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chaplain; with Lovejoy, Thadssus Stevens and
others OF the same clique to act a subordin %.
That is the sort of coercion corps for the South.
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C0sT or THE CANADA EyrRAprrroS o.
PROBABLE REVOLUTION IN THE BsrrrsH pao-
vINcEs-We have already acquainted our
readers with the proceedings in the case Of thu
fugitive slave Anderson, who, while escaping
from Missouri, killed a farmer who attempted
his arrest. In the first place agents were sent
from Missouri TO claim the negro under the
provisions OF the Ashburton treaty. After
several hearings in the lower courts, the mscis-
trates referred the whole matter to the Attorney
General, who declined, on the part Of the gov
eminent, to take any action. Next, the prisoner
was temporarily released on q writ of habeas
corpus, and brought before the Court of Queens
Bench, sitting at Toronto. A majority of the
Judges decided In favor of remandinQ the
negro into custody, and he was so remanded.
motion blythe prisoners counsel to take the
matter into the Court of Errors and Appeals
was denied, and there the case, 50 far q, the
Canadian Judgeswere concerned, rested. When
the accounts Of these proceedings reached LON
don the old ladies Of Exeter Hall were violently
agitated, the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery
Society took the matter up, and employed the
eminent Queens Counsel, Mr. Edwin James,
who moved for and obtained a writ of habeas
corpus, commanding the authorities Of Canada
to bring their prisoner before the Court OF
Queens Bench, sitting in London, and show
cause as to why he is detained in custody.
Thus the case takes an entirely new form, aud
fbe claimants of the slave will be compelled TO
begin their work all over again. without the
slightest prospect Of ultimate success Already
the expense has been very largely in excess
above the value of the negro, leaving the crimi-
nal aspect of the case out OF the matter. Alto
gether, the cost Of travel and lawyers and court
fees in Canada and England must amount 10
over four thousand dollars, and if the case
should be carried before the full bench, and
afterwards to the House of Lords the expense
win be quadrupled-all Of which shows the
value Of treaties when a nation places itself
in a position to be safely bullied and deied.
As for the Canadians, we have yet to see how
they will relish this action on the part of the
home government. Although they may sympa-
thize with the negro, and rejoice, as opponents
of slavery, over the fact that he is not to be
given UP, yct Mcy Will undoubtedly VleW the
action of the British Court as establishing a
dangerous precedent, and bringing them too
directly under the control of the Crown. If the
case of this negro is permitted to go upon the
books as precedent, the Canadian Judges have
really no more power than county magistrate.
Every one Of their decisions may be reviewed
and set aside in London, and they will be prac-
tically informed that they are not fit to manage
their own affairs. The Canadians have too much
of the old spirit which overthrow Jefreys
and taught Mansfield several valuable lessons
to agree to this proceeding; and further, they
will steadily oppose the pet plan of the Duke
of Newcastle to consolidate the Canadas, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the islands Of
Prince Edward and Cape Breton into one
viceroyalty. Therefore the result Of all this
imbroglio, this time and money wasted upon
the almighty Niger, may be a revolution in
Canada, and a tender Of the British possessions
in Northern America to the new confederacy Of
the free States Stranger things than that are
happening every day.