A West. WIVDSOR, CAIN. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1852, Extend the Circulation. Any person who will forward, to us four dol- lars, with postage paid, we will send to their order rive copies of the Voice, during the term of one year. . *,* Editors and publishers are hereby respect fully requested to mail our exchanges to Windsor, Canada West, or Detroit, Michigan, as we have now moved our office from Sandwich to Windsor, which is directly opposite to Detroit on the Ca- nada sho *,,* In consequence of the Editor's absence, the publication of receipts and the acknowledge- mentof several communications are deferred until next number. Raiawhlbems <8 Wie MCE 2 et An Unfortunate Debtor. We understand, from a paragraph in the New York Post, that a free negro, named Wynne, purchased a female from slayery for the purpose of making her his wife, thereby, as he imagined, freeing he from the trammels of the slaye-dealers, and rendering her, to the fullest extent, a free woman for life. Several children were the result of the union; but the father, having become in volved in debt, his personal property has been seized, and, among the rest, his wife and children, who have been sold "at prices ranging from $711 to $827." This transaction took place at Golds- boro, North Carolina. -- We are much inclined to doubt whether a pro- ceeding of this description can be justified by the laivs of the United States, Infamous as the laws are in all that relates to our oppressed people, and yile as the individuals prove themselves to be who are selected to carry them into effect, there is generally an appearance of legality in the pro ceedings against us,no matter how completely justice may be outraged. : Common usage has led us to understand thatif a white man purchases a slave for the purpose of giving him his freedom, the slave thenceforth, to all intents and purposes, isfree. If the man who makes such a purchase should afterwards fall into debt, can the individual on whom he has bestowed freedom, be seized and sold for the liquidation of his debts? _ In the present instance, the full worth in money was paid for a human being who was held in bondage; by the purchase she was emancipated ; the purchaser had no idea of converting her into a marketable property, she became a portion of himself and as free as himself. This is as far as common sense can see into the business, But why mention common sense or common honesty to this nation of Shylocks, they are both repudiated in all transactions wherein we are concerned. By recent transactions we have been prepared for almost any outrage, but this violation of justice overreaches our worst anticipations. When the Fugitive Slave Law was passed, which awarded five dollars over the regular fee to every Commissioner who could be found mean enough to trample on justice for the sake of a bribe, we thought that barefaced robbery and pettifogging had reached the climax, but we were mistaken,--- men whom the law considers free, can now haye their wives and children sold for the payment of debts ! Ifit is true that equity must be the ruling principle among men and nations for the purpose of insuring peace and prosperity, and on the other hand that systematic injustice leads to disorgani- zation and ruin, we can only say to the dealers in human flesh and blood--pursue your villanous policy, and pile up fiches by the degradation of your fellow men,---the sooner will the measure of your iniquity be full. Amentoan Antr-Stavery Sociery,--The annual meeting of the American Anti'Slavery Society will be held in the City of Rochester, New York, on Tuesday, May 11th, at 10 o'clock, 4. ., and will continue through the two following days. Ww. Lroyp Garrison, President. Wennett Purtuirs, } Simratarios '"Sypney H. Gay, we American axp Foreign Aynrr-Stavery So- crery --The anniversary of the American and Foreign Anti Slavery Society is appointed to be held on Tuesday, May 11th, at three o'clock, v. ar, at the Broadway Tabernacle. An abstract of the annual report will be presented, with appropriate resolutions; and addresses are expected from se yeral distinguished gentlemen. Strangers are invited to call at the rooms of the Society, No. 48, Beekman street, N. Y. S. 8. Joceryy, Wm. Jay, b Lewis Tarpay, ; ; Wa. E. Warrine, , Committee of Arrangements, Tar Wratuen.