of Pr esident Adams, nents, rated the cir way Roi or res thei ould a) blow to prevent some slave- impeding their progress. Canada, fiom Pie connection with the rown, islegally and constitutionally attitude of antagonism to American Li who a ae into. a his sees 'cla ton. st ey sought on the. She ¢ offers and secures to the Ame- | to the violation of Her Majesty' s laws. could give ab trations of this. 5. It remains to be a that the pre | course, is. their negro-hate. oy isa ene British aor at.. Livery our histor ys I antiae ery labors, organizations, agitation, and newspapers in Canada. the pro-slaveryism of our adopted country. It is for this reason that we leave our own | hearthstone, and expose ourselves to so many | Canadian Anti-Slavery Society. -| the Provincial Freeman. And we do be- our own people will lay this enmity to despotism--low, in a death and burial that shall know no resurrection, and that at no "| very distant day, At any 1ate we shall labor on in hope. Let the pro-slaveryism of Canada be oyer- our laws, constitution, and position be fully and freely exerted, and there is no portion }of the British Empire whose influence | against slavery would be so healthful and so zi "| potent 'as that of Canada.--* A consumma- || tion most devoutly to be wished for." ss _ Apolog Ve This one of the Freeman is published under very unfavorable circumstances. Mr. | Ward is either travelling, or at his residence, more than 350 miles from Windsor, where rhlisod fo J Stee ae atta. =t "arth = > es Pa uee another ey of our relations disgrace to us; Is 'true, a ok it i it is useless to conceal it, n ae are cas tempted | apts to ee as paeriod as gepieies 'th ors o the as nee) ee brought their , too, rae enjoy te ae ee realm; is as fally fiom, sympathy se "counts ae and from their ery patties. a ey country, is nevertheless hood: it is impossible for lim to give fie | it necessary to get out this number at an upon the Committee of Publication to hasten matters more than shall be the case | divided into Orangemen and Catholics; the | Scotch into Hi slaides and Lowlanders; }and any town in the British Empire will | are precisely like any other people, especially _| deeply are we impressed, not only with the ._ | fimily, in this, as in all other respects. "| existing among our people, in respect to-cer- | mark of manliness in us, to think accor ding ) to the dictum of ey ery man assuming to be a leader among us, or who should ple to | lord it over us. | pendent thinking and action. _| the pain of being denounced as a disunionist; follow no demagogue, black or white, in 'of forbearance, forgiveness, self-denial, cha- at the expense of ae principle, is pur- any multitude, compromising principle, 'gathering strength in most of the States, 'Some Canadians look upon it with con- attention to the paper that he would were his pecuniary interests connected with it. After getting his consent-to write for the Freeman, one or two circumstances rendered early day; this has rendered it imperative hereafter, Union. We have frequently heard it said that no e | people are 50 much given to party divisions, dissensions and disunions as the colored peo- ple. But we question the correctness of this very prevalent opinion. The Irish are the English into as many divisions as there are counties in England almost. Then each of these dislikes and is divided against all the rest. Come to religious denominations, furnish abundant proof that the black people are very far from either enjoying or sulfer- nga monopoly of disunionism. The truth is, that in this respect, the colored people are they like any other ignorant people; and the more we see of other people, the more oneness, but with the dkeness of the human Sone fear that the difierences of opinion tain public mations y will prove disas strous. 1 We have-no such fears. Tt would be no We freely confess that we ,| desire no union at the expense of free inde- We: ask no one blindly to follow, or agree with us, upon and He who made us knows, that we will doctrine or practice, into that which our judgment and conscience disapprove, for fear of incurring the blame of any who esteem union as of all things most valuable. Union is desirable--very desirable,--worthy rity, foritsobtainment; but union purchased chased at too. dear a rate. stand alons It is better to , upotprineiple, than to eo with : -- Colonization. This scheme of our Yankee enemies is siderable favor. Such do not know how y most indus riously oa i e their sentiments, and seck to | prevalent and controlling, even We dice against negroes, so prevalent in various parts of the Province, as maintained by many persons of all nations, including, of native Canadians, is one of the * | strongest pro-slavery influences that disgraces and degrades our fair country; it does more - |to