Delaware Democrat. (Wilmington, Del.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-29

| fVlhcNnat Az loss lor an answer Ii
adopted the Yankee practice.
"Don' you know you'self, sa ?, was Iii
intcrro iatory reply.
" No, don't" responded Tip, with
candid, matter -of-f,ct air $500
" We'll, does you know whar Is gninc 7
continued Tip
"You's ghinc to Ohio . said Abe.
'No- isn't" responded Tip.
"Whar den, sa n exclaimed Abc, |,
astonishment, as Tip stood stock still il
the road.
| as awinc honl p said Tip, cmphatical
". IF don''know what I'm runnin
away for, and il you don know cider. dc,
/ TIP, big fool for learin'li4 kind master
and Miss Jeannia: datis all I has t, sa,
'bout dat. But what do you rcn away for
Maybe you dom know cider, Abelnf
:" Yes, I does Ny massa. guy me
switchin' dc oder day. said Abe.
What for 7" inquired Tip.
"Jes' for muffin. l jes' went to sec what
old Ike was a-doin' in tue cornfel," said
Abe.
Well, what was be doiu'1" said his
companion
"Nufinl' was the laconic reply.
"And what was you doin I" persisted
Tip.
II was watchin Ike 7" replied Abe.
Yah yah Sure enough, you got dai
sTitchin' tor nuiliu," shoated TIP, forget.
ting all his previous caution "But no
hand, cider black or white, ever totcht
my back, 'ccpiin' my nanny when l was
little teller d neborstrikes anybody
ut White Oak, ,--nebber Aud SO believe
LII jos bid you good-by, Abe, and go
mum ~
Nov, you sit out, Tipl fought you
was more OF inan dan all dat, said Abe
| 'garded you us a candordate for. dc
sweets Of libcityl stoscd you was above
Elm ave, sa! Is'posed you had pluck
enough 10 be yuur own mast r, sa But
Is brrn deceived in YOU You 20 back !
Whatll all de folks say! Deyll jrs, laugh
at you. Den, besides, dey wou Irus' you
no MOI
The "sweets of liberty Tip could not
appreciate. 10 all practical purposes he
had brrn b own master quite as much as
his circumstances would permit There
might be something in the induccment held
out by those vague sweets of liberty -
AS yet, though, he had not tasted them
Camping out at night in the woods, eating
Il dry crust, drinking muddy water,--ren-
dercd no clearer by tile twihges of CON
science not, altogether salisicd.--were all
the sweets be had proved, as yet sipce he
szal Hstsftirft5 u sss.a ss sass-
lisl them. There was an uncomfortable
text, too, which he remembered, ,-one Of
many that Jcannic and her father had
taught him in the Su day afternoons, at
the school house in that grove near TIE
grave yard; and it was continually coming
up again; "Lct every man abide in the
same calling wherein he is called p Tip
had had no provocatiou. But had he not
an an inalicnable right to be free mani
Did not God design that he should be free
when he made poor Tip man, with all
tic thews aud sinews and the mind and
faculties Of niaul These are questions,
kiud reader, which may gravel you some
what. Our answer may not be satsfac.
tory; but We will say, at venture, that,
in our opinion and belief, the design OF
Providence is to be reached generally by
due attention 10 the actual facts, condition,
or results, as the case may be, What
Providence designsit usually aocomplishcs.
A man docs not cease to be man because
he is servant or a slave, as some would
have us believe; but there may be diff
ference of opinion respecting these inalie-
nable rights. Those rights are conferred
by God, where they exist; and the same
power that coniers may, for wise purposes
aIienate them, as was done in-the expert.
cncp Of the Canaanites, and subsequently
in the still sadder experience oil their He
brew masters, and thus there may be a
change of relations. But we are digrcss-
ing Two ideas in Abe's remonstrance
Tip appreciated thoroughly. They deci
ded him for liberty.
''Deyn jes' laugh at me, will deyP
Tip multered, sullenly; 'and dey won't
trus' me no mo-, won deyl Den rs gwine
to run for it. Go OH, Abel" And lip
forurished lis cudg.l with an air of indie
pendenee that would have. edited any adj
rocate OF liberty III tho land.
"Darl dats you, Tipl alters thought
you was de right sort. Dis pautin' for free
dom's not gwine to be put down, wedder
DC white folks treats us Kind. as your ole
mrst'r treats his people, or weddcr dey
banner us, as my mast'r did sometimes.
OATS muffin to do wild dc bisness. Nc sal
My pinion is jes' dat ebery man in de
worl has ies' de same rights as any oder
man OATS de doctrine Of dc folks what
lives whar dere ant no slaves. Dar all
peoples on dc same iootn' Of quality -
OATS dc land is steerin' for; and is
proud to have de company Of pu'son dat
can 'preciate de glorious sentiniums of dc
eyerlaslin' fourth OF Julym
"ls YOU sure, Abe" inquired Tip, "dat
dey treats dc culled folks in de free States
same as cf dey was white p
"'zactly de same To-be.suro dey do,'
responded Abe, with oracular authority.
allow can dry do any ting else 7"
swell, / don't know" replied Tip,
doubtinglyi alters feel as if de Great
Maker above meant dat black and wlite
should be sep'rate. 1t seems kind o
tral TO me dat dcy should. Docs de
white folks jes' marry the black gals and
de yellow gals, same as do white ladies ~
incurred Tip.
81 dom know bout dat,n said Abe
"maybo dey does, and maybe dey don't
| or n'rhans aonlo tioes and sonle doesn't