--Within the last few days, the weather has assumed a more settled aspect than it has hitherto exlubited; the spring throughout has been wet, cold and cheerless, but we have now had four days of sunshine, and hope for a further continuance. Mefugees'? Home Society. Detroit, April 30, 1852. Friend Bins, Please acknowledge the receipt of the following sums in aid of the Refugees' Home Society. April 12, Rey. C. C. Foote, Lebanon, Ct. $150 0 292, S, W. Pierson, Churchville, Mon- roe, New York - - - 30, Rev. G. C, Foote, New Bedford, Massachusetts - - = 200 0 " $372 0 Also an order from Dr. Osgood for one dozen bottles of Cholagogue. H.. Hartock, Treasurer. Uncle Tom's Cabin. The following unique remarks on Uncle Tom's Cabin are from the Boston Christian Observer : "These volumes are written in the usual interesting and sprightly style of the author, and we have no doubt they will be very extensively, perused, particularly by the people in the Northern States. One por- tion, and quite a large one, in our commu- nity, who are desirous of keeping up an un- comfortable irritation betweeh the North and the South, and wish to keep the muddy waters of abolitionism from a total stagna- tion, will consider these volumes a perfect God-send. But as tothe work accomplish- ing any. real good, we have our doubts: and very many well-wishers to their country will regret its appearance, particularly at this juncture. No man was ever reformed by abuse or ridicule, If slavery ever comes to an end in this country,--and God grant that it may, and that speedily,--other wea- pons than have yet been used must. be brought into play. For the last twenty years we have been quarrelling with our Maker about slavery. But the fact is, God isnot ready to puta stop to it, and will take his own time to bring about ' a consumma- tion so devoutly to be wished,' our puny reformers to the contrary, notwithstand- ing. " This work, we think, partakes somewhat of carivature of Southern habits and South- ern Christians. We believe that Christians South are as conscientious, devoted and true, as Christians North. Christianity is not divided by State lines; yet it has be- come a habit with some people at the North to call into question the sincerity of those professors of religion, who happen to live in a slayeholding State. People who 'live in glass houses ought not to throw stones ;' and would it not be well for us to turn our thoughts inward and see how we ourselves stand in the sight of God, before we accuse our Southern neighbors of hypocrisy ? Bui enough. The fame of the author, and her lively manner of treating the subject ofsla- yery, will cause the work to have a great run,--which is, after all, the great deside- ratum of a true Yankee,--and thousands and thousands of dollars will be the reward of both author and publishers." [We presume, as the above remarks are from 'a paper entitled " Christian Observer," that the writer either imagines himself to be a Christian, or wishes to pass himself off as such: the latter is, in all probability, the true state of the case. We would like to know what description of Christianity that is which so far perverts the intellect as to cause -a man to imagine that an endeavor to reform abuses--a wish to make men do to-each other as they woul' have others do to them--is " quarrelling with our Maker." What does the writer mean? Are we to understand that all the systems of villany now established in the world are under the direct patronage of the Divinity, and that they are not to be interfered with until the Divine Power sees fit to remove them? If this is indeed a fact, how egregiously men have erred in all times past! Rejoice, ye housebreakers and midnight assassins--let the whole fraternity of criminals rejoice--for your time honored yocations are under the' protection of God! 'Society has no right to interfere with your peculiar employments ; and the appointment of magistrates, police and penitentiaries for the purpose of arresting you in your infernal oreupa- tions, are only somany implements of war directed against the Divine Power, which permits and protects your existence, This is no figment of the imagination, for the Christian editor of a Christian paper distinctly asserts it, and he surely would not dare to do so unless he possessed the best authority for making the announcement. It, is recorded in a very ancient book (Job) that Satan was once or twice admittel into the councils of the Supreme, and no doubt the editor of the Boston Christian Ob- server, being possessed of like qualifications, has been awarded a similar privilege. If this is not the fact, how could he so confidently assert that God is not ready to put a stop to slavery ? We must confess that we feel confounded and heart-stricken at hearing this new revelation, for hitherto we have founded our hopes on the words of Jesus Christ, who, in the Christian world, is generally supposed to be the Son of God, and he strongly advocated the rights of the oppressed and denounced all oppressors, characterizing them as "serpents" and a "generation of vipers," who would experience consideruble d fficulty in es- caping "the damnation of hell." But no doubt thisis a fallaey--Jesus Christ couldn't be expected to know so well as the E 'itor of the Boston Christian Observer, who has had more recent communications from the Supreme Cours, The Sriarcuus--Only by making the mling few uneasy, ean the oppressed many obtain a particle of relief,--Bentham, Editorial Leiter. Dear Readers,--A bsence from our post, as well as a long established custom, among journalists, makes it our duty to chronicle