Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-21
From the NDrM Star.
The National Bazaar.

t"'S Sf'o""'u eNUlolIon OF anll-Sllvtry Indus
try, taste, skill, elegance, and beauty, held
in Faneuil Hall, Boston. From representa-
tions which we had heard, and descriptions
which we had read, our expectations were
very high; but high as they were, they were
more than grstifed. On entering the vast
and venerable hall, the manner and gram
deur of its decoration reminded us strongly
Of some old, but beautiful Gothic cathedrais
through which we have had the pleasure to
pass. For the special decoration of the hall
it would seem that almost a young forest of
evergreens had been stripped of ms foliage.
Bowers, arches, wreathes, aud beautiful
chains of it, were displayed in all directions;
the long range o! pillars supporting the ca
pacious galleries on either side, the upper
range around the gallery. reaching the cei-
ling, were all elegantly trimmed with ever
green; and between the pillars in the gallery,
rising from the breastwork around il, were
finely modelled forms of arches and windows
of the old Gothic order, all of which were
beautifully dressed in living green. Across
the hall, in various directions from side TO
side, were chains of evergreen, meeting and
crossing Immediately under a large and lu-
mlnous gas light chandelier, which, when
lighted, grandly reflected the charm which
nature always lends TO works of art. In the
centre Of the hall was a large table forming
a circle, piled with rich and beautiful arti-
Giles, TOO numerous TO mention. This, too,
was all surrounded and decorated with ever
green, in every graceful shape and form
which genius, skill, and fancy could invent.
On either side, and all around The table, were
tables connected from one end Of the hall TO
the other, and only divided from each other
by mulutudlnous forms Of living green rising
between them. Some of the more youthful
OF the ladies' wore wreathes of evergreen "a
bout their heads, as if determined to be in
unity with the natural and artificial beauty
surrounding them.
1t would be pleasant 10 be in such a place
at any time, but TO be there in the glorious
cause Of righteous liberty, surrounded by the
old and tried friends Of the cause; meeting
and conversing with many of them for the
first time since our return from England; wit
Messing the ardor Of their zeal, and gather
ing light and life from their lofty commune
cations, made it a delightful occasion to us,
and one which we wish every friend Of the
slave could share. England, Ireland, Scot
land, and Wales, were all represented. The
various useful, rich, elegant and beautiful
woHks from those countries deepened, in our
mind, The earnest sincerity and devotion to
our cause, which often filled our heart with
grateful admiration during our ~soiourn in
those lands. Noble was The devotion and
great the industry that sent those beautiful
works 10 our shores, and laid them on The
pure alter of Christian Philanthropy. Every
article was a silent but powerful pleader in
behalf Of the American slave, and a telling
rebuke of the guilty stakeholder of the South,
and his much more guilty allies of the North.
The women Of monarchial England pleading
with their sisters in republican America, 10
quit the internal practice of trading in the
bodies and souls of men, and making mer-
chandlze OF the bodies of their sable sisters (;
and this, too, in old Faneuil Hall, the era
die of Liberty" the birthplace of American
independence-where was nursed the young
spirit of the revolution, and where now hang
the pictures of Washington, Adams, Han
cock, Warren, and others, who seventy years
ago fought a British king in defence of A.
merlcan liberty! Scotland, too, joins the ap-
peal with the names of her forty thousand
daughters. What a rebuke is here
In looking upon the labogs of the dear
friends at home as well as abroad, we felt
ashamed OF their superior devotion. We ne
yer feel more ashamed of our humble efforts
in the cause of emancipation, than when we
contrast them with the silent, unobserved,
and unapplauded efforts of those through
whose constant and preserving endeavors this
annual exhibition is given TO the American
public. Anll-slavery authors and orators
may be said to receive compensation for what
they do, in the applause which must, sooner
or later, rebound 10 them; but not so with the
thousands whose works of use and beauty
adorn this fair. 1t is for them 10 work, un-
noticed and unknown, and sometimes unen-
CURED for; and many of them unable to see
the good that results from their efforts. Evil
IDENTIFY no sinister motive can enter into such
action; and yet,-noble souls they!-lhey
have a great and glorious reward. The con-
seriousness Of having done something toward
releasing from cruel bondage, even one sis
ter, and the gratitude OF that sister going up
In glory to God for deliverance from thral-
dom, is a happiness to the pure mind, which
as far transcends that derived from the praise
OF men, as heaven transcends earth, and eter-
nifty, time. Let proud pro-slavery congrega-
tons get up fairs 10 build and beauty their
churches; let them labor to cushion their
pews, carpet their floors, and ornament their
pulplts; they may indeed reap the reward that
results from the exercise of skill and indus
try, but the thought must come, after ALL
w navy "OISilPptu OURSELVES IdtheI uldh
God; we have been looking to our own ease
and comfort, rather than relieving those who
are unable to help themselves. Such per-
sons know nothing of the holy satisfaction
consequent upon unseIfsh labor and effort in
behalf of the hated and enslaved Of our land.
This is emphatically the great religious move
ment of the day-one in which the laborer is
taught 10 look only on the source of all good
for reward. The history of the Boston Fair
is interesting, instructive and encouraging
1t shows what may be accomplished by UNI
wavering fidelity, unfaltering industry, and
patient devotion to a good cause. The first
(of which this is the fourteenth fair,) was
held, we believe, in d small room, No. SC,
Washington street. At that time few ven
tured to attend it, and fewer to assist it. 4