Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1908-11-01 | Page 8 | A Colored Man's Oration

A COLORED MANS ORATION Minneapolis Journal Many an stories have been told of oC the ludicrous mistakes of or negro orators Here is one for which Governor Claude Swanson of or Virginia is responsible In a Virginia town a pompous negro was smal delivering a Fourth of or July uly address neg to an audience of colored folks He lie said sid My M colored fellow citizens We have occasion to be proud of or the Fourth of or July uh it was on oil the Fourth of or July l 1796 that I Christopher Columbus land Jand landed landed ed on Plymouth Chrstopher Rock and proclaimed freedom liberty luid c independence ence to to alt all mankind And what Avas they doing down here in Virginy Virgin at that time They rhe had their feet on the black mans neck Sick senter bus My colored fellow citizens this is a great country It I Is the proudest nation n Uon the sun ever shine upon But nut It if thes these sit git into power here the thedo do like they done In Rome Look Lok at Rome Once the proud master of or the theland theland theland land and the mistress of ot the sea with her once proud citizens which wa nas as Caesar Olympus Demosthenes and others too to numerous to mention menton Then these got gt into power there and what Is she today Overrun ages by b Greeks Canadians and other say sav savages sa 9