Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-24
From The London AntLSlsvery ADV ocnts.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THOMAS
GARRETT.
Wilmington. Delaware.

WILMINGTON. Delaware.
Second-month 2Stb, 1858.
In reply to thy inquiry whether Kansas, is to be
considered n Free or n Slave State, | answer that il
must eventually become n Free State bu. every
effort will be made by our President and his nd.
ninistration,o or legal advisers, to force slavery there,
or, in other words, to have her admitted with the
LecunptonC Constitution. which is the vilest ever
ofered tor the acceptance OF any people, civilized
or savage. But the course OF the administrator
will have one good effect il will unite the differ.
ent political parties Of the North at least the bet
ter part Of tbem-in opposition to slavery and the
slave power Al this time iour.ilths Of the inbab.
itants 1t Kansas are opposed tn slavery there the
legislature now SUING Of the Free State men. has
passed u law making the penalty dedM for any Of
tcer appointed under the pton legislature a.
act, or attempt to carry out the lass passed by
them and should il be attempted, | have no doubt
i, Will lead 10 a general civil war, in which event
slavery must so)n. be abolished. II this should
take piVce. aud u separation between the North
and South follow. the South. unaided by the North
cannot sustain the system five years: but | fear il
will cause much blOodshed. And which of the
Slave States, think yCu will consent IT, be The tor
der States on the souths'de? | feel very confident
that little Delaware will take sides with the North
Already II very liberal, | may say anti sla,ery
paper. has been started in Milford. Sussex County.
where three iuurIhs 1T the slaves in Delaware are
held, ana the editor is encouraged IL advocate the
abolition ct slavery IN the State, 10y sume at the
largest shareholders and some OF the uioet promI,
neut men mostly Methodists. The Jm,ents OF the
editor and all his cunnecti"ns reside in the county.
and are ut this time sla vehulders. Tw" years siHce
he wac clerk Of our Senate aud quite Iru slavery
Tue first interview | had with him soon after the
session. he ADMITTED the policy ut omahciuatiup 20
lar as Delaware was concerned. but %lu.tifed slave
~ rs the best condition for the negro, and argued
that his pnsitiou had been vastly improved by hsv.
ing been brought from Africa ard held here as a
slave; but | am now happy to be able tn say he re-
pudiates all such nonsense; he condemns slavery
under every circumstance. lie IN - Young man.
With very fair talents, aud considerable energy. -
feel quite sanguine that the IN per will do good.
The list OF iugitives wnom | have assisted in
their escape now numbers =. 100. ! spen; last eve
ning with a Methodist minister and his wife. sta
toned here. born and raised on the eastern shore
Of Maryland, IN the immediate neighb"rhood OF
Frederick Douglass master they knew him be.
ture his escape. aud say his STATEMENTS respecting
his master aud others are literally true. They
have lately been on n visit tn the neighhu' hood, and
\ found that nearly half the slaves OF lint distric,
hai rau of. The ministers vile told me that one
Of her Cousins last tall purchased a slave foi ~hicl
she paid five hundred dollars (much hoiow III,
usual price). and IL, tuur weeks the slave ran away
and she had ne,er heard Of her since. My irienC
tul,! her cousin she was really glad of it she onl,
wished they wonid all run off penple are ventur
M to speak much more freely of late than the,
did formerly, aud shareholders meet with but it'll,
/, sympathy hcreaway when their slaves escape
The minister told me that when he left some year
since, there was u mulitto, a Methodist minister
whu owned y plantation. aud had several biret
servants. lie thought him a sincere good man IL
that time; but lie is now informed that he has lie
come a slavehnlder. His informant told him tina
4 ;hi- man purchased a slave for lie last fall, who TAI
fl ia n few weeks. aud tie Investment was lost T.
= him, | wish that no stakeholder should faro bet
ter, and they never shall if | can help it.