I have taken them into my service, fed and
clothed them, year after year, on their arrival from the States, and
in return have generally found them rogues and thieves, and a
graceless, worthless, thriftless set of vagabonds. This is my very
plain and simple description of the darkies as a body, and it would
be indorsed by all the Western white men, with very few
exceptions.'"
"Underground R.R. Return Trains.--The 'Cleveland Plaindealer' states
that every steamboat arriving at that place brings back from Canada
families of negroes, who have formerly fled to the Provinces from
the States. They are principally from Canada West. They describe the
life and condition of the blacks in Canada as miserable in the
extreme. The West is, therefore, likely to have large accessions to
its colored population. The Canada folks do not want them, and have
shown a disposition in their Parliament, and otherwise, to
discourage their coming to, or remaining in the Provinces. In some
instances, the question of ejecting those now resident there, has
been discussed. Our Western States will be likely to experience a
similar attack of the _black vomito_, when they shall have become
satisfied with this peculiar Southern luxury.
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