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Anti-Slavery. PPI ~ From the London Anti-Slavery Advocate. _ ochester Anti-Slavery Bazaar. days since, a friend in Liverpool sent ticle for our adoption and 'insertion in . present number of the Anti-Slavery dvocate, As it was penned in the style ~~. editorial, and we should have been responsi- 'ble for its contents, we are surprised that eur friend, who is, we hope, a constant reader of the Advocate, could suppose we would so far stultify ourselves as to accept his "Offer" Tis article gives an account of the Rochester Anti-Slavery Bazaar, and con tains an implied eulogy of the Anti-Slavery wing Circle, under whose auspices it is » held, for the independent position they have chosen, and their determination ' to co-ope- rate with all whose love for the Anti-Sla- © Now, we wish spect should . be clearly understood. very cause rises superior to their connexion with any particular party or sect of abo- Rhy ee eat pal tye OF {Be litionists.' We welcome all earnest anti-slavery effort, and are clad of all that is done to promote the E 4 "anti-slavery cause. But our love for the cause does not rise so far superior to our doin connexion ¢ with any particular party or sect f abolitionists,' as to preclude a very deci- opinion that there is a better way of ig everything, and that the anti-slavery _€ause is no exception to this rule. Ever -- + ----=sinee an _interest-in_ that cause was first "aroused in our minds, seventeen years ago, by the eloquence of George Thompson and the pen of Harriet Martineau, we have been pg reader of anti-slavery newspapers, and in _ constant communication with Abolitonists of ~ Fae ip 'great diversity of opinion. The result is that, amidst much change of views on many important subjects, we have seen no reason _to change our opinion that. in no way can the abolition of slavery be so well pro- moted, as by an adhesion to the principles of the American Anti-Slavery Society. They labour by indefatigable, honest, and . fearless appeals to the public conscience, 'through the medium of the press, the pulpit, and the platform, to reform the corrupt public opinion of the United States; they show that the halls of legislature, the seats _ Of justice, the synods, the conferences, and yearly meetings, are polluted by the con- tact of slavery; they come out from pro- | slavery sects: and abstain from the most cherished privilege of American citizens-- that of participation in political privileges --rather than swear to uphold a constitu- tion which they consider pro-slavery in its tenor and operation. Nothing can be more -eatholic than their organization ; they admit of nv religious tests, and every one is wel- come to, their platform who is willing to help them. So firmly are we convinced of the wisdom and honesty of their course, that they have our entire sympathy. We think it an honor to be counted as one of their fellow-laborers in ever so humble a way, and believe the welfare of the race to be identified with the attainment of the objects at which they aim. ~~ At the same time, we are far from insis- ting on unity with the Aymerican Anti-Sla- very Society as indisfensable to our sympathy and good wishes. "Some very good people are unwilling to draw in the same yoke with persons who differ widely from them in religious opinions, We res- pect their scruples, and are giad to see them trying to help the slave in their own way. There are others who place greater reliance than we do on the free-labour produce movement; and to these we nevertheless wish God speed. & - But it is quite another matter when we are asked to assist a means of helping the anti-slavery cause, which, in our opinion, does more mischief to the slave by its hostility to its best friends, than it can counterbalance by its own direct labor in its behalf. The Rochester Anti-Slavery Sewing Society, which has held the Bazaar that our Liver- pool friend wants us to commend to our readers, devotes we believe a large portion ofits income to the support of Frederick | Douglass's Paper. This paper and its editor are strenuous in their efforts to de- reciate that anti-slavery instrumantality which we esteem above all others, and those abolitionists whom we respect most highly for their work's sake. For the truth of this assertion, we need only refer to the letters of /oMMUNIPAW which have lately appear- ed in its columns, and which in our opinion -are disgraceful to the writer and no credit to the paper or its editor. _ In proof that we are animated by nonar- > Yow or exclusive spirit, we point to the re- ports of the anti-slavery lectures of the Rev. Biward Mathews, and to the articles from his pen, which have appeared in the Advo- éale from the commencement of this paper. This gentleman does not belong to the American Anti-Slavery Society, nor has he, to our knowledge, any special sympathy with it. But as we believe him to be a zealous and devoted laborer in the anti-sla- very cause, who has proved his faith by his works, and is determined to test the churches both in England and the United States, by yest declared principles, we are glad 0 co-operate with him by every means in our power, eT ~ We do not demand unity of views from any, but'we do depreciate bigoted and ma- lignant hostiltiy; and we will not knowingly promote the objects of those