The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-01-25


Report of The "week at the Fair" excep
few things in relation to the Liberty
Party. but must content ourselves with ;
short extract, copied from the Liberator
We are sure it will interest our readers.
"A walk round the hall, if we car
find time for it, would show US how
deeply our effort is indebted 10 the friend:
OF England, Scotland and Ireland. Those
beautiful water-coor sketches of Nonnes
worth, Johannesburg, Rvlandsec, &C., are
from Mary Carpenter, daughter of The
highly esteemed Liant Carpenter, Of Eng
land. They are The fruits OF her exqals.
tic taste during tour on the Rhine; and
they are all purchased while we are adj
mring them. Look at the contributions
from Dublin, and thank the generous
hearts of Anne and Richard Allen - Of
the daughters OF the beloved JAS Haugh-
ton, and of our brother r. D. Webb and
family. From how many towns in Ire
land have beautiful and generous contri-
buttons been offered They are but in
few instances the offerings of wealth, but
how excellent is the taste, The ingenuity
and industry here displayed. How just
are the perceptions of the beautiful here
indicated! So also Of the contributions
from Cork and Scotland, which arrived
in the midst Of the Fair, and were swept
off at once by lhrong of purchasers
Here is one contribution at once elegant
aud useful: a very expensive toothbrush
for hall door. made Of The Irish bog
oak. "A git,,' as the inscription testfes,
from the workmen of the Messrs. Vari-
ans mandatory, to the Massachusetts
Ani-SIavery Bazaar, Boston, Can one
look at such proofs OF remembrance OF
orr cause among people that is itself
oppressed withou! feeling the heart fill
with gratefn! emotlon2 The time would
fail, to enGmerate all the articles that ex
cited admiration and gratitude in the be-
holders. The elaborate bell-puls, and
cushions, and bags, and embroidery, and
linen, and infants clothing, and papetrie,
from Dublin, aud Cork, and Wexford,
and Tralse, aud Limerick, and many
other towns, and even trom Guernsey,
which. sOmehoa0, seems so much farther
off; the shawts. and scarfs, and caps, and
aprons, and dresses, and doll costume,
from Glasgow and Edinburgh-the beau,
lifuI herbarum the plants from all the
classic spots Of classic Scolland-we can
not fully enumera,e, but we shall always
gratefully remember. From places we
never heard of before, came cheering
testimonials that they know us for our
cnps,,ie saba I1rono fNholvodcn e. Wall.
hamstow comes aid and encouragement,
which may the gvers find returned 'heaped
up s running over, into their own bosom
Many gratifying incidents came 10 our
knowledge during this slight inspection
of the tables. Here is an attractive vol
ums, letered Sea OGering." 1t con-
tains beautifully preserved specimens of
our New-England marine plants. and was
sent in at the last moment; highly val
ued token of interest in the cause. Look
at the waving ferns from Plymouth, be-
meath the banner which bears the Land
ing of the Pilgrims. This day is the
223I anniversary OF their landing, the 22d
of December; and yet you might think
it early autumn if you did not look be-
yond this richly tinted foliage aud way
ing grass, which have been preserved to
ornament our lille festival of Freedom. j.
Here, too, are fragments of the Rock. for +
the sentimental geo!oeist, or patriotic 6
The long-exppcted Tun- |
bridge ware at length arrives; but it is =
ecipsed by the novelty and beauty Of the 6
portfolio stand beside it, which you will
think came from Japan, ill you learn h
hat it is monument of the taste and U
perseverance 10 be found in Wa'ertowp. n
Towards the close of the Fair, whole h
edition of the neatest Of all possible little II
pamphlets is brought in. 1t is entitled,
Poems on Slavery, for Christmas, l843. =
Dedicated to Eliza Lee FolIen, and pub
shed by he author for the Massachusetts
FAIR The author allows
10 name TO accompany his welcome gift -
. the cause, but it has since been learned
hat he is a recent graduate from Har. Y
yard, who made himself name there,
IS scholar and as man. 1t is in no u
ordinary degree a manly and christian /
act, in youth preparing for the ministry, e
o aid the advocates of the slave, at the q
Anti Slavery Fair, land they tt
warmly thank him, and ferventIy wish f
him strength for the ant-slavery work. tt
There is great truth and power in Mr.. "
Hills picture of Fl
THE DEATH OF THE SLAVE. p
In low and iIl-hatched hut il
Stretched on floor Of clay, r
With scanty clothing round her wrapped, :.
The dying woman lay. Il
No husbands kindly hand, 5
No loving child was near, S
To offer her their aid, or shed
The sympahizing tear.
For now the ripened cane
Was ready for the knife,
And not slave could be spared to aid
His mother or his wife.
She ia atr vol in yit