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VOICE OF THE SANDWICH, CANADA WEST. | "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1851- _ LIST Or AGENTS. Canapa West.--Ambherstburg, D. Hotch- kiss and Levi Foster. Cuatoam--James E. Grant. Dawn Mitts--George Cary. Toronto--J. T. Fisher. ; Micuican.--M. J. Lightfoot and Mr. Wi- ley of Detroit; J. F. Dolbeare, Raison ; Fran- cis King, Flint; Dr. Barnes, Owasso; H. Day, Lansing ; Chester Gurney, Centreville ; J. G. Farr, Commerce. Massacnovuserrs.--R. I". Walcutt,21 Corn- hill, Boston; Mrs..W. Blakemore, Boston ; J. Morse, No. 5 Water-street ; Henry Rich- rds, Fall River; Rev. Wm. Brewster, Low- ell; Rufus Elmer, Springfield; Rev. A Stockman, Worthington; W. Tarley, North- ampton; W. Fuller, Amherst; Rey. Mr. Fos- ter, Littleville. New Jersry.--Rev. E. P. Rogers. New Yorx.--Wnm. Harned, No. 61 John- st., New York; L. C. Matlack, No. 3 Spruce- st.; J. N. Glaucester, 40 West Broadway; Wn. Rotter, Hudson; John Miles, Albany; G. W, Loguen, John Lyle, Syracuse ;<George Weir Jr., Buffalo; Lewis Clark, Busti. New Hamesuire.--dward Bracket, Do- ver; A. T. Foss, Manchester , Elder Brooks, Great Falls, Our1o.--Wm. Merrett, Maumee Gity ; H. K. Douglass, Cleveland; David Jenkins, Co- lumbus; J. R. Gains, Cincinnati. 'PennsytvanrA.--Dr. Bies, Philadelphia; M. R. Delancy, Pittsburg. Exeranp.--Rev. Josiah Henson, London ; also Rey.H. H.Garnet and Dr. J. W. C. Pen- nington. RECEIPTS. E.D. Parish, $1 00/Jerusha Andrews,1 00 Isaac T. Hopper, 1 00/David Thomas, 100 E, D. St. Reny, 1 00/0. Hamton, 0 M.C. Macin," 1 00)Samuel Jackson, 100 E. H. House 1 00/Francis Reno, 100 W. C. Edsel! 1 00\James Allen, 100 Reubin R. Smith, 1 00/Thomas J. Goode,1 00 John Proctor, 1 00\Edmund Cooper, 50 Charles List, 1 00/Ruth Race, 100 Miss Rachel, 1 OOj\A. L. Ponier, 100 George Cary, 1 00\Wm. 8S. Beach, 1 00 Mary Miles, ~ 1 00/Henry Brent, 100 Elias Carrir, 1 00/D. Vogelrang, 100 Mary Hill, 1 00/Mrs. Alexander, 100 Caleb Hill, 1 00 4 ANOTHER ARREST IN BOSTON. We learn from the Boston papers that FUGITIVE. we will " feed the hungry and cloth the naked," not only so, we will encourage. and even help the slave on his flight to Canada as a Christian duty. HEMP AND FLAX GROWING. | The cultivation of these two most in dispensible and invaluable commodities in Canada, have hitherto received but little or no attention by the farming com. munity. The experiment has however been tried, and its ulility felt and ack- nowledged, not only on Canada soil but in the north-western states also. ' With regard to the adaptation of the climate and soil of Canada West, to the production of hemp and flax, it is well known to be favorable. The soil is gen- erally deep, rich, and loomy, and wher- ever the husbandman has properly put in his crop of hemp or flax here, he has been able to reap an abundant harvest, and so far as experience and observation is concerned, we haye the most striking illustrations of its practicability. Why is it then, tharour people are so unmind- ful of its intents as to pay, so lit- tle attention to this branch of agriculture ? It must be because they have not exam- ined the'utility of the subject. It is an established fact, that flax is a more prof- itable crop to the farmer, asa marketable comodity, than oats, rye, wheat or corn. Flax seed is a ready cash article and will always command as. much as one dollar per bushel. in almost any market, independant of the lint therefrom, which 'can be spun into thread and woven into cloth ; the cake is also a valuable article to feed cattle or swine, after the oil is ex- tracted from the seed, and the oil for mixing paint &c., is always in demand. After the seed is threshed out and sold, the farmer can if he choses, dress out and sell the lint of his flax at his leisure, in the winter season, for a good price. Linen is well known to be the most useful and *) handsome, for sheeting, shirting, and all practicle purposes, where cotton is d as a substitute. Itis also better for twine, shoe thread, ropes, &c., thar®cotton ever was or canbe. Wehave known several good crops of hemp to be raised in the county of Kent, by a friend of ours, who manufactured it into ropes himself, and found ready sale for them, an found it to be very profitable" We know of a lint seed mill not over fifty miles from this place, though in the State of Michigan, in the vicinity of which, hundreds of acres of flax and hemp are raised, only for the seed, because it is found to be more profitahle than other crops. But if we are asked why the market price of| linen is so much dearer than eotton, if it is so easily raised in northern as we great excitement prevails in that city, 'growing out of the