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=>. VOICE OF THE FUGITIVE, at WivDsoR, C1VINA WEST ee THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1842. Bxtend the Circulation. Any person who will forward to us four dol- Jars, with postage paid, we will send to their order rive copies of the Voice, duriug the term ol one year. feoeas bh Ss Sa tyes BS %#,% Editors and publishers are hereby respect fully requested to rail our exchanges to Windsor, Canada West, or Detroit, Michigan, us we have now moved our office from Sandwich to Windsor, which is directly opposite to Detroit on the Ca nada shore. : Retugees? Home Societyo A Sprorat Merrina of the Canadian, Refugees' Home Society will be held in the City of Detroit, on Wednesday, the 25th day of August, 182, for the transaction of important business connected with the said Society. A full attendance is earnestly requested, y By order of the Officers, * ' Nathan Stone, President. E, P. Benham, Secretary, _ _ H, Hallock, Treasurer, pak Nathan Power. ; H. L. Power Robert Garner. C C. Foote. George Cary. Henry Bibb. ; » Board of Trustees. P.S. The above is the official notice of the Refugees' Home Society ; and the notice publish ed by E. P. Benham, in several of the anti slavery papers, for a meeting of the above Society, to be held on the 30th of June ultimo, was prematur . Anti slavery papers will please copy the ub ye with this correction. Pail vets Prejudice. 'The detestable gangrene of prejudice is the filthy stench that meets the nostrils of the free colored man in the United States, at every step che takes forward, and every effort he makes to "rise in the scale of being Prejudice there, like the spider's web, is found woven in every phase of society--in the religious bodies, in the political moyements, and in the social circle, and the color 'ed man is as effectually spancelled thereby as the fly in the roeshes of the spider. Some of this 'horrid state of feeling pervades Canada, from its proximity to that vast pool of iniquity. 'Irue, it is not such a concentrated and hileous monster as inthe States, but it presenis itselfin the hate ful aspect of isolated vipers, hissing their poison © ons venom around them, and infecting society to 'some extent. Of this class is a scurrilous sheet 'ealled the " Courier," published in Amherstburg. C. W., which siezes every occasion to magnify the emallest incidents happening among colored peo- 'ple into grounds for an unmerited abuse of them, and thus to spread the venom of prejudice against color. That paper had oceasion to chronicle an affair, two weeks ago, that happened inits vicinity, when it took the opportunity to display the de- testable feeling allucled to. E ae stated that a steamboat landed at their I rf , containing a aumber of negro passengers, ttt ashore, called at several places for or, where they were'refused, but at last they finally succeeded in getting it at one place, where they had taken three or four drmks apiece, and 'went off without paying for the liquor. Finally, they, got in @ very serious riot with some of the citizens, using deadly weapons, to the injury of some persons in the affray. Now we huve re- spectable authority, from the same place, which gives quite a different version of the affair, and proves the statement to be essentially false 'Those men, who created this aftray, were not pas teugers, but hands employed on the boat, and, in- tend of the inference that might be drawn from 'this high colored stutement of the case, that these men 'had maliciously, without cause, attucked peaceful and unoffending citizens, the faet is, that the affray was the result of a quarrel between them and some other colored men working on the _ Itis true, the term " citizens," which he to those men on the wharf, is proper in itself; but why did he mention the some strange negroes had wantonly attacked: eome of our white citizens? But, not content h pres enting this girbled statement of the 'proceeds to charge the colored immigrants 'who come and setile there, with idle 3. a ausing three-fourths of the legal ex. es for crime in the country. Now, it would ch I the truth to assert just the contrary, are the indolent class of the population, who ating and, fishing, and trifling their time insignificant occupations? The colored ® general ving, cannot he trathfi.lly d as. thal classy notaithgianding there is ortion f the population under the: ver) npbe of the Gourler,.... On the other hand, what class cut a large share ef the wood in the forest about "Ainherstbury, -- part of the harvesting, and a large share of all the laboring work? To answer these questions truthfully, it must !e¢ ackuwowledged that the class ar tien whom the Courier vilifies, do as much as any other, and considering their rela- tive numbers, more than their share. And by a close investigation, facts might show that they absulutely do more thun the others, notwithstand- ing their numerical di-proportion--the colored people being less than the whites. And, in relation to the barefaced assertion that three fourths of the expenses of the county, for the admnistration of justice, are ineurr don ac- count of the colored immigrants im Canada, it is inost too, palpable a falsehood to need a serious reply. 