or me with a written statement of his
observations on the effect of the negro immigration and received the
following hastily prepared and brief communication, in reply. The
opinions expressed are from one of the most accomplished gentlemen in
the Province, and are worthy of serious consideration, although the
public position he occupies renders it proper that I should not make
public use of his name:--

"'WINDSOR, Dec. 23, 1859.

"'MY DEAR SIR--In reply to your request, I beg to
say that I would cheerfully give you my views at
length upon the important topics discussed at our
interview, did not my pressing engagements just
now occupy too much of my time to make it possible
that I should do more than hastily sketch down
such thoughts as occur to me in the few moments I
can devote to the subject.

"'The constant immigration of fugitives from
slavery into the two western counties of the
Province of Canada, Kent and Essex, has become a
matter for serious consideration to the landed
proprietors in those counties, both as it effects
the value and salability of real estate, and as
rendering the locality an undesirable place of
abode.

"'It is certain that ever since large numbers of
fugitive slaves have, by means of the organization
known here and in the States as "the Underground
Railroad," and of such associations as the Dawn
and Elgin Institutes and the Refugee Home Society,
been annually introduced into these two counties,
no settlers from the old country, from the States,
or from the eastern part of Canada, have taken up
lands there. And there is every reason to assign
the fact of there being a large colored
population, and that population constantly on the
increase, as the chief cause why these counties do
not draw a portion at least of the many seeking
Western homes.

"'Kent and Essex have been justly styled "the
Garden of Upper Canada." The soil in most parts of
the counties cannot be excelled in richness and
fertility, and the climate is mild and delightful.
There are thousands of acres open for sale at a
moderate pri