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171 of placing man in his legitimate and proper position before the world.

People with sufficient courage to leave the house of bondage, and to succeed in reaching a Land of Freedom, as the Fugitive Slaves have done, should have these mighty agents to promote their happiness in their new homes, which they prize so dearly. They have the Bible, but it needs to be more generally circulated among them. Religious knowledge should be circulated more freely. We have the Church, but her cords need strengthening, and her borders extended. We have the Press, but not in direct contact with the coloured people, and devoted to their special interests, except the one to which we have already referred—to establish a Press upon a more solid basis is the object of my friend and brother, Wm. H. Day, Esq., in visiting this Country, seeking aid from the British Public, for the special benefit of the Fugitive Slaves and coloured population, through which their rights may be more effectually vindicated, and their cause amply sustained by one identified with themselves—whose intellectual and moral attainments, as well as many years' experience in the editorial department, has eminently qualified him for this profession.

Knowing Mr. Day, as I do, and as a labourer with me in Canada, among our suffering brethren, in our