Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-20
AN AFRICAN DEMONSTRATION.
Holm brown and So Forth.

of an African demonstration at Wind
sor, c. w. There was large crowd,
and the imaginative reporter Of the Press
says:
MANY a sable Imagination must have
been carried back iorcibly to the time
when the frightened breezes OF Moan
biquc or Loando swept over Their vel
buttered nudity and ,oyed gently with
TIER woody locks. Perhaps they Wish
ed themselves back again, eating 's'er-
pillars and stealing ostrich eggs. VINO
knows!
The following report OF the speeches
is rom the Free Press:
The leaders were Brutder Green,
civ foot darkey, of the color of a yellow
dog; Brudder Clark, tarry disciple
who seemed to DO afflicted with the st.
tus' dance; and Bruddcr Richards,
boss ba,ber. Brudder Green opened
the ball by calling OF Brudder Carey to
kun ford an take dc cheer BEudder
Carey said he was n humble indfvidooal
an dinn't feel like takin' dc 'sponsbi'i-
tv.' His plea did not answer, and he
vas escorted to de cheer amid n pro-
found sensation. Receiving the applause
Of the assemblage with a suave GIN,
he arose, scratching Lis wool and eJacu-
lated:
sBrudder Green will please to tote dc
dnrkeys, whan Ike mcetln's fur. Dress
dc Lord, dunno
Btudder Green arose. Mister Cheer
man. Use 'sprised at yer. Great sensa-
TOM De mectin am fur to hab talk
boat John Brown (applsuse,) an fur to
blow up dat ar Free Press. (Cheers.)
Now, Mr.. Cheerman, | isn't pared 10
make speech, kase Use got a bad cold
fact | didn't 'spcct to be called on t.
talk on dis glorious 'casion, hut lse
boun to have sumthins to say bout dat
FIRE. Press. Dress de Lord, OATS the
wussest paper cher seed. Dey's done
gone tole a heap OBJ lies bout us Mig
gers. Dey sed white folks wouldn't So
ciate wild us, au' look a dar Oars de
Mav'r a sittin' on cheer in dis berry
house. Bfuddcr Snow, please to get de
May'r seat on de platform. It's de
cnssedest paper ever was. Sister Jones,
stop dat sncezin', I'd Ike to see do fell
Ter dat wrote all dem lies yis | would.
I'd like to jls cot look at him. I'd like to
lis take an tare all de har off his head.
Several voices, Ile's here in dis var
house 'Whsr's de man. 2 Show me
de man. 'Ober dare 'Ober dare,
shouted dozen throats. Tell him to
come out oh dat vociierated the speak
or. Tell him to come out CD dat, and
less see what he's got to say for hisselt'
der dod rot blasted lynn cuss. Brud
der Snow, drap de wlnders, it's glt,in'
hot. Oh, bruddcrs, John Browns a
good man. John Browns a big man.
He's de biggest man ever was. He's
martyr to liberty, dat John Brown is,
an dc niggers orto pray fur him. If dey
wasn't sich towards dey'd a went to VIZ
ginny wild him, an clar'd ont de hull bi-
i'm Of dem white folks. De fi'se Press
ses he's murderer. OATS lie amen,
shrieked a female. 'Dc ladiesi'll keep
silence. Ell dey don't dey'Il git put out
Dress dc Lord, what's niggers ober
dere in the States! Dey's muffin. De
white folks swings de stars en- stripes,
an makes big fnss about themselves fur
nothin'. Dey hain't got no stars and
stripes. Dc nigger's got all de stripes,
and deys got muffin but dc stars. bats
de way it is. Tremendous applause.)
If niger steals a chicken de Free
Pres done got it in sure. John Browns
q big man, ,is he is. Oh, Dress dc Lord,
John Browns big man. Doy went
an hung him, an it cost 'em hundred
an fifty thousand dollars. OATS good
enough for 'em. You niggers don't
know muffin. De fust ting you knows
dc white folks ii come an kidnap yer
all. (Sensation.) Dey'Il steal yer out
of yer beds an carry yer all off. pro
longed sensation.) De trouble is you
niggers don't know muffin, an whats
wusscr you ncvsr III learn muffin. Dat
ar Free Press is de lyin'est paper cher
seed. Oh, John Browns good man,
yis he is. Sister Jones, stop yer laiin'
| wish | had de editor ob dat ar paper
here. Wouldn't l wollop him He
amt got no sole. Der time am comm
in dis year eighteen hundred and sixty
when four million niggers is gwin to
march fur Canada or def. Yis dey is.
John Browns good man. He's put
on de close of righteousness an gone
to glory. Biudder Clark, please to make
speech
The speaker retired amid tremendous
applause, which stirred up the dust, ana
mingled with the pleasant aroma TIA,
pervaded the apartment a perccptlblc
odor of stale boots. The pale faced
amalgamationis's held their noses and
bore 1t hravely, while Brudder Clark
arose for speech. lie hadn't sspectcd
OH no count to be called on fur speech.
Pm country niggcr,' said he, 'an'
halnt got no fotchn' up, so you must
'scusc mo ef don't git along. Use got
a curiosity to go an see dat Free Press
man, an see wha. he looks like. But
! isn't gwne to say muffin personal,
but CT dey's a dod rot nasty scoundrcl
on dis yearth it's dat ar tc.ler. He's
meaner'n a bed bug. (Applausc)
Bruddcr Green ses John Browns good
man. Yis he is. He's do biggest m. u
cher lived sencc dc world was made. |
'now'd him first rate. 'now'd him
thirteen year. lie thinks nigger's as
good As a white man, an so he is. Dcy's
JUS as coed as white man, and if de
white toll<s dam h.Lava 1,ru.Iya, I.,,r,