'nada shore, ; _ against you through my letters, that you might » wot deceived by the long practice of your churel; ' order rive copies of the Voice, during the term of ' 'enough to arise and sweep slavery like a mighty THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4, 1852. Extend the Circulation. Any person who will forward to us four dol- lars, with postage paid, we will send to their one year. To Postmasters and Subscribers. For all subscribers in the United States, the Voice of the Fugitive is mailed in Detroit Mich. So that the postage should be no more to the sub- scribers inthe States than it would if the paper "was published in Detroit, ¥,,* Editors and publishers are hereby respect: fally 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- The Whig party of the United States Skunked! The returns from all parts of the United States 'so far as heard from up to this date, plainly shows that the Democratic party have carried almost every Statein the Union; and while the Whig 'party has fallen off, the Free Soil party has large- Jy inereased with Hon, Jouy P. Hate at its head. "The Free Soil party is the only growing political |, "organization now in the United States, _ God speed the day when they shall grow strong -alayanch from America. | Letter to my old Masor: fetde .pNoil 85 Mr, Aupert G, Sister: PeW Sin : You wiil perceiye that I have not yet done 'with you: as I promised in my last that if you did not answer soon to the charges brought expect to hear soon from me again: and as the trath is all against you, silence seems to be your only defence ; neyertheless I shall continue my' Jetters for your spiritual good, and the spread of anti slavery truth, unless I shall hear from you by letter. As you are a Methodist class-leader, and you will doubtless understand my meaning, when I inquire after the state of your mind. Have you repented of selling my brother George, from his wife and children, after having set under his preaching over and again and, communing with and acknowledging him as a christian brother, in the same church with yourself? A man pro- fessing Godliness as you do, who has wilfully separated husband and wife, children and parents, and sold.a minister of the Gospel into perpetual bondage, is an open yiolator of the diyine Jaw, and must without repentance, be banished from the presence of his God. Again I ask how yon feel unde? this eharge Allow me now to call your attention, to your treatment of my poor mother, soon after the death of her husband. My step-father as you well know was free' born, and had labored for seyeral years previous to his death, to ransom my mother--you had. sold her to him for the sum of $300, $165 of which he had paid you and taken your receipts for the same, previous to his death. But alas--he got seriously injured by an explosion on board of a steamboat, which burried him into a premature graye. Motley liad given birth to her youngest child after the better half of the purchase money was paid for her ransom, which entitled the child to its liberty as well as the mother: and a gentleman by the name of Robert English, kindly offered to pay you the balance of mother. and her ehild's ransom price, which was $185 and to allow her a chance to earn the money and pay him back: but you refused to accept the money, and told mother that if she would work on for you as she had done for two years longer that you would set them at liberty, But after she had labored for you faith- fully for about three' years from that date, you then sold her and her youngest child to George Ray, of Bedford Ky. who kept her toiling over a burning cooking stove, as chief cook in a public hotel for nearly 6 years before she was released; at the'expiration of which time her constitution wasicompletely broken, so'that it was again to emancipate her and not a loss to the owner. Her youngest child which was entitled to its free- dom was then sold away toa "soul driver," and sweknow not where he is, And now remember --that for all of these things God will bring you into judgement," You haye not only lived up on the 'uirequited toil of your fellow men, from your cradle up to the present time: but you have wilfully distroyed their social happiness, by for- eibly making orphans and widows of those for whom Christ suffered and died on the cross--by withholding from them the word of Eternal Life, by enforcing aduletry aud concubinage among the enslaved and by inflicting stripes, chains, inpris- onnent and unutterable suffering upon the chil- dren of God. Again I ask how you feel brother, with all of this guilt resting upon your head as an accepta- ble class leader in the M, EB, Church south? Be you have an awful account to render to the great Judge of the Universe, slave holding religion is of the devil, and your only chance for salvation lies in repentance before God and "faith in our Lord Jesus Christ." Now if you have any thing to say in reply I should be glad to hear from you, if not I shall continue to preach in this way against your slave holding religion, and to hold up the doctrine of repentance. Yours for God and humanity. H, BIBB. ed Local Matters. We have been blessed with an unusual pleasant fall, with excellent crops of wheat, corn, potatoes, apples and peaches. We have also been blessed with dry and plea- sant roads up to the present time} but now we have mud enough, and bad going for men and horses. | Our pathmasters in Windsor have acted like the stupid man to- wards his unhappy family, who said that the house needed no covering in diy wea- ther, and that it could not be covered while it was raining. Not a shovel full of dirt has been thrown out of the ditches by them in Windsor this fall, nor a -plank laid down to walk on; and yet the people have been taxed for such improyements,-- We