4 here is not a more orderly aud law: abiding class in the community. Inquiry of any of the sherufs or constables, or a reference to the cases that ure tried inour courts, will prove thi- proposition to any one who will take. this trouble to fin)l out the. truth in thismatter The te-timp nials the Rev. Josiah Henson collected. ad car ried to England, have settled this poip', xs a mat ter of history before the world, fuvestigation has been specially made, in sone of the principal towns of this county, and jt is believed that not asingle. case of crime, of a serious nuture, has occurred amone st those who have left the free States and come, to Canada for refuge, since the passage, of the Fugitive Slave Liu. With these facts glaring the Courier in the face, and of which it could not have been ignorant, what must have been the object of misrepresent ing awhole class of the community? Why the object is clearly shown to be, by the conclusion of the article, to vaise a hellish feeling in order that something may be done to shut Canada against the colored mun, as an asylum from the oppressions of the U.S. Thank God that this feeling, as we observed above, shows itself here in isolated individuals. The intelligent and patriotic inhabitants of Canada, wliose opinions are worth respecting, parta!e not of this poison; they feel, speak and act differently. Therefore the colored people can defy the vipers who hiss and crawl around in their slime, not daring to harm them. They may expect such a hateful feeling fio those infected with Americanism, and who itch to be steeped in the bloody miquity' of the American Union, Such repiiles will oppose them because they cannot count on them as friends to their secret hopes; but rather they see in them, as faithful law abiding subjects of Her Maje project of Oanadian annexation to the American Union. Inevitable defeat, disappointment, and disgrace are the doom of those momentary slan- derers. But so long as loyalty, good men, and laudable efforts are on the side of colored men, they h.ve nothing to fear; and they will yet have to triumph over the exit of their enemies, whose room they will occupy more profitably to God, Humanity, and the British Empire. sty, a tremendous barrier to the most distant In conclusion, we would seriously ask of the colored people and their friends, if any of them can consclenti ously continue longer to support papers of such descrip ton? Do they know that it was just such pupers as this which secured the passage of the Fugitive Slave Luw in the United States, und that would be willing to have the sime re enncted here? Will they warm into life the serpent that will drive his envenomed fangs into their bosoms? We hope that their actions in future will [rove that they are true to themselves and the righteous cause to which they are pledged, But simply refrrining, from the support of such papers is not enough: they should feel imperatively bound to sustain an antl slavery Pp per, to roll bick the tide of. iniquity thut these foul sheets are fostering Something mu tbe done to coun tervet this influence. and there is no other effectual m*thod by which it can be done than rallying to the support of those heralds whose principles are governed by the eternal laws of truth and justice. Mritish American Institu'c. The following letters have been sent to. us for publication by the Canada Anti-slayery Society. Mr. Wilson addressed the Secretary to have a mis-statement in the first annual report of the Society corrected, in relation to the part he had taken in founding the Dawn Institute, which rob bed him of his honors, The secretary wishes to 'make that correction by publishing Mr. Wilson's letter, at the same time, he wishes to make a yery proper statement in relatio, to what his Society did for the Christina hero, previous to the time that Mr, Wilson came across him This statement will rob Mr. Wilson of some of the laurels that may have been ascribed to him, as being the first to meet the immortal Parker on the Queen's free soil, However, those corrections we con ider to be of very small moment to the public, but the latter is as proper to be made a the former. But we will remark, in relation to the honor of founding the Dawn Institute, that the lamented James Canning Fuller is gone where such worldly honor would not be of any service, even did it belong to him, further than that it was prompted by a spirit of Christian benevolence inseparably connected with humility. But we trust he had enough of such deeds, aside from what he may have (one for the Institute, to exalt him in the abode of the angels. To the Editor of the Voice of the Fugitive. 