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Show J!f a r 1\J a r ~ . FRO~ TilE OERllAN' OF llOFFl'dAN, JN TOLLERSLEBF.:'I'. IT is a time of swell and flood, We linger on the strand, .And all that might to us bring good Lies in the distant land. 0 forward! forward! why stand still? The flood will ne'er run dry; Who through the wave not venture will, That land shall never spy. TilE question is often asked, both in Canada and in the United States: What have we in Canada to do with the Institution of Slavery, as it exists in the neighboring Republic? I do not think that a better answer is necessary, than that which is contained in the following extracts-the former of which is taken from a speech deli vcred by George Thompson, Esq., at the formation of the .Anti-Slavery Society of Canada-the latter from the valllilble work of the Rev . .Albert Barnes on Slavery: " .Arc we separated gcographicall y and politically from the country where slavery reigns? We arc, .for that very reason, the persons best able to form an unbiassed and sound judgment on the question at issue. We have as much to do with this question as with any question that concerns the happiness· of man, the |
