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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 18G7.
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VOL.1. RA.LEIGII, N.
THE SENTINEL.
WM. E. PELL, Proprietor.
7 UK LA TB COLORED MEETIXU.
We present below, in the order of their
lU-livcrv. the speeches delivered by the gen
tlemen, who were Inviteil to address the
inn-ting of colored people on yesterday.
Skaton Gaj.m.'EkJ.. who spoke Brat, said :
Fbikndi ad Fellow Cimum! : My
frifmlt you have always been, and my fellom
titiuni you bow are,, under the wonderful
change which baa been wrought in your polit
ical condition, achange which, a fuw abort
yearn ago, would never have entered the
head f tu wildest dreamer, a change
which open before- you great future, if
vuu are
hut true to yourselves aim your
cuiiiitry. ...
When 1 received your invitation to ad
dress you on this occasion, 1 did not hesitate
unc moment about complying ; bim! this for
several reasons. Horn and raised among
voir. I can recall not one airigle Instance In
the 'past, when I have bait utiier than kind
mhI respectful treatment at your band. So
far aa my relations with the institution of
slavery were concerned, tiny have
fa-en pleasant ami agreeable, though it was
u fortune to own hut two slave. I.m b i.f
aiioiu. iu a ripe and good old age, loved and
n peeled, 1 am aiire, by all who knew them,
have long eince gone to rest. They nursed
n,v infancy, and in thtir old age I tried to
,iri my duty by thero, o far aa I was aide.
They "sleep in yonder graveyard, and I honor
mi. I revere their memories.
But apart from such private reasons, I n c
nguiu: it ai binding on every white man in
the community to feel, and express on all
proper occasions, a warm interest in the
welfare of the Colored population. He who
ilues not fteiioull srl'n wrest, and rxpiess it,
too, when railed iiport to do ... i greatly
Itcking, I conceive, in n plain duly. To
live side by aide in the same country, under
the name government, and tn lie ruled by
the same lane, it our late, whieli we cannot
escape it we would. How eviilent tin n ,htt
the worst enemy to both races is the wretch
ed dcmsifogue. he he white or Muck, who
would endeavor to excite di-sension ami
.hiHi.nl among ourselves, and to array the
ri.sra aainal each other! What reason can
there U-lor strife 1 What aerieran there be
in st Die f Or rather, what w tekedness and
li.liv there ia in strife! Are we not all riti
-n of North Carolina. an-we not all de
r.itedly attached to her name antl eliaruc
ter, I vitally interested hi her t.ulunta-
iii one word, are w..- not ad hrclhten, bound
together by common interests and cutiiiiiiin
hopes !
V"ti have asked, roe, my trienrtt to advise
. u in relation to the great public question
,.l the day. Vu are now a tree people,
made so by the power hi Ike sword . though
I am not on of those, who lielieve that the
Southern people fought iu the late mar to
ierpetuata alavery, aa t knatr, taking the
s ilrinii declarations of Congress, ot Mr. Lin
"In, and of the press and leadera of the
North, a tbc evi'lence. that it waa not the
iurMise of the Federal government, until it
,as found necessary aa a war measure to
overthrow the white resistance to the consti
tuted authorities, to almlish slavery. " Hut
waiving tbe discussion ot that ipmoioti, as
out of place and unnecessary, you have Ix-en
Diude.and you are, freemen. I should despisi ,
from thi IwOtom nf mv aoill the white mail
wlm U'lt any enmity fowavds yn n til tt !
account, or who could not feel that it as .
nstural and praiseworthy, that you should
n juice in your emancipation. I feel and I ,
know that I speak the sentiments of nice- j
tenths ofthe white people of the South, u lien
1 dsclarf iht MrM their-lrstie to elevate
V"U in the scale ol manhood, and to make
ynii everyway trorthy o the great privileges
whirb have bwm confer rati upon you anu
everyway f(Usl to the grv and serious
responsibilities which you now - have to
sssunrr. We cut never forget your hig
years of faithful erTi,--we can nerer for
get that ba grown up together, and
the association) ol a life time, and, sIhivp all.
we can nerer forget yonr quiet, patient, or
ilerly and peacetlil course during the four
terrible years of war, from w hich we hat e
just emerged. , 3
Well, then, drat, aa to what! lies immedi
ately he-lore us : A new government is
he made, and jou are to participate in
Inrmaiion. Cetainly, the building up a
system of government for a great people,
which is intended to last for ages, is a
urest and a solemn work. It should not b
approached with passion or prejudice, it
should Dot Iwe committed to bad or weak
men. If you will listen to me lor a few
moments, I will try to tell you how I think
so great a duty should be performed. I cer
tainly have no personal Interest to advance.
I have no ambition to gratify. I tun not
striving for your votes for myself or rtoy one
else, certainly not for myself; for the reason
hat the same law which confers the boon
if suffrage upon you takes it away from me
and deprives me of the privilege ol holding
"flier. I'crbaps you would like lo know
shy I am disfranchised. I will tell you. I
never waa a secessionist; on the contrary, 1
fniight that doctrint for yisrs. Hut even if
I had been, that would not have disfriiu
eliised nie, for I know a good many wees
"mists w ho are not disfranchised ; and I
know, too, few wJio,although disfranchised,
are now striving tc take that lead in tbc
anrk of reoonasrnotion, which, uudcr the
provisions of the Sherman Act, they are not
allowed to lake. At the call of my State,
'her 1 bad been voted out of the I'nion,
1 took, up arms in her defenee. Tbnt, of
iiseH, would not bv disqualified me, bnt'l
happened, before the (Hr, to lie so iinforttt
nute as U be appointed a Squire and accep
led Umt great office. I never had any frvney
f"f its duties,. Indeed, the only time that I
ever exercised them at all, I believe, wus
when, in my own parlor, I united two of
V'ur own race In the hulV bonds of inatri-
niony, with my own family as the witnesses ,,
f the ceremony. And that's what putsMuc
'"it in the rold However. 1 am far trout
complaining, and ify, who arc privileged
to psrtK-ij.ale, wilUinlv Jdo your duty wsll,
snd build up for me and my children a josi,
"table, kind and liocinl government, I shall
li' satisfied to live un hr it the balance of
my days
One thing is established. The law lives
ou fact lieyond-ail qiut-lion id eoutru.vcr
"v In order to lorin n Stale govtrnincnt
"'at w ill lie acceptable to Congress, and in
order to secure re admission info the
Vnion, we mutt comply w ith the terms of
what is called the Sherman Act. I recog
nize it as an Imperative obligation rustjng
t-pott iwendeaTrtr to brinjj Korth faroli-
"a back into the Union, and to make her,
what she once was, the brigbest star in the
political firmament. In fulfilment of tikis
obligation, we must take this law of Con
gress and carrv it into effect in good faith.
