A Welcome to Mrs. H. B. Stowe, on her Return from Europe.

SHE comes, she comes, o'er the bounding wave,
Borne swift as an eagle's flight;

She comes, the tried friend of the slave,—
Truth's champion for the right.

Not as the blood-stained warrior comes,
With shrill-sounding fife and drums;

But peaceful by our quiet homes,

The conquering heroine comes.

Then welcome to our Pilgrim shore,
Tho' sad affliction* meet thee;

Three million welcomes from God's poor,

The south winds bear, to greet thee.

*The sickness of her daughter.

A WELCOME TO MRS. H. B. STOWE. 185

To thee, with chain-linked hearts we come,

Which naught but death can sever,

To thank thee for thy "Uncle Tom,"

Thy gentle-hearted "Eva."

When the crushed slave himself shall own,

Three million fetters broken,

Shall mount before thee, to the Throne;

Of thy true life, the token.

Then welcome to our northern hills;
Thy own New England dwelling;
The birds, the trees, the sparkling rills,
All, are thy welcome swelling.

Josephs 6. Jolly.

ROCHESTER, N. Y., October 19th, 1853.

Forward.

FROM THE GERMAN OF HOFFMAN, IN FOLLERSLEBEN.

Ir 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.

O forward! forward! why stand still?
The flood will ne'er run dry;

Who through the wave not venture will,

That land shall never spy.

T.W. Higginson.

That has Canada to do with Slavery?

THE 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 delivered by George Thompson, Esq., at the formation of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada-the latter from the valuable work of the Rev. Albert Barnes on Slavery:

"Are we separated geographically and politically from the country where slavery reigns? We are, 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

glory of God, or the hopes and destinies of the human race. We have to do with this question, for it lies at the foundation of our own rights as a portion of the human family. The cause of liberty is one all over the world. What have you to do with this question? The slave is your brother, and you cannot dissolve that Union. While he remains God's child he will remain your brother. He is helpless, and you are free and powerful; and if you neglect him, you are not doing as you would have others do to you, were you in bonds. Know you not that it is God's method to save man by man, and that man is only great, and honorable, and blest himself, as he is the friend and defender of those who need his aid. You are dwellers on the same continent with three millions of slaves. Their sighs come to you with every breeze from the South. Oh, haste to help them, that this glorious continent may be freed from its pollution and its curse."

Extract from Barnes on slavery:

"Slavery pertains to a great wrong done to our common nature, and affects great questions, relating to the final triumph of the principles of justice and humanity. The race is one great brotherhood, and