The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-17
For the Standard.
REPUBLICANS,


les. Farmers Manufactures, Merchants and
Traders of both races Honest, sensible men
who do not become indignant at the term
working men, but who value men and pro-
perry, and every thing else according to the
amount of good they do in the world, IN
elevating the human race! Men who do not
turn up their noses at people in plain clothes.
For .siaS ~
"Of all the notable things on earth,
The qucrest one is pride of birth,
Among our fierce democratic;
A bridge across hundred years,
Without prop to save it from sneers-
Not even a couple of rotten peers
A thing for laughter, fouts and jeers,
Is conservative aristocracy!
Free men are you ready for the gives
and chains of those men that denounce you
as ignorant, mean aohites, negro equntize,s,
smllaaoaqs," unfit to be frees Are you ready to
yield the boon of equal rights so recently
bestowed upon you by the strong arm of the
nation, and abandon your political princi-
pies because you are threatened with social,
political and commercial ostricism by rebel
property holdcrs2 Will you allow these
threats to lead you to II state of dependence
and degradation, because you cat bread by
tlic Sweat Vi your DIo"Ss hlC you Hot
Americans? Have you not the pride and
patriotism of your fathers Let it swell
into contempt for such base unpatriotic mo-
tives in those men, motives which prompt
such threats, spring from such men only,
who, Cain-like, would sacrifice the blood of
innocent men, women and children on the
affairs of ambitious revenge. From such
turn away, and leave them alone. Pity
them only for their little meanness instead
ofbecoming angry with them for their toadi
ism. Heed not their threats and turn not
from your settled convictions of right to fol-
low men that hold you in derlsion and
threaten with the powers of their wrath to
Cypress you and starve you into their sup
port. Such is the spirit of revenge manifes-
ted by Conservatives towards Republicans.
Give not railing for railing. 1t would be
unjust. But rather do good to them that
curse you and despiteully use you. In this
course they avow themselves enemies of you
and of the government that has by its great
mercy spared them the little property with
which they seek to Cypress you.
The powers of the State government will
soon I've in the hands of your friends and the
friends of the national government. Let
them see to it that these enemies of peace,
good will, prosperity, liberty and even life
ITSELF are removed from every public office
and position, and your friends, and the
friends of the State and general government
are put into their places. Let a clean sweep
be made from the highest to the lowest of
fee This is Just and right in order to pre-
serve the peace and conserve the adminstra-
tion of the State government. If the men
to whom You have recently committed the
keeping of your political interests have not
the moral courage to remove every Rebellion
servative office-holders, remember them at
the end of this term. and then turn them out
and put in men that know the right and will
dare maintain it. Unsound men make IN
just rulers. Evil, oppressive men break up
good governments and destroy liberty. These
are perilous times Be vigilant to preserve
the nation and to maintain liberty. Republi-
Can reconstruction is now liked fact. Let
Rebels murmur, hope and despond, leave
them to themselves, they can do no HARM
Cultivate peace and give justice to all.
The Republican theory of progress will
soon take the place of the old Rebel regime
Republican principles soiH, they must govern
in every department of the public service
And let me say, that as sure as the sun rises
again to deck the eastern hills, so sure is
manhood rights fixed principle in the Or
ganic structure OF this government. bid
you hold fast to those rights. Elect Gen.
Grant and Speaker Colfax and the temple of
American freedom and equal rights will be
completed for ages to come. Eat bread
alone rather than jeopardize the grand prin-
ciples involved in the issues before you
Remember that the honest and just man is
never forsaken by the Lord of Hosts. He is
our God, and will sustain the weak and up
hold the right. r..r-... 81
Rocky Mount, N. G.