That is what i am for. Well, according to
LjJje tcruis of that Bill, which must be faith
fully curried out, in order to get us liack
into the I'nion, your civil privileges, your
perfect political equality, are fully rstab
liKlKsl. They ran neither la- denied nor
taken away. Whatever be the character of
the men composing the Convention, which
is to make the new Constitution, those
jirivileges cull neither lie taken, away or
abridged. I know ol no one, in the light
of present events, ho is in favor of doing
either. Where, then, is the use of parties,
of divisions, of secret political organiza
tions, or of political organizations ol any
character? Why then surrender your own
judgment into the keeping of others?
My friends, you can ill no wuy so well il
lustrate your manhood ami jirovc your fit
ness for the new privileges wish which you
have la-en invested, as by exercising your
own judgment and following your own con
victions of right .and wrong, riganlless of
the dictates and commands of others who
set themselves up as your peculiar mas
ters. IatI no Innii crack the party whip
over your beads. Talk alaiul treed, un and
slavery '. Th;it nirtii is the veriest slave on
earth, who is bound by a secret oath, or
some stringent party obligation, to do that
which his conscience may disapprove, or
who allows anv one man or set ot men to
outrol his opinions und govern his ia ill. -ucli
a servitude. siH-li a slavery of ihe
mind, i- even more galling than lhat of the
ImmK.
'I mow u-idir nil such mean ami du-Iih-ihji
tiainiiiels, and in looking nlsmt you
lor the men to carry out the behests of
I onijie-s and to set the old ship once mote
atloat, sUs:t llo- in whose Hit hinttrry
and present friendship you havecontidi nee,
men upon who.,- judgment and, above all, U
on whose rfumti you can rely. Take the men
(provided, of i.oul-i, alttays, thai they, are
lawfully iplalifiid t engage in the work.)
w liotii y mi w ould approach for advice in
diltii iilty or lor iii,'tiiee in i t remit v Who
are
they f Look around vou in the comiiiU-
nity and ee u In
t to v aie ' '1 ake the men
hIiiw counsels nrr for peacr.
hatnionv. and who do ijol ne, k
piiet and
lo atriluti-
un- pulilie tn i ii, t h new and dangerous
indues, which must prove destructive, if ac
couiii.he,l, to good order and st-tliiiity of
ifovi rnineiit, and which, ven now, sre
withdrawing Iti- t hoiilits of o many from
thai which is of the hioicic importance,
Ihe means ot livelihood nnu ihe education
of yourselvis arid i hildrcn.
I'erlmji i-oiiii- of vou may have read or
heioil ol the jiriicci pn:g-i ot a Convention,
Which hi.s j.t udjolltni'd in the citv o
Iticliinond. a'.d w hich va In fTI under the
inri-ciion of a mon-ttrous preteiider by the
name ot Hminicutt, who has lie'n addrcss
ingyotrr rarr at v ;trtoiis points in the Slate
o 'ir;iiia, tonkin yreat professions of
regard f ,r your licthren there, but sho
alvvas"lcts the cat out of the hag" and
Is-travs what he is alter. Iy "handing around
the hat" hetore be leaves. North Carolina
has always Ik-i n a quiet, steady, moderate
State It has liecu vi ry gratilying to see
that our colort-il p-ple, in their new rela
tion, have floue. imihing to impair the rem
tatioii of Ihe Stale in that respect. It is
llattering to your good si use, and the liest
evidence of your Correctness of purpose,
that, in ni.rr ol your meetings or public
,h imnira: ion, have you exhibited any ol
Ihe vioiim-,' or vindietiveness thst wss
exhiliit, ,f iu ll.at Virginia meetings I piav
lleavm that toll 'vill colli luue to keep
aloof In
no sin li bad counsels. Spurn them
us von
iihM t I'C v il one. Spurn them as
you desire jnc-a you wish to live in
liii-nd-liip and haiinony with your white
brethren. as ton loni; to see the troubled
eiciiu nts composed and calm creep over me
triiulih'd waters,- in you are anxious to go
ijllielfy nbruit your duties anil avocations
and to law up uuiu thing for yonr children
and lor oitKe
Whal wcjuld it adtuuluite you that the
h adino w hile nun ill thiscoiniminity should
be forever disfranchised or prevented from
holding office ? Have you any aniinosi
ties against them to gratify ? Would it
make four sleep the sweeter, or vour sppe
Jite the lttcr, and jour ronditlon in any
respect improved, that such men as Gov.
Worth here, lor example, who has always
been tour friend and who, if it is I'nion
nii-n you desire to reward or to honor, has a
to I record ot unswerving consistency in that re
its I siH-ct, should be placed under the ban f
No, my friends, I do not lielieve it of you.
Under the excitement ot the moment, some
o you at times limy think and sieak differ
ently, but the whole histoty ol your race
shows that lo vi herish tiad and revengeiut
feelings is notoe of- your frailties in
which respect you present a shining con
trast to many liereulxiuls who have white
skins. ,et us ail here, this day, to sum
up the whole matter in a single word,
adopt that grand, impressive snd god-like
motto : I'niversal freedom and universal
charity.