place us side by side with American ; | oppressors than any other thing. Every body knows that it is the North and not the South that supplies the power of public f| opinion, of the pulpit, the press, commerce, manufactures, literature, religion, - politics, =i everything that keeps slavery alive. : | the sentiment--the controlling sentiment of h | the the people of the North, that renders | them the volunteer body- guard of slavery, 'The maintenance of oe like oe here, of course, encourages | the. same feeling there, and aids it in doing | its very worst Gore Every Canadian negro- Now | ly, + | tem, and we: ees that there should be | such, is one of the worst facts--the foulest disgrace--the deepest degradation--in all So long as. these rots exist, we shall want , Our humble life shall be devoted. to the counteracting of >- | disagreeables, as a lecturing agent of the Hence it. is we consent, without pay, to scribble for 'lieve that the education and improvement of liberty and humanity,--this friendship for come, and let the anti-slavery influence of this number is printed; end, as Mr. a is Bao 'tion of which the Junior do with the society,--he was merely & spec- the impression in the house was, that they w/ they! in their yaunting Dect aration of Inde- pendence, call the i inalienable rights of all |men. But colonizationists always deprecate the removal of black men to Canada, or anywhere to a really free country. The colonizationists of the United States have unquestionably the control of the United States Government; how happens it that they have not recognized the independ- ence of Liberia ? cognized the independence of any black government in any part of the world? Thé treatment of colonizationists towards black citizens of the United States, towards Libe- ria, and towards other black governments, is a true key to real colonizationism. We shall have more to say of this matter by and by. + The Stafferd House Address. The noble letter of Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland, has excited a good deal of Y jill feeling among the slay ocrats of the U.S. "An article has ea published in answer to it, said to have been written by Mrs. " Cap- tain Tyler." In ita great many hard, harsh things are said, by way of retaliation. Free and to certain poor people about the estates of some of our noblemen; but the indiscri- minate sale of parents and children--the heartless separation of a tender babe from a heartbroken mother--the brisk trade driven in their own mulatto children, which Mrs. 'T. and every other Southern woman, knows to be matters of every-day occurrence, do not exactly find their parallels in England. wicked enough to hold slaves in the West Indies, we had no Fugitive Law for their re-delivery, when they once ran away; and, if we recollect aright, the Somerset decision was made in reference to slaves from our own Islands, as well as from foreign coun- tries. Much is said about Britain having entailed slavery on the United States. We shall examine this point at leneth some day, but let it be remembered that when our neighbors became independent, they adopted slavery of choice. Serious Charges. On the 4th inst. a murder was committed in Windsor, under circumstances of a most ageravating character... The murderer and the murdered were both young men, under age; the first, a youth of violent temper, the other, wherever known, respected for his upright deportment. The commission of such an act, in a quiet village, naturally enough, sent a thrill of horror through the! nity. 23 . The sudden and » 'unexpected ial of the occurrence--the very slight point in dispute, so far as known, and the exemplary character of Wm. Burton, the victim, combined to produce such a result. Most heartily is the taking of life by vio- lent means to be deprecated, and justly. is the murderer degraded in public estimation, but there is a crime of more aggravated cha- racter, which is frequently perpetrated with 'Impunity--there is a class of persons whose assaults are more to be avoided than those of the murderer: the crime of seeking to live by a studied, deliberate misrepresenta- tion of others, is as much greater in its re- sults, than the taking of anothers life (however much we may be horrified at such an occurrence), as the reputation of arational being is greater than that of a helpless idiot, --and those who, in the public character of guides to a heretofore degraded people, so far misapprehend the responsibilities of their position as to willingly commit a species of moral honucide so fatal te the peace of a community, are more to be dreaded than the murderer. The Voice of March 8th, in a leader un- der the caption " A Deed of Blood," charges those in Windsor who have interested them-. selves in the Provincial Freeman, with hay- ing provoked