7 Toronto, July Sth, 1852, Sir,--A few days ago I received a let- ter from the Rev. Hiram Wilson, of St. Catherines, in which he refers to the state- ment made regarding the Dawn Institute, in the First Annual Report of the Anti- avery Society of Canada, and requests thatpublicity. should be be given. to. the corection which he purposes to make... As the committee, in drawing, up the report, bad no desire to, rob Mro. Wilson. of any honor he may have aequived in connection with the above Llustivution, may I request you may deem essential. The information | of the committee was derived from what | they considered reliable sources, and I doubt not Mr. Wilson will cheerfully acquit them of any intentional omission, or of any de- sie to withhold " , onor from him to whum honor is due, Tn this correction 1 cannot hut refer to a short communication of M:. Wilson's, which appeared in a late number of the Voiee, and in which he introduces to you William Parker, the ' Christiana Hero." No notice is taken of the fact that Parker and his companions had been kindly veeeived by the Society in Toronto. --aided by them during the winter, and -upplied with money to convey them to the Elgin Settlement, if not to pay a part of their first instalment for their farms. As this appears to have been 4 private note not intended for publieztion, I can fully acquit Mr. Wilson of any wish to omit the above facts, which wore known to him. At the same tine T deem it bat just to the So- ciety to make them public, as the letter referred' to has beén copied into some of the U.S. papers. Lam, Sit, yours yery truly, T. Hensrna, Secretary A.S.S., Canada. St. Catherines, June 26, 18/2. Thomas Henning, Esq., Secretary of Upper Canada A.8.S. Dear Sir,--I notice'on pages 16 and 17 of your Anual Report, an incorrect state- ment respecting the Institution and settle ment of colored people at Dawn, which ought to be corrected. The Report reads thus: "The Dawn settlement is on the banks of the river Sydenham. Besides the educational insti- tute, established about twelve years ago by the late James Canning Fuller, of Skanea- teles, there are three hundred acres of land. on which are settled about five hundred refugee's,"" de. ; Ist. The Educational Institute was es- tablished by myself and not by James Can- ning Fuller. That excellent philanthropist took a deep interest in the welfare of the refugee's in this country, and having oecasion to visit Englind, in 1840, on business of his own, he corresponded with me before he started, and, at my suggestion, raised £350 sterling, mostly atnong Quakers, for the purpose of establishing an industrial or manual labor school, for the benefit of refugee's and their children. Prior to that tine T had been laboring in Canada as an anti-slavery agint and missionary for four years, and, but for my exertions in this field, which prepared the way, and my communications to Mr. Fuller, which he bore with him to England, he would have made no attempt to raise funds for the above named purpose, and when raised it deyolvea on me not only to seluct a suitable location, purchase the jand, and lay the foundation, but to build the superstructure, and, as the mainspring of the extablishinent, to direct and manage it fur nearly seven years, from its beginning in the wilderness ; whereas' my good friend Mr. Fuller, though a leading Trustee, was never on the wround but once, snd then, it had been in operation for about one year. -The 800 acrés of land were purchased and deeded to Trustees solely' to' subserve educational purposes, and no fumilies have settled upon any, part of the tract, except as they wereemployed about the Institute. There are probably about five hundred colored jeople in the vicinity of the Insti- tution, say within three or four miles of it, but not on the Institution lands. 'Though I spent about seven years of the best portion of my life in moulding and managing the concer, and made much greater sacrifice on its behalf than any. otier man dead or liying, 1 am not tena- cious for the honor of having done so, but it is right that the truth should be known. " Honor to whom honor is due." Very Respectfully yours, in the cause of, philanthropy, dinam Winson. 'P.S, Please give publicity 1o the above in the Glube, or some anti-slavery paper. Local Waiters, ' Tue CetrrrAtion.--The meeting of the citizens of Windsor, to make arrangements for a public celebration on the first of Aug., assembled on Monday evening, the th instant, pursuant to their previous adjourn- ment, f The committee of arrangements reported in part their plan of preparing for the cele- bration, and were granted further time to complete their arrangements, with instrue- tions to call a special meeting of the citi- zens by a public notice, when prepared to report in full, Sertovs Accment.--A man in this vil- lage had his arm broke, by the uptwning of a vehicle, in which he was riding, which precipitated him' violently against the ground. vt Temperance Mrgvune.