I beg here to recall to you the advice of
I on. Sickles in that excellent uml practical
speech n hich he made to the Ircedmen of
Charleston, a lew evenings since: I lew are,
said lie, of those who would excite animosi
ties between the two races, lie told them,
most truly , that the prosH-rity ol the South
and the welfare of the country were inti
matelv associated with the harmony and
good lei-linn between Ihe people ot Ixith
races. Intelligence, capital, land are not
less important than labor, and yet, without
Islmr, these ran lutvu no solid foundation.
What would be lliolight of the man, who,
living in a household whose intcrists, com
forts and trials uiust all la-identical, should
nevertheless K,v'e all his confidence to out
sideis or strangers? Would he not be
thought a very silly fellow, and Would henot
deserve to la' unprosicroua and unhappy 1
And it thus I put the cae to you: Will
you, iu the hurry ofthe moment, under the
evil i oiinsels of designing demagogues, take
it for granted that weofthia political Ijouae
hohl are to ! necessarily opposed loach
other, and cannot live in peace and har
niony 1 No, give the race, with whom ate
associated all the memories ol me pasft, ami
acainst the best part of whom it is now
souidil to arrar vou. at luL-it a trinl. It will
lie lime enough to desert them when they
show a dispotliio'i todiprive you ot present
i mill-, or lo injure or vppp s you. So lar
as the dominant p ' r Vu ihe g ov rninent
i- elHli-erned, t lie plivi!ejfes w llich I hey have
jyvrn yoii tttu uol tlu result of any special
love lor y ou, as iyeviilenrcHn the fact that;
in nearly every Slate in which they have the
ascehdahCy, tlieyliate ddriled the right of
suffrage to yollr brethren there. They weru
influenced by the double motive, that they
thought it would punish the South and be
Jelved it wonld pTat: their -partf : -
I should be glad, it I had time, to talk to
you about your moral and educational in
terests. I want to see you become, under
Providence, avirtuous and intelligent power
in the land. Educate yourselves and your
children be industrious and sating, -dis
countenance the idler lrow ii upon (he vi
cious, encourage the weak and the strilg
gling. Krect sehml-lionses, - build chur.lii s.
Establish among yourselves at once and
firmly that same rule of morals that has
always existed in w II governed solicit
Put the mark upon the man w ho is guilty
ot dishonesty or immorality and let him In
to you as a heathen man snd a publican.
Aliove all, strive to iinderi-tiiiid the irui1
nature of your libertt, what it means. In
the light of that lilierty, properly apprecia
ted and understood, you may do great things
and accomplish a grand destiny : und I ear
nestly trust thst that light may lead you
Into the paths of prosperity and pence.
It. II. Batti.K, Jr., Ks'J , next ascended
the stand anil said (in substance) thul he
understiMHl this inciting was said !v some
to have been called by parly men. for pnrtv
purposes,- that so far ns he was concerned
lie could deny the impntal ion. His first
know ledge lhat such aiiiis iing was to In
held was derived Irom a nofr presented to
him at his office by two of his colored
friends, who added their personal solicits
tiofls to lliosl- contained ill the note lhat he.
with other gentlemen of the citv. whom
they considered ihe friends of tin ir rai , .
should address them on the subject of r.
construction, lie had never been a candi
dale tor popular favor, and he appealed In
fore them in compliance with their invita
tioii and to subserve no personal ends. -Uucause
he hail never engaged in politics,
he valued the invitation as a compliment -inferring,
us he had a right to do. that bis
conduct towards them in private life, and
in the way of his business in the Court
House, had been such as to inspire them
with confidence that he was di-poscd to
deal fairly and justly by them. Hetrnsfrd
such ciinrlibaic.li wus. not iiusplucud His
lirst r-olle'tioits of this holiday wen- -s
- fialed w ith an old black man. from whom.
in the little streams about Uah igh and hap
cl II ill. be had taki n his first lc..son in the art
of fishing. This same old man had laUL-ht
him while still a boy- that true piety w.i
coiifined to'no race or coitdit ion in li!e. and
his appreciation and that of tin- famiU to
which be belonged of the faithful services ol
this colored Iriend of his youth was such,
that be would never be permilied, though
now n JrttuKtit. to suffer Irom privation or
want.
He thought that the former slave holders
hud every cause to entertain kindly feelings
to those w ho had been their slaves w hile
they and their Rons had been engaged in
w ar, the slaves, though perfectly aw are that
on the issue depended their freedom, con
ducted themselves as if they had no inter
est in the result und continued to labor and
provide sulisistence for the helpless families
of their masters and since the surrender
of Ihe Confederate armies, and they w ere re
juicing in their newly acquired lilnrtv, thev I
hail, as a class, treated their former owners (
with becoming respect. The old slave i
holders then were their friends, and Mich ;
they ought to consider them, and as such
they did well to ask their advice.
Ob the subject of their duties in ,the
work of reconstruction, his remarks need lie
but few. They had, each and all of fnem,
who were twenty one years old and had
lived in the State twelve, months, the privu
lege of taking au active part in that woik.
-The registration which wus soon to take
place under the reconstruction bill, would
probably show that there arc about thirlv
tive thousand colored men entitled to vote,
and if the white men should have lost one
fourth uf their voters by death in the war
and such participation on the side ofthe
South as excludes them, there would )e one
black vbtesVto two' white voters in North
Carolina. The work, then, w ill not be mainly
the lilm man's work, but the privilege and
duty of all who roar be permitted to vote
will lie identical. All ureequally interested
in electing good men to the Convention soon
to be called, and that the Constitution
framed by that Convention shall be such as
freemen should live under. It is the theory
of a republican government, that its citizens
are entitled to meet together to consult ulsitit
public matters and to hear the views of all;
and it is the duty of freemen not to hear
one side or one set of men only. Thi was
one of the objects ol the meeting today,
and they ware their enemies who advised
them against coming to hear what might be
said by those they had the right to consider
their friends. They might look lor expres
sions of regard from demagogues, who really
cared nothing for them. Whenever they
were approached bv men they tlid not know
to la; interested in them for their good, they
should look buck a little anil consult their
memories, their aciiuiiintances und the for
mer slaves of those men, if they had any ,
and learn whether they can now bo relied
on. They hatenow to give w hat they never
had In-fore theirvote; and voles go a long
way with demagogues and bad men, who
want office. They should la-ware of com
mitting themselves now to men or parties;
but when the time should come to vote for
memlicrs to the Convenfion, they should se
lect honest, unprejudiced und good men,
regardless of the teachings of ambitious
politicians and demagogues. They slid the
white voters must take care that they employ
such men to erect the building that is to
afford shelter and protection to us all, as
will understand their business, with pru
dence enough to set Us foundations on a .