the murder in question, by holding illegal and uproarious meetings, and thus encouraging violence; and that the one held on the 4th was of like character. The facts of the case are these: The meet- ings held here for the last "six months," have been legal meetings,--that point was settled by consulting with barristers of ac- knowledged respectability in their profession, before having held them. The meetings held by the people, and | from which the Editors of the Voice absent- édthemselves, were peaceable, orderly as- semblies--they first and only set the example of confusion in the meetings. The meeting at which the murder was committed, was one of the Debating Soeiety, at the forma- Editor assisted. James 'Tyner, the murderer, had nothing to tator, whom Burton, who acted as sexton for the evening, requested to be quiet when talking, as did several others. He became offended at Burton, only,--insulted him,-- invited him out, and deprived him of life in a few minutes. Their movements, within doors, were so quiet, that but one or two persons knew that words had passed, and when they, and those near them, went out, were indifferent to the proceedings, as the debating had ceased, and arrangements were being made for the next meeting. These are the facts relating to the murder--a _hor- rid deed truly! though not committed at "midnight," but at about a quarter past. # - oJ "ee re ria ee elsewhere under the British Government, or. 'Why have they never re-. reference is made to the poor of London, And, indeed, when we were inconsistent and It is a mistaken idea, that learned and jn- ute ing was over, really, but before it was known to the body that a quarrel had oecurred. The charge against the people of Windsor of having incited disturbance in a meeting abs Ghattinn: is as baseless as that of hae caused the murder. But it is thought ne- cessary to assert that riotous conduct, mur- 1 ders, &c., Hare been the prelude to the Pro- vincial Freeman, arranged purposely by those connected with it. The determination to have a paper was published to the world, not kept a secret; indeed there was no one to fear,-- should be got up, said " everybody that was anybody," hence the Freeman. It is painful to have to recurd deeds of violence--it is also a task to have to allude to the Voice, but when a charge of murder is made against the originators of any public enterprize, the facts must be given, and, if the charge is untrue, the innocent should be ae a paper The London Convention. See the call in another column. The need of such a meeting, now, is manifest. Our popalation sis large, Our means and facilities for improvement, There never was a time, when we had so many ready to aid us, in any well directed effort, for our elevation--so many looking anxiously to see whether our improvement in wealth, mind and morals, aad are ample. will keep pace with the progress of other classes of British American society, or not. Incertain respects, the Irish, the Scotch, the English, the Canadians, and the Yankees, in this good Province are séparate and dis- tinet classes, so in certain respects are the black people. born in the are in many. And what is more, we who United States, or in Canada, points very different from the descendants of Africa, ia other parts of the empire. fore, Peculiar duties rest upon us, there- as a class. Though not poorer, less moral, or less intelligent than other poor people, still, we are very far from what we should be, and: what we can be. This is reason enough, why we should make im- mediate efforts to present position. Indies, raise ourselves above our The blacks of the W among the wealthiest, learned and most influential of Her Ma ajesty's colonial subjects, were, a century ago, as poor and as illiterate as y act ou now most e@are now. sla- very did to them, just w fs af it has done for us. own efforts, under God. we must be. our own What they are We must become such by efforts, as did they. begin too soon. We-cannot There are two other considerations w ich" are not to be concealed. One is, that there are pr ee eXisting 3 a the minds of man = Sy 'ects, against us. Many oe are, who ind ulge the most absurd ideas concerning the capacity of negroes. Some who Stott to know better, are constantly asserting that in America, the negro, is so. different from, i. e. so inferior to, the negro of Africa, f the American negro, are useless. The other fact is, that many of the rights that belong to us in common with other British subjects, are denied us, by some of the more prejudiced classes. that efforts for the improvement There are hotel keepers, andsteam boat owners of this class, aid too many who are British born who uphold them in defying the law touch- ing our rights. We will adda third fact, worst of all. and that is the Too many of our own people