who make it part of their business as abolitionists, to as- sail the American Auti-Slavery Society, and to vilify some of the very best and truest friends of the slave. XN @~ tae From the Liberator. "The American Board of Foreign ee Missions. ~ By the last European mail, the following communication from the Secretary of the Bristol and Clifton Anti-Slavery Society was received by the General Agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. The important and interesting character of its contents impels us to lay it before our read- ers without delay. | _ The American Board of Foreign Missions appears to be using every means, which a cautious diplomacy can suggest, to get the British Churches and ministers committed to its support and advocacy. The 'religious' papers of, this country, with one consent, are shouting aloud the praises of the Ameri-. can Board, on account of their recent ac- tion in the case of the Choctaw schools, as if that action could purge their pro-slavery ix S r hide the enormous fact of their reli- jous connection, fellowship, and co-member- ith men, who are themselves the own- sha ees bot 1 Ou we: { ait ings, (often of members of i te < of human that our position in this re- | self, and as in accordance with the Word and will of God. Even the New York Jn- dependent, as our readers have already | learned with the deepest sorrow, is support- ing.and extolling the American Board, and denouncing Parker: Prtispury for his frank, explicit, and manly exposure of the pro-slavery character of the Board,--while its editor, (in the spirit which we have been accustomed to find in the New York Odser- ver, and which occasions no surprise there,) refuses to allow Mr. Pillsbury an opportunt- ty todefend himself, in the columns where he had attacked Mr. Pillsbury in a very gross manner! Does the advocacy of the Ameri- can Board of Missions drag the Independent down to this? We earnestly trust that the British churches, 'at this advanced stage of the anti-slavery question, will not suffer themselves to be drawn into alliance with the slavebolding religion of this country. Such an alliance the American churches are seek- ing now, as their only salvation. But we are keeping our readers from the Bristol 'letter :--- = Baisroi, (Ene.) March 8, 1855. I write to you by this mail, on behalf of our Anti-Slavery Committee, to beg you will ascertain for us, with as little delay as possi- ble, the correctness of a statement made last night in Bristol, by the Rev. Cuthbert Young --which is, that 'Since the Hartford meeting of last year, Mrs. H. B. Stowe, and her bro- ther Rev. H. Ward Beecher, have taken the American Board of Foreign Missions hearti- ly by the hand.' Rev. C. Young is Secretary of the Society lately formed in London, term- ed the ' Western Asia Missions Aid Society,' (references to which have frequently appeared in recent American Anti-Slavery journals.) The above Society acts in concert with the American Board of Commissioners for For- eign Missions, and sends a large portion of the funds it collects to the officials of that Board. =o At the close of Mr. Young's address to the Bristo] meeting, last night, a resolution was passed, responding to Mr. Young's appeal for aid. To this an amendment was proposed by Rev. George Armstrong, suggesting, that as the Western Asia Missions Aid Society was connected with the American Board of Foreign Missions--an organization stained by the contributions and controlled by the in- fluence of slaveholders,--British Christians should establish a separate agency for their missionary efforts in Turkey, or should co- operate with a society in America entirely un- contaminated by slavery. Such, (he learned, ) was the character of the American Missiona- ry Association, of which Rev. H. Ward Beecher is understood to be a leading mem- ber. strong more than once, at first endeavoring to prove the amendment out of order, and then maintaining that co-operation with the Ameri- can Board had not the remotest tendency to sustain slavery : that when this idea was presented to his Committee in London, they 'quite laughed at it:' that, the public must not think of listening to the reckless state- ments about the American Board made by a most unjustifiable way at the recent Anti- Slavery Conference in London : that, instead of the Board bearing the character which was represented by parties in England, Mr. H.W. Beecher and Mrs. Stowe, since the Hartford Convention, had taken it heartily by the hand, Mr. Young then quoted an_ article from the New York Independent of Feb. 15, which paper he-said was edited by Rev. H. W. Beecher, and to which Mrs, Stowe was one of the chief contributors. The article (which Mr. Young led the meeting to infer was written or at least ' endorsed' by Mr. Beecher) consisted of comments on the pro ceedings of the late London Anti-Slavery Conference ;-defending the Buard of Foreign Missions from the charges brought against it by Rev. Edward Matthews, James Vincent, S. R. Ward, and Mr. Parker Pillsbury ; speaking in terms of disparagement of the first two gentlemen, and being especially vio- lent.in its attacks upon Mr. Pillsbury, on whom it declared no reliance must be pla- ced, and warned British Christians against taking that gentleman as a sample of the true friends of religion and humanity in the Uni- ted