rock, carefulness enough to select good tim
ber, nod skill enough In put them together !
in such a manner that we and they may not
have cause to W- ashamed of their handi-
work. In the meantime, before the day-they
are to cast their votes, they should not per i
mil politics and politicians to cuuse. thcih
to forfeit the confidence of their employers
by neglecting their ordinary business ; for -j
at last, it was by industry, frugality and
honesty that they must exiecl to clevnte I
themselves aocially and morally to the posi- t
i"ii they now enjoy politically.
, lu conclusion, he fell jileased by Ihe re- '.
spoctful attention they had given to his
remarks, and bespoke for those to lie sub-
mitted by Oof. Worth, who would succeed
him, that consideration which experience '
wisdom and high position sliouliL always ',
command. It was to he hoped that they
would be uninfluenced by the ridiculous
Charges of those who would have tie in
be ieve that -fiov. Worth, who. up lo iin
time the Stale attempted to sec.de, had
passed thirty years In active, ofiposiiion u. .
secession, and in the legislature; of 1800-1)1, !
stood hw irmnnd strains that dnetrimv tilt 4
the Union phalanx was thinned to three,
alter the war was ended, and nothing
waa to be gained by it, had been foolish
enosagb to turn secessionist. The (iomrnor ,
at the end ol the War, in view ol the. trials,
grief, privation and despair throughout his
native Bouth, and among all classes of its
citizen, determined, aa all good men should
have dne, lo for get what lie conceived to
be the errors of those who bad not acted
with liiin iu opposing secession, and fo di.
what be could t. better their condition, as
well as i!,s,. ,,f his friends. For this his
fellow citirms rhrwe to elect him to the
position In- now fills, and for this ull should
respect and honor Jiiiu.
liov. WottTti sjioke us follows :
Kn!K?vts ssn Fellow Citiikjim.
I very
ln day
much fear lhat I shall address you
under two wry unfavorable circ tima'anccs.
With thi heavy wind and a feeble voice, I
know it will be wry difficult for me to make
nivsc-lf heard by this immense ussemblv. I
address my sell to my colored friends. especial
ly, on this occasion, although there are many
while prisons present, because ills at the in
rtance and byllie request of the colored puo
pie that I appear before you today. I have
lieard some complaints made that I have
in I spokni to you more frequently, but let
no-till yen th.it i I bus been my unvarying
cc'i iu thr.nioh life to keep my advice al
w.iys iin.il 1 was uoked for it, uud on no oc
casion to oiw it in less it r.u asked. Hut
1 have, on a" occasions, attended to every
invitation w tiii h 1 ha'T'e received, audi don't
mcI.ow I i in Is-called a politician or ac
i use. I, if any i.itercstcd motives in attending
v-.nr iii.-.iin to day. 'Ihe request came
1 1 voiiisi h os a:one, and 1 feel thatjl am
onlv doiriL my duty in coining forward to
.'ulvi-c you at this important risis.
I do not appear In re. to day. to stir up
any leu! f ling or to liuild un auv pai I v I
have lio motive to a compli-h. save lhat one
great and in ccsMiry one, :o l.ring al'out, so
far us i-.i me lo-s. peace and hartnonv among
the I, Ink -t : ti I w hiic poo; !i ol this countrv,
and I" jironinre the rotnriion interest of our
common country. What el-e could 1 accom
plish I r in no t no. r !, rli-iMe to orlice.
attiT V'-n have frnnr-d i.nirm'w constitution,
1.11.1 oo 111 l 1 I V ll J llllllrok. li .u 1 niuul
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do s,- t iiio.i di a jiuiciv disinterested motive,
t i r i,-!i a oi - rc lo see ali cla-ses ol our
i.m i, o.oy uni'i .1, p.-accf.il and prosperous.
l.i o . u
s.'l i.i.t I
i- I. imed that constitution, I
' it led lo fid the otlice of con
tint ot liovernnr, and
no personal ol.ect whatever
t-,1 V. rnnoli I. i
thi-relor-- lisve it
in vi'-v and uln-n that law comes into et-.
It. let me tell you that no man will
more ni'lingly yield to its conditions
and pro i-io-.s th.m 1. will not then lie
entitle I to even a tote, and I speak
honestly wlnti I s.iy, that I think I
shou'd hue a right to vole as well
as those who were my servants both before
and during the war. I know you will
agree w ith mo in this. I would lie willing
lo put the matter to yourselves, because I
tcijl confident that y ou would, unhesitating
ly , I consent that 1 should have a vote, es
pecially ify.m were familiar with my past
history 1 have never been a politician in
my life; but about thirty years ago I had
the honor of l ing a member of the General
Assonil'lv, and fionie very valuable laws
were passed at that session, and many of
them ixi-t to 'he present time. One of
those laws was that it was a crime to learn
a black man to either read or w rite. The
great body of the Assembly voted for that
bill I voted against it. The records will
show thai. I believe 1 Ihink now, as I
thought then, that it was wrong to deprive
any person of the means w hich would ena
ble him to read the word of fjod, while
many of those, who. abuseand vilify me now,
at that time thought differently. In spite
of that law one ot' my boys, named Joe, a
blacksmith, was taught to read and write
with my knowledge nn,l consent. Howl
have alrtlivs acted towards tllccolored peo
ple, if you want lo know, are yrtu to
find out i fly what I say here today t
No. ou will find vourselves very often
mistaken if vou believe w hat you are told
by speech makers. If vou are scn-ible and
would act wild prudence, you will not al
low yoiirsi U os to iK-atrli d awny by the
flattery nf the dnttr. When you inquire
into my pa I hi-tory. you will lind that I
never hand i:fl, I negroes and sent tllcin
into the sh,v. market as imc.of my tradu
cers have done in the contrary, I hsjvc
bought an I -oi.l negroes for the purpose of
bringing families together. I l ave still liv
ing v il li in' tin- tii-t sNve I ever ow ned. -His
name U s-tephen. It yon want to know
how- I have treated the colored people ask
him. and I suppose vou will le satisfied
with what he tells you.