either in ill manners, coarse habits, or low. cringing to the negro-haters, give occasion to the enemy. Now, to refute the disparaging remarks, of our enemies, to overthrow their prejudices, to contend for our rights, and in some in- stances to appeal to the law, for the recovery of our rights, all' of these are the. works for our We do "it. "We must meet, deliberate, discuss, resolve. -We must adopt measures for our improvement ; we must show what we are, and what we are capable of. The London Convention, must be one of a series of measures for the accomplishment of these great purposes. There, let all who have any interest in our welfare, show it by their appearance at that gathering. do too much to own hands. must Some, regard the season as unfavorable, because of the state of the roads, June, would be better, some think. that time, May, or But by many will be away, at work on the lakes, and the farmers can ill afford to leave home. evides, if the deputation to England, should go this year, the time of sailing will be about the middle of April, Other reasons, for an early convention could be given but the above, doubtless, are suffi- cient. Come to the convention: Yea come. We hear the rumour that Fred. Doug-. Jass, Eisq., intends to make Canada his future home. Most heartily do we wish Madam Rumour would tell the truth in this instance. fluential blackmen are not wanted here; it is.also a mistake%o Suppose that we can do nothing for the slave th this country, o7, in- deed, that we ean do less here, than in the States... The improvement and development of a people once caslay ed, under a free government, is a work intyior to none to be performed anywhere; both on account of its own intrinsic value, and: be- eause Of its influence upon the cause in the States. We say to our brother Douglass, come over and helpus! A dozen tongues so eloquent, a dozen pens so gifted as yours, were not -too many in this most, promising --inost inviting pele. f nine o'clock, after the business of the mect- increasing Re The differenee between their present | and their past condition, is the result of their. | country, has been great tly diverted into other Province, Tee with them instead of taking the. route = A Visit. = On the Qist of the present man Mowe Mead, Kitchel, Hal lock, and Baker, of De- troit, U. S., a committee of the 'Ref ugees' Tome Beeiiy, ¢ called a meeting of those favorable to, and those against the Rh. H. scheme and Society, in the New School House in Windsor. 'The proceedings on the part of the Committee were peculiar, but there was no mistaking public opinion on the R. H.S. same old-fashioned contempt for the scheme pervaded that large assembly, as had cha- racterized previous meetings, Had the openly expressed desire to vote been com- plied with, the scheme would have been voted down; but no entreaties could induce the Committee to consent to such a proposi- tion. A report of that meeting, with the et celeras, may appear in a future number of this paper. and begging in-general--the From tue Seutn.--Two men, two wo- men, and six children, from Kentucky, ar- rived safely at this point on the 22nd and 23rd, and they report others on the road. of their first suecessful eflort to flee from bondage. Measures are being taken by re- latives and friends to get steady employment for the females,--the men go to Chatham. Wacus.--The price paid. laborers here- abouts is, for Railroad hands, per day, 87cts. (8s. 93d.); Timberers, per month, from 10 to $12 (£2 10s. to £3.) Prices.are higher at, Chatham and vicinity. When the writer of the leading editorial in the Voice of Feb. 22 shall be in the mood of it, we should like to go into facts, histori- cal, proving to whom such epitl ay as "un principled calumniator,"" syren," &e., legiti- belong. There is'an adage about folks in glass houses, &c. And more than one person has seea stones thrown in Wind- matel y sor. We have placed the editorial in ques- tion in our columns that the public may judge of it as a specimen of the leaders of a Journal edited by Messrs. Bibb and Holly. Rival to sweh a paper, Kh? Rival:to Ben- nett's Herald as soon! Jrovincial Parliament. Provincial EMIGRANT AGENT. Mr. CLapuam. moved the. following series of Resolutions, of which he had giveu 1otice, on the subject of Emigration. and the appomtmment.ofa Prov incial Eipigrant Agent, to reside.in the United Kingdom. . That in order to realize all the benefits contenp lated in the establishment of a line of Steam Be ' x ---- the favils erance of the great Public Works: recently authorzed by Law in this] rovinee, emigration ef the labouring classes should be encouraged and promotec x 2. That as the great natural resources of Canada, and its advantages as a future home for millions of the Inman race are imper- feetly known. and appreeiated, and that the route by the River St. Lawrence is the short- est by the River, Lakes and Canals, and proportionably the most enconor nical and speedy for communicating with the interior of this Continent, whether to Canada or the Western territory of the United States, it is highly desirable that efficient means should be adopted, in order that the prevailing ig- norance on these subjects may be dispelled. 