States. If you, or the editor of the Anti- Slavery Standard, have access to the New York Independent of Feb. 15,* will you refer toit? Mr. Young did not read from it, but merely held it in his hand as he quoted its contents, and | had only an opportunity of glancing cursorily at it after meeting. I may not have reported some passages which would make the fact of Mr. Beecher writing such an article, or consenting to give it his editorial seal less unintelligible than it at this distance appears. Should Mr. Young suc- ceed in proving to the Evangelical Christians of Great Britain, among whom he presses the claims of the American Board of Missions, that the autnoress of the Key to Uncle Tom's Cab- in, and her brother, are giving the weight of their unqualified sanction to this Board, it is all they would require to commend the Board to their confidence and sympathy. The subject of the support given to slave. holders by British co-operation with this Boara, and of the relations it holds ta the system, has been brought before the notice of the 'Western Asia Missions Aid Society,' in an admirable Tract lately published by the Edinburgh Anti Slavery Society. Tbis pam- phlet, together with the reply made to the Secretary of that Society, with a copy of which we have been. favoured, shall be for- warded to you by this mail. You will per- ceive that the minutes of the ' Western Mis- sion' Committee do not meet the questions raised in the Ediaburgh pamphlet. But from their Secretary's note, it appears that they de- cline expressing apvroval of all the agencies of the Board. Hence Mr. Young's assertion, that Mrs. Stowe and Mr. H. W. Beecher 'take it cordially by the hand,' was the more startling, for no information has reached this country of any change having been made in the position of the Board, 'since the Hartford meeting, which could explain how the authoress of the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, or the distinguished clergyman whose earnest exhortation in his recent lecture before the New York Anti-Slavery Society gave evi- dence of his unabated zeal for the cause, have been satisfied to give in their adhesion to the American Board of Missions! Yet on the other hand, sure they would not consent to stultify their former testimony by countenan- cing the Board while it retains the character that has hitherto been ascribed to it, and con- tinues to be deeply involved in the mainten- ance of slavery. 'No one seconded Mr. Armstrong's amend- ment; but the Chairman Ricaarp Bauu, Esq., protested against lending any, the re- motest sanction to the sinful system of Amer- ican slavery. He said he would not touch it with a pitchfork, nor sit down to table with a slaveholder, noradmit him to religious fellow- ship ; that he could not sleep in his bed, if he knew that taking the chair at that meatine could be construed into sanction of the sup- port given to slavery by the churches of Amer- ica, which Rev. Albe.t Barnes had truly de- clared to be responsible fur its. continuance. Rev. J. Burder also bore his testimony against slavery, and said that on no consideration would he have appeared at this meeting un- less persuaded that by so doing, he was in no way compromising his anti-slavery principles. You will perceive from the tone of- these speakers, that there is some rea] anti-slavery. Jecling. amongst us, but that the different heh iia att ects still stand sadly in n yes) and _who | og the connections baer? oe eed of light respect- igious organizations | eG Sask Lew Eee) Sago age AOE | Ds justify and defend themselves as right in it- Rev. Mr. Young interrupted Mr. Arm-| Mr. Parker Pillsbury, who had attacked it in |. in America with Slavery, and of the injurious effects produced by extending to them British countenance and co-operation. _ 2 Copies of the Edinburgh Tract on Turkish Missions were sent by the British and Clifton A. 8. Society to about twenty-four ministers and other gentlemen, who were thought likely to attend the meeting on behalf of the West- ern Asia Mission, with a note bespeaking a careful examination of the statements concern- ing theAmerican Board. The President of the A. 8. Society was privately informed by Mr. Ball, (the Chairman of the meeting,) that one Baptist "minister of influence had in conse- quence declined taking part in the proceed- ings, on the same ground; and the names of others who staid away, and who refused to read from their pulpits a notice of the meet- ings, have been given; but no one but Mr. Armstrong would undertake the disagreea- ble and unpopular task of publicly explain- ing the reasons that existed for discountenan- cing co-operation with the American Board of Missions in the great work of evangelizing Turkey. The following is the amendment moved by the Rev. George Armstrong, but not seconded :-- Whereas, this meeting having just grounds for regarding the agency of the Rey. Cuth- bert Young, in behalf of the Western Asia Mission Society, as more or less connected with the American Board of Commission- ers for Foreign Missions,--a fact sufficient- ly revealed in the 'Circular' issued by an association recently formed in London, chiefly at the instigation of Rev. C. Young, and by the marked satisfaction thereat ex- pressed on the part of the American Board of Missions, representing as it does, the leading religious