New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-03


among them. The local attaChmcnts OF tho negro
arc sInnently strong, and the southern climate
suits him far better tnan ours IL we eould suppose
slavery re-estsbiishcd in the insurrecaonary STATES
the North would indeed be Hooded wita taSltises
fleeing from bondage, aud tho feass ~ competition
ia labor sought 70 DO excited ia tire minus Of Nofn-
ern w0rkiug-men might then have soise plausible
foundation. But. if Emancir asi0a be carried out,
the stream Of negro emigration will DO nom me
North 10 the South, not from The South TO the
Northern States. Tho only attraction which the
North, with It's winters OF snow aud ice, o1e,s 70
the negro is that il ID free soil Let the South once
offer the same attraction, aid the temptation OF It's
genial cms,o, coupled with the fact that there the
blacks almost equal tho whites In number, wlh Ds
irresistible. 'few years will probably see more
than bali rite FREQ negro population now residing
among US crossing M ason and Di1ons line, TO JOIN
tic einaacirstcd freedmen OF the South. a pima
yrlaw governing the voluntary moveieils of peoples
IL that of thsrusl lines.
The commission found Overwhelming evidence, -
10 ths truth Of the above opinion, in CaDsdn "es,
Among o refigees there, there is not s;ngic iori-
ing 80 strong 10 nearly universal ~ their longing
TO return 10 the Southern land of their blrh, Al lie
csrlies. rnnmer. when they shall beass rod that ts
purgcd from slavery. One Of tle co!nDiissloa thas
ststcs tbs result Of hia obseryations;
"If slayory ia utterly abolished la the Unitcr
Sts.es TO moro colorsd peoyls viii emigrteto Can-
sds and most of those now Ibere viii sooa !rsvs II.
Thero Ger be no doubt about dis Among che
cd FROM tho srong oXpr,~.on Of desire to w
home In their belief, tso, tLsy agreed VIII
the Rsv. Mr. Kinnari, ons Of thcil Clergy,
who soid ~ as, . II freedom 10 Established In
the United States, tEcro will be ono g'os' h.@sx
streak reaching from here 70 tie u.teaesI parts OF
tho SOuth.'
Exon those who, By ycaIs Of toll, have Obtained
oomiorta5ls wel-stOoted farms worth tar Oh twen-
~ thousand dollars, syowcd thsir dotoIminaton te
abandon ALTO sol cut and depart-a as soon ~ they
could do 90 without irpelilns their personal ir0s-
dom.
Emancipation win directly tend ~ denrds tie
North OF It's negro population. One circumstance
that will materially hsstoD this result ~ hat TIE
personal prejudice against negroes, &. race, Is
stronger in tho Northern than IN the Southern
States and Of least 10 strong ID Cansda as Ia aDY
portion OF tue Union. o. this our Commission had
sufficient proof.
SIR George Brown, 8 member Of the Canadian
Parliament, dcposcd, before tho comrisnon, "
think tho prejudice ssr!nst tho oo.ored Ys"pie ID
stronger here than in the S.ates.
Mr.. Sinclair, nj Chatham Canada "est), ssld,
" Many Of the eolored people, ever 10 this town,
Say that il thoy could hare lac salo privileges nc
Me stetcs thu, they baSo here, they would aot ~
rnair h.re , moment IL this county there
IS one township that ~ Or.ord Sbere no cotoEe1
man 10 allowed 10 sette."
Tho coorcd people Of Canada themselves testnoc
b the same e.fcat. Hrs. BroSn u ~. Catlenn.s,
deposed, d" 0nd more prejudice here tlen did ~
York state Wien ] WIS at home, could 60 any
where; but hcrc,-ay goodman you ger IN ihsait
or every side"
Mn. Susan Boggs lcolor,dl, also OF e. Catbmircs,
said, ali IL was not for the Queon's law, NO would
De mobbed hero, ani could not siey 10 ,his house.
The pr judico is great dosl worse hero than II Is
IN tie S;stns."
A solored WOMAN living ia cabin near Col
chester said " she Sas from Virginia, sad The pre-
judos wa 'hesp' stronger IN Canada then a.
home" "Ths people, shs added '.eerntd 20
think The blacks seEen't fsiss, anyway" She WA
nxious to 20 back.
The homo OF tho American negro Is in the
Southern States. Lett be mado free home, AID
he VIII scek -ho viii desiTe-no other.
Whether, a. freed man in Southern homo, the
negro will Two dowp ,hs eruel prejudice which has
followed him. increasing in virilonce, to Drt:sh
province, some With De Tocqueville viii continue
10 doubt but powerful agencies are - worA Ia h's
'svOr,-some Of teinbeclaracisrs. Such were TIE
NoV-Yora riots. Such, more recently, were TIC
atrocities committed VI Fort Pillow
We hrye found oursolvc5 called upon % inter
pose lie favor Of ihe outraged and tb1 unprotected
Bot sHch iHtorposltion tends 70 osoAte, even IN
minds Of ordinary sensibility, goodwill and
fympsthy tovur.A the sG'iersTs whom one inter-
pores 10 protect.
L. will have tendency u ircv-.se harmony be-
tween tho..wo races if the eeio:ed people, Whether
In tho NohA or the South refrain from settling in
colonies suburbs by themselves, for zach sopsrs-
ton tends 70 loeprp alienation OF seiipg aad 20
nourish The preudices a race. They VII 90 Wei,
tAo-oiorc, N mingle their dwellings or FARMS with
those OF tho wLitet for tho effect Of this VII. 10 TO
ts1- OIL the edge of national prjadice and wessen
tho feeling which rsgards ths0 - seYsJats ana
alien race.
Mr.. Owen writes, after O thorough inyestiga- |
ton Of his theme, with rare discrimination. frcs'
dom from extreme and antenable opinions, and
a d. passionate temperance in the expression Of
his convictions. His book makes It's appearance
81 al opportupe moment, and may cordially be
commended TO every reader who wishes 10 form
An enlightened aud humane Judgment on
question Of vital national Importance.
HANDBOOK OF THE UNITED STATES EIyY
Compilrd sid arranged By 8 UssonS Zinc Pr III
u. Van S".'rsnt
A complete lis, of tho vessels In the United States
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connection between the different resses spreseryed
sceurata Dotes Of reference. The authorities tos
the volume for the mos, part, derived from the
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~ the instance ~ several DISTINGUISHED naval
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Ilttio Brown s. Go. have Issued tie Prb.ic Lam
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