are requested to ask who has got the one ? We suppose that the pathmaster seldom rides or walks up or down the hill by Mr. Dougall's store to the ferry in wet weather, or he would repair the road and sidewalk. The barque Ontario, has just discharged a heavy cargo of castings at the Windsor dock; among which are many splendid cooking stoves &e, During the past week our docks haye been literally crowded with large vessels from the lower Lakes with goods for our 'western merchants, We see that Mr. Jas. Dougall has got a fine assortment of winter clothes for both male and female wear, and at much lower. prices than the same quality of articles can be bought in the Detroit market. Go and price the goods for yourself. Anti-Slavery im Michigan. Anti-slayery societies are now being form- ed in various sections of the State On last, Saturday and Sunday a State anti-slavery conyention was held in Adrian, which was largely attended, and kept wp with thrilling pinterest ; so we are informed. We attended a large gathering in the Me- thodist meeting house at Farmington, which was called by the anti-slavery society of that place. We were inyited to address the meeting, and to which invitation we resjonded with a somewhat lengthy anti- slavery speech of course. At the close of the meeting, seyeral united with the A. 8. society.. We believe that' Farmington' is one of the best anti-slavery towns in' the State, that is, for its unflinching devotion to the cause. . Setr Emaxorpatroy.--During the last 48 hours, there has been 23 arrivals here from American slavery. | They consist of men, women and children, God speed them on their flicht. Let it be remem- bered that "Canada comprises an area of about 346,862 square miles, a territory nearly six times the size of England and Wales--hence affording abundance of scope for a mighty nation ;" and that John Bull "Js standing on our shore, With arms extended wide, 'To give the refugees a home Across the swelling tide." A Prosslavery Writer in Canada. This poor narrow: minded prejudiced in- diyidual under the anonymous caption of W. C., has the second time spit out his malignant prejudice through the, columns of the "Canada Oak," 'against the settle- ment of a people in Canada, who are well mown to be among the most loyal sub- jects to Her Majesty's Crown. As to the imputations which the writer attempts to cast upon the character of the colored population who are now settling jand clearing up the unbroken forests of 'Canada West, it is nothing more than we expeet from a poverty stricken covetous mind, when bolstered up by a few bar- room loungers like himself. The writer charges us with haying "decended to low yulgarity "in our reply to his first article "without provocation." We are instruct- ed in Holy writ to " answer a fool accord- ing to his folly ;" which rule we felt called upon to adoptin this case. We said that his first letter was a poor weak thing, .des- titute of principle or argument ;--and the second we think is a perfect failure, al- though it is placed in the most conspicuous place in the "Oak," for a leading article. We have an idea who the writer is; and we thinkit is well for the character of that journal, that the writer's name does Meant and why the work has not been} taken, hé is a drunkard, a profane swear- er, and a disgrace to the business which he follows for a liyelihood; and is therefor morally 'and pecuniarily inferior to the peo- ple whom he wickedly seeks to persecute. He says that we are 'determined to foree our way into white society, by every means in our power." If the picture which we have sketched of the writer's character be correct, we are sure that no respectable colored family would feel them- selves very highly honored by being forced into his soviety, W. C., wishes us to tell what object the refugees from slavery haye in settling in Canada? 'This is a very sin- gular question for an intelligent man to ask ; yet we will answer it. They came here for freedom! Because this is a free country ;and for the twofold purpose of getting homes for themselves, and an education for their children, by complying with the laws of the country. Butall who are emigrating to Canada, are not refugees from slavery--all are not ig- norant and poverty stricken, There are scores of colored settlers here who have moved to this province, within the last two years, who are worth from one to five thou- sand dollars; and within that' length of time, they have increased the trade of the shopkeepers and stores of Sandwich and Windsor, more than five thousand pounds sterling'; they have raised the prices of fuel, provisions and house rent; they haye large- ly increased the travel here on the public conveyances, and raised the price,of farm- ing land in this county, more than fifty per cent. But not only so, they have largely con- tributed to the county treasury's fund, and and have established in this township three flourishing schools, which are unaided by the public school fund ; and without boast- ing, we can safely say that we have not a fuir representation with the whites in the county jail, or\pauper houses, What say you to these facts, neighbour W.' 0 ?