3. That inasmuch as it is found by expe- rience that through the influence of pe aid lec- tures and other agencies in Eugland and elsewhere, employed by the proprietors of energetic lines of passenger Ships of a supe- rior a ass from the Ports of the United King- dom, but especially from Liverpool to New Wok and Boston, the tide of immigration and the carrying cop to and through this channels to the prejudice of the ship ping of | the Empire, and to our financial commercial and. agricultural interests ---an Agent quali- fied by general ifombadon and experienced to counteract and modity these injurious con- sequences, ought. to. be commissioned by 1 the to tale known and advocate the advantages that nature has bestowed on this country, and of our enjoyment in its Govern- ment, of the greatest 'amount of Civil and Religious libert 'ty and exemption of taxes, of any "people i in the world. 4. That the services of the aforesaid Agent shall be devoted exclusively to the object for which he is cornmissioned, and that the _-- upon the revenue of ite country asa | salary, should not exceed pounds currency, per annum; that the charges of his transport in first class carriage by Rail: way, Coach or Vessels, and all Bill sfor print- ing, whether for the diffusion of information. in N ewspaper, or by placard and for the hire of lecturezrooms, shall be defrayed by the Province. 5. That one of the duties of the aforesaid Agent shall be to diffuse general information | throug h the press, to address the public ver- bally or by lecture, in all which cases he shail tratismit copies or newspapers, reports. and notices of the same, for the information of the Government and the country. Mr. Cuaruam said that hedid notmovethe resolutions with the view of encroaching on the prerogative é of the Government, but ion with a view of strengthening their hands and aiding them in HS endeavour to establish ee communication between this country and Great Britain, and the thought that all the eredit of the desi was due to the Govern- ment. It was, he continued' a well khown fact, that this country had suffered ver y much from the efforts made on the other side of the Atlantic by parties interested jn other lines of passenger vessels, to Induce emigrants e.St. Lawrence. When in ineland Fy ago, he had heard lectures deliv er- ag in the employ of Liverpool merchants and skjipowners, who were so un- scrupulous as to dis yage the route by the St. Soe oe sd\to. oe age the Y on one oc she They y express great satisfaction at the 2 result | es es soubhe be alo between -as had been explamed by the President of in reference jo the subject of emigration. of ignorance prevailed in England about -easion he felt Sainself G: and refute the statements that he hear 'The present, was, perhaps, an unprop time to bring up the 'subject of emigration 'to Australia, but the people of England were beeen that glitters, and it was discovered that the wages of mechanics in Austr alia bore no pro- portion to the prices of food, and that many persons there would be glad to return, and matters there were alt ogether so discourag- ing that he thought the people of Canada Australia and with the United States. He did not mean to enter upon the subject of actual settlement, but, nevertheless, he thought this would be a good time to do even that, now that the crown lands department were disposing of their lands on such liberal terms. In former times the price of erown lands ing. "One of the prineipa al advantages of the St. Lawrence route is, thatit is so much shorter than any other. Not only is Cana- da $0 infinitely nearer to. Europe than Aus- tralia, but the route by the St. Lawrence is 418 miles shorter than that by New York, and also that by the former route the means of conveyance is much better than through the United States. Another. advantage tO be obtained by the settler in this country is, that there ig a much, larger share of civil nad when there was such a. strong tide flowing | to find- that it was not all gold | } can their teeth. | by early rising. might enter very fairly i into competition with | he eee | tinual feast to the husband that marries it. : was so high as to deter people from purchas- Silence docs not expose and com | speoch does; but itis seldom that -- 'not betray its own hidden meanit import. Lose not the glory of the sun by ¢ seeking to count the spots upon it. ~The less a oe a the