escape of Shadrach, who slipped through the fingers of Bos- ton soul drivers, and escaped to Canada where the dare not come in pursuit. They have arrested several distin- guished colored citizens of that city, on a charge of aiding in the rescue.of the fugitive from the hands of the Marshal. Among those arrested was Robert. Morris Esq., who is much respected as a lawyer 'before they Boston bar,for his tallent and skill. On Saturday afternoon last, Lewis _ Hayden, a colored man, was arrested at his clothing shop in Cambridge street, Boston, and taken before the U. S. Mar- shal's office. Here a complaint was read to him, charging him with aiding in the rescue of Shadrach, on Saturday, Feb. 15. He plead not guilty, and bail was required in $3,000 for his appearance for examination on Saturday, March Ist. James N. Buffman, of Lynn, became his bail and he was set atliberty. The Bos- ton Past says ; | " Hayden is the fugitive who escaped from Kentucky by the aid of Fairbank and Delia Webster. His friends after- wards raised $700, the price asked for him, and he is now free. [He presided at one of the first colored meetings after the passage of the fugitivelaw. Itis said that he is the colored man who tapped Shadrach on the shoulder in the court room, and said: Weill stand by you to the death.' Also, that he harbored him in his house in Southac street, and procured the cab in which he was finally driven away. He named Thomas Rus- sel as his counsel." " This raises Mr. Hayden still a peg higher in our estimation. Show us the duldtad man who would stand by and see one of his brethren kidnaped and drazed offinto hellish slavery without trying to help him to escaj e, and we will show ~you a human being that is more false to the instincts of human nature than the swine is to its kind; for even the dumb beasts will rally and even risk their lives to rescue a captured one of their kind when it gives the alarm cry of distress-- and shall we as rational creatures be false to onrselves, false to the promptings of humanity, and deserter of God's poor in the hour of danger? I say no, never. Then let the slave hunting posse come on their piratic mission, backed up by the executive power of the United States, let them send forth their proclamations and threaten us with death itself, yet we will not be detered from obedience to God. We will shelter the poor and the outcast, as southern climate, we answer that the scarcity of an article always enhances its market value. If the 'supplies were adequate to the démands, flax and hemp cloth might be purchased about as low as cotton. Letthere be a great amount of it produced, and the merchants would soon find someway to manufacture it by steam or water power, into thread and cloth. % : Another important object might 'be gained by it, viz:" It would raise a com- petition between the north and south, or between free and Slave labor, which ten- deney would be to weaken the combined cotton monopoly of the north and south, (which is one of the main bolts of slavery) by giving the people free labor linen 'to wear, in place of slave grown, blood stained cotton, every pound of which would ayerage a drop of blood from the slave mothers heart, we might, at least, weaken the cord that binds the slave. THE PRICE AND QUALITY OF CAN- ' ' ADA LANDS. We have received several letters of en- quiry from persons of color in the States, who have resolved to settle some where in North America, where the soil is not in- fested with kidnapers, and yet favorable to agricultural pursuits. To those who are interested in this subject, we recommend to give'a careful perusal to the letter of J. i. Ambrose, which will be seen in another column, Ir. A. gives avery interesting and truth- ful description of the prices of land, of the colored settlements, of the induce- mens held out to our people to settle in this country, of the prospects of our ele- vation, and also of many of the difficul- ties which are lying in the way. We know it is a very common thing to hear slave holders and those who favor the American colonization scheme, say that Canada isso very cold that crops will not grow as they will in the States, and that the fugitives will perish here with cold. Now so far from such statements being true, the climate is very little colder here than itis in the northern part of Kentucky. In proof of this, we have good crops of tobacco raised here every year, for market, and sweet potatoes, a root which requires a warm climate, grow and do well in the southern part of Cana- de West. ~ In' addition to this all kinds of grain and vegitation that grows in the north-western states, is raised here, as the soil is of a superior qualiyy and the