ce, but it now seldom happens that a
lot of wild land is taken up by a new comer. The
farmer who has achieved the clearing of the land
that years ago was settled upon may wish to extend
his possessions for the sake of his sons who are
growing up, by the acquisition of an adjoining or
neighboring piece of wild land; but seldom or
never is the uncleared forest intruded upon now by
the encampment of emigrant families.

"'It may be broadly asserted, first, in general,
that the existence of a large colored population
in Kent and Essex has prevented many white
settlers from locating there who otherwise would
have made a home in one of those counties; and,
secondly, that in particular instances it
constantly occurs that the sale of a lot of land
is injuriously affected by reason of the near
settlement of colored people.

"'Next, as to the general feeling of the gentry
and farmers who live in the midst of this
population: All regard it with dissatisfaction,
and with a foreboding--an uncomfortable
anticipation for the future, as they behold the
annual inpouring of a people with whom they have
few or no sympathies in common, many of whose
characteristics are obnoxious and bad, and who
have to make a commencement here, in the
development of their better nature, should they
possess any, from perhaps the lowest point to
which the human mind can be degraded,
intellectually and morally.

"'There is undoubtedly hardly a well thinking
person whose heart is not touched with a feeling
of pity for the unfortunates who present
themselves as paupers, in the name of liberty, to
become denizens of our country. And it would,
doubtless, be a great moral spectacle to witness
these escaped slaves, as they are sometimes
pictured by professional philanthropists,
rendering themselves happy in their freedom,
acquiring property, surrounding themselves with
the comforts, if not the elegancies of life, and
advancing themselves intellectually, socially and
politically. But, alas for human nature! If the
negro is r