The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-10-24


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Stoke aad here is what he saysi
I saw bim Saturday, aa1 30 iol8
me Ot bic programme and platform
P4YNgsr pjR SLAVES.
when the war broke out" mid
Mr. Stokes, j had twenty or twenty
five niggers. worth Gficcn or twenty
thousaud dcllars. They were 10Y
property as justly and fairly and
squarely as any mans horse IL bic
properly. They were guaranteed to
me by the laws Of my country and
the Constitution Of the United States.
They were, ia fact, especially guaran-
teed to me by special provision Of
the Constitution.
"How did | come by these niggers ?
In 1918, when only three years old,
my father started to this country from
the mountains Of North Carolina.
On the way he fell out of the wagon
and broke his neck. We moved on
to DeKalb county and squatted in
the wilderness. | grew up, and you
may say, at the plowshandle. | had
no money to get all education, and
con iequently didn't get much educa-
tion. But / worked at the plow and
bought me piece of land, and laised
corn on that land with my own hands.
Then | bought up few hogs, fed 'em
the corn, drove 'cm South, sold 'em
and bought nigger, and brought
him home. ! did lhat every year un-
til had about twenty, and was doing
inely. Now wern't those niggers
ny property in all law and justice ?
Hadn't bought 'em and paid for
EN-? Wasn't they guaranteed to me
1y the laws Of my country and the
Constitution of the United States ?
swell, the war come up, and |
.ook sides with the Union, and raised
/ regiment for the Federal service. !
The way the thing turned out | was
lighting all the time to free my own
liggers, to strip myself OF the hard
earnings of alitetime. They pretend
"a that it was a military necessity to
rec the slaves. 1t was no military
necessity, the North was full of men.
Fhey freed the niggers because they
ranted TO, and not because it was
,ecessity. Now, | say, oy the Lord,
hey must pay US for our niggcrs in
he South, or we
WON'T HELP THEM PAY THE BONDS.
This is my platform in q nutshell. |
either the North must pay us for our
liggers, or well go in for repudiating |
he two tAousa nd millions of war
lebt that is ba nging over US. They |
ay that it was necessity to create
he debt and to free the niggers. Adj
nit it, if you please. If both were
like necessary, treat both alike. and
we have TO help pay the debt, then
ou help us bear the loss of the mig
,ers. Amt that fair, just and hon
st between men and men. and sec>
ion and section? Why, just look at
t. During the war the Northern |
,eople were paid big prices for every>
hing they furnished the army. They
,ut that money in bonds, when gold
vas two for one and upward. On
hese bonds they have been drawing
n nterest in gold, aud claim that the
,riucipll shall be paid in gold. |
ay, if they are not going TO pay US
or our niggels, that they have al
eady collected enough on the bonds
nd l am opposed TO paying another
ent. My proposition TO the Gov
rnment is this: Either issue two
housand millions OF dollars OF bonds |