denominations of the Uni- ted States of America, which as a whole have been grievously faithless to the cause of the down-trodden slave, and have been justly described as.' the bulwark of American sla- very ; therefore, Resolved,--That this meeting refuses to extend its sympathy or co-operation to an agency so tainted.; and would testify its in- terest in Christian missions in the East, either by independent British agency, or by co-operation with the 'American Missionary Association' established in New York ; of which Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, the bro- ther of Mrs. Stowe, is an influential mem- ber and supporter. (<= We have also received the following copy of the reply of the Secretary of the Western Asia Missions Aid Society to the Secretary of the Edinburgh Anti-Slavery Society :-- WESTERN ASIA MISSIONS AID SOCIETY. 7, ADAM Sr. Stranp, Lonpon, Feb. 12, 1855. The Rev. Cuthbert Young presents his respects to Miss Wigham, and begs to state that he has laid her communication before the last meeting of the Committee of this Society. The following is a copy of the minute on the subject, adopted at the meeting :-- Relations of the American Board to Slavery. The Secretary having read a communica- tion from the Secretary of the Ladies' 'Emancipation Committee at Edinburgh, (accompanied by a pamphlet,) urging the Committee to employ British rather than American agents in Turkey, on the ground that the American Board is involved in the support of slavery in the United States ; it was-- Resolved,--T hat the abolition of slavery is not a subject that lies within the functions of this Committee ; and that the Secretary be instructed to write to that effect in reply to the communication. Mr. Young begs further to state, that while the Committee deeply regret the exist- ence of slavery in the United States, and the sanction given to the system, directly or indirectly, by so many of the American churches, they do not see as a Committee, they are called upon to protest against it. They do not consider themselves responsi- ble for the entire proceedings of the Ameri- can Board in all countries ; and as regards the missions aided by them in the Turkish empire, the appropriations of money are made not for the support of American Mis- sionaries, but of Armenian, Greek, and Sy- rian native agents, and for education. Mr. Young requests Miss Wigham's at- tention to the fact that the ground taken at the last annual meeting of the American Board is regarded by the great portion of abolitionists as a great step in advance. (<-This Rev. Cuthbert Young appears to be as wily as a fox, and as slippery as an eel. Jn regard to the American Board, the real and exact truth is, that it still occupies the same position it has ever done concern- ing slaveholders, slaveholding, and non-fel- lowship with the anti-slavery movement. It is still pro-slavery in its spirit, attitude, counsel and government. No countenance ought to be given to it by British Chris- tians. : * The article in question will be found in the Liberator of Feb 23, in the ' Refuge of Oppres- sion.' The editor of the Independent has been asked if he would allow Mr. Pillsbury to reply to it in his columns, and he has refused.--Ed. Lib. ©-e From the Ohio Columbian, March 11. Extraordinary Slave Case--A Gift of Ex- President Tyler Running Away. A slave case in this city terminated last Monday ina manner quite satisfactorily to the friends of freedom, which terms now seems to embrace nearly all the inhabitants of the city. The facts are'as follows :-- A colored man, who resides a few miles out of the city, in the cars from Cincinnati, on Saturday, fell into conversation with a colored girl, a fellow passenger, and learnt from her that she was a slave, on her way from Louisville, Ky., to Richmond, Va., in charge of a friend of her master. He in-- formed her that she had a right to her free- dom, inasmuch as she had come into the State by consent of her master or his agent. She manifested surprise by the inquiry, " Are we ina free State?" and at once she said she wished to be free. This conver- sation took place as the cars approached this city. The trains on the Wheeling route not uniting with the Cincinnati trains, in all cases, a detention of the slave girl and her company was necessary here. The colored man at once notified his acquaintances of what he had learnt from the slave girl, and they, of course, on the alert, followed the omnibus containing them, to the residence of one of the respectable families of our city, where the gir] and her party alighted. In the course of the day or evening, some colored women managed to get a conversa- tion with the slave girl, who repeated to them her desire to be free; whereupon several of the colored people set themselves "about pr C094 curing a writ of habeas corpus in} her behal. q After considerable delay in enlisting an attorney in the case, in consequence of the engagements of some of them in the courts then sitting, and the refusal of others to en- list in it at all, the necessary assistance was at length obtained, Application was made toa Judge of the Supreme Court, who re- fused to issue a writ, or have anything to do with it, as we are informed. Application was then made to Probate J udge Jamison, who, late Saturday evening, issued a writ, returnable at nine