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154 for thee from the foundation of the world." These are they that have come up through great tribulations, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

I wish, if possible, to disabuse the minds of many who are not favorably disposed towards the Negro race, or who have only a superficial knowledge of their condition; they seem to think the Negroes are a nuisance, or, in other words, they are so numerous, that the Canadians are at a loss to know what to do with them. It is true some persons in Canada seek this method of venting their spleen upon this helpless and unfortunate race; but it is not true they have become so numerous as to baffle the skill and judgment of the inhabitants as to their well-being. I would much rather have them flood the cold and dreary region of Canada free, than have them continue in the sunny climes of the Slave States, in the miserable condition of non-mitigated Slavery, gradually sinking beneath the bloody lash of unfeeling tyrants into their graves, only to be remembered by their friends with sorrow, many of whom are destined to share the same mournful fate. Yankees who live in Canada, Americanised Canadians, also many of the Irish, when coming in contact with coloured mechanics and laborers generally, who are as well skilled in their profession and