Year: 1867

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Pertinent Questions and Answers.


Why is there SO little money circulating
in this State? Because we are not recon-
structed.


Why is there SO general and well-founded
complaint of hard times We are not re-
constructed 't'


Why are there so many idle, unemployed
persons in this State? We are not recon-
structed


Why is there go much poverty, and suffer-
ing for the veriest necessaries of life t? We
are not reconstructed


Why are the lands and city and town lots
so unsaleable We are not reconstructed.


Why is it that none of the abundant idle
capital of the North and West has come
here2 We are not reconstructed.


Why is it our railroads are not built2-
We are not reconstructed.
Why are our rich mineral resources not
developed We are not reconstructed.


Why is it that the cause of education lam
guIshes9 We are not reconstructed.


Why is there such mistrust and want of
confidence in each other9 We are not re-
constructed.


Why is it there are no signs of healthy,
vigorous recuperation2 We are not recon-
structed $500


Why are there 50 few improvements going
forward We are not reconstructed.


Why so much dependency and reckless
nessg Weare not reconstructed.


How long will this terrible state of affairs
continued just so long as we are not re-
constructed.


Who are the enemies to the peace, order,
stability and prosperity of this State2 All
who oppose reconstruction Alabama State
Sentinel


The above questions and answers apply as
well to North Carolina as to Alabama. Let
them be well considered, and let our people
register and vote accordingly. Do not reg
lister for the purpose of embarrassing the
work of reconstruction, but register so as to
be able to vote for Convention, and after
wards for sound Republicans as delegates to
the Convention


We hear great deal from the disunion
presses about Radical Republican rule"-
The people are urged not to "degrade"
themselves by voting to fasten on themselves
such rule. This is prejudice and passion
the very things that involved us in all our
troubles. Let us have some reason and COM
mon sense on the subject It was Radical
Republicanism that suppressed the rebell-
ion. It was Radical Republicanism that
set free the slaves It was Radical Re
publicanism that brought Sherman to Ra-
leigh, and compelled the surrender of Lee
at Appamattox Courthouse. When these
things were done, the entire South with
one accord cried out, eve submit-we
are subjugated only give us terms
take our property, but spare our lives, and
we will 60 back to the Union on any terms
the conqueror may prescribe" Every one
remembers this, and knows it to be so.-
Who, then, has broken faith Not the Re
publicans, for they have been only striving
for two long years to complete in the civil
councils what they achieved in the field
They want to restore the Union, which the
rebellion for time destroyed. 1t must be
restored on the terms they have laid down
They can not recede. They must finish theil
work. Those who are with them in this work
are Unionists; those opposed to them are dis
unionists We have suffered for more than
| six years the evils of disunion. It is oul
first duty, as it is essential to our best inter.
ests, to rid ourselves of these evils by prompt
ly and cheerfully going back to the Union
under the acts passed for that purpose by
Congress.