The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-24

{ was African altogether. BY noon
u ad5eome in from tho highways aud
y-w.ys. Is couldn't flnd, anybody that
new anything about It. Quietly Gen.
suncles left his room andswe down
tairs. When he>went On TIE street he
vas greeted with q loud hurrah and the
wingins in the air Of = set of the old
st looking chapeaux I: ever had the
pleasure Of seeing swung o. the oecag:.
ion of.any z jubilee. Ii>s knot 81,
Jack rags@ufins on ~. the be-! opposite cor:
Ter, one old hat went up higher than
II the rest. saw at 2 glance that it |
vas Uncle Jake's establishment. BY
his timo, there was a general. bubbub
Ill around, and I thought I would take
he chances Of slipping up to Uncle
Jake and inquiring what was going on.
Stepping up to him softly, says I,
'Uucle Jake, what are you and these
friends in town for to-day You
ought to have seen Uncle Jake straighten
Up. He. was a foot taller than com:
mon. He smiled all over. I was il
hurry to hear and be off, and I repeat:
ed, "Unole Jake,"' says I, ';cau you tell
me what is going on here to-day ?"
said be, most complaoently, pointing
his long black fin ger, that had its place
a foot and half from the end of his
coat sleeve, over to Gen. Runcles, "Wal,
does you see that are tall man over dere
where brother Benjamin and sister Sail
is p~;"1 es'' says. I; $50 on Uncle,
jake. expecting every moment to
hear another voice besides Uncle Jake's.
"Wall, dat is the government man
whose cum to call us together and tell
what des United States is. doing for Us,
what blessed privileges We going to
have and Joy: That great man over:
dar viii speak soon, he will dress dis
congregation. You will sec his phi
losophy. 'That was enough, for Uncle
Jake never lies, and T left Uncle Jake
.for obvious reasons, suddenly, as if he
had had the smallpox OF had been a
Ku Klux, who arc said to roast Yam.
KEGS and eat them with relish. Bless
ings on: poor Uncle Jake's head. !
shall never forget his solemn eyes OF
empty bas..: &C.,. : ~. >:, r.
BY this rlme Gen.: Runoles' great
congregation had assembled: about th<
Court House, square'to the appalling
number Of; one thousand or. more! 1
was = spectacle that: would have dom
my old Abolition friends y good to see
Gen. Runoles,- being = military man a
kept his own secrets, and his Africa
friends had kept theirs admirably. A
that the town knew when he came wa
that he was one of Uncle Sans me
clothed with power and . thudde
cloud, protentous with lightning, hang
ing over the place could not have bee
more effective in preserving sulle
silence. He was soon on the verauda
Of. the old Court House, and with hi
. sat on two boxes, on either side, to'
, coptrabands, and, to my astonishmen
j among them my venerable old friend
: the white wool, Uncle Jake. Go
D Runoles got up and introduced himse
/, II am hero by order Of Government
r g;ze you correct information, of VIII
j your Government is doing, and VIII
your duties are, under IT, as freeme
=. Under the 18th Amendment you a
.. entitled to the right of voting and y
r som have that duty t. perform. Ia
glad to see 50 many Of you here to-ds
, I hope you are good citizens. T tt,
I you are industrious and honest. :,
!. you are you deserve the blessing
= freedom and the inestimable rights
,, franchise. 1 come to let you know
= had not forgotten you, not to make J
!, a speech. My friends here to my rig
: from Louisville will do that. They G
= tell you all about this 18th Amendme
i as we'll as I can"
When Gen. Runcles closed, there Y
a great demonstration throughout I
!. vast crowd. The colored brothers +
:. lowed. '''' - - .' 80
The Louisville orator opened.
: was black as this ink I am writing wi
: He was fat as Seal, and looked as thou
= be lived we'll. His eyes ehope Ii
: stars, and his tceth like ivory. +
:, nose vas d fat Is I single. His sh
:. collar doomed up loftily above his maj
: ears, and oontrasted sensibly with I
! clouds Of wool above. He was, on I
:. whole, ! handsome specimen Of Sam1
! dressed up; though his coat tail hu
: by two prong, too fur down, and !
: collar too high up aspired, for mode
;, times till, I say, he was = handso'
specimen Of Sambo, a. he is>1hd oue
: TO be. 81 He rose with gravity, spo
. with fusnoy, and sat down With dign
;. !: in the midst Of many plaudits.: Il
= next one didn't come from the city a
+ wasn't e dressed up. His coat was
: black; hin hat didn't shine ; his sh'
|. had long heels, tied up with leasl
j strings; he was tall, poor, .ndHlooked
if ke lived in sacabin aud ate hoe-oa
= without ham. I was ashamed Of hi
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