-- This is what we are doing, and propose to continue todo, You say in this last let- ter that we "are a yery ignorant and over- bearing race of men" &ec, and yet-youseem awfully afraid that the white ladies of Ca- nada will make choice of this class for lus- bands. Give yourself no 'trouble Mr. W. C., for if the former is true, the latter will take care of itself. We will give here a paragraph of the writer's own letter, which seems to conflict with the whole spirit of the letter. "JT do not allude to externals--it is not the " outside of the cup and the platter"' that I object to--it is the character 'and not the color of the negro which arouses the repellant feelings of white men gener-, ally, and it is the perfect, hopelessness of changing' that) character which presents the greatest bartier to the amalgamation of the races." "* * ~* «Colored voters will soon exert a strong influence at the bal- lot box" &e, According to this passage of his letter, where there is an equality: of attainments, he has no objection to amal- gamation of the races," it is not the color of the skin that he objects to, but the char- acter. We raise no issue with the writer on this point--color is but matter; mind makes the man.. An ignorant degraded white woinan is just as objectionable to us, as a black woman. of the same character. But we wonld enquire why the writer's apprehensions are more aroused when he sees the colored man approaching the bal- lot box, than they are when he sees the white man with equal intelligence approach- WMH Pic, dae: jections, the same argument that would apply to the ignorant black man would ap- ply to the white man also. Wealth and intelligence in all civilized communities, controls the political destiny of that country; and we are satisfied that none fears the ballot box so much as the tyrant at heart, who lives upon the spoils of office, Well may he become alarmed in view. of the danger of his "craft," when he sees the honest farmer approaching the ballot box with the politician's destiny between his finger and thumb. We are willing to submit to the laws of our adopted country, and to be governed by the same rule ondy that other men are. Much of this article has no application or reference to W. C's letter; for there is much of it unworthy of notice, He that would make a door of gold, net appear in full; for if we are not mis- must drive in a nail eyery day, ! If color hasmothing todo' with his: ob-| Death of Daniel Webster, Messrs Eprrors -- The flags are displayed at "half mast" of the poles occasioned by the inteligence of the decease of the late Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, As if he were not dead long ago. THis transit does not date from the time of the dissolution of soul, and body ; but from the time when he unsaid all that he had ever said worthy of record; when the Intellect that a mythical god might have envied was bowed to the dust, and the most eloquent tongue that Amer- ica ever produced, deigned to lick the dust from the blood stained car of the Molock of slayery,--when his potential voice was raised to drown the deep rumblings of the thunder which the Buffalo convention stole from him--when Sampson-like he placed his collossal shoulders against the pillars of the Fugitive's Temple of liberty, burying himse]f in its ruins: Daniel Webster, died on and after the seventh of March 1850, and with his own huge paws dug his po- litical grave. F --"from those great eyes The soul had fled, When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead." T know all who dare speak in other than terms of paregyric of those 'who full of 'honor, years, and corruption descend to the grave are denounced as hyena's. There are those however who choose to give to the dead their, merits. Let hire- ling priests, and time serving 'politicians, talk of purity, virtue and integrity, " Where foul corruption ; Bloated vice, and blasted Ambition held their Bachanalian Orgies" The grave cannot change the record of of the past, I allow no one to go before me in admiration of the mighty intellect,' the ereat powers of speech of the! depart- ed, before their massive grandeur I bow with reverential awe--But what are' the most gifted powers, the most varied attain- ments--when prostituted to base, ignoble purposes: " Nothing is valuable in speech further than it is connected with hich MoRAL and intellectttal endowments." The great Barrister of the century, has been sumnmoned to appar before that bar where neither constitutional, statutory nor common law will determine his 'cuilt or innocence ; but where the much derided "higher law' is in full force and ere this he has found whether it is located in the third heaven, or enthroned in' the bosomi of that Supreme Ruler who will say I was naked, hungry, and athirst"and ye succored me not; i 'as much as ye did it not to the least of my little ones--Long, Sims, &¢, ye did it not unto me. Mr. Webster, has uttered sentiments that will be remembered to his honor so long as the English lanouace is the medium of communication; they are household words, and school-boy jewels :--his re- plies to Hayne and MeDuffie--his Bunker hill oration and his description of elo- uence, He has also uttered sentiments that will be remembered but to "be ex- ecrated by every friend of Liberty and Humanity: His 7th of March speech and the spawn of anti-agitation specches that it begat. Tt would have been a happy event for him had he have died immediately af- ter his castle garden speech in which he paid a magnificent tribute to the anti-slave- ry sentiment as a 'religious sentiment--a sentiment not to be trifled with, and one that will become heated and explode if you attempt to repress it"--A happy oc- currence for his descendants were it possi- ble for Oblivion to throw her impenetrable gloom, over his memory, "He who might have been a lark Of truth's morning from the dark Banga ani stonli questo pet Chose to be a bird of night Which with eyes refusing light, Hooted from some hollow tree Of the worlds Idolatry." J.C. H. Shall we ask for help in vain ? We believe that the abolitionists of the States, who are ever ready to aid the es- capéing bondsmen on their way to Canada, will lend a helping hand to elevate them here, if the way is pointed out to them-- What they need mostly on their arrival here, is homes for themselves, and an edu- 'cation for their children ; around these clus- ter all