more easily yg ean read him. ekheads are impulsig and can no more ce their secs tha A sage has remarked that a man attains to the highest position in. the: shortest 'Effects of Drinking. --He who many glasses will himself become a tumbl The hand that can make a pic is a con-- Betweca life and death there i is frec but the thinness of a shoe. = The heart of a' flirt settles no more tena. ciously on a gentleman's affection than a bi g ton does on one of his shirts, for, 1 in, fact, it. is no sooner on than it is off again. : Modesty is a*handsome ane cover, that makes us fancy there must be- soinething very good underneath it. - There's a secret Gower 'in every heart. as there is in every desk if we only ge how to touch the spring of it. _ One drop of sense is worth hg of words. _ religious fiberty than in any other part of the world. All of these things would have great weight with the British, public. ties people of "England were a reflecting people, and when they found that they could get a with a very light taxation and a large de- ovee of Civ} iT and religious liberty, they 1 would find it more to their advantage to come here than to go to Australia in spite of the gold to be found there, or to the United States, where the price of land was much higher and the means of communication not so "good. 'The motion was seconded by Mr. Drxow. The Hon. M. Camsron had supposed that there would have been a good deal of de- bate on these resolutions, which embraced a subject of the very. greatest importance.-- There had, however, been so many disap- pointments experiencsdl through the agents that had been. sent, that the Gorernment would not feel justified in again taking the heiea. SUE upon themselves unless with the general feeling of the House, and on this subject, therefore, "he wished to see a genera! expression of opinion. The Gover nmient had taken the first step to promote | emigration, by establishing a line of ocean steamers, aad they had also, by means of the department with whieh he was s connected, taken mea- sures tO procure the very best information -for the guidance of intending settlers. The S: >EAKER was about to pat the reso lution, when, "Mie Baows asked if the Gor ernment in-- tended to allow this motion to pass?" Were they to vote for a proposition involving a large public expenditure, without any assent on the part of the Executive, or any estimate of the expense? Surely the Government. could not intend to allow these resolutions to ben in their present shape ? lon. Mr. Hrvxs.--Of course the Govrern- ox could not ee me ee to ae but they sake farm of 100 acres in this country for 100s. Keep your Reheat "open, thoughts shut. Fish for no. compilments for es are caught generally i in shallow water. _ oe Never open your 'mind till you know what there's in it. ws Compliments are the sugar and sweet stuff which ornament the head of a cake ta society. A wrinkle is the lino by which 'Timo gene- railip'tiavdls; "=> s¢ ee She who is too easily pleased with herself rarely succeeds in pleasing others. The man who anticipates too much in the oe future, loses in the present: he looks before : him and has his: seis pes Rito J awetro.--The ship Grey Bagh. , Capt. Whipple, from Rio Janerio, arrived - = Philadelphia, 3d ist., with a cargo of 1000 bags coffee. . A despatch says-- Le -" Capt. Whipple reports the country a as tr anquil, though efforts were still making, In conjunction wail the Ameri icaly and ee tish men-of-war, for the SuniGaes of the slave trade. ---- A slaver hal ran into Mozambique < nel with a full cargo of slaves, which were | quickly disposed of at enormous pri ices, The Cs iptain of the vessel succeeded in making "his eseape, but the vessel and erew were cap- tured by a Brazilian cutter, and cae crew thrown into prison. 2 ai es ~Perpetuat Morton dal Pasi letter. of the 20th Jan. mentions, that the neeessary papers for taking out a patent for an iny en: tion said to realize -- 'perpetual motion,' was . to come by the next steamer to Washington. A locomotive, - one-fifth the size~ of railroad | engines, has, says the inventor, been waning continually since June. Pa LO 5, oe -- =< enesinennnean he thought pie oper. The whole matter was under the consideration of the Government, the Council, ander whose charge it more particularly was. Mr. Crapiam said that ie had no desite to press his resolutions upon the House more particularly as the Government had the matter under consideration. -- All that he? wanted, knowing as he did from personal ex- perience, the importance of the. subject: was, to bring it prominently before the House. He was pertectly willing to. wea his motion. Mr. Muaney said that every mane of the House See be glad to hear what had) fallen from. the Reais of the Council, as to the steps that the Government had taken