-- The reeular monthly meeting of the Windsor Tempe: rance Society was held on Wednesday evening the 7th inst. Elder St, Clair was present and delivered a very interesting | being seized by the bloodhound: man-hun- address on the subject of Temperance, Vhe 4 neighboring societies of Detroit, Sandwich, and Amherstburg, to unite with them. Retretous. -- The Rev. Mrs. Green, preached in the Methodist church in this village, last Sunday, a very interesting discourse from the parable of the Prodigal Son. 'There are several ladies, who are tolerated as preachers conneeted with the African Methodist Episcopal Chureh, which probably is the the only church organi- zation, that has made such a practical ad- vance in the Doctrine of woman's rights, as not to make a positive prohibition, of the gentler sex betoming religious, exhorters, if they feel called upon to do so. However at the last General Conference of that chureh they refused to grant to them the same ecclesiastical regulations as are en- jeyed by the sterner sex. . Srpecrst Mrrrinc.--The committee of arrangements for the celebration, called a special meeting, which assembled on Tues- day evening 13th inst. The celebration was appointed for the 2d day of August, as the 1st occurs on Sunday. A public dinner will be prepared for the occasion by Mr. Solomon Smith. The Temperance societies of this* village and adjacent places will form a procession. And Messrs. Samuel R. Ward, F. Douvlass, Gerrit Smith, S. F. May, and J. N. Still, who have been invited ar expected to be present and address the 'asseinbled multi- tude, CORRESPONDEN'ES., Erman Lapnam.--We have received a letter. from this anti-slavery veteran, who writes from Farmington, Michigan, which whilst it gives us a word of cheer in our struggles for the oppressed, it at the same time conveys us some material aid, which must be, and is the bone and sinew of our enterprize. We trust some of our younger friends may take pattern by this venerable father in the cause. We make the follow- ing extracts from his communication : "T am getting to be an old man, about in the middle of' my seventy. first year. It cannot be expected that I'can be as ex- pert in this business as younger persons, although I haye travelled on foot about one half day, and have obtained four sub scribers, one dollar each, for the Voice of the Fugitive. "Five dollars [in addition] I send for two reasons. # think the Voice of the Fugi- live a good paper, and well pays for read- ing; and I wish to help sustain it. I sin- cerely wish that something could be done that those subseribers who feel an inter- est for the slave would try, for a few days at least, to get as many new subscribers as they can, or ald something to their own subscriptions. And now, friend Bibb, T will say to 'thee and Partner, do not be dis- couraged ; the darkest time always comes just before day. Ihave faith to believe abolitionists, with the help of the Voice of the Fugitive, and Uncle T'om's Cabin, will, ere long, God helping them, win the field, for methinks I hear a voice saying to the South 'give up! and to the North 'keep not back !' Ihave a confidential hope that the time is not far distant, when these U.S. can say with one voice, there is not so much as one bond slave in the Union! And then the promise will be partly fulfilled that says, 'Righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters do the sea." Wit1tam C, Virersta.--this correspon- dent writes us from Rome, New York, a very flattering account of the colored peo- ple, located in that beautiful and thriving village. We can 'testify to the general re- spectability, thrift, and hospitality of them from personal observations. 'The kindness that we received at their hands, about two months ago, will be ever gratefully remembered by us. We give a short extract from his letter. " All the colored people are doing well in Rome. The Temperance cause flourishes finely amongst them. We have about 188 colored people in the village, and out of that number there are 75 who lave joined the Temperance Society. It has been organized only six months, and you can not imagine what a difference it las made in Rome." : ' Ezexre, ©, Coorzr.--This ecorrespon- dent writes us from Buxton, Canada West. Ie has lately removed from Northampton, Massachusetts, with his father's family, who 'left there in order to avoid the liability of ters, under the infernal edict of 1850. We subjoin an extract from l\is communication. "T consider that Canada is the place where we haye our rights, We might stay in the United States, and preach for rights and liberty wntil our heads are Jaid beneath the sod, and the result will be, that our childven will still be under the yoke. But let them come to this province, and all join in one united yoice, and at the same time varrivs it in the town, piles it up on the wharves, that you will, jusert in your paper the ac-| Society also resolved to partake in the fes- and louds the bots with it? Whodo a principal) companying letter, or such patts of il, as} tivities of the 1st of August, and invite the our redemption. * * We have pur- chased 50 acres, and are now to work on it, * * * We have got a flourishing school here and the teachers appear = takea lively interest in teaching the colored people. 