Daily Republican., 1880-08-04
UNHAPPY HARRIS.

LOSS ElRufhthvoly bpeaAhuks
Murders Kings English at the
City Hall.
In front Of the City Hall last evening
the gaunt form Of the garrulous John
Hieronymus Harris, negro democrat,
was a centre of attraction, and he
proudly kept up running CONVERSE
tion with circle Of admiring youths
gathered around him. The iaunty
sombrero was pushed back from the
classic forehead and the red-topped
cavalry boots were polished clear up to
the knee.
"When is your circus TO commence,
Fl arris 2" asked an old man.
The "orator" eyed him with an in
jured look. sat aint no oircus," said
he. 81 havn't been in town to-day. l
was up at Philadelphia and at de
Girard-."
sat the Girard 7" gasped bystan-
der.
"Yes allus stop at de boss hotels.
Well at de Girard a friend told me de
reporters down here were half crazy"
"Buy REPUBLICAN, mister 7" put
in q small newsboy.
"Naw de- devil take de REPUBLICAN,"
responded the orator. ..
| And thus the time passed until near
8 O'Clock, and Harris went inside the
City Hall and sat down, waiting for
Daley, the bailiff, to light up for him.
While here he RECALLED himself with the
pleasant fun Of "jswing" a boot-black
to shine his already brilliant alligator
skin boots for two cents. The lad took
the contract and soon the darkey's foot
snoasings shone like two ice-encased
canal boats.
Finally the hour came for the speak
or to commence. The rsom was full OF
white men and boys, and in the crowd
were five colored Republicans and two
eolored Democrats. The colored
Democrats were Harris himself and
John jackson the half-witted negro boot
black, who is his right hand man. John
heterogeneous tosB q seat on the plat.
form to wait, as he said, for more col
ored brethern to come. No more came.
At last he crouched down ont Of sight,
took pull at a suspicious black flask,
arose in sight Of the audience, took q
drink of water and commenced.
For the next halfhour the crowd
stood and listened. The fellow walked
back and forth, numbering Kings Eng
lish the while and looking the very
embodiment Of a long, lean, superannu.
ated burlesque. Some times he talked
nationally, but in the main his speech
was without point or logic. The main
points Of what he said are given verba-
tim.
"Gentlemen and fellow citizens" he
commenced, 81 was waiting to see Il
more Of the interested class would come
and taking it into consideration the in
terest of the subject. Gentlemen thu
time has come when no man should bt
known by his color, and at this latt
day his skin signifies nothing. You
see before you colored Democrat. Ye'
thank God a Democrat from principle
a Democrat because it Is his friend. The
Republican party claims to be friends
of the colored man because the Repub.
llicans are the liberators of the colored
man, which they are not but only re.
cognize them to make slaves of them.
shall protest against this. It was never
their Intention to free the colored man
They freed him by force of arms be-
cause 1t was military necessity, moi
because Of love for his good, or good
feelings they had for him."
"What forms the Democratic partyF'
shouted the festive Harris, switching
of with.surprising suddenness. sis not
lit the same as It was from General
Washington who founded 1t
Who signed the Declaration Of
Independence Republican : No,
the Democratic party. 1t is the
same now as it was then. They say
the Democrats are responsible for slav-
ery. II is not the Democrats but the
Republicans. What did they do in
byeQone days ? They stole them from
Africa, and when they found that slav-
ery was no longer profitable they sold
them to the Democrats in the South and
stole them again. The African slave
trade became broken up and slavery
became a curse. Then passed a few
wears, then came the war, but 1t was
not gotten up to free the eolored men.
Il was because the South wanted to
send slaves into the Northern territor-
les, When Abe Linkum was elected
President the South thought that he
would oppose their rights. Then came
the war and the emancipation OF the
slaves. Linkum said to them at Fort.
ress Monroe on March 4th, 'lay down
your arms, we will restore you your
rights and let the thing stop here"
In the South had accepted his
offer we would still be under the
curse Of slavery, but as 1t was tne
Northern Democrats freed US after all,
and to-day we owe nothing to any polit,
ical party. would say toyou, oolored
men. act for yourselves, don't let any
Southern carpet bagger and soallawagge'
manage and direct your votes. Whlte
men are not down on you, but you are
down on yourselves. You have certain
white men who have used the oolored
men as helps to get into Office. When
they get within, they say, go Mr.,
Niger, paddle your own canoe till next
: election day"
At this point old Street Sweeper Owen
Msrlow sci up an enthusiastic howl.
No one else howled and the laugh q,
the decrepit old fellow was loud and
long. John heterogeneous q. tool
another sip Of water, nodded ~ olo
owen and went on
stIn the South for aid the soolored
} men 20 TO the Democrats, because tn;
lAll they want Is the oolored votes
lWhere ID man who fought more no