o'clock, Monday morning. Sheriff Miller, at near midnight, rapped at the door of the house where the girl was held, and after considerable parley and de- lay, came forth with the girl, and took her to prison for safe keeping, until the hour for the meeting of the court on Monday. Ac- cess to her cell during Sunday was allowed her claimant and his council, and also to the colored man who swore out the writ, (Mr. Fergusson,) and his counsel. At the appointed time the girl was brought into court, Mr. Galloway and Mr. Carrington appeared in her behalf, and Mr. Ware in behalfof the respondent. It appeared by a statement of the parties, that the girl, whose name is Rosetta Armis- ted, was--according to slave law--the pro- perty of Rey. Mr. Dennison, an Episcopal clergyman, of Louisville, Kentucky; that she formerly belonged to ex-President Tyler, who gave her to his youngest daugh- teron her marriage to the said Rev. Mr. Dennison ; that Mrs. Dennison had recently died, leaving an infant child; that the child was being conveyed to its grand-parents by a friend of the family, Dr. Jones Miller, (a brother, we believe, of John G. Miller, Esq., of this city,) accompanied by the girl as a nurse, &c.; that on their arrival at Cincin- nati, finding the river not in a navigable state, Dr. Miller concluded to pass through on the railroad, not expecting any interfer- ence with the conveyance of his " property" on the route. Dr. Miller stated to the court personally, and by his counsel, that he made no claim tothe services of the girl himself, and only desired that time should be allowed to her owner to appear and prosecute his claim, if he should choose to do so. It seemed to be conceded on all hands that the girl was en- titled to her freedom, if she choose to claim it. At the suggestion of her counsel, that she, being a minor, (sixteen years of age,) be placed under the charge of a guardian, to be kept until her claimant might appear, the other party at once assented to the arrange- ment. The girl, at the suggestion of her counsel,.chose our fellow-citizen, L. G. Van Slyke, Esq., as her guardian, who gave bonds, and took her under charge, to the ap- parent satisfaction of all parties. The thing was handsomely done on all sides. Our fellow-citizen, John G. Miller, Esq., distinctly stated, in his peculiarly po- lite manner, on the part of his friends, that they only made a question of the case, un- der the supposition that the girl would pre- fer to go with her acquaintances to see her mother and friends in Virginia; but as she had come into court, and stated her desire to remain, they did not insist upon offering any obstruction to her freedom. A great crowd of colored men and women were in attendance at the court-room, dur- ing the pendency of this case, as might be expected; and the freed girl seemed much astonished at the greetings she met, and the congratulations she received on attaining the estate of a free woman. We rejoice always at the rescue of a hu- man being from the prison-house of bondage. We rejoice that, in this case, it was made to appear that the time has come when no pretence will be set up in behalf of the op- pressor, in this class of cases. We trust also the precedent will do good in assuring timid Supreme Judges, and others who are afraid to act for freedom; for we do none the injustice to believe that they can be indiffer- ent to a question of freedom or slavery. To Correspondents. Mr. Joun Morrison's paper has been sent a requested. PROVINCIAL FREEMAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1955. DDR RRO oOWOOoOOOOOIOMOMOOO*™--OOO--O™"N" Yravelling Agents, Michigan-- Rev. Elijah Burket, Indianopolis--Rev. William Douglass. These two gentlemen are at present our onLY Travelling Agents in the Western States. Local Agents. The following gentlemen are requested to act as Local Agents ; CANADA WEST. Brampton--Jesse Burke. St. Cutharines--Rev: Hiram Wilson, Do. J. W. Taylor. Paris=Thomas Keith. Hamilton--George Miller. Do Josiah Cochrane. Vienna--Moses Thempson. Dundas--Robert Brown. Lefroy--Z. H. Martin. London--A B. Jones. Do. William Hamilton. Chatham--Rev. H. J. Young. De. John Lott. Do. Cornelius Charity. Windsor--Thomas Jones. Do. Coleman Freeman. Brockville--C. Hi. Coles. Amherstburgh--Levi Foster. Do. John Hatfield. Niagara Falls---Mrs. L. Patterson. Dresden--Dennis Hill Buszton--T. W. Stringer. Do. George Shreve. UNITRD STATES. Logansport, Indtana--Mrs. C. M. Barnett. De. do. George W. Parker. Deiroit, Mich.--George De Baptist. Do. do. James Haley. Harrisburg, Pa.--Thomas W. Brown, Pittsburg, so Wm. Webb. West Chester, '* John M. Brown. Philadelphia, * 'William Still. Buffalo, N. Y.--Moses Burton. Brooklyn, * J.N. Still. Princeton, la.--John 0. Butler. Cincinnati, Ohio--A. R. Green. 