Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-21
no I,HE FRIENDS
OF THE
Poor COlOred Orphans.

"Blessed is he that considereth the poor,
the Lord will deliver him in the time of trou-
ble." In 1914 an Asylum was started at
Cincinnati, for the poor colored Orphans of
Ohio, BY Mrs. Mott, Mrs. Judge Mclean,
and others. They purchased a large build
ing for $1,000, which is paid, except 800.
The house needs repairing 10 the amount of
$500 TO make it comfortable and convenient
for the reception of one hundre children, who
will be received if the means Of support for
them, can be obtained.
The Asylum was chartered in 1915. 1t has
nine faithful Trustees and other necessary Dr.
rectors only. Some of whom, Judge Bellamy
Storer says, IL am personally acquainted
with, and they have my perfect confidence,
and from the mode in which the Institution
is managed, | have no doubt, that any contri-
buttons the agent may receive from the friends
of the colored people, will be faithfully and
judiciously applied. And S. p. Chase, Esq.
says, 81 knDw the institution to be every way
worthy of aid"
There are only fifteen children in the Asy-
Ium at present, and the reason for this small
number is, the want of means 10 take care of
a greater. The Institution has never %receiv-
ed any foreign help but 800 from Philadel-
phla. 1t is for you, friends of God and his
poor, TO say whether the Trustees shall have
what is needed to carry on this great and good
work. The Trustees ask you, "Shall we
have one spot Of earth-one house, where
our poor and destitute may find relief, and
shelter from the storm?" Who will say
yes! Hear what the True Democrat of the
I'd of Oct. says, ave trust that those who
are called upon to give, will remember that
our beautiful republican laws do not extend
the same blessing TO cOlOred children as uhie:
hence if they are educated at all, it has 10 be
accomplished by their own perseverance a.
gaInsi deep rooted prejudice, and with what
little they may obtain from benevolent
friends" and the Oberlin Evangelist of the
18th of Oct, speaks as follows,-"The poor
colored Orphans of Ohio, appeal to the phi
lanthropisis and christians of our country for
aid. State patronage befriends all other or
phans, but passes by these on the other side.
Other institutions for the blind, deaf and
dumb, for the insane. find friends and patrons.
Shall this aloDe-establish for a class not
less helpless and desolate than they, appeal
to the friends of bleeding humanity in vain?
Who so affectingly dependant on humane
charity as they whom public sentiment cramps
with disabilities and loads down with oblo-
quy-ior whom legislative care promices no
instruction to their youth, and no succor in
their poverty and sickness?
Such a class as this, existing in a chris
tan land, must of course rest their cause on
an appeal to the hearts of christian and phi
Ianthropic men and women throughout the
country. Shall u be in rain? We repeat it,
SHALL 1T BE IN vAlN1 God repeats it,
SHALL 1T BE IN VAIN? Should it be
in vain, it will be regretted, when Jesus shall
say, "As much as We did it not unto one Of
the least of these, We did it NOT unto me-"
VIM. p. NEWMAN, Agent.
+. S.-Money, provisions, articles of clo-
thing, bedding. &c., will be thankfully re-
celved and may be sent TO the Agent.
Oberlin, Lorain co., O.