The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-08-14
LE(TURE OF MADAM LOUIS. u
UAyYl,
The Negro, His Present. Fast anu
Futurr-The Modern h!patia.

Hail. THE uratress ol the o''as''" r.
was il coluvr,! woman from the Island Is
OF Hayti, advertised on handouts ~
MADAM Louis. Although hal''nE
from one OF the West Indies il waH
very apparent that most OF her life :,
had been passed among all English \
speaking people. Her pronunciation
WAS more like u native Of London, .
than OF M Island where the Spanish .
is the national language. The house
was filled to its utmost capacity. anu ,
many, indeed, were unable to gain
admittance for want OF room. The ,
whole entertainment WAS strictly un'
der the auspices and management OF
the colored people. and it was inter-
esting to white onloOker to observe
the marked decorum which prevailed
throughout the whole occasion.
The negro men has evidently adopt
ed the Southern idea OF etiquette.
After every seat was occupied. still
msuy colored women continued to
| pour in, and the negro men gallant
| " gave up to them the seats for which
they had paid. and remained stand
Ing. This contrasted very favorably |
to what can often be seen In North
ern cities, where a selfish, coarse,
brute OF a man, will coolly retain his
seat in a street car. while q woman
stands up holding to q strap. and 10
in imminent danger Of being shaken
to pieces. At hali.past eight the
curtain rose, and the oratress with
: q few preliminary remarks launched
at once into her subject. In speak
ing OF her race in the past. she de-
; clared that the negro could boast OF
as great antiquity as any other race
!. and that African civilization In tho
valley OF tho Nile ante.dated any
European civilization; that the Afr''
can race had early been famed IN
y arts and arms. The evidences OF
J. their great skill in the arts were still
:. extant In Egypt. and at the grea'
:. battle Of Cannae. the proud Roman
- leeions were forced to saccumb tt
:. tho superior prowess Of Hanniba
y y and his war.like Africans.
:" She called attention to the lac
" that the first martyr to American
70 !. liberty was q negro man named AT
~ tucks, killed by the British In Dos
!" ton. and that their own hands had
D. In a great measure. wrought out thei
~ present condition a. American CIT
g. zens She read from ABRAHAM LIN
~ coins inaugural address. wherein a
d. declared that the late war was not &c
III the purpose Of giving freedom to tn
negro, and also from the proclams
ton Of General BUTLER. in Baltimor'
In which he proffered to the author
"a. ties his Massachusetts bayonets Il
d. the suppression Of African insurre'
)r. tion in Maryland. She then gave
III. graphic description Of the rebelllo
i'd Of the blacks In Hayti, against II
be. French. and spoke enthusiastical
Ar Of ToussAlNr, the African comman
m. er. whom che ranked for hcroism al
patriotism with our American WAS
nc, ISeroN. She then spoke OF the pre-
ent condition Of the negro IN q
South. in which she took occasion
give them some very wholesome q
IA vice. She was quite positive III u
ACE opposition to the Kansas e'nigrat'
ma. scheme, saying. that II they wish
II. to form IN African colony tht
rho were more eligible places IN {
Via. South. She furthermore told I
nae negroes that they were not maxi
a. good use Of their freedom ~ II
ought; that though they had be
ss an, free fifteen years. many ofthom W
= :. vet unable to read and write. II
TO-. she regarded az inexcusabIe.
''" 70 told them to cave the money Il
- y were spending 10 whiskey. tooae
s.a buggy.rides. big meetings and pr
".s s nous funerals, to educate their q
\ '' ~ dren and to pay for books and ne
V" papers. She said that she had .
a missionary among the barbar
'E r. tribes In the interior OF Africa
owly S.d -,tna.sed their fetisch wors
reefs Of great wooden idols; idols 30 Ia
that they would more than NIL
GAN. hall In which We were setting
t on had there seen the same sudden
the stasy, the contortions OF the o.
lon the foaming at the mouth. the TT
condition. and all those start
few psychological phenomena 30
reek. mon in their so.called Christian
some ship here. Indeed. when che
attended 9 boisterous Christian
49,, val here, she imagined herself
.. IN tho interior OF Africa. She 10
-. !. ~. - ed that God Almighty was not
~, =" and that these violent and boiste
~. :. demonstrations wero not necet
entity III oE"c1 ~ '' w. .n.o,,,.,,ona
" 10. anu mcl.y' ne. :, +h.,, r.ce
Oh for gaEu 70 sno 1u.s.s The ma,
; Nm OF America should first &C
..,.rn wealth and education, and then
'1 .sa,- communication and intimate
relations with Africa. and grad
=, ~. establish themselves on that
% = ,. s nept. She regarded Liberia q
:. Wv" WV nucieus OF this scheme, and Il