'There are some noble colored scholars here who may do much hereafter to elevate their-race." Gerrit Smiva Esa.--We have received a communication from this distinguished philanthropist, wishing us success in our enterprize, and backing the wish up with the generous donation of $3. Meeting in Chatham. Pursuant to an appointment, the colored inhabitants of Chatham met at the Second Baptist Church, on the Sth of July, 1882, for the purpose of hearing an anti-slavery address from Henry Bibb, of Windsor, Canada West. The meeting was called to order by 'ap- pointing J C. Brown, President, and R.M, Duling, Secretary. Prayer having been offered by the Rev, H. T. Smith, the Chairman introduced Mr. Bibb to the audience, whereupon he came forth and sung one of his popular anti- slavery songs; he then proceeded to de- lineate the wronys of the slave system, and finally closed his remarks with one of his most animated and soul-stirring appeals in behalf of the bondman amid continued cheers. After which, J. M. Jones, a ora. duate of Oberlin College, being londly called for by the audience, came upon the stand and addiessed the meeting in an able manner; setting forth the MeANs hecessary for the elevation of the free colored man and the redemption of the slave, pointing out our present position in society and our future destiny. At the conclusion of these addresses a resolution was pass: d, inviting Mr. Bibb to meet with them the next evening, and a committee was appointed to draft resolu- tions to present at that mveting. . The meeting then adjourned to meet on the 6th instant at half past seven' o'clock, P.M. The meeting having assembled accord- ing to adjournment, the President im the chair-- Prayer haying been offered by the. Rey. Handsbrow, Mr. Bibb: addressed: the Ladies of Chatham on the duty of female influence and action in behalf of the op- pressed; after which, James M. Jones came forth, by invitation, to present the best means whereby the colored people of Ca- nada might aet most efficiently for the emancipation of the slaves in the United States. j The Anti-slavery Committee then re- ported, through their Chairman, the fol- lowing preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the meeting. -PREAMBLE, Whereas, the history of the oppressed, in all ages, plainly shows that those who-have emerged from their condition, have done so only in proportion to their own exertions in their own cause, therefore, Resolved, That self-elevation is the most effectual, if not the only way, by which am oppressed people can be truly elevated; and that we hold it to be an infallible rule, that he who-will not help himself is un- worthy of the support of others. Resolved,,That we feel that we are not. acting for ourselves alone, but for the slave in his chains; and we are. responsible if we neglect, where duty calls, ee Resolyed, That we regard female sym- pathy, in the cause of freedom and huma- nity, to be of the miost vital importance, and that we do hereby most earnestly solicit the aid and co-operation of our sis- ters in the elevation of our race. The following preatuble and resolutions: of a local nature were also adopted : . PREAMBLE. Whereas, the only true and safe method of elevating our people from slavery, in- temperance, and other evils that afflict s0- ciety, is to encourage education and sound religious instruction amongst them, by competent persons who are insympathy with them, therefore, we Resolved, That it is with pleasure that we witness the progress of the Free Mis- sion Schools in this place, and we tender our sincere thanks to the worthy female instructors of Sunday School. Resolved, That we will not recognize or countenance any missions or agents residing in Chatham, or sent to' the same, contrary tothe wishes of the colored people, and we therefore desire the immediate recall of all such who have rendered themselves ob- noxious to them. : ' Resolved, That we will not' fellowship with slaveholders, their apologists or ubet- tors, nor permit such ministers to officiate in our churches. : = Schools in Canada. Dear Fuerrive,--We have just visited where we have been laboring for the ad- vancement of the cause of temperance and anti-slavery, as a means of elevating our race; but we have only time now to give a brief sketch of our observations on schools among this class. UD At Buxton, under the supervision of conduct, ourselves in the capacity of respect- ahle people, and we ean work wonders for) best of schools, which is open free to all children, without regard to color, and which Chatham, Dawn, London, and Buxton, . Rey. Wm. King; they have one of the very - &