Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-03-10

a'hdnu-itls aiready working ltS own
cure. They must recede before our free
and enlightened citizens, like the Indians;
our folks will buy them out, and they will
give place to the more intelligent and
active people. Theymust go to the lands
OF Labrador, or be located back Of Cana
ia (; they can hold on there few years,
until the wave of civilization reaches
them, and they must move again, as the
savages do. 1t is decreed Ihear the
bugle Of destiny a soundin their retreat,
as plain as any thing. Congress will
give them concession of land, if they
petition, away to Allegheny's back side
territory, and grant them relief for a
few wears for we are out of debt, and
don't know what to do with our surplus
Ereyende. The only way 10 shame them.
that know, would be to sarve them as
Uncle Enoch sarved neighbor of his in
Yirginny.
There was a lady that had planta-
ton near hand to hisn and there was
only small river a:wixt the two houses
so that folks could hear each other talk
across it. Why, she was a terrible cross
grained woman, a real catamount,. as
savage as she bear that has cubs, an
old farrar critter, as ugly as sin, and she
kicked and hooked too-a most partc-
ular onmerciful she devil, that's fact.
She used to have some of her niggers
tied upevery day and whipped incom-
mon severe, and their screams and
screeches were horrid-no soul could
standit. Nothin was heard all day, but
Oh, Lord Missusl Oh, Lord Missus i
Enoch was fairly sick of the sound, for
ne was tender hearted man, and says
ne to her one day, now do marin, find out
some other place to give your cattle the
cowskin, for it worries me to hear them
lake on SO dreadful bad--I can't stand it,
l vow; they are flesh and blood as well
as we are, though the meat is of diff
terent color but it was no good, she up
and told him to mind his own business,
and she guessed she'd mind hern. He
was determined to shame her out of it;
so one morning arter breakfast he goes
into the cane field and says he to Laven-
der, one of the black overseers. Mus
ter up the whole gang of slaves, every
soul, and bring 'em down to the whippin
post, the whole stock of them, bulls, cows
and calves. Well,away goes Lavender,
and drives up all the niggers. Now,
youcatch it, says he, you lazy villains !;
! tole you SO many time tole you so,
4Nassa he lose all patience wild you, you
good for nothing rascals. | grad, upon
my soul, | very grad; you mind now
what old Lavender say anoder time.
(The black overseers are always the
most cruel, said the Clockmaker; they
have no sort of feeling for their own peo-
ple9
Well, when they were gathered there
according to orders, they looked streak
I'd enough, you may depend, thinking
hey were going to get it all round; and
The wenches they fell to crying, and
wringing their hands, and boo-hooing
ike mad. Lavender was there with his
cow skin, grinning like chessy cat, and
,rackin it about, ready for business.
Pick me out, says Enoch, four that have
he loudest voices hard matter dat, says
lavender, hard matterdat, dey all talk
oud, dey all love talk more better than
idle villains; better glib them
il a little tickle, jist to teach EN- to Iarf
m tother side of de mouth dat side be
ran new, dey neberuseit it yet. Do as
order you, sir, or I'll have you triced
p, you cruelold rascal. When they
we're picked out and sot by themselves,
hey hanged their heads, and looked like
heep going to the shambles. Now, says
Jncle Enoch; my PInckinnnies, do you
ing out as loud as Niagara, at the very
ip eendof your voices
Don't kill a niger pray,
Let him lib anoder day,
On Lord Missus--Oh Lord Missus.
Ny back is berry sore,
No stand it any more.
Oh Lord Missus--Oh Lord Missus.
And all the rest of you join in chorus
5 loud as you can bawl, Oh Lord Mis-
is. The black rascals understood the
Ike real we'll They larfed ready to
olit their sides they fairly lay down
no rolled over and over with larfter.
Veil, when they came to the chorus
h Lord Missus, if they didn't let go,it's
pity. They made the river ring agin. !
hey were heerd cleanout to sea. All !
e folks ran out Of the Lady's house, to J
'e what on airth was the matter on 9
ncle Enoch's plantation; they thought !
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