The subject embraced in the resolution be- fore the House was of the greatest Le tanee. : Hon. Joun Youna said that a great deal | Canada: but still more in- "Enrope. He thonght that next year would show the prin- ciple. portion of emigration would come by the St. Lawrence. He thought the agents Temcolored 8 ne r <= ULERCG YY GALS UE ALU, 3 : man named Robinson, was barnt. to death at Bridgetown on the Ts inst. represented. Mass Convention, admitting all who agree. with its objects, to membership, until other-, wise ordered. Miss Convention in London, Cannéa West. The - undersigned begs leave, most re- spectfully to advise the convening of the colored people of Canada West, on. Wed-. nesday the 6th day of April 1853, to con- sider among others: the 'following proposi- tions: What is the ail condi ition of the Rologed people of this Province asto Property, Morals, and intellectual progress 2 What is now being done for ioe Social, Intellectual, Moral, and Religious i Sapp a ment? What means and measures : are now ia: : ed for the accomplishment of the. elevation. of this large and growing class of Her Ma-. jesty's subjects? -- The several towns it is s hoped will be duly. The Convention will be a- Parties attending will greatly of the Steamship Company would be found of the greatest use in prom oting emigration to this country. He could not, however , Sup- pou the resolutions because they were not sufficiently definite. 'The resolutions w ere ee 'postponed. - Ovds aud Exds, Bout people are never content with tenet Clouds and darkness are over their lot. heads. To them every incident is an acci- dent, and every accident a calamity. Cleobulus being asked, why he sought not to be adv anced to i meeaery and perferment, made the reply: *Q, friend as long as] study - and practice humility, I know where I am ; but, when TI shall hunt after diguities ny promotion, Tam "afraid I shal] site my self, Never forget the kindness which others nor ever upbraid others with | do for you; the courtesies which you do for them, A man who puts aside his religion because he is going into society, resembles a person f taking off his shoes because he' is about to walk 1 upon thorns. ivery young man should remember that the world will always honor industr y» The vulgar and useless idler, whose energies of body and mind are e rusting for want of occu- pation, may look with seorn upon the labor rer engaged at his toil; but his scorn is praise, his contempt honor, The nearer we approach 'the ereve: the more frequently are we visited. by sickness. This may be unple easant, still it is useful. The more-afiiictions' we have, the more wil- linely we die. A man improves more by reading the story of a person eminent for prudence and virtue, than by the finest ae and precepts of morality. Dignity is often a veil between us and the | real truth of things. Wit pierces this veil with its glittering ee, and lets j in the in- solent light. A wall of brass i isa fop' 8 faee, : }dom, and ie us commence a labor which -- facilitate the - obje cts of the Convention by coming prepared to give statistics, of the. number of colored persons in their several localities, their callings, the amount. of real and. personal proper ty owned by them; the _ number of children in schools; 'Temperanee, and other reform Societies, &e, | Something must be dona for our r elevation, and progress, and now is the time to begin. - Our friends may do much for "1s, but the . great work must be done by ourselves. Liv-_ ing under the most free government upon | the face of the earth, we must raise ourselves » up to the position of our brethren in the. West. Indies, and in other portions of the British - Empire, If however, we are the. poor miserable paupers, 'needing incessan: 7 beggary im our behalf, as some represent lei. us tell the world so, at once. If not, lets deny it, like men, and make good our denial by cor responding actions. Come then brethren, from every Town and Township in Upper Canada. Come from your Shops, Farms and Hearth-stones. Come in numbers,. Come from. the lake-_ shore, and the mountain side; come full: and flowing with. the spirit of British free- & must continue, and. with the blessing of |} God result in. our most successful ens ment. = -- Torowro ee ee : . Face J. B. Smith. C. Ww. Dorsey = _S§. E. Edwards T. C. Cooks John J. 'Cary Thos k. Cary J. O. Bonner -C. E. Cooke _ D. Hollins W. C. Cropp - oJ. Lewis J. Brown. J. M. Tinsly A. M. Sarsanet W. P. Newman Lonpon: J. Baker - er A. B. Jones ' Ch Po haweasi=<. A 2D. domed 5... . N. Cary N. Moss : GW. Cary | J. Reeves T. Smallwood. St. ieee ee N. Warren J. W. Lindsay =. SR. Ward. a Ws Taylor 5 eae HAMILTON? >. yo BE Ratierson .. <8 R. Brown oe Peer | : F, Henderson es Gray See as Ww. Hutchinson C. Patterson - SRLS gs J. HL. Bland 'Hiram, Wilson.