Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-30
For he Nashville Daily Patriot.
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tropolis is the negro street lecturer and |
searcher after sympathy and small copper.
Almost any fine day you may observe in Fins
bury square or thereabouts, huge specimen |
of ebon-skinned humanity parading himself
in heavy log-chains with which he declares his
master used to confine him in slavery in Anne
RIGA For this and other pieces of startling
information he will modestly request small
donation. Now, in all probability, the sable
suppliant is the employee of some yankee
aboliionist who is interested in the speculation
and who. taking advantage of the Juror Great
ed against the institution of slavery in Amer
lea through the influence of Uncle Toms
Cabin, adopts this ingenious mode of turning
an honest penny. AT another point you will
find another victim of the ''chains of slavery
and from his neck you may see suspended
large placard announcing to horror-stricken
John Bull the cruel truth that here is zone of
thousand who has escaped from servile
bonds, after having exhausted his best days
and acquired severe rheumatism from ex-
pOsure in the service of hard-hearted MASTER"
There are many others of the same stamp
all beggars-for who ever heard of a negro
working for living if he could obtain liv-
ing without? The gullibillity of the English
public and their love of the marvellous calls
into action the cunning ingenuity of the
American "darkey," who is ever ready to
turn the public curiosity into a means of max
ing money. Besides, they are greatly assist
ed in their labors through the extensive po-
pularity of Uncle Toms Cabin, which has
reached wonderful circulation in London.
A copy of this abolition tract may be found
on every parlor table. and its readers open
their eyes in unfeigued amazement when you
tell them it is but a work of fiction-that its
pictures OF slavery and heart-rending cruelty
are but the creations of very strong-minded
woman's brain who was re; T and educated in
the land of motions and humbuggery." Truly
England and Sunderland have been literally
B-Stotced.
Only few evenings since was attracted
by a large concourse in White Chapel Road,
and discovered gaping multitude held spell
bound by the magic eloquence of strappng
darkey who was endeavOring to impress upon
the minds of his audience the great benefits
which would acrue from box of quack me-
dicine which he offered to dispose of for the
moderate sum of six-pence per box. He rat
tied OFF in the following style:-
"a great many of you, my hearers, may ask
where got my education. Well, for the edi-
fcatiOn of the curious | would state that |
am an American. Yes / was born, raised
and educated in that land of slavery. But l
hope no one will allow himself to be prejudice
ed against this medicine on account OF my
colour. If l am so unfortunate as to be born
a black slave, it must not follow that cannot
discover a valuable remedy as well as white
man. Now don't ask you to take my word
for the efficacy of this medicine. | may be a
great rascal, (no doubt of it,-frOm some one
in the crowd.) and you had best take six
penny box and Judge for yourselves. Brother
Jonathan says I'm an ignoramus and stupid as
"a donkey. Now say its Uioe-Uersa. Ask the
yankee why he don't educate his slaves and
he will tell you its an impossibillty, that a
"nigger's got no brains" Well now my
hearers look at me. II my head contains
nothing but water, how is that water to be
brought to such a state of intellectual perfec-
ton ?"
Thus did this educated" African harangue
the crowd for hours, stopping only in his dis
course to dispose of box of his Invaluable
medicine"
penny show was very recently before the
public here, but not successful as a pecuniary
speculation. In this, also, the Snowman ex-
pected torealize something handsome by work
ipo nnnn EnUlish sv"'.'-.h'r for -
slavery. The exhibition consisted of two fe-
male negro children indissolubly united by
nature, and therefore considered by the show
man to be, like the "Siamese Twins - s.cer- |
tain fortune The real history of the twin
negroes differed considerably from the roman
tic version of their history palmed off on the |
public through an advertisement headed "A |
Romance Of Nature" The Twins were to hold |
drawing room levees-and here follows an |
extract from their history by advertisement
''These interesting but unfortunate children
indissolubly united by mysterious Iusus nat
urB, are of African descent; and were born in
Columbus county, North Carolina, United |
States of America. Their parents are persons
of more than usual intelligence y and piety. |
C) being both members of the church. The |
brief history of these children. with the won
derful action of nature which has for ever
Joined them together is yet another illustra-
ton of the old adage that truth is stranger
than fiction They were purchased by a eel |
ebratcd phlanthropist of New England who |
carried them to the free states for the purpose |
of educating them but before his benevolent |
intentions could be carried into effect he e d. !
and the helpless children were thrown desti-
tute on the charity of the world. The atten-
ton of the exhibitor having been drawn to
their condition, he undertook the charge of |
them-brought them TO Europe for the pur-
pose of exhibiting them to the learned and
curious, intending if the exhibition should re-
aiize sufficient sum of money, to make these
helpless infants the means of ultimately free
ing their parents from slavery. The manager
having been put to great trouble and expense
In liberating these twins from the chains of
slavery, trusts to be reimbursed for his outlay
by the consideration of a generous and liber-
ty-loving public. The proceeds of the exhibit
ton, after paying expenses, will be applied to
assist in rescuing from cruel bondage, the fa-
Their, mother, brothers and sister of the United
African Twins.''
Now, there is a specimen. The latter por-
ton OF the history was the "great dodge"
with the exhibitor of the black twins. a
pamphlet was published containing a more
elaborate history Of the children, and in which
the horrors of slavery were delineated at great
length and with considerable power. The
'Fochare concluded with strong appeal to the