other temporal blessings; and the Refugee's Home is laying a clorious foun- dation here for them to build upon, and we trust that its claims will be responded to by the friends of humanity, wherever they are presented. We would say to those who may desire to see the details of this Association, that they can by addressing us with a letter, have the Constitution &e, forwarded to them by mail, But not only so, if the read- er will peruse an able letter from the pen of S. R. Ward, which may be seen in an- other column, under the head of " Negro Hate in Canada," they will see that we needa press also, through which we can defend our rights. We asl then that our friends extend to us the helping hand in support of the Voice of the Fugitive, in sup- port of its position--send on your sub- scriptions, Virtue is a garment of honour, but wick- edness a robe of shame, ee From the Oberlin Evangelist. Shall we condemn all books of Fiction? A correspondent writes us--" I see Un- cle Tom's Cabin yery highly recommend- ed in the Oberlin Evangelist. It is known that many refrain from reading even tales of the better sort ons account of their at- tractive, fascinating and bewitching infly- ence. Will not the reading of Uncle Tom create a desire for reading tales, that will not stop there! And how many will date their desire for novel reading to Uncle Tom as its commencement 2? Multitudes of our youth do not touch tales, because they are condemned by the Christian Press, Now if the reading of Unclé'Tom and, similar tales will tend to create a desire for novel reading (for as I fear it will,) they should be recommended with caution by those who seek the welfare of our country:. I may be mistaken in my views. Will some of the brethren at Oberlin throw light on this particular point, through the Evan. gelist ? Yours in Christian bonds, F. B.. x REPLY, ; 1. We cannot condemn all fietitious writ- ings, without, also condemning the Bible ; for this species of writing is found in this divine book, and in no writer. or speaker more frequently than in Christ himself. Many of his parables and illustrations teach truth by fictitions representations, 2, We must dstinguish between fiction and falsehood. Fictitions writing does not necessarily lie. On the contrary it may teach the best truth, in the most forceful manner, and in a manner least of all liable to be misapprehended. It may be as true: as any book of mathematics. 3. The objection to most novels is not ihatunder.a form of fiction they presnt real life, but that they give us life that is unreal. They distort the actual things of human life and hence beget notions and hopes that ean never be realized. 'They make up such a grouping of scenes anda grouping of such scenes as stimulus pas-- sions that need sedatives rather than stim- ulus, and which foster sentiments that should never find place in the human. bosom. Tus is their condemnation-- enouch to condemn the mass of them to utter and eternal destruction. 4, The best things on earth are liable to abuse, and perhaps commonly 'are most liable, and to the greatest abuse. God's providence gives ten-thousand! good things, yet wider such cireumstances that they may, be abused to evil. But the divine plan does not.take away these good things beyond our yeach, beeause of this. liability to abuse. For the Voice of the Fugitive. Canadinn Negro Hate, No. 3. Messrs Bins'& Hotty, Gentlemen, Tdo not pretend to deny, that in: Canada, in' general, and in the' old West- ern District, in particular, there exists negro hate, such as Mr. Larwill, and his fellow petitioners deseribe. | Very. far am I, from making any such denial.) That. the repre- sentatives of that, district should have sent to the Governor General such a petition as that I have been considering, is evidence: enough, of the existence of this feeling on ther part, at least, But T do deny 'that such a feeling, is, or ever was so general, so universal, as those gentlemen represent it, or as they would like to have it, In the present paper, I wish to state: some facts showing how it. operates, in Canada, and pointiug out some of its dif-- ferences from the negro hate of the United, States. , oo A friend of mine, residing in Brantford,, Rey. Peter O'Banyan published last win- ter, how he and his lady were denied en-- tertainment, in different taverns, in the: last January. Weeks, the Yankee Hotel. keeper of Hamilton, treated me in like: manner, last December, Capt. Ken, of the Steamer Admiral, plying: between Ro-~ chester and Toronto, abused my family im November last, by forbidding them having: acabin passage. The Plouh-boy, and; the Brothers, plying between Windsor andi Chatham, invariably deny to black peo- ple, a cabin passage, and sometimes the. officers of those boats will even descend to. women, to eject them from the cabin or the table. A Methodist minister residing near Dresden, in the Gore of Camden, in~ vited Mr. Vick, a black brother, to his, house to aid insome work, 'The good (2) priest called on brother Vick, to' pray at, family worship, but when meals were ready brother Vick must not eat at 'the same table, with this reverend preaches of a "free salvation." Another Methodist, different spirit Rev. Mr. Clements, now of Paris, C. W. riding his cirouit, in your dis- trict, and approaching the residence of one of his members, on a dark, cold, stormy evening, proposed ta spend the night wit him. Brother Clements, was promptly denied admittance into his parishioners house. | Upon enquiring the cause, he learned that this man, a Scotch Highlan- der, refused to entertain his Pastor, for what reason think you? Because he had been informed, that Mr, Clements had Niagara District, on the coldest night of* the use of brute force, upon wnresisting © minister, a gentleman, thank God, of very"