A voice "We can't depend on what Ste
phen say s." I allgllter).
tioveiiior Worth -"If ton can't, then
ask sonn hody ils.-. I depend on him, and
believe l.n d- ielids im me."
A voir- " That's so, I bate talked with
him acil he t.n.l me s,."
tiowii;i.r W oith lie is au honest old
man. I h ive tni-tcd hiui with thousands of
dollars, ami 1 have ulwuva found him up
right and honest in his dealings.
1 would not have alluded lo ihese matters
today, were I not aware that imputations
had liecu circulated around thai I was
coming hs-re for the purpose ol inflaming
yonr mind-, and accomplishing party cuds
and put poses, (fod kmlws I belong to no
iurly now. There can Ik-no purty now in
the South. Congress has passed a law
which is to be carried intoeflVct even at t le
point ot the bayonet, and what need can
there be lor parties under such circiiinslan
ccs Whether we upprove of thai law or
not. we must abide by it. Coti.s quently,
the mere question of paiitv is little bcttn
than a hum kcry.
It has been announce,! in the papers that
I ivas coming hcie to address you with a
view lo ind'tinlng your minds ami proto
king party lei lings, amongst you. In no
way have I attcm.ti d lo do so. 1 h ippen
ed, at the In "inning of the war. to lie a
fiieinl.er ot t'ie iteneral Assembly, and I
opposed tln-.t unhappy war to the uiltii
end. 1 h it at tin- time lhat it must un
questionaMy result iu misery and suffcrini;.
Perhaps some of you thinly it was got ten
up for the pinpo-c of sitting toil free
Those of volt who i an read know will that
Ihe Conii-ss of the United States dechirrd
liny ha I no such object in view. ""'
fneiiow. but neiihor party tntcmh'U thai
you should l" sn. The two parties went lo
war. however, and the consequence is thai
vou are bee. i A voice: Thank od). lop
posvd the war I sw raised a-sort of ttm
kcr. atnl
ih. n ion
(Junkers
lon't like fighting
do i,..t like
war, nor do I w isl,
,-v i r t i o'l-iie; o i ''i- find again
And no-...'.' -t i 1 it-' : -'. ng thai I opn.s,.i
lite ..ii t'-o I i t . i;t ulity, I am at.'.i.-i-l
ol bei.or -I V. i I I I i I ' U 1 1 11 1 1 I.lol I
WotlM bVto 1eTi-tnr'nrte now; - when V -
,uuL mpm1m;..)a1m.1"Uui
It wus: 1 1 an assure y oil that by such an
accusation you pay me a very poor compli
ment indeed.
Governor Worth t)icn produced tljo,
$nWfWm, frtti-'W'fr"tBc1:''Mtow1g'
extract in reference to his presence at the
meeting :
"Governor Worth is to address the meet
ing. Will he tell the colored people lhat
in one of his messages to the Legislature he
proposed to "distribute" them like, so many
cattle throughout the oiin::y .'- to drive
them from the homes ol their fathers sinnnu;
strangers in lb cstld bleak regions of the
North I Will he tell the people that iu the ,
same message lie pronounced tncCongrc
of the United Statin an "unconstitutional"
Isnly I the same Congress that passed the
Sherman act and gave to the colore I mau
the right to vote. Will he do this."
Is there one amongst you who cm say
that I have attempted to advise you in any
way whatever in "relation to the lorthcoming
or any other electionf 1 have never done so,
and any such aaserliou must ultimately lull
to the ground.
In reply lo the above paragraph, Goi ei nor
Worth produced the message in question,
dated November the 19th. 1"HS0, and lead
Irom it the passages referred lo liy ihe
Standard. They are as follows ;
"The people of the South (w . other from
prejudice or not is immaterial lo the vicw
al stake, ) do not regard the negro as their
equal. He is not allowed" the light nf suf
frage. The North insists that this prejudice
of the South does cruel wrong to the Afri
can. Among us they are very poor and few
of them have acquired local attachments by
ownership ol land. The result of einanci
patioii and war have made the whites poor
also; and the uncertain condition of our
fidcral relations prevents the influx of cupi
tal or population. Knterpiize is para'.y .ed.
I-'ew are able to employ lalsirer- and pay
tlieui liberally. On the other hand the
dominant Stales ure ri h. In ali ot them thc
wag-s of lubor are much greater then we
can pay. In many ot them are public lands
of great h-rtility, which the law gives to
the actual settler at n nominal price.
In one of these States a portion ol the
people has given a substantia! .earnest of
the principles they profess, by electing two
Africans as members ot iheir Slule la g
lature. Everything seems to invite tin
n il ,
but 1
ex-
emigration to the dominant Slate-. -most
of them are too poor to pay the
penses of moving. This ilitlictil'v may In:
overcome by diverting ttV appropriation j
made to sustain the friedmans llurcau, to i
defraying the trat tiling expenses of those ,
who muy choose t, ,ve, allow ing eac h one !
to choose the Slate or territory to which be (
would go. When thus left free, and. aided -
to go where they may think their condition ,
will be bettered, no grounds wiil be h It for j
further seel ional strlte us to their imvern. '
went
"I am sure North Carolina will not ob
ject to this scheme. If it lie objected that
the emigration would be so universal as to
us, for a time It ave without a sutlicieney ol
laliorers, and if it lie conceded that this
would be the result, who would not prefer
to pei form servile labor, until' other labor
could lie procured, to the inquietude and
humiliation to which we are now subjected
Hut such would not he the result. North
Carolina means to treat her free. I men with
justice and humanity. Very many ot them
retain the feelings of kindness and confi
dence, which they formerly felt towards
their late masters, and these reciprocate
the feeling and pay them fair wages and
give them every reasonable aid to better
their condition."