climate fayorable, * Jall as open to any colored man landing Republic of Liberia. We clip the following delusive extract from the "Detroit Free Press," which is one of the most pro-slavery, time serving Journals in the United States. The writer leads off by giving a very flattering account of. that country, as an induce- ment for us to consent to be transported there. He has doubtless given all the coloring that it would bear; however there is one startling fact brought out, that we call special attention ta, You are to have a Tract of Land given you, on your arrival, in which is contained the enormous quantity of dive Acres, and be supported six months. All this is offered in the name of humanity. Now let us look for a moment at the other side of the picture, : They dare not come to us and say the object is to transport us from our native land, to a country where two-thirds of the natives of this country must ordinarily perish in undergoing acclimation, and that those who survive in undergoing the 'change, never "regain 'their original Mencth and vigor, but are ever feble and unable to undergo hardships. Liberia, is also a very poor country, for poor peo- ple; there is very little enterprise among the colonists, perhaps from a want of capital. What could a poor man do in a forest with five acres of land, with a broken constitution, among: strangers where there is no employment to be had to support a family? How must a sick man feel in a strange country with a family of little children around him ery- ing for bread, after his six months' pro- vision is gone? All commercial business is monopolized by three or four men, with some of whom we are personally acquainted ; they can and do sell at their own prices--So far from the American Colonizeation Scheme's being based up- on Christianity or humanity ; we are pre- pared to prove at any time that it is based upon Slavery, prejudice and' hatred' to our race; and their object is only'to drive the free people of color_from their native land, by oppressive laws, that they may easely capture Fugitive Slaves. and per- petuate their hellish system. 2 "Tt is with the colored man of Michi- gan, and not the white man, we have to do, and it is with him accordingly 'we proceed to spin our plain and friendly yarn. Some of it he may know already} and some, probably, he does not know. The Republic of Liberia owns and governs a territory of land lying on the west coast of Africa, of about 700 miles long on the Atlantic shore, and about 40 s been all fairly bought and hones paid for by friendly bargain and treaty with the native owners. Its Government is similar to that of the United States. It has its constitution, its exececutive, le- gislation and judicial power ; its presi- dent, congress and courts; its ballot, re- presentation and recognition of the peo- ple as the source and depository of power. It is admitted to an honorable stand among the nations of the earth. England and France have acknowledged its inde- pendence. The United States and others will soon follow. No white man is con- cerned in its government, and probably never will be. If it were humanly pos- sible, it is providentialy next to impos- sible. The climate, more favorable to the health of the black race than that of Baltimore, or any newly settled part of the West, is fatal to the white. The avenues to comfortable subsistance, and then to health, power and distinction, are in Liberia, as they are in the United States to any white man. The President of the Republic, Mr. Roberts, a colored man, was once a barber in Virginia. He is now a man of intelligence, cultivation and high character. All that he knows and is, he has learned and become in Liberia. On the occasion of his recent visit to Evrope, he was treated with ex- traordinary marks of regard. The Brit- ish Government appointed the Frigate Amazon to' carry him and his family home to Liberia, He was' received on board the ship under a salute of 17 guns, and was treated with all the honors due to his rank. When he'reached Liberia, Captain Trowbridge, of the Amazon, and Captain Byrne, of the United States ship Decatur, accompanied him on shore. On leaving the Amazon, she fired a national salute, which was immediately followed another from the Decatur. A public dinner was given to Captain Trowbridge and his officers by the citizens of Mon- rovia, (the capital of Liberia,) wt which Captain Byrne (commanding a United States national ship,) and his officers, were present as invited guests. The Rey, Mr, Ellis, Pastor of the Presbyterian church at Monrovia, was lately a slave in Alabama. A. colored man of Ohio, is The colored man of Liberia, possessing character, intelligence and enterprize, finds nothing beyond his reach. 