The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-15

These objections were not made in good
faith. Men who made these objections
knew better. 1t was only in the cross roads
and in the bushes, that these objections were
made. It was not to be expected that the
Constitution should go into these matters.
The colored people throughout this State are
in favor of separate schools and companies
Blu, however much opposition there might
be against the colored man, there would be
one time when the black man would be
called into requsition Should the kings
and the aristocrats conspire against Ameri
can liberty and belt this nation with flame
of fire, the black man would be called to
the rescue, and as they stood like q wal. of
steel between our firesides and foreign foe,
there would he no talk about negro suprem-
acy then. These men who pretended to
fear these things did not fear them. Had
not the white man all the lands, all the in
telligence, had they not two hundred thou
sand the start had not the white men fifty
two thousand majority in the State? If the
speaker thought that the white men, with
all these advantages on their side, were
really afraid of the colored man, lie would
be ashamed of his race
AS for social equality, white men who
had always voted mad never been upon
social equality This was of course regula-
ted by society, not by law. There was
greater danger threatened the white man
than this. Why were so many men disfran-
chised? Because by this means the Consti-
tuition would be secured. Sixteen thousand
had been DISTINGUISHED. If this was not
sufficient. fifty thousand would be disfran
chised, and that disfranchisement made per-
petual. Enough men will he DISTINGUISHED
to secure equal rights to ALL This will be
done before the first day of next July, if the
Constitution is not ratified. The State must
60 back, by fair means, if she wildly foul
means, if she must. The decree has gone
forth. There has been enough battling on
this subject. The nation is not to he trifled
with any longer There was one thing,
which explained the milk in the cocoanut !;
that was this The Legislature must adopt
the Howard Amendment. There was no
complaint by the hard-fisted yeomanry of
the country. But keen scented men knew
that with the adoption OF the Howard
, Amendment they can no longer hold office,
and without this life would be burden to
them. It is all false cry that they have
auy fears of the black man. They make
use of this pretext to deceive the people. to
induce them to vote down a Constitution
which will deprive them of mlsruling this
people any longer. Here lies the whole Sc
cret-this is the true ground of their objec-
ton to the Constitution. Should this Con-
stitution be defeated, the time for moderate
counsels win have passed away. No man
would longer dare to advocate Cancellation.
He had been in favor of letting the past be
buried. He thought in September that if
no prescription was in the Constitution that
there would be no active opposition to the
Constitution. So-called Conservatives had
said these things. He had seen a great
change Men who had agreed to take the
Reconstruction measures nothing more and
nothing less, bad now refused to do so, and
were vilifying and abusing those who were
in favor of these measures. Should this
Constitution he defeated. these men would
soon rue the day when they had made this
fatal mistake. In less than ninety days af-
ter the defeat of this Constitution. the coun-
sells he had heretofore given could be given
no longer His voice would not be heard.
The time for healing feutls, for allaying bit
terness and strife, disfranchisement, and
even worse, would have come upon us, and
there would be no escape.
Should this Constitution be defeated, and
worse things come upon us, he would hold
up to execration the men who had brought
this ruin upon u.s. The reaction at the North
was the fatal cry that was raised at the in
ception and during the continuation of the
rebellion. The Northern States had made
up their minds to restore these States and to
secure the blessings of peace and prosperity.
The way to secure a reaction at the North
was not by showing their teeth, organizing
Ku-Klux-Klans. The course of the enemies
of the government, here. was breaking down
what few friends they had in the North. =
This nation was loyal. A Northern man, af-
ter all, was not a hatcr of the flag, like the
Southern rebel. 1t Isl vain hope to depend
upon them; as vain as it was to depend up
on the Northern Democracy to fight the
battles Of the Confederacy
After an eloquent appeal, exhortlng the
people to go back under the protection of
the old flag, the speaker took his seat amid
prolonged cheers.
For the Standard
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