This is what I have said about
our treatment of the colored people
Dik-s this look like "driving you to the
did bleak regions of the North i" Does
this savor of inhumanity as implied iu the
Standard ? Much has been said aliout yntir
right to vote in the South and about the
objections offered to it. The State of Mas
sachusetts does not allow you to votewith
out subjecting you to certain restrictions.
That State pretends to love you well, but
ia the-kioutu-thvro sic no restrictions what
ever, under the rcciinst mctnm acts of Con
gress. Perhaps I have said more on this
mutter, than I had intrude d. or ought to
have said. 1 don't Wan to force you to leave
the South. I have never entertained any .
such feeling. I think w-e can do very well
together, but I do sav that 'if you want, and
it is your desire, to leave the Slate, you
should receive some assistance in doing so.
If you would actsensibly and wisely, my
advice to you is to look well to the past ami
present history of men before you give them
your support,
I do not think it worth while for me to go
into an extended history ot politics. I have
no idea ot doing so. It would ill liecome
me at the present time, and I do not think
you would want to hear it. When I was a
youth I went to hear a man make a -pei-cli.
Well, he made a very grand speech, indeed.
He spoke Greek ami Latin, ami astonished
everybody that lieard him; but when 1 re
turned home i was asked howl liked it, ami
I answered that I did not like it. I was
then asked what my objection was, snd im
reply was that "1 thought when a man -poki
he should speak in such a way that . very
ierson could understand him." My liini.l
said tome, "Why you are very mm h iinsta
keif by supposing that the speech is not a
popular one;" for, said he, "Ihe people will
go away extolling him, and sating he is
such a great man that we could not under
stand a single wonl he -aid." 1 1. -lighter. )
Hut my effort on lllis occasion has -een to
address you in terms Inch toil miild un
tlerstantl.
A voice Miglit I ask. ti- vern .r. il this '
meeting was g .t ill. to en. k-.rs,- the action I
f the Convention held h, i- in l irel, Y,J f
Uov Worth It is not. We have only un t I
here to have a Irientllv talk ! xcbisiw- .,i pol
If I'
lo undtTI.-vkr lo speak- r-t the
i great national questions which agitate the
country, 1 think 1 would le taking upon my self
a useless tusk, but I will tell y mi that
w hen yon are g ilng to vote you should look
to iv roan's pen ste character his pavt his
tory has he I .-en honest, is be possessed of
Hie req lusitc intelligence to lit him for the
ollicc- has he treated his slaves kindly
Inquire what he was, not what he is. Trust
j not what politicians say to you at the time
you are going to vote, because none ol them
, arc likely to tell you the trukb at that Ume
j These are the mutters which should com
in and all your attention and you should
study them well, for your responsibility is a
very serious oue. It is no idle chimera that
, vii are called ttpon to decide. It is the
"late the future welfare or destruction of
01 r country. II you nnd a man of the
kind I have spoken ol, 1 say to you no mat
o r what his party politics may have been,
v .te lor him be will do to vole lor
I lielieve it is the way all over the world.
t that jt man knows the weak, poinla iu -hu
J aws cuaiacler, and is al a . U lug to. prop
them up, And so It Is wheo ni.au conns
tn speak to you about his honesty; that is
the time for you to look out lor your pock-t,i-::Wiii
you bear a man jt.4e,rtetyj':
you may rely on It, he will inske a good
run ; and when these men tell you the are
honest, be sure that you look to their put
history, anil study it-with proper attention.
I am not now talking to you aa a Mlitician,
but advising you as a friend. I tell you not
to inquire so much into a man's politics as
into his not.csty. i
I am accused ol lieini a very cruel man.
an,t w4iv i -UeeaHse- whew, some 4outl
ago. Ovn. Sickles issued an order prohibiting
w hipping for crime, I went to Washington
ami had the order altered Ly the V resident.
Tin y try to make out that I wanted that
law lo apply only to the colored man. That
is not the I n t. The law of North Carolina
always recognized tin- puni-hinent of flog
ging for crime, and I did not w ant the black
ma. i flogged any more than I did the white.
lo ynii Want, when you lay il.iwu at night,
to be liable to be robbed at any moment,
w ithout the infliction of any punishment on
the criminal in case he is (aught ? fjfo, no.)
I wanted a law that would whip the white
rogue as well as the colored one. We had
a case of a boy only seventeen years of age,,
some tune ago. He had been convicted ot
what lawyers call burglary, and his crime
was punishable by death, according to the
laws of the State of North Carolina. I
thought the boy too young to be hanged,
and submitted the case toOen. Sickles, who
hs the power to do what he pleases. I have
no power to make laws, but in this partieu
lar instance he made a very judicious law,
which was, that the Iwiy should lie put to
work on ttie highways for a jM-riod of ten
years. Whipping was a punishment in the
days of Moses, and I do not know that the
law of .Ieus Christ abolishes it.
At.ove all things. I advise vou to le
honest, be industrious, be pcucclul. Il you
would succeed in life and do your country
credit, observe this Before and alxive all
politic-, be prudent and devoted to the
w elfare and happiness of thi- countrv, and
! le
your honesty nnd industry edueate anil
elevate your race, both politically anil
morally The time has come when you
' "i b
ithcra blessing or a curse to this
republic. Do not be the latter.
In conclusion. I will say that I did not
1 ome here, to day, tor any purpose other
than to give vou advice, and whenever vou
call on me either publicly or Drivatelv I
shnll always be ready tn do the same, hot I
w ill not be running after yon, pulling you
by the ( -oat skirts ami telling you I love
y ,',u t,, further my own scfih designs. I
thank vou for tlie'patienl heariug which you
hate accorded to me, and trust that you
w ill mil abuse the great trust w hich has
in confided to you
..