'The same man of the United States, with like qualities, knows nothing to be within it. The colony of Liberia, settled by blacks and ruled by blacks, now thirty years Speaker of the House of Representatives. |, Detroit to Buffalo. lars has been expended, exhibits a coun- try prosperous beyond measure and likely to beeome a great Empire; while close alongside and touching it, Sierra Leone, settled by blacks but ruled by whites, now more than 60 years old, upon which many millions of dollars have been spent, shows a region "with no sign of improve- ment and little promise of prosperity, where the whites sicken and die, and those that live are glad to get away." -- Every Emigrant who arrives in Liberia, receives an absolute gift of 5 acres of land, and is sheltered and supported for 6 inonths without cost to himself." HELP FOR THE FUGITIVES. The anti fugitive slave law friends in Macomb county, through the agency of B. H. Thurston, brought to Windsor, and delivered iuto the hands of Colemaa Freeman, for distribution among our fu- gitive brethren who are the most needy, in this vicinity, the following articles: 180 lbs of wheat flour, 190 .Jbs of Buck- wheat flour, 69 Ibs of rye flonr, 80 Ibs of salt pork, $2;80 in cash, and one barrel of second handed clothing. For these kind tokens of sympathy. for our poor distressed people, we would ten- der our thanks. We do assure the do- nors that the articles will be judiciously distributed. by brother Freeman. The above articles were collected in the towns of Armadia and Bruce. We haye just received a box, sent by Miss Sarah Owen, of Grand Blanc, col- lected by her, in that vicinity, for the poor. We would also thankfully acknowledge a small lot of clothing and provisions which H. B. received from the hands of Deacon E.. Fish, of Birmingham, Oak- land Co., collected by him from the friends of humanity, for the same object, in that town. Most of this lot have been already distributed, to relieve the actual want among the destitute. TEMPERANCE FESTIVAL. The Temperance Society of Sandwich, will hold a social festival at the Stone Barraks, on Monday evening the 17th. We are authorized to extend an invita- tion to ail who are interested in the cause, not only in Sandwich, but in Windsor and Detroit.. We expect to be favored with good speaking, good singing, = plen- ty of good cold water and lemonade. The following gentlemen will, be pres- ent, and favor the meeting with short speeches, sentiments &c. : Alfred Derrick, Wm. Lambert, Robert fests. Deculiale ies ayaa seta | Banks and M. J. Lightfoot of Detroit ; Coleman Freeman, Jacob Jones and Is- rael Camel of Windsor; Robert Ward, George Williams, Charies Brown, James Madison, H. Bibb and George Bullard of Sandwich, 'SELF ELEVATION. Henry: Bibb, will addres the inhabit- ants of C. W., at the following times and places, upon the subject of agricul- 'ture, as the most certain road to inde- pendence : Malden, Friday, March 14th, Kings Settlement, Wednesday, 19th, Chatham, Thursday, 20th, Down Mills, Saturday, 22d, London, Wednesday, 26th and 27th. The above meetings will all commence at 7 o'clock P. M., if not otherwise ar- ranged by our friends in the respectiyé places. We hope that those who are in- terested in the promulgation of light on the subjects that now agitate America, respeeting the future destiny of our race, either through the press or the living voice, will make it manifest by getting up, large meetings, and lending us their aid therein. : DANIEL WEBSTER. Tis past position in relation to Ameri- can slavery, and the-duty of all good men respecting obedience to the fugitive slave law, has been masterly and eloquently handled by Rev. Samuel J. May, of Rochester, N.Y. An extract of the ser- mon will be seen on another page. . We recommend the lovers of truth, and es- pecially ministers of the gospel, to read it, Ifthey would only be as true to their calling as Mr. May is, slave holding and slave* hunting in free states would soon become more obnoxious to the christian public than high handed treason, horse stealing, or man slaughter. (== The auction stand of Mr, Stanuc and Larkins, of which an advertisement will be seen in another column, is a good Store for farmers to make cheap bargains. We advise those who wish to purchase second handed furniture cheap, to give them a call. Navieation 1s Now orEN,---Steam- boats have commenced running from he Steamboat Ar- row, has made a trip from Detroit to Silver Creek. The Brothers came down from Chatham to Detroit; the S¢. Louis left Detroit on the 7th inst., for Buffalo, and boats have been running for several old, upon which hardly a million of dol- weeks from