Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-10-23

sougnt l6-Ine lew Offices he had held Lod
always sought him. So he was not tho au
for their votes, but he came simply booo,
his fellow citizens of Willamette, 1o
asked him to come, and he had recci,s,
too many kindnesses at their hands drr;a
q lifelong residence here to fail to COS
with their request He was there also -
cause the country demanded it, and trn,,
and justice should never want an advoo,.
so long as he had voice to raise in tbo:
behalf-the more difficulties which e..
rounded their maintenance the hard.
would he fight for them. He said be bo1
no letters to read to them, like Col. Dol.
ery-he did not wish them. These letter..
simply convey the individual opinions of
the writer's, and were worth NOTHING n,o,.
Chief Justice Pearsons views had hoo,
cited, but Chief Justice Pearson was ~,
an honest man, nor was he good JUDGE
because he was a corrupt and mercenarr
man. He was an able lawyer, but bo i
known to be corrupt. He had an end :,
view when he wrote that letter, and tbo
position On
! the bench.
The speaker then proceeded to commen,
on the charge that the Democratic party
were in favor of war. If he thought that
this was it's object, he would not be in
favor of it, for God knows We all have had
enough of war, and cannot afford more.
Tah -,
ton was taken up, and our action there.
under cited. The Convention was caIlai
certain demands were made upon Us and
whatever was required was complied with
we yielded all to the government. Werepn.
dated the Confederate debt abolished
slavery Senators and Representatives n
Congress were elected every man who
had been prominent in the Confederate
shelf-none were elected who were not ac.
ceptable. It is true but few of them con'd
take the test oath but could " Gov" Ho,
den take it ?-could Colonel Dockery him
that it was best for them that We did not
accept of the Howard Amendment Col.
Dockery says if we had we could have rcgu-
lated suffrage to suit ourselves and denied
them the right to vote, which they say
they would now fight for if taken away
Secession was dead issue, but the colored
people should rejoice that we fought for
secession, for by it they gained their free
dom. 1t was only when the government
found that the white men Of the North
could mt whip us, they called out the negro.
They owe their freedom to God Almighty
alone, and no living man. The emancip&-
ton of the slaves in the United States is
now made q part of the Constitution, and
cannot be changed without the concurrence
of the Northern States, and it is foolish to
talk about our putting them back into
slavery again. The negroes were then
shown who gave them their civil rights
the very Convention and Legislature OF
the white people that declared secession
dead. He challenged any man to point 10
a civil right which they now possessed that
was not granted by our own people. Com
mon sense would be sufficient to teach
them if we granted them these rights when
we had the power, we were not going 10
attempt to take them away now when We
have not the power. Their political rights
were granted by Congress, and not
by the Republican party and M
tive leaders OF North Carolina
Holden himself electioneered day after day
on the floor of the Legislature against the
negroes testifying in the Courts, and his
friends agreed with him. Their argument
was this That if we granted the negro
this right, the right to vote and sit on
juries would follow. When Congress
granted them the right to vote, Holden
came over on their side, got their votes
and is now Governor. Judge Chase, Of
Ohio, was the first man to advocate their
claims to the ballot. The Radicals now
call him rebel and copperhead. He say
to the colored people, exercise judgment IN
voting and don't swear in any secret
leagues to support this man or that man
without regard to his character or merits.
As to the Reconstruction Acts of Congress,
the speaker believed them to be uncon5ti-
tutional. If they are not, then the negroes
are slaves and all the acts passed by our
Legislature under President Johnson's
scheme are void. That the Reconstruc-
ton Acts are unconstitutional, Thad. Ste
vens himself had said that there were but
two men in the party id fools enough to
believe that they were constitutional. The
speaker again declared against any desire
for war, and would himself tender his arm
to the civil authorities, should The occa-
sion arise to preserve the peace. But ii
the condition of things were allowed to CON
tinue, there would be war and the Repub-
lican party would be responsible. History
has taught US that where any two races are
thrown together in q country no equality
can exist. One race will grow rich and
powerful, and the other Will be politically
enslaved. Instances of the emancipation
in the French Islands We're cited, and the
fate of the poor Indian held up as an eX-