Gold rose suddenly, yesterday, to 86 and
a traction, upon a rumor of impending po
liticul trouble in Erance. The rumor was
that an insurrection against the Imperial
Government was impending. There was
never a time, pwrUaps, when a popular re
volt would be so entirely hopeless as at
present. All Prance is armed to the teeth.
The army is well cared lor, and may be en
tirely relied upon by the Emperor. As to
the populace, they ure crying for bread.
Trade ami industry in France are quite
dull. They languish under taxation, arbi
trary rule, uud threatened war.
l!ut however disquieted may be the pub
lic mind of Prance, the Emperor must now
take teps to secure llis dynasty. He can
not do that without a war, and great and
triumphant war. France is, therefore, now
in a critical condition, with discontent
within, and hostility without. yatimal In
iWf?cer, 80,. t
Tut Neoiio's Bust Fhibkd. Now that
universal suffrage has-been decreed, the only
object ot all should be that it should be ex
ercised with judgment, and with a view to
the harmony antl not the antagonism of the'
races. Those who. Irom whatever
quarter, are seeking to create agitation, dis
sension, and siri.'a, or to put enmity or ill
will between the races, or to create distrust,
are their worst enemies. They may assume
the guise of friends and utter the- words of
flattery, but it Is not forthesnkeof philanthropy-,
patriotism, or right, but for selfish ag
grandisement nnd mere party elevation.
The State should not he turned over to agi
tatirg politician- and incotiijctent rulers,
i i.i- wonl. I inflict a common injury. It
would be on their part a suicidal policy.
!,ct the colored people feel assured that in
the people of our Slate they will find those
who are their reliable tritnds, anil on whom
thev cun lean for support snd advsnceiiien; .
f'ti'irtettim CeunVr.
Tin. ti nt;vi Kati kn s Limch. Speaking
ot t.ie I ; mat Eastem, the I'uti Sfnil IjnnrHr,
si. nitty b. f,,re her d. pariure from the Mer
a . r, marked :'
"Muring the last ft w weeks there have
' en as many as one thousand artizsns at
wot, -iinultaneou-iy upon the Great Kas
ti n stciMiislnp The big ship has three
t I oils , lo I (CtSM II''.
ll.e le ,l r. OUT- I
berths. In mpplying
lor the scvericiiertha
lonsand vards of linen have
b i n us, d, tog. t tn r w ith forty t -ins ot curled
h i ai d wool, and for sheets, pillows and
btn-ier slips thirty thousand yards of linen,
w Idle twenty hundred white Counterpanes
h ve been supplied in addition to those
aln ady in use, besides eleven thousand J
yards ol toweling."
A Paris t ..Respondent states that iu that j
city there is a coachman who has liecome a
cth'ritv from having an India rubber
A cancer on his tongue rendering
amputation necessary, the operation was
"""VStf u liy p Thinned and the lost tongue
replaced . ""' -"dia rubl-cr. Although
it eaiinoi speaa, ue lasies, swanows, ami
smokes his prpe with evident enjoyment;
and after eating, takes out his tougue aa
one i Im a a set of teeth, geaeiully carrying
it in his pocket between his repasts.
In one id his late eeches, John Bright
said that one halt of Scotland is owned by
twelve persons, and one-halt of England by
one hundred and fifty. 1
The r, mains of J. Paget, French Minister
in Washington, during the Jackson admin
isiration, are aliout to be removed from
N.ishvitle to France. He married Miss '
Lewis, a Tennessee belle, and died at Nash- '
villc, in 1861. t
An effort is making to revive the turf at
Montgomery, Alabama.-. A -figure of eight
Ir.ick, lour miles frem the city, is to be pre- !
pared. V fine gravel road to it will soon be
in order, nnd it is proposed to have a grand i
(leleliration there alniut the 4th ot July.
Hart L. Stuart, who succi ssfullv defence. 1 ,
his reputation, some time i.;o, against a suit
' " - -
tsisku iy Mia wiie , icir., uiv orceijecauae 01
cmimHy, itefnseit ' to- n
second charge of the same description, and
was divorced lor his nee h , l
was uivorceu lor Uis Dtelti l.
wilffe lid to Cuba virFUirid., from N.w
Yotk, and messages traosmittcd by the first
otjuae, f
" 1 V "" -.- -J 1-H
Court MvertlKMiirait;. .
STATE OK NOHTH CAROLINA,!
Camdkw CouirTT. t
IleoqweV Rtlrxc, )
'ti SOrigf Attntmmt.
ThonissO. Osrrett, )
The defendant failiug to appear, replevy or sa
mt, sntl it aimearinf to Ihe stisfsetum of lit
Court that he la not a resident of the Mat ef
North Camtma, it tsorttrred toy tfaa ixwnVthM
publication Le unite tn the itahuKh OnitmiL a
newspsiior piiMiahed in Hsleigh, N. C, fee lh
pace of six weeks, nnee a week, admaalsbufr the '
defendant to appear, pteatl. answer er demur to
plaintiff writ, on the stssmd Monday in Jane
next : otherwise, judgment pro maess will be
rendered against him, and the property levied
upon will tie erninVmned to satisfy the plaathTa
tlelrt ami cost of stilt.
Witness, ti. W. MI'KNCKR, Ork of esJJ Cosrt.
at Ottlce at Camden Court House, the second
Monday nf March. A. IV ll7.
(I. W. KPENCEB, Clerk.
Ajiril 5-ww .
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, (
BKHTtlt Col'HTV.
Coi av or Piju Asn Qi vkTf.s Huaiosa, Fvs.(
I ran. tain.
Lewis ('mum, i
. r. V .4rtocftNf.
Wai. J. tiliaw. S
IT sppesriiiK to the MtisfS4-liou of th Court,
thai Win. T. Hlisw is and realties tteyond the limits
of this Ktais : It is ordered that pablicetioa a
mule in the V11O..W, s isiierpilblislicd Ul lUlsinh,
N. 1'. fur sfi weeks . notifying the said defendant
to appear st the nett term of this Ciaari, su be
held at the Court Itoase in Wmdsor, uo the ee
eond Miiudsyot May nest, snd answer or plead
to the saiae' ; or Judgment Anal will b entered
aitsinst him
Witness, WILLIAM P. OCRLEY, Clerk of oar
ssid Court, at office In Windsor, the secosd Mod
us? of Vela-nary, A. l- fw.
