Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-07

1, not worth Eve thousand dollars. am a little
surprised at the Doctors ignorance Of what is going
on around him; for if he would look a little, he
would be convinced that the blacks OF Wilmington
alone own more than hye thousand dollars worth
Of church property, independent of their real and
personal property; I'D II the Doctor would take
the trouble to consult the assessors OF the separate
counties in the State, be would find that there are a
number Of colored land'o tiers and farmers whose
Joint property is worth several times hve thousand;
and | would further inform the Doctor that there
IS one family OF those dospised blacks who recent
" sold TO two members of the Bush family, OF this
city, three thousand Eve hundred dollars worth oil
uropcrtv, and has at this time three Thousand
dollars worth more in the market for sale-an
state that was owned by the one family long
before the Do,tor had an existence in the world or
Il residence in Delaware, and, what IS more, the
crandsire Of that family, the original owner OF the
Vesta.e, fought under George Washington Tor the
independence Of this country, and the sun and two
grandsons of that sire. together wish several other
men of color, stood side by side with their white
fellowtownsmen in the war OF 1877, throwing up
A battery, below the old Swedes' church, to defend
heir native city from the invasion Of q foreign Zoe
ouery whether the Doctor can claim the honor
of doing as much as that for Delaware or any other
part Of the country. Oh one thing | am certain
ne cannot for either Of those " irs, for during tue
first he was in the womb of time, and during the
second | reckon he was not much more than out
of his petticoats. la those days, la several States
in the Union free colored men had righte that white
men were bound.to respect and evenin Delaware nc
one thought il was wrong they should. Hence, the
coIofed men Of those days conceived it wasa duty
thoy owed God. themselves and their country, to
Law hold and help on with whatever was being
done for the safety; honor and welfare OF their
country; but, alasl these are different days. II
the Doctor wishes to convince bis fellow. citizens Of
the difference between the cold, rocky, barren
State of Rhode Island, with her numerous and
thriving population, over the thrit;less condition
of Delaware, with her superior advantages, why
not be as honest as IL. R. Helper, If North Caro-,
lima, and put the saddlen the right horse. and
saw that, while the little barren Yankee State is re
yelling 10 all the blessings of q free government,
free intuition. and free schools. with a free and
industrious and happy population both black and
white that are amply paid for their labor, Delaware,
with the exception Of a part of New Castle County
is idly aud lazily dragging along under the curse
of slavery, vainly endeavoring to grow rich by thu
pelf wrung out from the unpaid toll of her suffer
ng bondmen? Tie Doctor says the figures won
add up rightly for Delaware; and no wonder
6rures never eau add up rightly where SLAYER.
keens the account. for it is a system Of wrong ant
robbery that nothing can make right. E.
THE above article was written, we learn, by.
,olored woman of Wilmington, in whom the whit
Doctor has certainly more than his match.-Ee
Standard.