some of the most interesting events which have fallen under our notice during our sojourn. : The great Anti-slavery Convention, which has just closed at Cinciimati, Ohio, has been one of the largest, and of the most interesting character we ever attended in the West. The friends of freedom, without distinction of party or sect, assembled in the spacious hall of Smith and Nixon, at ten o'clock, a. m., April 27th, and organized permanently by electing the following officers : f President--Rev. John G. Fee, of, Mason county, Ky. Vice Presidents--lon. G. W. Julian, of Ta; Judge S. C. Stevens, of Madison, Ia,; Frederick Douglas, of Rochester, N. Y.; Rey. E. Nevins, of Cleveland; Rev. D. Worth, of Wilmington ; C. OC, Burleigh, of Conn.; Russel Errett, of Washington, Pa.; Henry Bibb, of Canada West. Secretaries--Mrs. M.M. Guild, Jos. Treat, J. H. Langston, J. McEldowney. Prayer by the President. , Several committees were then appointed, aud the business of the committee went on harmoniously, increasing in interest at its protracted sessions, until the largest build- ing in the Queen City was altogether too small to contain the anxious listeners to anti-slavery truth, and the whole country around seemed to be perfectly electrified by the sterling appeals made here in behalf of down-trodden humanity. The principal speakers in the Convention were, Rev. H, H. Nevins, of Cleveland, O.; CO. GC. Burleigh, of Conn; Frederick Doug- lass, of Rochester, N. Y., and Judge Ste- phens, of Madison, Ia. All these gentle- men did honor to themselves and the cause which they so faithfully advocated before that vast assembly. On the last evening of the Convention, Mr. John Langston and Mr. Douglass addressed the meeting in a style which was highly creditable to them. selves and cheering to the oppressed of our native land. The Cincinnati Daily Times, in speaking of our last session, says : "At night, the hall was crammed, and it is estimated, above a thousand people went away unable to get in. Speeches were made by Mr. Neyins, and Messrs. Langston and Douglass. Mr, Douglass was unsually elo- quent and sareastic, and attempted to gene- ralize his argument. but failed. Fred, is a reat man in his way, there can be no mis- take about that." " The same Journal, in noticing a previous session of th Convention, observes : "Fred. Douglass' speech was the speech of the morning. He is an exceedingly elo- quent declaimer and interesting speaker, but not intellectual. He can excite, dis- turb, disarrange and destroy. He is nar- rowly analytic, but in no wise synthetic, while he denounces, and would overthrow and revenge, he would stiil cling to the skirts of the Anglo Saxon race and inter- mingle with it. The founding of a negro empire on the broad basis of a distinct 'na- tionality, wpon the principles of civil and religious liberty and equality, carried out by perseverance, self-denial, and a faith that penetrates deep into the future, and comprehends a wide horizon, such as cha- racterized the New England Puritans, are too large for Douglass' mind--too large for the minds of the ultra abolitionists of the day. «The speeches of Langston, Bibb, Doug- lass, and a black man from Oberlin, (the first three being nearly white), in the pre- sent Convention, are very creditable speci- mens ofelocution, and respectable as literary productions. These men are living witnesses, eloquent demonstrations of some of the elevating influences of slavery." While we admire the frankness of our contemporary, we differ widely from his view of the subject, but have not time now to reply to it, Itis selfevident that human slayery has always been a curse, and never a blessing; and whether Mr. Douglass was conclusive in his argument or not, he made a good impression on the Conyention, and he, or some other speaker, converted two slaveholders to be practical abolitionists, before the Conyention closed. One of these gentlemen is a distinguished doctor in Cin- cinnati, named Morgan, who was the owner of three slaves, but declared, on returning home from the last session of the Conven- tion, that he was convinced that he had no moral or legal right to hold those persons as property, and that before the setting of another sun, he should release them from all obligations to him by legal emancipation. The 'influence of this Convention will give a new impulse to the cause of liberty, not. only in the nominally free states, but slaveholding states also. It was held on the borders of a slave state,--It was attended by slaveholders, and pro-slavery mien, wlio listened with marked attention to the faithful expositions of their own wickedness, which must have carried con- viction to the heart, But again,--the Con- vention was got up by a few devoted anti- slavery ladies in connection with Dr. W, H, Brisbane, of Cincinnati, whose names should ever be sounded with praise by the Ameri- can bondmen, The hospitible arrangements which were: made by them for the accom- adation of strangers, free