0. % John I. Gaines. Cleaveland, ' R. H. Johnson. Printed for the Proprietors, at their Office, 5, City Buildings, King Street East. ; ROO rn ne ees ees ie" Mr. Isaac D. Suanp is authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and to give Receipts for the same. ka" Dr. Jesse Burke is authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and to give Receipts for the same. iy" Mr. Mosss Viney is authorized to act as Agent for this paper inthe State of New York. LBBB PBPB PBI AIFF LIPID PPP ; Fast Day. By proclamation of the Governor Gene- ral, Wednesday, the 18th inst., is to be set apart and to be observed throughout the Pro- vince as a day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer to Almighty God, for the success of our arms in the present war, and for the speedy attainment of a favourable and last- Rae a the ie SS A m es oe Me =< ete "s ? ge nersaes ' gee. 8 = ao a Begging for Fugitives in Canada. Whois not heartily tired of such schemes? Should one take up a paper from the States, nine times out of ten, if a reform paper, the first matter that arrests attention _ is, «" how we had best get clothes and money for the fugitives in Canada," or Rev. Some- body would like the friends to contribute through him to the fugitives in Canada, or Brother Foote has received so many boxes, barrels, or hogsheads of clothes for the fugi- tives in Canada,--how much of small-pox besides, is not added. Then, Rev. , who is so devoted, wants aid for his institution-- this colored brother has a church to build; of course, the brother has gone against the will of all the deacons, elders, trustees, and women ; but it pays well, and what the brother has been doing for years, he will do. The fugitives, meantime, are working and struggling to lay up fora rainy day, and everywhere their labors are blessed. They are complaining, too, not of starva- tion, scarcity of work, inhospitality from their brethren, and the many, the country over, who patronize them--no! cabbage, po- tatoes, pork, turnips, and corn are plenty; but the beggars are ruining them; so, like badly-used children, they have to take it out in lamenting; for this white brother, who thought they had good grounds of com- plaint, has--since his last confab with, or the last letter from the very dear brother, Rev, , of the same church, it may be,---seen cause to change his views. The story is too tiresome,--the colored people do not know what is best for them--it is not wise to encourage this complaining, especially against brother A, who is a praying Chris- tian--and, finally, the negroes are a bore, anyhow--" they have too much intellect for their stations ;" but it is questionable if it is best to encourage them to settle in Canada. Africa is a large and inviting field; good abolition brethren and sisters of the States, at the head of whom is Mrs. Stowe, think Africa is best for them; and, on the whole, it is best to encourge them to look heaven- ward--their time on earth, at best, is but short. Some colored brother, too, who, when he got the audience, meant totell * on 'em," yes, who would give the beggars their due, has unaccountably made the discovery that silence against wrong pays him better, or some white brother would not like it--or acontemplated mission might be interfered with--if not, the consideration that right or wrong, " a man should not injure his pros- pects by telling the truth" when necessary : for brother B.'s autograph might be of ser- vice. So off he goes into a puffof the good brother, and the people are left to take care of themselves. Then, too, good brethren in the States are poor; but it would be so nice to get a few thousands, and so nice to do something for suffering humanity, at the Same time; if they had the means, the evils would be remedied at once--why not they have them?--would use them better than , who has plenty,--would set the world right on this question in " no time." Begging is resorted to, funds flow in; then we realize the fact that self, not Canada fugitives, is the motive power, Do the fugitives exclaim against the enor- mous per centage, the steady refusal to give security for thousands begged, the glaring discrepancy between professions and prac- tice, though done in their name, the steady perversion of means obtained from donors, the "dogs of war" are at once let loose. Everybody who has no character worth pre- serving is suddenly aroused to a sense of its importance ;--prosecutions are threatened, the colored people must be taught better-- the brethren must have their fair fame vin- dicated by the sacred majesty of the law; at least the poor fugitives are made to feel by this threat, and the other reprimand, that silence even about their own wrongs (ina free country) is their greatest wisdom. True white brethren know that black men are right--were the case their own, they would " lash the rascals naked round the world"--every decent newspaper would be pressed into the service--church meetings, meetings of friends, committee meetings would be held for and against the men to whom mismanagement of their affairs could be imputed--men appointed by themselves, not as in the case of colored people, men who proclaim to the world their intentions, and who prosecute their schemes in spite of remonstrances from the people. We have "| frequently heard it said that "no people but the colored people would submit to Ameri- can slavery," and there is every reason to be- lieve that; in Canada, an opinion extensively prevails, that no class of persons have so lit- tle right to complain of the injuries inflicted upon them by begging for fugitives, for land, clothes, institutions, churches, é&c., as the colored people. There is a feeling exhibited by persons usually. thought to be friendly when this begging is alluded to--or, rather, when the beggars are reprimanded, that no real interest in the welfare of Canadians will warrant. 