Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-03-31

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tell Of him-he's funny feller--he put
a notice over his factory gate at Lowell,
mo cigars or Irishmen admitted within
these walls;' for, said he, the newill
set fame agoin among my cotton and
t'othcr among my gals. / won't have
no such infiamable and dangerous things
about me on no account When the
British wanted our folks to Join in the
treaty to chock the wheels Of the slave
trade, / recolect hearin old John Ad-
ans say, we had ought to humour them,
for, says he, they supply us with labor on
easier terms, by shippin out the Irish.-
Says he, they work better, and they work
cheaper, and they don't live SO long.
The blacks, when they are past work,
hang on forever, and proper bill Of
expense they be; but hot weather and
new rum rub out the poor rates for tother
ones.
The English are the boys for trading
with; they she'll out their cash like a
sheaf of wheat in frosty weather-it flies
all over tbs thrashin floor; bu, then they
are cross grained, ungainly, kickin kind
of cattle, as cen most ever seed
Whoever gave them the name of John
Bull, knew what he was about, ! tell you;
for they are all bull-necked, bull-headed
folks, l vow; sulky, ugly tempered, vi
cious critters, PAWN and roarin the
whole time, and plagy onsafe unless well
watched. They are as head-strong as
mules, and as conceited as peacocks.
The astonishment with which | heard
this TRADE against my countrymen, alb
sorbed every feeling Of resentment. !
listened with amazement at the perfect
composure with which he uttered it. He
treated ii as one of those seifevident
truths, that need neither proof nor apol-
ogy, but as thing well known and ad-
mitted by all mankind.
There's no richer sight that | know Of,
said he, than to see one of them
when he first lands in one Of our
great cities. He swells out as
big as u balloon, his skinis ready to burst
with wind-a regular walkin bag of gas;
and he prances over the pavement like
a bear over hot iron--a great awkward
bulk Of a feller, (for they amt to be com
pared to the French in manners,) a smir-
king at you, as much as to say. slook
here, Jonathan, here's an Englishman;
here's boy that's got blood as pure as a
4 Norman pirate, and lots Of the blunt 4
both kinds a pocket full o one and mouth
full of tother beant he lovely?' and he
looks as fierce as tiger, as much as to
say, say boo to a goose, if you dare.
/ No, believe we may stump the uni
varse; we improve on every thing and
we have improved on our own species.
You'll search one while, afore you'll find
man that, take him by and large, is e.
qual 10 one oil our real free and enlight-
ened citizens. He's the chap that has
both speed, wind, and bottom. He's al
grit--ginger to the back bone, you may
depend. Its generally allowed there
amt the beat Of them to be found any
, where. Spry as fox, supple as an eel,
and cute as weasel. Though say it,
, that shouldn't say it, they fairly take the
: shine offcreation--they are actilly equal
| to cash.
He looked like man that had express
! sed himself SO aptly and so well, that an
: addition would weaken its effect he,
, therefore changed the conversation i'm
!, mediately. by pointing to tree at some
/, little distance from the house, and remar-
/ king that it was the rock maple or sugar
; tree. lis pretty tree, said he. and a
f profitable one too to raise. 1t will bear
/ tapping great many years, though il
(; gets exhausted at last.
Fl This Province is like that are tree il
!, is tapped till it begins to die at the top
Hand if they don't drive in spile and stop
the everlastin flow Of sap, it will perish
|, all together. All the money that's made
4 here, all the interest that's paid in it, and
a a pretty considerable portion of rent
d too, all goes abroad for investment, and
a the rest is sent to US to buy bread. Its
/, drained like bog, it has opened and
: covered trenches all through it, and ther
Y there's others to the foot Of the upland
!; to cut off the springs.
Now, you may even make bog too
$ dry; you may take the moisture out tc
a that degree that the very sile becomes
q dust and blows away. The English
0 funds, and our banks, rail roads and ca
q mails, are all absorbing your capital like
: a sponge, and will lick il up fast as you
< can makeii. The very bridge we heerd