The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-10-09
DUBLIN, Ireland, Sept. |, 1916

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Sept. l, 1916,
ESTEEMED FRIEND GARRISON
embrace the earliest opportunity to
fuf my promise to write you some of
my first impressions on visiting, for the
first time, our father land. shall avoid
commenting on many things Of interest to
me, which occurred on our passage cut,
as they will be given you in much better
language by our friend Douglass. Suf-
| fee it 10 say, that our passage was attend
ed with many incidents of novelty and in-
ttrest TO one unaccuslomed, as am, 10
voyage on the ocean. The many sea-
monsters. which lifted themselves above
the bounding waves-the extent and pic-
turesque appearance of the many icebergs
which we passed.-lhe awful grandeur of
The ocean, when dashed into fury by the
sIorm-- The ease with which our gal.
liant ship outrode and surrounded the
waves, which at times seemed 10 threaten
TO overwhelm US, were exceedingly inter-
esling to me.
We landed a, Liverpool on the morn
ing of the 28th inst. making onr passage
in eleven days and thirteen hours. Liv>
erpool is delig hlfuIly situated on the mouth
oflhe river Mersey. 1t is said that this
place was merely hamlet until the time
Of William Ill, since which time, it has
rapidly advanced in population and mpor
lance, through the industry and enierpris-
ing spirit of its inhabitants, being now
the second commercial port in the king
dom. 1t is said that one twelfth part of
the shipping is navigaled by Liverpool,
that it has one fourth part of her trade,
one sixth part of her general commerce,
and one half as much trade as the city of
London. AS you enter the place, you
are struck with the ancient and rusty ap.
peatance Of everything around you. [
should know that | was in the old world,
from its contrast with our own country, in
that particular.
We put up at the Union Hotel, Clayton
Square. There, again, you are struck
with the difference with which hotels are
conducted, from what they are in our
country. You are shown into room by
the servant, which is appropriated to you
and your party exclusively. You have
what you call for, and pay for what you
call for, and have it alone. They have
no general table, as We have In our coun-
try. Hotels are managed by manmon--
at any rate, as far as the business opera
tons are concerned. They have ths
greatest facility in taking the change from
a stranger, OF any people ever met with.
Our Yankees are called great shsrpers,
but think they might improve by taking
lessons OF the English. After charging
for rooms, meals, servants, and every-
thing possible, they will let their servants
come upon you with an intoIerabe impor-
iunity. The servant that has waited upon
your table must have something extra;
the man who has looked at your trunk
must be paid something for his own bene-
fit; the Car man, whom you have agreed
to give 2 shlllngs TO take up your trunk,
will manage to get four, &c. SC. These
tricks are played of on strangers to such
an extent, that the government has inter.
posed 10 endeavor TO remedy the evil
On the morning OF the 29th, started,
in company with the Hutchinson family,
Edward N. Wright OF Philadelphia. and
MIR Sharp of this country, to visit the an
cient town of Chester, one Of the Oldest in
this country. Chester is situated on
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