Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-17

o0orecate amount of their labors has
been thirty-two years; and well and faith
fully have they done their work, lecturing
| with frequency and energy, which moth
. ing but strong feeling and a thorough con-
viction Of the importance and urgency of
their righteous cause can have sustained
Their success is most marked and cheer
ing. Three Of the agents have devoted
themselves exclusively to encouraging
our colored brethren in the free states, in
their laudable efforts 10 rise, by education
and v;rtuous industry, above the cruel
prejudice which is crushing them IN the
dust, and through their degradation dark
4 eninQ the despair Of the slave. The
|, statistics of our colored population, their
y grievances, and the obstacles which have
opposed their advancement, have been
search out: They have been encour-
aged to form societies, for mutual assist
ance and improvement, to support schools,
TO nut their children whore they can ac-
auire trades, and to apply themselves to
more substantial and independent occupa-
ions than those to which they are chiefly
devoted in our large cities. ln the Yves
tern states. they are inclined to purchase,
|clear, and cultivate the public lands; and
|the good effect of their zeal and success
in this enterprise, both upon themselves
md their white neighbors, begins TO be
happily developed.
The agent in Ohio, who, for the sake Of
.hcouraqing colored men to become cult
|htors OF the soil, has placed his head
|narters in the wilderness, twelve miles
rom any post Office, writes: People are
inning and buying every week. My
.ife gets new plots from the land Office
.|ery now AMI then, that she may be able
4. give them directions where to look for
-" He says Of the colored people Of
IIat state, whom he has Iaboriously
searched out, The abolition breeze that
hs blown over them, has been like the
brit of God upon Adams Iifeless clay"
The following. among other facts which
be states, show how the new life mani
lists ITSELF Zone man, lin Springfield
who was a slave till he was about forty
Years old, has built school-house at his
bwn expense, on his own lot, which is
occupied by school with 80 scholars
Wise lin the vicinity of Spring6eld)
bought himself in Virginia. He rents a
krm-raised 1000 bushels Of corn last
ear, &c. L met him driving his team of
Iopr horses to the village, with load of
rick He has two children yet in slave
~" " William Roberts, also, rents
arm-raised 1000 bushels Of corn last
bear" "Nimrod Morgan, bac ksnih,
bwns his shop, house, and lott 81 have
Iound some very good farmers. One man,
IN Butler county, has taken the premium
IA the agricultural fair, for three years,
|br the best sheep should consider it an
honor 10 any man to have 50 we'll cult
ated farm as his have noticed that
uch men have generally the good will
nd respect of the whole neighborhood
where they reside" Thus let coIored
heu become farmers, AMI strike their roots
|eep in our free SOIL and they will infAIIi-
" rise above that prejudice which now
.|akes US even hesitate to publish these
.mple facts, lest they should draw forth
nobocratic vengeance, to defeat the exPer-
inent.
One agent has been employed to invcs-
li1ate the condition md prospects Of the
bred people in Upper Canada, where
finds population Of about 10000, al
Dst entirely fugitives from American
OPPRESSION. Having crossed the line with
5 other wealth than their own bodies and
,uIs, many Of them have made them
lives quite comfortable, and some have
come even wealthy. Several schools
y I've sprung up among them, by the eff
hts Of the agent Full and satisfactory
ktimony to their good behavior and val
M0sas citizens, has been given by the high,
q civil authorities, and by men Of stand
of different sects and parties Says
s Hon. X. G.. DunIap, member Of the
PROVINCIAL Parliament, for the county Of
uron, aThere are not, in his majesty's
1bminions, more loyal, honest, industri,
a., temperate, and independent class OIL
-. izens than the colored people of Upper
hada." Says w. L. Mackenzie, Esq.
b n member of Parliament, and the
ID known leader Of the Reform party
rs a people, they are as we'll behaved
q. majority Of the whites, and perhaps
&c temperate. The value Of this ties
ony will be appreciated, when it l.
In into the account that the blacks o
pper Canada are, to man, Anti-Ref form
!, fearing lest RepNbIieu1ism shon!c
~ them back to what they suffered II
United States"
|ays John H. Damn, Esq, Receive
peral of the province, and resident il
IIfonio, where there is colored popula
ion of 900 persons: Although | hav
..enin the habit of daily contributing 10,
.,sisiance to vast number Of destitut
Dor, ever since my residence in this prov
Ice. now seventeen years, [ do not r.
.ember Of ever having been solicited 70
|ms. bv more than one or two people {