New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-27

GENERAL SOCIAL CONDITGON-HEALTH |.
In our account of the oolered people Of Csnsd.
We have stated only what We saw, or what Wss
Gveu rs on undoubted authority We were 40
prepared for state Of things 60 favorable. That
others, looking at them from . different point Of
view, may zee them n different light, u probable
indeed, certain. The blacks mnst have among
them their quoh Of the ide ne vicious ADD the do
arsded. There can be no doubt thss some, dissp
pointed in their expectations and pinshed b the
climate, look back with regret sPco their CONDITION
in TIE Sts.es; but what does this prove The con-
ditiou Of the Irsh and German laboring man is, as
Q rule, greatly smeEorsted BY emigration to the
United States, yet how many Of them can We I'm
ongin, for the old country or the hhehAnd, ADD
declaring that they did better and were happier at
bore. Il IL certain nat the matt rial aud socI
condition Of the eolsred people i betsee = Canada
than anywhere in the States. There is among them
n,snies tone Of feeling, more avenues open to eI.
ertion, more intelligence, higher culture. This Is
most seen smoeg the older residents and VIII %
still more marked ameng those who have been Dom
and educated in the Provinces. Something. soo' OF
his depends upon tho character OF the emtsrsuoo
there. lisa mistake 10 think that tho fugitive
slave emily sads refuge in Canada; many Of The
most intelligent Of the free eolored people, who
have acquired in the Union some capital By their
ndustry, seek 10 Csnada mere liberal institutions
nd better eaucsson for their children. Many,
too, who End it 10 their interest 70 parsse their
svocstions in the States during part Of the year
have their permanent homes on the other side OF
the border.
In Toronto and Hamilton, We heard among the
solored men the opinion frequently expressed shat
those did beet in Canada who had resided time in
he Northern States; that the fusitives in general
had not the necessary habits Of self govemmsut
and steady industry; that these came slowly, and
by maoy we're never acquired. The experience OF
Mr.. King, on tho other hand, led him to think that
the fugitves were quite equal to the FREQ blacks,
and, indeed, that the very fact Of their escape
showed superior energy and determination. Which
Of the two opinions may be correct, We have ne
means Of knowing.
The vast majority Of the cOlored people in Can
sda are of mixed race. Mr.. King estimated, that
Of those at Buxton one-thrd were of pure African
descent; but even this proportion seems to mo
much greater than obtains in the Province at large
Az rule, not, however, without many exceptions,
tie nalattoes are the most intelligent and the best
educated; they arc tho prominent men Of their
Glass; and take the lead in al questions which affect
them a. Q race.
The more intelligent of tho oolored men arc loyal
and devoted subjects Of the British crown. They
get high value upon the equality under the law
which thsy enjoy. "Can we," said one Of them. g
shrewd, hard business man well advanced in middle
lie, "Can We help loving government which is
" 90 kind and which has done 50 much for as :"
md his voice was disturbed BY emotion. And il
gratitude on the one hand induces loyalty, hatred
10 softer word will do-on the ether confirms and
Strengthens il. They hold frequent meetings
among themselves, snd the staple topic Of dis
course Is the injustice under which their race
suffers 10 the United States; bad - The facts are
they lose nothing in repetition; no distinctions are
made, and North and South arc involved n sou-
mon condemnation. Like ~ other noo who suffer
s,pression, they Are apt to fancy the attention Of
the world fixed upon themselves; the evil which
overtops every other evil in their horizon, must
seem equally prominent to ~ mankind They
underrste the difficulties under which their we'll
wishers in the States labor; they zee only the
obloquy under which their race suffers sad do not
sod will not see the causes which render their re-
noyd work Of time and patience. They ovsrrate,
too, greatly the power Of England, and underrate
that of the Union. In any dssension between the
two countries England would have no warmer
friends and Amer,cs no more bitter and unreleatag
foes than the eolored men Of Canada.
On one subject, equally stTorontO aud Hamilton
Al London and Chatham, all the colored people
whom we saw sgreed-in repudiAtins those who
sought in the United Stntss contributions in clothes
and in money for the destitute negroes in Canada
They deny that there il anything Ike destisutiOn
among them except that arising from sickuess,
from vice, or from hIsness; they affirm that they
are abundsntly able and willing TO maintain their
own BOOT; Ast the contributors rarely reach
those for whom they were intended, and that while
in SEINE cases aid may bs solicited by wel-meauing
or u-sdvised persons, in most it was sought by
Hose wAe converted the contributions they 70
ceiysd to their own benefit. On what facts the
latter assertion was founded did not inquire; we
give The statement as it was repeatedly made to
Us, ard il would be wei for these in the Northern
States, who are applied to for such Obect to bear it
in mind aad look closey to the character Of the up
phoants.
While BY the law no distinction is made among
the inhsbitants, either 10 rights or privileges, On
account Of color, socially, the came prejudices, II
not to the same exteLt exist against the colcred
people in Canada o. in the United States The
better claaes Of society Como Little in contact with