The enquirer southerner., 1874-06-12
Fer tie Enquirer S1utherner.
" Civil Riohts'

"
education and refinement believes in the
Civil Rights Bill from principle? Show
me Southern gentleman who advocates it,
that is not seeking oBiee at the hands Of the
cCIorcl people, regardless of the consequent
ces that may flow from its evil effects. Is
that man q friend either to the cOioFed peo-
pie or white? Does he not come forward
rs q tire-brand in our midst, creating dis
cord and ar0using the worst passions Of
Cur natures, in order that he may make
lCneT the easiest way, careless and lIidif-
teTaEt as - the final result ? Here = The
man. lie las nothing, wants something,
hasn't manly courage to 90 to work and
make j. honestly, but seeks to build him
self up upon the c~ciulity and ignorance of
the poor black man. How does he do it :?
BY advocating any principle Of the Repub
icGn party? No. lie HAY state q princi-
pie, and then go On in long haIange about
white folks and black folks, and black
felix's must have their rights, and they are
as good as white folks, and they are going
to see that tacy get their rights, when in
fact their right, are never denied them, and
they enjoy as much, if not more rights,
than the white people, because the white
people having more intelligence and for
bclrance have submitted to 4 great many
indiGritics, simply because they knew,
however innocent they might be, it w0uld
le turned by designing men TO further
array the classes. Ne are in feelings and
pccuDiary interest the friends Of the black
man. lie works our lands and we pay
him our money. If one leaves the State,
we 30 to Virginia and bring two to put in
lbs place il We can get them, and doesn t
any sane man know, whether he is 4 North
EN- or 4 Southern man, that if we, the peO-
Tlc uf North Carolina, were to pass any
ilD. that ddn give him his rights, agents
from the other Southern States, would flock
into North Carolina and carry them off by
the car load to States still farther South,
when they could enjoy all their rights and
get good WAGES besides? The people who
own The land, 5e hey black or white, are
tie friends Of tie laboreTs Of the country,
especially when labor is scarce, and with
imposed upon us we still want cuffee's
labor. Wei now who is this keeping all
tbs fuss a,0ut the col0Tcd mans rights
They, as a general class are men who have
nothing, who 90 not give one Of them en-
rIoymeut. The colored man gets nothing
from them and they get everything from
the col0red man by lis vote.
IF the col0rcd man gets into trouble be
goes to the white man, (the Democrat
f0r assistance. This self constituted friend
Of the coIoTed man gets up on the stump
and tells the dCludcd creature not to believe
thing the white man Cor democrat) tells
them and vet if he ask him for assistance
ne ask him mighty quick who he lives with
and lie had better Get it from him. Sue!
row are The men, who lord it over our col
/ orcd population. Such is tie Southern
white men who now advocate Civil Rights
in favor Of mixed schools, social equality
/ in hotels on the cars, steamboats,, churches
/ theatres, and even go to tie quiet city o
the dead: White PEOPLE OF Edgccombt
/ county, can You cOuntcnance and rccOg
/ niZe Z white man as your equals who trie
to force this social equality upon you anC
! your children? y man who wants K
force the poor white children of Edge
c0mbe to 90 to mixed school? It you 81
Sill and raise not your voice or exert you
influence to avert it are you not culpable
/ You may say well | can't do any good
/ [ ca ut help it. | say to you, old gentle
men, you know not your influence TO
good, for when you speak It's like a part
/ ING advice TO the young, that we all reyer
ence. Young man, you know not wha
you can do until You try. Let us all dt
our duty in the contest, and enter GU
solemn protest by our votes and influence
4 conscious of the rcctitude of our cause
! and all VIII be well. The young me-
appeal to the old, to the men Of wealth
OF standing and character, not to stand one
Eond for Office who will sell himself an
compromise the true spirit transmitted t.
us by q noble ancestry, that he may be thu
gamer OF thirty pieces Of silver" Th
Radical leader appeals to the blacks t
sick together, he teaches him not to hav
confidence in Us, he. teaches him to befev
that We are lis enemies now let us site
together once and see what effect it wi
have. We can only try. l would be tn
last man TO prescribe a man Tor his polit
ical sentiments, yet we are only accept
ing what the Radicals preach and urg
upon the c0loTed people.
H. PLANTER,