Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-03-27
From Fred. Douglass Paper.
Canada FugillTCS.

SAMUEL J. MAY-MY DEAR FRIEND Our |
cOlored brethren are your debtors, for much |
labor in their behalf Your interest, for |
their welfare induces me 10 write you. AZ !
ter your memorial was forwarded to the |
English Parliament, and after we were in
formed by Mr.. John Scobc, that our petit |
ton for land for the refugees, must hc made |
to the Canadian Government, corrcspon- |
dcEce was commenced with our friends in
Canada, which has resulted in the painful |
intelligence that 10 grdiltitous grant from
the Canadian Parliament can be secured.
Rev. WIN. King president of the Board
of Directors of the Elgin Associationl says:
"l beg leave TO say your memorial would he
of no use. BY recent law, the Crown
Land CO mniSsioncr has no power To make
grant of the public domain, even TO British
subjects" Hon. Mr.. Jennings, Of Toronto,
writes: "The government have ceased TO
make grnluitous grants Of land in any ease,
and that they could not he induced to change
their policy in our behalf"
All lands secured for the refugees, have
therefore to be obtained by purchase.
Mr.. King SAYS there are some fine tracts
of government land in Canada West, that
can be casly obtained noc, but in few years
"
the friends of the colored race will not lose
this favorable opportunity. win not our
friends ponder well this fact, not forgetting
that ten dollars noto, will cost twenty in a
few years, and act accordingly. Monies for
warded to ilorace llallock, Detroit, Michigan,
will be acknowledged.
The report Of the Elgin Association lies
before us, repletc with cheering facts and
statements. Aller a years residence, the
settler says the climate is mild and healthy,
snow is seldom more than six inches deep,
aud lies but n few weeks alta time. There IS
scarcely day in the winter, that man can
not work at cleaning. Spring commences IN
! April, the summer is warm, and winter does
| not set in till the middle Of December. But
| little sickness, and the general health good,
On their little farms they raise the best oil
wheat, (sixty-two pounds 10 the bushel) in-
! dian corn, potatoes, tobacco and hemp
Peaches, sweet potatoes, and every kind OF
melon, grow well in the open air. An ali
of comfort pervades the settlement; they
have good school, and are good livcrs.-
Tho problem is fairly solved. Aid the reiil-
gees in the acquisition of homes in Canada
and they will be a happy people. Those wh(
suppose Canada is so cold that colored peo
pie cannot live there without comfortable
clothes and homes, are mistaken. Nor doe
prejudice exist there, as in the States. Bu
this cannot he affirmed of LIBERIA. In m
hours conversation with Il man just retnrne'
from the Western Const of Africa, where ID,
has spent ten years, was informed that ST
great was the hate of the Natives against TN
Colonists lby reason of abuses recelved) bu
for fear of the American squadron, on tn
Coast, they would sweep the entire Libcral
Coast with the bosom Of destruction. lie
our colored brethren beware how they be
come converts of the present African Colon
zation revival. Their baptism may be I
blood, and their dedication unto death.
Fraternally yours,
&C. FOOTE.