The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-05-04

crafty agent who pursuaded them to
leave their old and familiar neighborhoo,ls is
not to be seen he has vanished. No zone
can be found who seems to know anything
about him. The fact now flashes through
the minds Of the deluded emigrants that
they have been basely deceived. Hungry,
and without money or provisions, they
scarcely know what to do. At this moment
they are approached with invitations to go
at hard labor. with compensation of not
over fce dollars per month, They hesitate
and shrink back at the prospect, but the ac-
tual dread of starvation drives them to ac-
cept of the preferred terms. They have no
means of returning, and are thus forced to
yield. They go to work with sad feelings,
and often dream of good old North Carroll.
ma. They would rejoice at an opportunity
Of returning, but probably for long time
I to come very few will see their wishes real
ised. This plcturelfalls very far short Of
what hss happened.
To prevent, ss IS e csn e done -
Ne sppeSl 70 tie colofcd people and their
true fieuds to be on the alert. Let the col
ored man turn deaf ear to the stories and
promises of agents who seek to get him to
20 to . distant State, and Of whom, person.
ally, he knows nothing. It 10 too true that
hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of our
colored brethren still experience hard and
trying times in our own State, but this con-
dition can only be exaggerated by going to
unknown places. The pathway allotted to
| the colored man, in many respects, is yet q
rugged one, but still be has very much to be
Il L. l., . ri &oe nn 10 froo
man and entitled to all the dearest rights
conferred on the white man.
When we think of this mighty and won-
derful change which has been accomplished
| in 80 short time, we cannot but advise
frmness, patience and endurance A better
day must come to many. We live in State
having wonderful resources and delightful
climate. These vast resources, in the very
nature of things, must be developed. This
| cannot be done without the strong arm Of
| the laborer, and it is fact that the great
masses of laborers in our State are colored
persons. The vast benefits accruing every
wear from their labor, makes their services
| more and more appreciated. The capitalist
| and the agriculturist canno. get along with.
/ out this labor, and it is therefore to the
manifest interest of the colored laborer to
remain in the State.
Better and more regular compensation
must, in many respects, be awarded to the
| laborer.
The time for cheating and defrauding th,
colored laborer Ito whatever extent it may
| have been resorted to by selfish and meaI
| persons) has about passed away. The bet
ter and more generous class of capitalist
and employers are establishing such rul'
of fair Compensation as to put to ute
shame the wretched devices of those who
will not practice upon the fair maxim, th'
4 laborer is worthy of his hire" Since fre'
labor, instead OF slave labor, now predomi
mates everywhere, there seems to be no sui
fcient reason, at all for antagonism betweel
capital and labor. Both should go togethe
in peace and harmony, and they will so NOV
as long as justice and common sense pre-
walls.
| With wcrd on the subject of the righ
| Of suffrage, we close this address to our col
ored friends.
1 The Fifteenth Amendment is at last rat
fed. The right of the colored men to vot
is now sacredly protected by the Constitu
ton of the United States This right b
can now practice whenever occasion offer
and when he chooses. He shouid not
driven or deferred from the exercise of thi
right under any circumstances. Just
. proportion as his right to vote is respected
| will be the estimate placed upon the valu
of bis labor. FREQ labor and the free ballo
i are glorious rights conferred upon eolore
men, and under this new order of things ID
us step forward with new hope and fres
confidence. ;
q rso A. H. GALLOWAY,
Senator from 18Th District, North CaroIina.
JAMES H. HARRIS,
Rep. from Waks County, North Carolina.