'There is evidently either pecu- niary interest in the matter, or friend Har- per's anecdote, about the fugitives being "everybody's horse," is the current opinion. The magnitude of this begging evil natu- rally induces an inquiry into the means to be employed to arrest it; and when, where, and how to use them, for, unlike an indivi- dual matter, its influence, though directed against the colored people, whether fugitives or not, is reflected upon the entire mass. __ Canada, so generally known as the best country e poor, without in the world for the p SS SS At SSS Pe Ty in regard to complexion, is by these hu- manity-mongers made to appear unfit. for the habitation of men. Gaunt starvation, miserable destitution, a pinching sort of abundance among the colored people, a niggardly humanity, a poor out-at-the- elbow respectability among the whites; and as an inevitable conclusion, a country poor in resources, and forbidding in all the essen- | tlals of a comfortable residence. ' We repeat, the reflection against;Canada should make it the duty of all well-disposed persons to aid in putting an end to such im- position, To accomplish this object, no bet- ter way do we know of than 1o pubblish to the world, protest after protest, against the men, whoever they may be, and wherever they may be found, who are so false to hu- manity as to subserve their own purposes by such means--we say subserve their own purposes, because the people they pretend to benefit are injured--make the ears of the world ring again with the facts of this most odious species of oppression. Speak through papers not in the begging interest, to the generous donors whose pockets are being relieved of gold, and whose generosity is thus abused by the horde of long-faced pretenders to piety and brotherly regard for the " poor colored man," who make incessant appeals to help this " mission" or the other " institution," with- out warrantin facts, and in direct opposition to the will of a people who would do as well for themselves, if " left alone," as the same classes to be found anywhere. The Dawn. The adjourned meeting at the Baptist Chapel was unusually harmonious. A committee of seven was appointed, instead of five, as at first proposed. Would it not be well to issue a Catt for the contemplated Convention ? Negro Songs. A. correspondent, writing from Brantford, is justly incensed that a mistress in one of the public schools of that town should permit the children under her charge to sing Negro Songs. The national music, as itis styled in the States, may do there; but itis a disgrace to Canadians, and a di- rect insult to the colored tax-payers who help to supportsuch schools. It is well un- stood that such music tends to reconcile Americans to the " institution" of slavery ; and its introduction into the public schools in this country cannot have an elevating tendency. The introduction of the Bible into the public schools is a certain bone of discord, but Yankee Negro Songs excite no fears for the morals of the young. Where are the Christians of Brantford, or what is the quality of their religion ? The Protestant Alliance Association. Last Wednesday evening, the Rey. Mr. Borland delivered a lecture in St. Lawrence Hall, by invitation of the Protestant Alliance Association, on the subject,--* Popery An- tagonistic to True Christianity," to a very large and intelligent audienee--the Hall be. ing literally crowded to the very doors, The lecture was highly interesting, and de- livered in a very mild and Christian-like manner; and the arguments brought for- ward by the reverened gentleman in sup- port of his position, were very ably sustain- ed throughout. We wish the advocates of Popery would come forward, in open dis- cussion, and let us have the other side of the subject. Mr. Larwiiw's Inquiry will not mis- lead any one. The old pot mender has no more regard for the colored people, alias his " baboons and monkeys," than when he made the first digraceful attack upon them. (<= The Maine Law has passed the New York Legislature, and only requires the signature of the Governor! PUBLICATIONS. cee The American Purenotocicat Jour- wat, for April, has been received; and also its co-messenger in reform--the WartER Curz Journat, for the same month. These periodicals contain more wholesome literary matter than any monthlies in hd United States, and at less cost Published by Fowler and Wells, No. 308, Broadway, New York. Price, $1 a year, each. Correspondence. a From our Philadelphia Correspondent. No. II. PuitapELputa, March 5th, 1855. Dear Mapam,--I am well aware that you are too personally familiar with the spirit and practice of caste, in the city of " Brotherly Love," to need any new revela- tion from my pen; but it may not be the case with your Canadian readers, as a general the latest specimen which has come under my notice. Notwithstanding the change which has of late years been brought about by the Anti-Slavery movement, and the exertions of colored men themselves, prejudice is at this day, perhaps, much more malignant than what it is generally supposed to be. In our large cities, especially, its bulwarks are very strong, It has grown so thorough- to the very foundations of all organized ecuniary, 2 see =F tm * lot "fever," like all other « fevers, thing; consequently, I will give you, briefly, . superhuman intervention it seems obvious that this generation, at least, will not permitted to enjoy the '" good rea ae - Within the last four years, the bu been claiming very largely the sticulead: patronage of thepublic.7. 