The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-05-10
Wriginal Communications
foR THE onEExvrILE e rrRrRrsE.
colloquial -sambo and the Buszard.

Inc Ioliewtng, not hng since
having occnrred in Greenvil.e
County, It is handed toihe Editors
of the GreenciNe Enterprise sub
ject to their disposai
A freedman by the name oi
Sambo, having rented a farm. and
arranging for his crap, with an old
mule to pull l,is plough, while late.
ly breaking mp Ills field, becoming
tired with the mornings labor.
quietly lies. down i'm the corner OF
the fence atthe end Of his row. and
soon falls asleep, his mule, being
at liberty drags the p!ow and
grazes on the grass. In the mean
while. a passing buzzard, cying
'Sambo with some degree of inter
est, alights near him, and after sur,
veying the surroundings carefully
of the sleeper. marches boldly MP
and gives Sambo a rous;ng peck
on his cheek, making the blood
flow freely. Sambo becom 8
aroused, and beIlolding his assail
ant, quickly gathers a huge dry
corn stalk and prepares for battle.
The buzzard makes retreat on foot
some thirty PAGES, and with proud
and elevated head turns to front
his supposed victim. Sambo with
lrage and passion welding his in
'strnment of death, thus deli ers
himself to the buzzard: "You old
red, high headed, white bill, oud
smelling garment; you ia ont
drawin .freedona's blood is You o.
You spnscd, WAS dead, din you {?
but | can tell you ] ainf dead vet !;
though this body Of freedom has
nothing but meal and salt to 90 on.
and de mule aint dead neder, and
has de grass to 90 on now so /
hopes you will not fill yourself
with eder nf us for long time to
come; you old dirty, black va.
ment. fou ln,lds sicl high.
proud head, / Ircck"n yon has been
to Columbia, too, and now Tor fol.
lering in dc tracks Of old Scott, dc
nigger and mean white man legis.
later and what little is left of
freedom. sich as l,erishing bodies
and old mules, ym, now " ants
yonr share even afore body dies.
i wants you TO know dat forty
acres and mule was promised
freedom when freedom first come
in by de leagucrs and all sicI, liars {;
and dc forty acres and de mule has
.neber come yet, tor they Went to-
de legislator wild our votes. filled
DER own packets, laid on high.
head ard oder taxes on fire dom
and now don't care what c,,mes of
LIS po"r devils, dat was fools
enough to believe en-"
At or abonty this jnncture of
time quite large number of the
bnzzard tribe arrive or the ground
and take quarters on the sur.
rounding trees an stamps facihg
the position of Sambo, when be
fur tier delivers himself:
81 reckon you all is jist doin
what de nigger and mean scalaway
wliitc folks is dein in de legislator,
wild old Gov. Scott; you lIas form.
ed your ring too, to GO to steelin
and let de country and freedom
gin mp. Bnt ! tells You to stop
afOre ,ou fnrder go, for freedom
has tried dc steciing business aud
dat has gin up for de kin kIuxes
has stopped all dat, and now you
wants 10 try yonr hand even afore
freedom and de mule dies, you car.
Foa l,uniin rascals. Yes, you ring
bazzards, dis business muet stop |;
freedom said fret dat dc bottom,
rail was onytop, hnt l tolls You and
all order rings dat freedom is now
.sorter getting in de middle ob de
fence to hold it steady and strong.
while sense is getting ON de top.
while do leaguers aud oder sicb
liars dat led freedom astray, il at
de bottom where sense and freedom,
will crust, Elm out. Governor Per.
ry says, de Charleston Trade folks
says. and all oder serse folks says.
dat dis ring business, dat dis steel.
in business, dat dis high tax bust.
ness, must st' p, and go says free
dom too, and now tells yon that
freedom wil! start a ring agin you
and your tribe die night, anu kin
klnx you all out Ca,e Island wbere
you has yosr roost, even II It take
de last peck IT freedom's corn to
get powder and bullet to 10 il. ID
! warns you to look ont, for You,
end is M hand, when freedom car
shosf =
O. fsr ten thousand tongues 10 sing
Great and syeriqsfisg freedoms prsisst
The slory oe do eouutry and dc new rfss
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