Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-21
A COlOred Orator.

Could General Grant have been presen
at tho late black Radical demonstration il
this city in honor Of him and his partner
Colfax, he would have thrown away his 80
gar, broken tho grand" silence and braycd
the bray Of surprise, horror and indigua
ton.
On on elevated platform, erected in on.
Of our principal thoroughiares, were gath
cred crowd Of cornfeld negroes, surround
cd by transparencics scrawled over with pot
hook letters and heads Of men and beasts
the latter representing the Radical leader,
and the former the De. .ocratic.
Everything being in readiness for the OK
hibition, a pompous old darkey came for
ward on the stage, bowing low to the audi
ence, while with the great toe nail Of hi.
right foot he scraped plank from the stage.
We have always thought that negro min.
strels made an unjust and cruel burlesque oi
the character they represent, but there was
an old darkey that any one who has ever
seen Bryant's minstrels would be convinced
was one Of them escaped from the troupe.
His wool stuck out on each side of his head
like the sails Of q schooner running before
the wind. lie wore an old thread. bare blue
coat, adorned with brass buttons, and bind
ing SO tightly on the arms that tho latter
members hung off from his body at an angle
Of forty-Gve degrees A huge paper collar
doubled up his ears and forced him to walk
on tiptoe.
He was received with immense ap-
plause," particularly by the Democrats who
attended in large numbers, in anticipation
Of fun:
"Feller citysons," he began, II rises to
dress you dis ebenin on do half of Grant
and Coldaax. We hab rites as brack men
and rites as white men, for the Bible SEE
dar's stars OBJ one glory and stars OBJ anuder
glory. We hab rites, brudders, and feller
critters, and Grant and Coldtracks gin de
rites, (applausc), and dey gwine to gin us
more rites. (Immense applause.) Desc
rites we got way ober yonder out side de con-
stitution OBJ de Nited States and de decla-
nation OBJ de penitentiary, and wbar S. de
brack man ain gwine hole to he rites p
(Sensation.) peats whar's DC brack man
gwine to gin up he rites and vote de Dem
ocrakic ticket? (Applause.)
Brudders, all l know is Use free an".got
rites, all l want to tell you all dat what de
9ribua' say abou; M a'a,ipg de predilcc'
ton in one oh my future rations before dc
people 'sembled in open conversation under
the atmospheric pressure oh de Rabid-all
party at de last meeting-all dey all alls
Tribune say bout my consolidation oh de
fact dat Ge ravens OBJ God would feed de
niger what been charged wid wuk for wo-
tin de Rabid-all ticket-de same as dey
feed King Solomon in all he glory in de top
oh de Rocky Mountains-I say there the
speaker raised his left foot aloft, bent his
body forward, and bringing his elbow to
within few inches Of tho railing before
him, beat the air slowly with his right fst)
l say dat what de Tribune say bout what I
say bout de panoply oh dc ravens is a-a-
regular what you call 'eml (Great ap.
plause.)
But, brudders, does say does say, and
III reinstate what say, l does say dat God
will feed his brack people charged wild wuk.
(Thunders Of applause, amid which the
speaker gracefully retired, his paper collar
entirely gone, and immense rips in his coat
Immediately under his arm pits. )-AioLile
Tribune.