Year: 1868

AN ADDRESS TO COLoRED MEN.


The white people of Greene County have
published elaborate address to tho negroes 10 is
curious document may be guessed from the following
extracts:


We wish now 10 caution you against q great danger.
Strangers from the North have among ana have
eudcavOrrd 10 got you all together into black mans
party. without saying whether their motives are gOOu
or bad wish say you that you allow yourselves
20 be formed into black mans party you will force us
to form ourselves into white mans party so Ilgnt AZ
the beginning you cur house Is divided against ITSELF
DO you that II the black is opposed to the
white man follows from this that The white man is op
posed to the black manl So We shall be opposed 70 each
other Now, good can come from this IL VIII bring
nothing but harm 10 white and black but me greatest
harm will he 10 yOu These Northern adyenturers who
here pretend that they are your friends Per
hans some of them are but they deceive you when they
tell YOU that the Northern people are gong 10 DO amy
thing for you except 80 ar as they can use you as oos


You had better let them alone. DO you know why they
SEQ that by the way they 90 at home 1t Is not because
they think you qualified TO vote; because they know
Won qualified and you know yourselves that you
are qualified 10 vote and do not know what you are
voting for You hardly know what voting means. Why,
think they-can control your votes to keep them
selves In Office In order that they may steal Do You
know that they have been stealing money already
In my sapo rS'o Who did tb, steaIin II was
not the people. IL not your old masters
IN was the Yankees These very who out here
and Irrteud 10 be such great friends with YOU although
they never you before Will pat on the back with
one hand and steal from you with the other;


have no desire make slaves OF you again. We
made slaves o yOu In the first place IL the Yankees
who did It, They will not dare To deny 10. 10 Yam
kec money that brought you from Africa You came in
Yankee ships manned by Yankee sailors. They forced
you slaves when we did not want you. Aud
now these same Yankees come here with lie In their
mouth and pretend 10 be your great friends. II the
money which they go for together with the interest
IT, were divided ont among YOU would give 10 every
one OF YOU farm and n fortune. when they tell you
that wish put yOn back into Slavery ask them who


ado slaves OF you In the frat place. and they Will turn
almost as black In the face as you are.


We do not think you are qualified TO vote. We know
you not qualified and so do you know IT, still, at
present You have the right to do H. acknowledge that
right II choose vote with these few Yankees who
are trying make Of you for their own purposes
you do 50; but yOu may depend upon It no good will
OF It, 10 will set against your former masters
and will set them against you. You had best keep out
OF that quarrel We wish keep out OF II; wish TO
live peace wish To be Ike family. Your inter-
est Is our interest aud our interest Is your interest Let
all stand together.


We invite you cooperate with IL win be for your
benefit, aud too. When voting time comes you had
best 20 Ia your old master and get him 10 give you
what do with it You had best get your old master 10
go to the voting places with you. For II one OF these
stealing Yankees gets hold OF your ticket he will take IL
away you and give another In place OF IT, which
will not do well. We should be glad TO tell you all
this and the for IT, but canust do In this
address. Your old masters will no doubt take pleasure
in explaining 1t to you.


Now, IL Is getting time TO stop. But must
more that il will be impossible for the white people and
black people I'm Georgia to get along together they
voting in body against each other.