Year: 1859




sketch Of the remarks supposed to haze been made by


Political Preacher at late Black Republican Conven-


tion.


q My breethering! We are told somewhere-I need
MT be particular where-that the Psamist Of old could
play harp of thousand stringsah-but my breeth-
ering in these days of falling down stairs from grace
Samst amt expected to do-ah Therefore, my breeth-
eringah let give ourselves uneasiness about the
nine hundred and ninetynine that we can't hand leah
but let US unite in playing upon single string, spirits
OF white made black-ah.


"My breethering AS came strnging along into
the Convention, like pack mules crossing the desert,
thought to myself that each of might have string
of his to pull that may be many of might have
several strings to his bow-ah. | hope | hurt mans
feelings by this discourse-ah. My motto is always to
tell the truth and shame the devil ah-an institution of
sin and wickedness who is always roaming about like
roaring lion seeking somebody-ah But my breethering,
now that politics and relg zion have got much mixed
up that you can't tell from the other, think it
would be good for to let 60 all hots except one and
go very best upon harp of single string, spirits
of white men made back-ah.


"My breethering | suppose you have AL heard Of a
religious society called the Know Nothings-ah. Well,
my breethering say it, who shouldn't I've always beer
of them-but, my hearers, now begin to believe
that that string won't do to tie toah For it is liable
to break in the middle and let fall several ways for
Sunday-ah No. my breehering, though Sam at the
outset gave promise of Immortality and salvation yet in
these latter days the of the sre learn to stray oa
far beyond the travels OF the prodgal son. and if we
don't look out the fatted calf will be grown to be bull
lock before he comes back again-ah. Therefore my
hreetherng let take to humane bosoms the
scented form of Sambo that dark colored emblem of
equalityah, and let US play upon a harp Of a single
string, spirits of white men made hlack-ah.


Breethering We shouldn't be ashamed or afraid to
own coor-ah 1t is very wiched thing indeed to turn
up the humane snout at the work of natureah Who
cares for color in dog fight? A rose by any other
name would smell as sweet-ah. What then, if we do
fool the foreigners? What if do kiss the ngger ba-
bies-ah? The Egyptian mummies who have BEEN num-
mied these thousand years the or wiser
now for anything that they did while in the eshah 1t
will be the with my breetherng in the lapse of
a few centuriesah When Gabriel shall blow his trum-
pet-ahwhen the shall turn to blood and wien the
sky shall be rolled back scrOah, then the kissing
of few little innocent nggers and the running away of


few buck ones, will come back as sweet smelling sa-
vor, and give lick forward toward Jordan-ah


my breethering There is another string which we
have all been pulling at for these many years-ah but
which, in the language of of our great guns must
now let side-ah. mean my breetheriDg, that piece Of
tow twist called Temperanceah. Liquor my breether-
ing, has color well twangah. We can't run Mig
gers through the underground railroad unless also
say to liquor let it run-ah Spirits of white men made
biick-spirits of liquor made free Them must be our
stn,m2ntS-ah We cannot oppose the laws of govern
ment and aid the nsurrecton of Kansas unless we set
the example at home of splitting upon our Main Liquor
Law. We must be consstent-ah. confess that have
been pulling the Temperance string for many yeArs-ah
going around like thief in the night and prying into
the affairs of my neighbors, and every and then
Jerking them up with round turn for violating the
whiskey my breetherng, have found that
the business don't payah and for the balance of my
days N going to play harp of single string Mig
gerism triumphant forever-ah." 's7 2 a-@7