Chicago to New Buffalo. ------= | SEND ON THE MONEY. } This paper is sent to some who have never subscribed for it, or been asked to do so by its agents. But as we have good reason to believe them to be interested in the elevation of our people in North America, and especially those who haye fled to Canada for their liberty,we forward ittothem. Ifthey do not wish it continued they will please return this number, Our pay must be in advance. © If they do not wish to patroize us, we shall expect this number returned to Detroit. We have repeatedly requested onr friends in the States to direct all exchange papers destined for the Voice of the Fu- gitive, to Detroit, Michigan. We hope that they will do so. We would also most respectfully solicit our correspond- ents from the States to pay their postage and direct to the same place. ae (= We have several letters of encour- agement, for publication, among which is one from Rey, E. Kirkland of Col- | chester, also one from A. G. Beman of | Ct. They shall appear in our next, as we are unable to get them in the present | number. NOTICE, panied by the Rey. Mr, Sears, will preach for the fugitive slaves in the vicinity of Sandwich, C. W., on Sunday the 16th inst., upon the subject of union. Bro. Foote is a long tried and. true friend of our race. He is also one of the ablest speakers that the country is blessed with, and we trust that there may be a large turn out to hear him. : Rev. Mr. Foote of Michigan, accom- Progress of Liberty in Ohio. We learn from the Anti Slavery Ba- gle, that the Ohio Legislature has again disgraced itself by attempting to re-enact the black laws. One feature of this black code that the hunkers are '" hungering , and thirsting after,' is that "no negro or mulasto shall be allowed to give testi- mony in. any case where' a white person | is concerned asa party." It ig therefore | plainly to be seen that a base attempt has : been made by that legislative body, to | strike down at one fatal blow, all protec- tion of life, liberty, virtue, and property, of the free people of color in Ohio, so far as their testimony is concerned against white robbers, in a court of what is called justice. On the 7th inst., an effort was made in the House to revive the Black Laws-- the motion being made by Mr. Gilcrest, of Knox Co., (Dem.) Mr. Kent of Geau-_ ga thought no man could be so'degraded as to make such a motion. Gilcrest, in his reply said : . "The gentleman from Geauga, (Mr. Kent) is sorry any person is so degraded as to vote for this bill. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to think that my ideas of deg- radation differ so widely from the gentle- men's. I have no doubt that gentleman would not think ita degradation to take to his bosom a negro with all the scent of Africa around him ; and in his fanaticism think it a sweet smelling savor ; yes, Mr. Speaker, he would rejoice to have one of these beautiful specimens of the Al- mighty's displeasure, united in the bonds of wedlock with his daughter or his ser, that they might be more nearly allied to him, by the amalgamation of the African with what seems from the color of the gentleman, but from nothing else, the Anglo Saxon race." | mh A fine legislator'is Mr. Gilcrest. Mr. Kent moved the indefinite post- ponement of the question, which was car- ried, 47 to 15. Of the 47 yeas, 30 were ' Whigs, 11 Democrats, and 6 Freesoilers. The nays, (in favor of the Black Laws,) were all Democrats. (!) They -- were Messrs. Baker, Bennett, Bishop, Black- burn, Bushnell, Carr, Davidson, Decker, Gilcrest, Iliff, James, McKee, Ward Wilson of Wayne, and Yates. 4 Five Whigs and five Democrats w absent. is , 194 ANTI-SLAVERY:- IN MAINE, - \ Baneor, Feb. 26, 1851. Friend Bibb, T have received four numbers of the Voice, and am 'much pleased with the perusal of them; I think the' enterprise was started just at the right time, in the right place, and by the right man; and I most heartily bid you good speed. In- closed is one dollar for the paper. I think the editorial of your last num- ber entitled 'A warning voice," the true doctrine ; it is not safe for the fugitive from southern bondage to remain in any of the Free States, while that atrocious Fugitive Law exists; and the executive and cabinet of this great Republic, are | racking their brains in the fulminating of | proclamations and special messages tO Congress in order to carry out the abomi- nable provisions of this law "to the ful- @ lest extent--to the fullest extent," show- ing a determination thereby to sink or swim by adhering inflexibly to the hypo- * critically styled '* peace measures" of the 3 last Congress: they will find it hard to , fight against God. I am glad to hear