The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-06

The CslsreA Refugees IN Csnsda-Ay
They In = Worse Condition In OanaAs
Than I'm slsverys
10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. t
few days ago my attention was called 70 ths vs,um
nous report OF your correspondent oommisaousA y o.
plore the corditon q the colOred people IN Canals
PresumiDg that yourself and the readeis OF The HxaAI
desire "more perfect knowledge" Of the facts 10 u
than your correspondent able 70 collect IN hi
brief visit, and knowing positively that his informant
have led him into great in many important part
culars, hearing in your columns. You win IN
more readily grant this request when informed thas "a
eight years my time has been almost exclusively devste
10 the moral intellectual and physical elevation II Ties
refugees he hngs thai affirm, therefore, are thing
thai know
first Of ALL let me correct an error not confined \
- HERALD. respecting the Underground Railroad
North and South the impression has gone Abroa<
tnat the fugitves in Canada have been enttset
away from their masters by sooli.ionists, and
that there is . regular organization for TIL
purIoee Now, have the means for knowing
that neither Of these impressions correct mean his
that OF the forty thousand coored persons in Canada Nc
one in hundred has been entiosd from his master d
white persons. This 10 not saying that no white man ha
tempted slave from the South, for " well know
that this has been done. know, personally tho son Of
save holder who ferreted away nearly all his father
slaves, then his uncles and then others. could M
other cases; but these cases. like eli ohe
ana els visits are few and far between Nor do mean
t. FAY that these fugives fed and clothed and
sheltered by aboruonists and anti abotouists whil
on their way TO Canada, for they are; and have NOT
doubt that the editor of the HERALD would give Ioaf
bread TO one OF these runaways, should he ind hie
'sfaint yet pursuing his way TO Canada have -,
told by Shareholders that they should find slave se
from cruel MASTER they would not ouly not stop him
but would help him along.
slaves to seek a home in Canada large class run svs
avoid being sold down South second class To escap
from cruel masters and third purely from love o}
freedom. ! could give hundreds Of cases from each q
these classes that have under my observaon
Some Of these have narrated to Shareholders ana the
have justined their escape. viii omit say ths
sometimes finds his way s6Canada leaving hi wif
children behind, and that his love these reuder
HIM successful in efforts for their This then
the Of that wonderful institution called the under
ground railroad" Next we come to the condition
these people in Canada the for elevatou an
their ability to for themselves. will reverse ii
order and ask why can they not, with proper start
provide for their own wants2 Has slavery so dwaYfe
their powers thus to disable them9 If 90, why MOI
devise means for relieving them from these disabse
generally known 70 the world that full half
the arrivals from the south are children OF white fathers
Startling this declaration may be, il Is nevertheles
true And some of them are men known and distin
gushed in national councils it not chandler ups
these luetrious sres say they have begoten rac
that cannot take care of themselvee
have known whole families 70 arrive h Canada frsu
the South with scarcely particle Of African blood vbl
in their faces The philosophy of the case h therefore,
clearly on the side OF the runaways Let hook, then
tor the facts.
for writing sad history TO be denied but 3 evs
to be remembered that these people what slavery h
made them. II they arrive in Canada with dwAEfed d
perverted moral natures, In profound ignorance an
poverty - most Of them do, this 70 be phcsd 70 th
account Of the school from which, after proeraste
pupage they graduated To cast the blame a the
condition 1t their door, is equivalent depriving -
Of bread, and then hanging him for being hungry Now
your correspondent, that he has committed the two fol
error Of rendering TOO intense the dark sde and
ing the bright side Of the picture.
DO not say this was Intentional for, from the bpeyt
Of biz story most Of his Information was second hanied
II 10 amrmed that they are too lazy 70 work. and ahs
,Dey prefer % sea tner living rather than TO earn
Canada, black and white affirm that there 10 more hard
work performed by the former than by the latter N pro
portion to their numbers There but few Whhe FAM
lies that do not employ colored Aborors in door and o
They clear up the lands; they chop wood and ret
into the Market they assist in planting and gasheru
the crops; and, il there idlers among them eev IN
follow the example of their white brethren There ar
also thieves among them but these exceptions 70 ~
There is equal ground for complaint on the other side
this question. these people make depredauons uoo
committed upon them by the Canadians win give Won bu
two cases ont Of multudes that might be named vbic
viii onset all the "sheep stealing ever inflicted upoo IL
Canadians. man now on the lands Of the Refueeo Hom
sociefy contracted with Of his white neighbors TO de
liver the Belle river depot two thousand cords Of wood
When the work was nearly accomplished the man sbrok
down leaving his color ed unpaid-tous
want and sorrow upon the families Of score msn whd
had assisted u getting out the wood. railroad coatrae
tor employed large number OF coored men, and ~hsr
pay day came he absconded with the money leaving hsu
to reflect upon the superior honesty Of white meo.
similar complaints, only smaller scale. These ease
DO not the Canadians TO be worse but like the res
Of the 1Ds On" 20 n.
pie, and do much TO relieve the destitute
Let us turn 70 the means aud OUTLAWS for their eIe
walton. On their arrival in Canada not one IN . hundred
read word they have shilling in their pockets
blanket for the first night, shelter for Met
subjects Of charity then charity should come to an end
How pnceiy are the charities Of the American peop1
They have Just given 70 Father ChiniQuy for the ref
They have sent forty thousand dollars for the reef Of ~
sufferers at lawrence. They have sent ffty thousan
Noble charity May he Of HEAVEN I rs. onos
doners But neither Of these classes were in a NOR
needy condition than the fugitives their arrival
Canada and yet the sum expended on the few hundre
sufferers At Lawrence exceeds all the money ever rece
cd for the relief Of the forty thousand fusses in Oana
In this statement do not include the lands of tia Fs
colony, Is the purchase money the stookhod
ers; but do include the lands Of the Refuge Hoe SDu
W every dollar Of whose funds is appropriated 70 The ID
This Society, besides furnishing An outfit for nsv
Corners has established and assisted several SCHOOL, ~
provided permanent homes for large number Of fam
These families most Of them now independent uvsr
lOre6tS
dows. orchards and gardens Many Of them i've
COW or two yoke Of oxen or horses. pigs poultry an
The most Of them constantly though pradua, ,v n,
proving in condition
The statements and opinions of the Detroit Frs Pra
concerning this society are not reliable a. the editor
that eheet has but one eye, and that Is "ev eve
hence his whole body (the Free Pres) Is full Of darkness
III illustration Of this statement a few years aeo -
Free Pres assured the South that, such was the meer
Of the fugtves In Canada, that II their masters von
come for them, hundreds would rejoice to return Vii
them This report was edectual upon the creduutv az
single stakeholder, who had three fine boys In xnsds
He came all the TO Detroit and, croeepg the river
found the objects Of hopeful pursuit He ned their ear
with fattcriDg promises, but II was 'no goo He W.
decoycd into place by these same boys, seized ~
tened, and piled with hundred lashes from . slav
whip. On being released from this sanitary essou =
FASTENED to barrister for redress but politely ID
formed that his designs for kidnapping the Queens sub
ects were known, and that II he fingered longer In he
AAestyls dominions Q ordeal would await him,
Poor Mr. Paine Jour adventurer) returned the South
wiser II not better man
But the cures he invoked upon the Free P-cu FIR n