. Autographs for freedom. Rochester, N. Y., October 19th, 1853. 0 r to a r h FROM THE GERMAN OF HOFFI^LVN, IN FOLLERSLEBEN. It is a time of swell and flood, We linger on tlie strand,And all that might to us bring good Lies in the distant land. O forward ! forward ! why stand still ? The flood will neer run dry;Who through the wave not venture will, That land shall never rjpHE question is often asked, both, in Canada and inthe United States: What have we in Canada todo. with the Institution of Slavery, as it exists in theneighboring Eepublic? I do not think that a betteranswer is necessar
. Autographs for freedom. Rochester, N. Y., October 19th, 1853. 0 r to a r h FROM THE GERMAN OF HOFFI^LVN, IN FOLLERSLEBEN. It is a time of swell and flood, We linger on tlie strand,And all that might to us bring good Lies in the distant land. O forward ! forward ! why stand still ? The flood will neer run dry;Who through the wave not venture will, That land shall never rjpHE question is often asked, both, in Canada and inthe United States: What have we in Canada todo. with the Institution of Slavery, as it exists in theneighboring Eepublic? I do not think that a betteranswer is necessary, than that which is contained inthe following extracts—the former of which is takenfrom a speech delivered by George Thompson, Esq.,at the formation of the Anti-Slavery Society ofCanada—the latter from the valuable work of theRev. Albert Barnes on Slavery : Are we separated geographically and politicallyfrom the country where slavery reigns ? We are, forthat very reason, the persons best able to form an un-biassed and sound judgment on the question at have as much to do with this question as withany question that concerns the happiness of man, the 188 What has Canada glory of God, or the hopes and destinies of the humanrace. We have to do with this question, for it lies atthe foundation of our own rights as a portion of thehuman family. The cause of lib
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