The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-22
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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The Nigger, Democracy, and whisky.
Last evening Petroleum V. Nasby-he of the
Confederate Cross Roads-delivered one of his
characteristic lectures to Philadelphia audi
ence) and, despite the disagreeable state of the
weather, Horticultural Hall was crowded with
a decidedly intelligent audience on the occasion.
On his appearance at the foot of the stage he
was greeted with immense applause, which
having subsidized the lecturer announced his
subject-"Cussed be Canaan" He then read
from manuscript, and proceeded with the rapidity
of mail express train, which considerably
marred the effect of many OF the paraphrases.
The following is the substance of his dis
course:-
Ladies and Gentlemen: :-To.night shall
speak my sen iments upon subject which, 10
my mind, is of Importance. You may agree
with ne or you may not; but whether you do
or whether you do not, | wish it distinctly
understood that 1 am speaking for no partisan
organlzaton-your party creeds YOU can find in
your party platforms. We are all descendants
of our grandfalhers. Nearly century ago the
grandiathers, when In convention assembled
uttered as doctrine these words:-"We hold
these truths to be self evident that all men are
endowed by their Creator with certain nalen-
able rights; among these are life, liberty, and
| the pu' suit of happr ess."
Thon as Jefferson was the particular grand
| father who wrote these high-sounding wo ds
Ndpplduse), ana ii ne were TO rise from the 0eau
| ow how would he regard the observance of
| that doctrine on the part OF his grandchildren?
| 1t would never do for him to visit Kentucky.
| We OF Kentucky don't believe in that kind of
| nonsense. Jefferson has gone out of fashion
with us. 1t would be observed by the accepted
| Den ocratic leaders that Jefferson was in faults
| instead OF "all men, he should have said ''all
white males.n The same omission also existed
| in the Scriptures, which made things very awk-
ward. For instance, where 1t says. land God
| created white map,"it ought to read land
| God created a white male" Shakespeare had
| made "DesdemoDa" wish that "heayen had
made her such a man. when she should have
eIcy san Mhi, in the serptures ST. Psas apos
| uophe to ''mark the perfect white male, for the
end of that white male is peace"
| The speaker then passed to the question OF
| color, and setting aside the negro, with which
| h. had plainly nothingto do, as there were no
| negroes in this country, proposed to investigate
| the American nigger, and said the negro is
man born in Africa, place TO be found on the
map. The niger is an idea which exists only
| i'll persons of the naughty Caucasian race which
| prevails in the United States. MY Niger Is the
| Kentucky Niger; it is firmly believed he can
never provide for himself; it was asserted that
he would not labor: he Was said to be SO stupid
as not to be able to receive the blessings OF an
| education, but we have passed laws TO prevent
him doing so. Men who labor in earnest have
never been afraid of the competition of the
| niger. He was an animal lower down in the
| scale of creation than the baboon aud yet 1t is
! strange that many OF his Democratic friends
| clamored so loudly against negro equality.
Jefferson knew all about the negro, but
nothing of the niger. We're he alive now ne
could not be elected to Congress IN the district
represented by the Hon: John, Morrissey.
(Cheers.) The motto of the gentlemen who
have kindly taken charge OF the politics of SO
n any of our Atlantic States is, Zone man is as
good as another;" but when their eye rests on
the black man they say, land better too" This
class so abomlnate Dieger that they will not
drink with one unless the niger pays for the
fluid They will not take the Declaration, as
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sWeetenPd to their taste.
MI. Nasby then referred to the text OF Scrip
ture upon which he had based his discourse,
and proceeded to recount, in an ininlitable
manner. the story of Noah and his drunkenness.
That cup he sad was the beginning OF Demo
cracy; aud it was the only capital the party
| ever had. The temperance folks tell us that
there is devil in every wine cup. aud there
seemed to be par'cularly large aud lively one
i'll Noah's. The division of the people since thai
time had been-all Democrats are white men
al RADICALS are n'eeets. (Applause.) 1t al
came through the levity OF Ham. lie always
synpathized with Ham, who WAS doubtless 8
Poodnatured fellow and, when he saw the ole
navigator drunk on his back, thought ne had {
good thing ON the old man.
But If 1t was a laughing matter with Ham, i
was not with his bro'her'. They went back
wards, and covered their fathers nHkednes
with their own garments. AuoreW johnson
was very much in the condition Of Noah on, th'
memorable 22d Of February, and the same thint
was then re-enacted oy the good Democratic
brothers who sought to cover his nakedness, a
Sbem and Japhet had done before. Drunken
! ness made the Niger, the niger made Democ
! racy (cheeIs) and the two have been rnnnins
| the n achine ever since.
The whites claim to have descended IRON Han
and Japhet. The claim was com or able one
, as we of Kentucky we'll know. How diferen
I things might have been had anything dreadfu
| barponed 10 Haml Without Ham there would
of course, have been no Niger, no Democracy
He poke of the wisdom OF that boon TO al
Y oppressed people, Andrew johnson. OfSewart
e he did not like TO speak. The distance from
Abraham lincoln to Andrew johnson was 8
great that the leap from the one to the othe
nI arly broke his back (applause), AID ne ha
t not been able to stand up erect since.
I Had the curse Of Ham failed, We OF kentuck
= should be doing our own work to-day. To
Kentuckans believed in this curse with tn
3 3 childlke simplicity of pawnbroker. The 6rs
i settler OF Virginia-by the way the last settle
OF Vlreinia- was General Grant Continued aD
plause for some moments), and 1t is TO be nope'
the citizens will remain settled; they neve
n worked AT home, and why should they here
Ibe negro was precisely what they wanted. TIL
y original decree was, "By the sweat of thy bros
q thou shalt eat bread" They were perfect
!. ready to do the eating, but they wanted tn
negro 10 do the sweating They prayed, "Giv
us this day our daily bread" and they added Il
the petition, "and furnish us with negro b
i End 1t for us. (Applause.( They found II th