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At a meeting of the Freedmen at the Charlotte Court-House some days
since, a Dr. J. P. Brown and others became dissatisfied at not receiving
an appointment at the handsof the court, after swearing they were good
Union men $c. Brown, appealed directly to the Freedmen, was replied to by
a colored man, Ned Nelson, of unusual intelligence and respectability,
who stated that during the war it seemed to them that all the white folks
were of one way of thinking, all fighting or helping those who did, and
that he was surprised to find so suddenly that so many more white
gentlemen than he espected were opposed to the war, and that he believed
a man who came out flatfooted and says he was for the war, when there is
no profit or advantage in his saying so, and when I hear another one say
he was against the war when the advantages are on the other side,
I must suspect himinstantly, and while some were quarelling about their
loyalty in connection with petty offices of the county, he would not
have one if given to him. He went on to say that he desired to see the
offices of the County bestowed upon the most upright and sensible men in
the county.
He touched upon general topics with comparative case and correctness and all were gratifiedat the sound views expressed by him. He was elected one of the delegates to the Hunnicut Convention.--Correspondent Danville Times. The views expressed by Ned are applicable to all sections of the country and our freedmen would do well to imitate his example. 1867 Newspapers Index Return to Bureau Office |