f new enterprises. Let the church of the north receive these
poor sufferers in the spirit of Christ; receive them to the educating
advantages of Christian republican society and schools, until they have
attained to somewhat of a moral and intellectual maturity, and then
assist them in their passage to those shores, where they may put in
practice the lessons they have learned in America.

There is a body of men at the north, comparatively small, who have been
doing this; and, as the result, this country has already seen examples
of men, formerly slaves, who have rapidly acquired property, reputation,
and education. Talent has been developed, which, considering the
circumstances, is certainly remarkable; and, for moral traits of
honesty, kindness, tenderness of feeling,--for heroic efforts and
self-denials, endured for the ransom of brethren and friends yet in
slavery,--they have been remarkable to a degree that, considering the
influence under which they were born, is surprising.

The writer has lived, for many years, on the frontier-line of slave
states, and has had great opportunities of observation among those who
formerly were slaves. They have been in her family as servants; and, in
default of any other school to receive them, she has, in many cases, had
them instructed in a family school, with her own children. She has
also the testimony of missionaries, among the fugitives in Canada, in
coincidence with her own experience; and her deductions, with regard to
the capabilities of the race, are encouraging in the highest degree.

The first desire of the emancipated slave, generally, is for
_education_. There is nothing that they are not willing to give or do to
have their children instructed, and, so far as the writer has observed
herself, or taken the testimony of teachers among them, they are
remarkably intelligent and quick to learn. The results of schools,
founded for them by benevolent individuals in Cincinnati, fully
establish this.

The author gives the following statement of facts, on the authority
of Professor C. E. Stowe, then of Lane Seminary, Ohio, with regard
to emancipated slaves, now resident in Cincinnati; given to show the
capability of the race, even without any very particular assistance or
encouragement.

The initial letters alone are given. They are all residents of
Cincinnati.

"B----. Furniture maker; twenty years in the city; worth ten thousand
dollars, all his own earnings; a Baptist.