' WM.P.OUBLKY,
ni.r 14-lSi-wtlw
C. V. C.
STATK Or NORTH CAROLINA, )
ntCRTrotlD CorjNTT. (
Henry J. Jenkins, j
e. J Orfj,V Attachment.
David Uatlitig. 1
.. C. L4wrmm .aimraone4 as fftarmjAse,
The pisintitT in the above cause having made
sttiilsvit that the defsntlsnt, David Oatling, hstb
removed hiuiself out of the County, so tliat the
ordmsry process of law cannot be served anon
luni ; It is therefore ordered by the Court, thai
pttbfieation be mult- in the n'ttef, a paper pub
lished ia the City of Raleigh, fta- su weeks, noU
fytue the said David Uatliag of these proeaedinga,
and further, thst he be aud appear bsfore the
Justices of the Court ot Pleas aud Quarter Ses
sions, to be held ttr the County of Hertford, at
th. Court House In Wintna, on the fourth Mon
day nf May next, then and there to replevy snd
plesd ; otherwise. Judgment by default will be
entered up against bun, snd the effiseta tn the
hands of the Osrnwbee condemned and held aab-i-et
to the plaintiff s demand and recovery.
L. M. CUWPEB.
April 10-wCw Clerk.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, I
Bertie Cocktt. J
CorsT or Pt.ua d QruTaa Siaarom, m,
Tsn mn.
Joseph Bt. Hardy, 1
e. itffdMtaenf,
Wm. T. Shaw.
IT appearing to the aatisfaetioa of the Court,
thst V) ui. T Hhsw is, and reaulea beyond the haute
of this Htste : It is ordered, that pnbueattoD be
Bisde in the Senlihtl, tot six weeks, witttytne the
said defendsnt to sppeer at the next term of this
Court, to be held at the Cenrt Hunae w Wiadser
on the second Monday of May next, and answer
or plead to the same, or judgment Anal will be
entered against i.lm.
Witues. WILLIAM P.OIELET, Clerk of oar
ssidl onrt, at nrhee in Hindsor, the second Moa
d.y of February A. 1. 1867.
WM V. ffCBLCT.
mar 1S-1-w6w C. 0. ft
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
QaTU COCBTI. ( .
Corar or Pt.su and Qtiitn Haeaioam, Vis.,
Txan, INST.
Solomon RouDtree, adm'r.
of F. H. Jones, dee d,
es.
a R, Fljfnn.
Original AtUcS-
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Cottrt,
that 0, K. Flvan is sod raatdee beyond ths Imuta
of this Btale : It ia ordered that publiealiun be ,
msde ih the Mntltnat, (a paper Babilabed, in Ral-
the dVfen1.
eigu, n. U.I for six weeks, notuymg.
ilsnt to siinesr st tlie next term t
m una uoart, to
he held st the Oonrt House in HtmUe.
second Monday of May neat, aud answer nr plead
to the ptemrrtra action, or Judgment final will be
entered against bim. . -
Witness, H&KHY L. ECtiE, Clerk of oar aud
Court, st office in Ostesville.
UEVRT L. EtTBK,
mar lS-181-w C. C.C.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Maooh Cocmtt. .
s rrsioa Cocar or Law, Fall Tna 18H,
KW. Hill,
rs.
Originet AUaekmrM.
II. Kelly.
It spjiearing to tbe satisractioa of the Cosart,'
thst it. Kelly, the defendant in this case, tee ems ,
resident of this Mate ; Therefore it at ordered, ,
that publication tie made in the Mmrfast, a BMre- '
paper pnbhabedm the Otty-of Kalelgh, ftw ert
micoc.Nivo weeks, notifying the defendant to be
and appear before the Judge of ear ttapsriar j
Court of Law, at the next Court to be held fur the ,
County nf Msetni, at the Court House in Frank
lin on the third Monday in April next, thea and
there to plead, answer or demur to said attach
ment, or Judgment will be taken pre eoaeeeo.
w itneas, W. H. ALLMA.V, Clerk of onr said f
Court, st office in Franklin, the third Monday in. s
8ept., 1166. " -J,!,., '.., .
mar S-m-wfisr . ' '
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, )
Bkhtii CorsTT.
CoraT or Putu asd QsAam Bessioss, Pan.
TxaayMeT.
Jarred IVele, I
rt. Attachment. 1 '
Wm. T. tjbaw. )
IT appearing te the satisfaction ol the Court,
that W m. T. Shaw is and resides beyond the -limits
of this State: It ie ordered that pnhUna
tion be w4aMJASria.flJmikJl,'
in Kalsigb. M. C.) lor six Weeks. noUrVing tbe '
defendant o supear at the next terrii of thia
Court, to be heltf st the Court House In Windsor, '
on the second Monday of May next, and una or 1
plaad to the seme, or judgment anal will be en
tered against him. i '
Witness, WILLIAM P. OCRLinf. Clerk of oar
saisl Court, st orhce in Windsor, the soooad Moa
day of February, A. D. 1867.
WM. J1. OUBLEy,
mar 14-lM-rt C. C. C.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, )
Will COCKTT. (
Cocar or Plxas axd Qv.taraa 8assioita, Fxa.
Txjus 16T.
Haley Battle, to tbe
u t-f Hobt Andrew?.
rt !- .MlacAmmt.
The National Express ft.
ami Tiansportation Co., J
lTsppearuig-lotlie aatiefsction of the Court
li at tne dt 'endai.t, ITib National Express and
I'raunponatiou t o., in a non-rvsi.lent of the btase:
1 lien fore it is ordered, thst puUieatioa be uadei
in the Senli,.il, s newspaper published in the city
eiKaieiKh lor six weeas succssMively, notifvmu I
I Hie derentlant to be aud appear at the next term
h",d-? If"1 wi' V (;un 1-ott- "
HxIeiRh, on tho third Monday in May next, thea
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