4. "To meet the wants of the labourin ; i mechanical classes, especially, indeed, oe -all classes,----the colored man excepted--jn. * 5 numerable land, lot, and building associa. tions have sprung up. To prove that thes societies were indispensably necessary. {o the comforts of the masses, no - pains hayg been spared. All phases of inconvenience, poverty, and hardship, growing out of city life, have been daily recounted in the vari. ous newspapers. In conjunction with thig forlorn state of things, of course, may always be found the most plausible and persuasive. reasoning to induce men to make early selections in securing " homesteads," with all their comforts, on reasonable terms, This matter was by no means to be thought lightly of nor delayed, especially when high rents and hard times were as pressing as at the present. Hence, not a few (the writer not excepted) have been induced 'to try their luck in " building lot associations? By these new enterprises, the white man fully will it be the reverse with the colored -- man. With rare exceptions, may be found in the constitutions of these associations, as in the constitution of nearly every State Even this very day have I been made to" feel most sensibly the humiliating effects of this abominable prejudice. Seeing in this morning's Public Ledger a number of build- ing lots advertised (held by members of dif- ferent land associations), and wishing to purchase, I made early applications--found the individuals willing, (wanted the money at any rate,) but "the law" stood in their way. One man to whom I applied seemed -- not to know the fact that the constitution of the company to which he belonged proseribed anybody on the score of complexion. The "hard times" had very much reduced him, and he was desirous of selling tome. He went home for his constitution, &c., on open- ing of which, I found in the 2nd_ article, I think, " Every white," c&c., finished reading it, and returned it without any explanation, feeling that the owner had better be ignor- Itis but just to state that one of the direc- tors in one of the companies referred to, be- ing well acquainted with me, assured me that he could get me " in," notwithstanding -- the fact that it would be contrary to their -- constitution, &c.; at the same time saying been refused ! Not feeling disposed. to ac- cept any terms other than on common and - independent grounds, of course I did not accept at all. Thus we are compassed -- about with outrage, besetments and opposi- _ tion on every hand. In view of these heart- harrowing grievances, I am free to confess _ that I am firmly of the conviction that thou- sands among us of our hard-working and : enterprising men would find it greatly to their advantage, as well as to the interest of -- to Canada. Its very productive soil, inex- haustible abundance of fine timber, with substantial railroads, whereby markets are made accessible, with equal rights, socially and politically, together with the rapid im-_ proyement of the country every way, doubt- less offers advantages not be found in this gulf of prejudice and oppression. , Messrs. Stephen Smith, of this city, and returned from Canada, having beenon an exploring tour. With the prosperity of the Smith seemed inexpressibly gratified'at find. advanced than what he had anticipated. per, I have been informed, has decided to "pull up stakes" and move to Canada soon. . W. 8. For the Provincial Fre ° sd No. Il. Toronto, March 12, 1855. appeared in your paper of the 17th of Mareh the colored people in these Provinces -- fluence, so as to make it tell the most effec- tively against the encroachments of the cal tools of their own destruction - in these ; and discuss this matter. First, then, I pro- . great political parties of these Province their divisions, sub-divisions, together wi their political tendencies, and how far these tendencies will operate to maintain our: ree examined with care, in order to arrive at @-- cians among us, who seek the -suffrage the people, and y the rest moral, social and re- | will be largely benefited, but most shame. in the Union, these proscriptive words:-- | " Every White American Citizen," be that " many colored had applied, but had ~ those with whom they are identified, to go country, its laws, &c., especially with the -- condition of the colored inhabitants, Mr. -- ing the state of the country so much further -- Dzar Mapam,---My communication, which -- last, was merely intended to make way for -- a discussion of the important question and its concomitants, as to how or which way should cast the weight of their political in- ~ pose to examine in some degree the two -- with ant than wise in a case of that description. -- Wm. Whipper, of Columbia, have just -- He said, if 1 am not mistaken, that he did not see a beggar in Canada! Mr Whip- -- slave power, so as not to be made the politi- Ys Provinces, as has been the case with our brethren in the United States. I therefore, . after some little delay, purpose to follow up _ dom, or to re-enslave us again. These ar ge matters of vast importance, and should be -- safe solution of them. For there are politi- :