of cost, in a city like that, was certainly unequalled by any- thing of the kind we eversaw. May Hea- | yen's richest blessing rest upon them, and may their praiseworthy example be follow- ed by every female anti slavery society im North America, year after year, until the glorious day of liberty shall be proclaimed throughout all the land to all the inhabi- tants thereof. From the Portland Inquirer. Extract from a Southern Letter. The writer, a slaveholder, refers to his past defence of slavery, and adds: "T tried hard to silence the admonitions of conscience and write things to please the South. This 1 know many do. No man raised in the healthful and moral atmo- sphere of New England, can leave home with any appreciation of freedom and jus- tice in his heart and soul, and come South and look upon the slave in all his various conditions, as I have, and not feel that while our nation is receiving Kossuth with a triumphant entry--they are trampling upon the natural rights and liberties of the Southern blacks in slavery, and that while we applaud Kossuth for resisting tyranny, we condemn the black man for the same ; and can what is wrong in the negro be right in Kossuth? The color of the skin does not change the moral aspect of our behavior.' And yet you will see in South- ern papers, glowing descriptions of the patriotism of Kossuth, over, perhaps, an advertisement of a runaway negro--or a tirade against Northern Abolitionists, or Freesoilism. I write this letter on a jarring steamer, and in snatches of time, frequently pausing to run up on the hurricane deck to take a hasty glance at the surrounding scenery, as the sugar-houses are now in full blast, and sometimes four or five steain- boats are in sight--pufling and blowing, laden heavily with rich cargoes, and from long distances, on this great, this glorious river (Miss.) And O, if slavery did not curse this country--what a country it would be! Professor , our gentle- manly State Engineer, remark d to me not long ago, that he had been thinking of it, that if there were no slaves here, land would be higher,--yet he is a slaveholder." Letter from Hiram Wilson. Dear friend Briss. I am happy to announce the formation of a " Refugee Slavs' Friend Society "" in St. Ca'herines, which already nuinbers over seventy members, and includes some of the most influential men in the place. . Of these I would notice particularly the Hon. Wm. Hamilton Merritt, M. P. P., Elias Adams, Esq., Mayor of St. Catherines, Col. John Clark, Collector of Customs, and James Lamb, Esq., Custom House Officer and Editor of the St. Catherines Journal. The colored people here are heart and hand in the cause, three of them are on the Execu- tive Committee of five, of which Mr. Lamb is chairman, The object of the Society is to bear testimony against slavery, by\ex- tendiny sympathy and friendly aid to re- fugees from slavery, who, from time to time, are taking shelter in this section of Canada, and by promoting the education of thcir children. The condition of membership is, the payment of one doilar per annum ; though some give much more. The Pre- sident of the Society is a member of the Town Council and a noble hearted man, formerly from Worcester, Mass. The Trea- surer is a highly respectable merchant, and the Secretary is the humble individual who addresses you. The organization took place in our spa- cious Town Hall on the evening of the 16th. instant. Among the resolutions which were presented and passed by acclamation are the following : 1, That the enslavement of man is a fla- grant sin against God and an outrage upon humanity, not to be countenanced by civi- lized people who reverence the word of God or bear the Christian name. 2. That the sublime and heavenly pre- cepts and principles of Christianity, as taught, in the New Testament, by the Divine Redeemer and his holy apostles, are clearly and powerfully antagonistic to hu- man thraldom, and must prevail till the last vestige of slavery shall disappear from the face of the earth, 3. That Mr. Loguen, who has been obliged to fly from Syracuse, where he had tuken refuge, and hoped for personal safety in a free State, has our deepest sympathies, in his sufferings, separated as he is from his wife, and family, and home. We believe Mr. Loguen has labored assidiously to pro- mote the interests of his brethren who have taken refuge among us, and earnestly hope that his labors may be continued among them, We are daily gaining strength and our cause is onward. Bro. Loguen intends to make some effort to extend the circulation of your paper. I rejoice that Bro, C. C. Foote sueceeds so well at the East in ob- taining the means of procuring homes for the hunted fugitives, : Faithfully and truly yours for Christ and Humanity, Hiram Witson. P.S. Please give this letter, and the ac- companying document as early an insertion as you can in the Voice of the Fugitive, particularly the testimonial to Brother L. as it may benefit him in his travels. i : Tribute to the Rev. J, W. Loguen. We, the undersigned, as ministers and office-bearers of the African Methodist and Zion Baptist Churches of St. Catherines, take pleasure in stating that the Rev. J. W. Loguen, of Syracuse, New York, has been with us most of the time since the first week in October last, laboring faithfully, and with most gratifying success in the Gospel and the cause of Christian education. He has done much for the intellectual and moral elevation of our people. As a devoted and self-sacrificine minister of Jesus, he has greatly endeared himself to all true friends of religion and humanity who have had the pleaswre of hearing him. A glorious revival of religion in our midst, which has brought many of the refugees to a knowledge of the truth "as it is in Jesus," is in no'small degree attributable, under God, to his efforts, His style of preaching, on the Sabbath and week-day evenings, has been clear, convincing, and powerful. Wherever Di- vine Providence may eall bim to Jabor in the Gospel, or otherwise to serve the cause of philanthropy, we freely and cheerfully bid him God Speed. As he is about to leave this place for other portions of the Lord's vineyard, we feel in duty bound to follow him with our prayers and best wishes for his success in the service of our common Lord and Master, and while we deprecate the uecessity for his exile, and separation, by force of wicked laws, from his family and home on the Ameriean side of the line, we shall ever hail his presence in Canada as a tried friend and benefactor of our oppressed and suffer- ing people. In conclusion, we have to add, that his influence against prejudice, and in favor of temperance, as well as anti-slavery, has been most salutary. May God's blessing attend him, Samuel Peterson, Minister A,M.E. Ch. John W. Lindsay, Class Leader, Lloyd Peer, Minister. Henry Ballard, Class Leader. John Anderson, Pastor of the Zion, Baptist Church. Henry Gray, Deacon, JW. Taylor, do. Brother J. W. Loguen haying been' an inmate of my family, and true yoke-fallow in the Gospel of the Son of God, auringzhis: exile in this part of Canada, it affords me great pleasure to express my goncurrence: in the above testimonial from my brethren. May the Divine blessing attend him Tiram Witson, What will Ruin Children, To have parents-exereise partiality. This practice is lamentably prevalent. The first born er last, the omy son or daughter, the beanty or wit of the household; is too com- monly set apart--Joseph-like. To be frequently put out of temper. A child ought to be spared} as faras possible, all just causes of irritation; and never be punished for doing wrong; by taunts, euffs. or ridicule. , To be suffered to: go wneorrected to-day in the very thing for which chastisement. was inflicted yesterday.. With as much reason might a wateh: which should be wound back half the time, be expected to run well, as a child, thus trained, to become possessed' of an estimable character, f To be corrected for accidental faults with as much severity as though they were done intentionally. F The child.who does ill!when he meant. to do well, merits pity, not upbraiding. The disappointment of its young projector, attendant on the disastrous failure of any little enterprize is, of itself, sufficient pun- ishment, even where the result' was brought about by carelessness. 'To add more is as - eruel as it is hurtful. ' : Parents who give a child to: understand that he is a burden to them, need. not be surprised, should they- one day be given to understand that they are burdensome: to: him, ' Michael Faraday, -- ; Michael Faraday, England's most emi-- nent chemist, was born in 1794, the son of" a poor blacksmith. Te was early appren-- ticed to one Ribeau, a bookbinder, in Bland- ford street, and worked at the craft until he was twenty-two years of age. Whilst am apprentice, his master called the attention of one of his customers (Mr. Dance, of Man-. chester street) to an electrical machine and. other things which the young man had made; and Mr. Dance who was one of the old members of the Royal Institution, took him to hear the four Jast lectures which Sir Humphery Davy gave there as a pro- fessor. Faraday attended, and, seating' himself in the gallery, took notes of the: lectures, and at a future time sent his ma- nuseript to Davy with a short and modest account of himself, and a request, ifit were possible, for scientific employment in the labors of the laboratory. Davy, struck with the clearness and accuracy of the memo-- randa, and confiding in the talents and per- severance of the writer, offered him, upon the occurence of a vacancy inthe laboratory, in the beginning of 1813, the post of as- sistant, which he accepted. At the end of the year he accompanied Davy and his lady over the continent, as secretary and assist- ant, and in 1815 returned to his duties in the laboratory, and ultimately became Fullerian Bro snore Mr, Faraday's_ re- searches and discoveri¢s have raised him