
With these few Yankees who are try
ng to make use of you for their own
you can do so. But you
nay depend upon it no good will
ONE of it. 1t will set you against
our former masters, and it will
ct them against you. You
ad best keep out of that quarrel.
We wish to keep out of it. We wish
o live IN peace. We wish to be like
ne family. Your interest, is our In
crest, and our interest is your inter
st. Let US all stand together. We
-Ill be for your benefit and ours too.
Y hen voting time comes you had
est 60 to your old master and get
i'm to give you a ticket, that is a lit
e piece Of paper, and be viii tell
GU what to do with it. You had best
ct your old master TO go to the voting
lace with you. For if one of these
ealing Yankees gets hold of Your
cket, he will take it away from you ,
nd give you another in place Of it,
hich viii not do so well. We should /
e glad to tell you all ABOUT this, and :
lie reasons forit, but cannot do so-in :
lis address. Your old master will, I
0 doubt, take pleasure IN explaining v
to you.
Now, it is getting time to stop. But 4
e must say once more, that it will be g
apostolic for the white people and =
ack people in Georgia to get along d
.gether, if they are voting in a body a
gainst each other We hope you Will O.
member this, and that Is all we have
say, except this one word, that we
e in all sincerity and truth your
lends, and desire to remain so for
-er, and If we have any trouble it 4
Ill start with you and the Yankees,
1t with US. a.
II. Ii. TUCKER, Chairman. -
THOMAS STOCKS, '
DAN. b. STANFORD,
GEO @ DAVIS