The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-22
DON'T SHAVE NIGGAHs sAHI

UOAF SHAVE AAGOkAl46 BALI
'MACK," the Washington CORES
pondenL Of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
thus shows up the beautiful Negro
radical rule at Washington. We
take from his letter dated Dec. 18th
1863.
WASHINGTON CITY GOVERNMENT.
/ believe the government of Wash
ingtnn City was the first patient sub
jected to Mr.. Summers Political Bu-
chu-facetiOusly called "eQual rights
the universal panaees for all the ills
Of the body polite. 1T has been tried
now for q few years, and q more nope.
less case of malpractice was never
known to political quackery. This
city Is undoubtedly the worst gov
erned in the United States, and the
most corrupt. Taxes are higher and
pauperism greater than anywhere
else. An army Of negro paupers is
sustained at public expense for no
other purpose than that they may be
here on eleUtioa day. During the
other three hundred and sixty four
days Of the year they loaf about the
streets, sleep in the House galleries,
and do what lazy stealing comes in
their way.
But among the many incongruities
Of the HequaI rights" business none
strikes nae more than this: A negro
member Of Council recently offered,
and secured the passage Of an ordi-
nance denying license tn any res
taurant or place Of amusement that
refused to treat negro customers on q
perfect equality with whites. The
father Of that measure is the owner OF
the principal barber-shop in the city.
While one of his workmen was scrap
ing my chin the other day, i asked
him if he ever had any colored custo-
mers?
''No, sab, we don't shave no mig
gas In dis shop" was the prompt re-
ply;
R..ssn were 10 come in and sit downin
one OF the chairs, like 1 do, what
HPut him out, sahI Some shops II
shave nIggas, but dis is too spectacle
for dat"
'"You wouldn't refuse to shave the
colored Congressmen from Louisi.
ana, would yOu?"
ayes, sab. Wouldn't shave no mig.
gas, nohow-eYen If dey was Presi>
dent. Ore % General Grants niggas
came here one day-but he didn't gel
no shave-no, sab. WeSe got all we
can do to shave white folks, and
don't want no niggas."
The second "lather" was here inter
posed and put stop to this interest
Ing conversation, and was left In
suds and silence to the contemplation
of ''ekal rights'' in the District
A GEORGIA SENATOR INsULTED.
Passing along the corridor of the
Senate gallery the other day, 1 was
attracted by slight verbal Rlterca.
ton that scanned to have arisen be,
tween a stout, swarthy darkey and
one Of the doOrkeepers. The former
desired to enter the gallery, but the
latter had checked his progress with
. hint that colored men must go 6
little further to the left.
''Why so?" inquired the gentle
man from Africa.
because the Sergeant-at-Arms
gave the order" was the door keep
er's reply.
The colored person now began tC
assume q tone Of naughty indigna'
tiOn-Ro Strengthening himself up
i anu PuAAAuB bAC WAAnAACo Jul VI LIE
gorgeous vest, with slight jerk Of
the lower Part Of that article, he in
quired If the door keeper knew whom
he was talking to. This with genu'
inc Congo accent which L cannot
well translate
''No, sir, 1 don't know; and ]
don't care. I must obey orders.
Colored people are to be put all to-
gether in that part of the gallery
pointing to the seats reserved for the
purpose.
'EWell, sab, Use from Georgy-e
member OF de Legislature OBJ dat
State. An If I had my rights, I'd be
on de fio' OBJ dis Senate"
And then the sable Individual re
lated his disappointed aspirations
and told in q strain of naughty angel
how he had been cheated out OF the
United States Senatorship by the
''rebels and copperheads" after
/ had been agreed to elect him. H,
was deeply moved by the recital o
his own wrongs; but was glad to hea
that under the Presidents recon
mendation the old Legislature, o
which he was q member, was to b,
recalled and he still had hopes.
| / pity that poor door-keeper if HI
ever should be elected.
This is strange story, but tru,
one-and not half as strange as hun
dreds that might be told had / tn
GIFT Of fomDipresence to pick them up
Verify, old things are passing away
and new world beginning.