The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-01
RUNAWAY SLAVES IN CANADA.

RUNAWAY SLAVES IN CANADA.
gasm CONDITIONS TBTRB-wBAf CANADIAN Law
YER AND POLITICIAN THINKS or rDM.
yne opcraiions Of the Underground Railroad Company
have boon go prominently and oousp>ssousy broasa up
before tho attention Of the country by the ss Of John
Brown and his companions st Harpcrs Perry that 10
seems appropriate publish tho following documents In
illustration Of tho condition and status Of The ccorcd man
who settles down In Canada.
In 1857 Mr. John Prnce o candidate for member Of
the Provincial Parliament and in the Of tho
happened 20 say something offensive 70 the cooYed
people, They held indignation meeting, and denounced
him with great vehemcnoc and volubnty, re-
mtndfpg him. among other things, that no was h,
last man in The province 70 speak % dsparsgngiy q n
when he was HI command Of tho uoopa IN the woste
part this province he walked In with coiort
men and when his life In danger having (as he
very Justly executed without Judge or Jury the reb
Or border ruff whom BIO fell in with ,r captarsa
not one Of wh III was ever q rcbci or traitor.
TO this Mr. ! rnce replied
All hes Nesl hes FROM beginning % end. admit
BATTALION but they made tho very worst Of soldiers
were comparatively speaking, unacceptable Of drin
sentry shot the Of Of oldest coonois under
mistaken notion that be thereby doing his duty But
/ certainly did myself tho honor Of walking arm
in arm with any Of the coIored gentlemen OF that dis
tgahhcd corps Them as to my election Few, very few
ss sey and
nent. They took compassion upon "a monn-
ment OF injured innoocnce,n and they sustained
the monument for while, upon the pedestal their inu
erected But the monument fell and the fall proved
that ouch influence merely ephemeral and 81 sank
into insignificant nohipgness, as II should, and hope
ever will do God help this noble land. Poor blacks
Be not SO bold or so Conceded 30 INCIDENT hereafter,
do beseech you.
q Then how rich have become among my "colored
clients" assert without the fear of contradiction that
Ihave been the friend Of our Western darkes for
than twenty years. and amidst difficulties and troubles
mnnnerable flor they are htgous racc) have been
their adviser and never made twenty pounds out OF
them In that long period The fact that the poor crea
lures had never the ability 10 pay lawyer. II has bsen
my misfortune, and the misfortune Of my family live
twenty four years. have employed hundreds Of them,
nnd with the exception OF named Richard Hunter not
one has evor done for weeks honest labor. have
taken them into my service have fed and cohed them
year after year, on their arrival from the States and
return have generally found them rogues thieves and
That my very plain and very simple description Of the
darkns as body, and II would be endorsed by all the
western white With very few exceptions. have had
scores OF their George Washngtons Thomas Jeersons
James MadisoDs, we'll Dnahs eniras and Iavinas
IN my service and understand them thoroughly, and
in the category above described. To conclude you gen
uemen OF color East ind West, and especially you,
"colored citizens Of Toronto' thank you for having
given me an opportunity 70 publish my opinion Of your
race Call another indignation meeting and there make
greater fools of yourselves than you did tho last and
ToRosTo Juno 20, 1857. JOHN PRINCE.
This is the paradise to which Gerr Smith and the rabid
aboonsts OF the North would ensnare Cueo and Duah
and for which Seward would precpsase the irrepressibe
conflict