New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-29
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! negro Ministries to station one Of theil
| most approved jokers at each end of the
| semi-circle of musicians. These persons
present highly exaggerated style of dress
! and orna ment. One Of them is usually
| addressed as ''Brudder Bones" from his
skill in the manipulation Of that print
| tive ms trument. The other is known by
the more pretentious name Of 'Julus.
The conductor directs questions 70 these
end men. whose part it is to initiate the
language and gesticulations of an illiterate
plantation negro. This travesty makes
people laugh immoderately, as they also
do at the broken English Of the Dutch.
man.
It's. perhaps. not very c.editabie to
amuse ourselves with Deficiencies Of those
not so fortunate as ourselves. But peo-
pie, colored and white. will laugh, an d as
it pays a salary to black themselves up
and make grimaces. the actors continue
the burlesque as long as the public will
pay to come and see it.
Our neighbor Of the Pica!rme has its
lend men, whose province it seems to be
to make public derision of the colored poll
ticians and members of the Legislature,
and with the lie ense Of all other mimics.
to see that the humor of their story
shall not suffer from the lack of
ridiculous words. One of the last
Of these illustrations may be found in the
alleged conversation of ''half dozen
parti-colored citizens" One was strap.
ping six foot black man "who was not
gwine to vote for dat white delegate"
Another 'li tile speckled faced yellow
man" came 'near gettin' into fight"
for sp eaking up for the white delegate.
A handy legged preaching looking black
citizen, said: You see votes for eddica-
ton. dun gone and vote in de caucus in.
variably, and lee gwine to do it cOntinu.
ously. Dat colOred candidate don't go
about the permitttee rooms stealin' coats,
pens, books and papers"
After a long jaw among themselves they
fin ally bid each other goodby aud went off
with a "Yaw-yaw-yaw."
This is from journal which claims 70
respect the rights and privileges Of the
colored people.
1t must know that our State and city is
greatly dependent upon the labor and
fidelity Of these people. 1t must have
been convinced that to the colored dele.
gates is due the passage of bill reducing
the debt and taxation of the State.
Yet. SO far from approaching these re-
lations. o. such great services. the Plea.
yo,nc hires its end men to make them
ridiculous. and to turn their kindness
into discomfort and hostility.
There is different feeling upon this
subject among our people to that which
formerly existed. They see that the coll
ored people are powerful element for
usefulness: they are gratifed to see that
they have not abused their power. and
they will yebuke the unfee.ing insults pub
lished concerning them.
When the colored people have under
consideration bill making inspection Of
toba eco compulsory. and when fifty 10.
bacco dealers are demonstrating against
its passage. it is neither prudent nor just
to make the more ignorant of lately
liberated people the but of jests that are
more striking for their malice than their
humor.
The Picoy.n. will discharge the end
men. and the joyous rattle of their bones,
with the facetious thump of their tambou-
rine on the elbow and head. will soon be
no moro heard in its columns, just as
the more sagacious Times has abandoned
the term "Black and tan" which it once
applied to the mixed assembages OF our
people; nor does Roustabout even descend
to make sport Of an illiterate and unfostu-
nate class among US.
Neither business men nor persons cone
siderate of the industrial and social rela.
tons with this numerous and powerful
class of producers, care to encourage this
unfeeling ridicule. 1t can only give use.
less pain to these feelings, and, may be.
tends to turn more ''agin de .rkite dele
gates than there otherwise would be,