Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-18

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man Ill t b }ity, cuc' Il Ctlaly Col.
lector an, tv o tern a Levy Cuu.r Com
missioner nm Brandywtue HuDdIoi,
iells in onmnp cation els=H here f.
the REL B1.lCAN. how a.>es,utA $
were ma es and 10" likes were col
lected in 1Sl9, and for some eighteen
wears the safter That was the period
of homes u when there WAS honor
amongst he most extreme politicians
of eithe lGde. That was jhp reriod
when ia, ii We're collected 20 support
she Corl Mani State government, aud
If made Indifference whe, her the tax
was pal ~ Whig, Democrat or Re-
Dublica d white man or black man,
IL was "a money the County wanted,
and the pblitics of the TAX payer was
left to II self. The fact that cOOred
men WI required to pay taxes in
those MI, though they were denied
the rig d nc vote ia proof positive shat
there Akuo politics in the law al rhaC
time. Iehiey says the COloved
men gr bled about paying taxes and
still bt d denied the right to vote. We
are nc surprised thst they grumbIed
and trk C&tO evade meeting the collector
and irac& SequenCe many Of them We're
return b. errors. It will be noticed
thora. hat before very many, blacks
or Wild were returned as errors, Mr..
Zeble khile collector, had to hunt
them sr& b cpe end of the Hundred to
the Odd and make every effort to col
lect ax before the Levy Court, Of
whic was afterwards Il member,
woulH a ow his error list.
1t Hbnderful to look back to those
daysa.n and 10 see what change has
beer q ected in regard to collecting
coul &axes in a few years, The De
moe 81 came into power through the
cry "white mans party" the col
Dreca nj IN through the fortunes Of al
civ er having leen enfranchlsee.
The Showed system Of shameful
leg la Ion, intended to di>tranChiso the
col ed men and poor white men, as
we no adhered to the Re
uIic4 b party. Democratic collectors
re- sed to collect taxes from cnlored
mt BID ause they voted the Republican
til .et. A Democratic Legislature
to u the assessment and tax cOlloC
tin Id r. OF he Common wealth and
Ii 6er( at taeyl until the collectors
nj franc Uses Of the poor people of
- 81 te II heir hands. They have
+ r4p4..,r II they have the will to dis
= ,ar~Ise them ct pleasure and d recent
'fo "a of the Attorney of the Levy
1t aids the collectors in the nefari
IL PARTISAN work they were appointed
tddo. 1t would be org chapter i
y we're to rtcite all the Legislative
ti4 lkring at the assessment laws since
u colo1ed man was given tho right to
' IN If friend Iebiey was a collector
D t1aes now, lie would find the office
rifEed Of all the difficulties he en-
, al 1tered thirty three years ago. Then |
il as tax he County wanted, now the |
.leIp Doc attic party want votes, and the |
'o,& fly must do without the tax money |
kollect it from real estate owners
I'd from Democrats who are not
1r ckeu from the assessments by a |
ID pocrati' IcCtor . return,
the days when Mr.. H9bIay was a |
Of ector, be hat 10 hunt all over Bran
Milne Hundred 10 tni the person,
ID he'd in his dmphc.ur, that he might
ID ect their 'aXes, and he had to re.
l& 1t this hunting EXPERIMENT time and
hin, until he got the taxes due, and
bn if after ali that trouble, he returned
he upon his error list, from whom he |
billed to collect taxes, BE- Levy Court |
Aough politically in sympathy With !
im, refused toaclrpt mary hcreturned
BID told hiu. be- had 10 collect that |