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Canada Mission

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
June
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

We find it necssary to use greal caución iñ the dfstribufion of clothing, lest we should injure thcin by pfoducin in-' lolence arid improvidence, and it the" amo time, cnvioiis feëlitigs amóni the ess needy, but; perhaps, more deserving, vho cannotbe su ppl cd. We wfsK our friends to understand, that with fc.v exceptions, they are thé better for paying a noderate amount of labor ór produce for" whal they have in aid of education here' and olsewhere. Lot the fugitive be clothed on his way, and let no onelnbor undei1' the mistaken notion that he "can't take' care of hirnsclf." Our object is to pro mote education on principie and teach the people independence and self-respect. Wisdom says to them, earn ichat yoit have and evjoy what ijou carn. If, while in bondage, they tve re sufficiently prof itable to others to be valucd at frbm $500 to -SI, 500 each, tliey are here sufllciently profHable to themsekes to administer totheir own necessities. Our business is not to help them live, hut to enlighteir thoir minds and elévate their characfer1 and standing in the scale of being, thatf ' they may be qunlified to subservc the' caiise of Christio.n philanthropy. No classof "Her liritannic jMnjesly's" subjects are better qualified, physically, & earn their subsistence than the coloredí people of this Province; but náving beert bred up in d;trkness and ignorance, they need in9truction - they must have insiruc■ tion - and any kind or amount of clotl'v' ing that will contribute to their physicaí i comfort and at the same time aid the cause" 1 of (freightage' paid) will be'

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News