The weekly loyal Georgian., 1868-02-15
TT r.. OF A.

Every word and line of this patriotic
paper is applicable to our State, and we
can only regret that the officers of the
League in Georgia have issued a circular
looking only to personal advancement.
We call on our friends to give this paper
wide circulation. Our motto is Equal
Rights, Equal Laws, and Loyal Gov
ernment in preference to any man, or any
set of men, in the State,sor the United
States:
To the q. L. Of A. in North Carolina.
STATE COUNCIL CHAMBER. U. L. A.,
t RALEIGH, Jan. 81, 1868.
BROTHERS You win be called upon in
a short time again to exercise the right of
suffrage. The Convention now in session
in Raleigh will soon submit to you the new
| Constitution for this State. This Constitu-
| tion must be ratified. We must elect loyal
members of Congress, and loyal State and
| County officers All our past labOrs have
been directed to this end. Let us stand
shoulder to shoulder in this contest, and
put to utter rout the enemies of recOnstruc-
ton, and declare in unmistakable terms
that IS LOYAL MEN MUST GOVERN" In no
other way can the Union be restored. In
no other way can prosperity he revived
and made permanent among US. In no
OTHER way can Liberty itself be preserved.
But to make sure of these results,
thorough organization is necessary. We
should at once go earnestly to work.
Establish your Councils at every County
seat. Invite into them the loyal and the
true. Hold frequent meetings. Let docu
ments and newspapers be read, comment
ed on, explained. and freely circulated
among the people. Prepare yourselves for
the various nominations to be made for
Office; and when the nominations are
1 made, see to it by every honorable means
III your power that the loyal candidates arc
elected. We exhort you to have no strife
or Wranglings among yourselves about
office. The cause is toe important, and
the interests at stake too precious, to be
put in peril by mere preferences for men.
or by the ambition of men Let rs rather
sin honor prefer one another" SO that,
like brothers in common cause, we may
be able to reach the best results. Let
your Councils at the County seats radiate:
throughout every neighbOrhood in the
County. Let precinct Councils be esta-,
blished, and let them cooperate with the
central County Councils. In this way.
great good can be accomplished. Be ready
especially several days before the election
for the work to be done on THAT day. Let
committees or precinct men, with the
necessary tickets, pervade every neighbor-
hood; and let every loyal Lacquer work,
sVork, acork, up to the last moment on the
last day of vstlng.
Brothers, our mission is the noble one
of reconstructing our State on the basis of
Loyalty, Truth and Justice. We seek to
"secure the ascendancy of the true princi-
Piles of popular government, equal liberty.
the education and elevation OF the toiling>
masses, the preservation of cur national
honor and faith," and we inculcate
"brotherly affection and true charity. to-
wards all men, Our rule of faith is the
Holy Bible. Our political creed is fount
in the Declaration of independence and
the Constitution of the United States. We
love the flag because it is the symbol of
the national majesty and glory' We are
y4nu t4rrufff aIeun I'll pasr. 4
I fountain OF innumerable benefits and bless
| ings. We seek the good of all, the injury
/
| been misrepresented, denounced, threaten
ed, prosecuted AID hunted down for these
principles and sentiments. The most in
famous calumnies have been heaped upon
you. In public and in private, from the
stump and from the press, and even in
| Courts of Justice, your enemies have re-
sorted to every effort to destroy your good
name and your noble organization. But
you have stood firm, To your lasting
honor be 1t said, you have never faltered.
Sustained by consciousness of the purity
of your intentions, and yOur single-eyed
devotion to your country, you have pre-
sented an unwavering front, against which
| the legions of treason and rebellion have
ragged in vain.
Loyal Leaguers you have done well.
You have contended against fearful odds,
and have been victorious. Against you
has been arrayed the wealth and power of
the State All the patronage of the State
government, with~all its corporations, has
been welded against you. 1t is to the
justice of your cause that you owe your
triumph. You have been victorious, be-
cause you have fought upon the side of
Truth and Right. You entered the field
sustained only by the eternal principles
which inspired you Your enemies were
entrenched behind the passions and preiu-
dices of society, and supported by all the
prestige that former rank and power had
given them. The flag of your country
| floated above you, aud on it was inscribed |
your motto, Equal and exact Justice to
all men," of whatever race or former con
dition. Upon the banners of your enemies |
was written, " Caste, Aristocracy, and I'M
yielding opposition to the national will"
AS the contest opened, and asyou measured
arms with your enemies, you were cheered |
| by the immortal spirits who to all ages
have dedicated themselves to Liberty and |
Justice. The memories of hundreds of
thousands who fell in the great war to
suppress the rebellion, and ~ho died happy
in the hope that their blood would g cry
from the ground " until the existence tf
the nation undivided should be perpetualiy
assured, inspired you and sustained you
in the darkest hours when "bloody trea-
son seemed again to Flourish over u.s."
Thus cheered and sustained, having in
view only your country's good, you scatter
ed Your enemies before you. You have
met and overcome, to a great extent, the
prejudice of ages. You have brldged the
chasm which divided the MEN of this nation
in hair IS II; -