Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-24
Letter from Z. A. Lukins.
LoNa IsLANp. MAY Is 1851.

DEAh DULL II NUulu uuNt Huh -
word of kindly assurance from you that my
desultory hodge -podge letters seem of suf
ticient value 10 make it worth while for me
to write and send them, should be glad TO
take your readers 10y the button for half
hour or so this morning, and talk TO them
about some matters OF great interest to me,
let them regard them as they may.
The great Convention at Syracuse is over
and retain nothing but confused recollec-
ton of crowd Of bright, kind aud eager
faces, general impression in Short of hov-
ing not long ago, experienced great "joy
strength aud spiritual exaltation," that will
not soon depart from me- and leave me with
the feeling, that the strange indefinite and
fearful thing we call he worid, is nothing
but the vulgar and selfish crowd.
We landed at New York OH the 12th, spent
the night in Brooklyn, and in the morning
crossed over, TO New York to spend the day
in sightseeing, us Country folks do: passed
Trinity Church, which many of your read
ers have seen, and suppose all heard OF,
noble specimen of the pure Gothic, which
will stand an enduring monument of Chris
tan folly long after the idle aud useless
faith that reared it, is turned into 'Godlike'
teorkS, which will give TO all the sons of men
II home and shelter, leaving them to seek a
place of worship wherever the full and CRATE
lul heart dictates. Then to Barnum's famous
museum where we found every thing, even
to the axe which was used in splitting the
difference" A magnificent collection, truly,
all the wonders OF land and sea, costumes
Of all nations, aud even the nations them
selves with all their habits and peculiaritics
seem to be brought before you. One cannot
in less than day or two, be the least benc-
fitted 10y it, but Barnun's design is not to
benefit the people, therefore no seats Orc
provided, aud unless you want to run the
risk Of iaintlng from fatigue before the street
door is reached, you had better after mount
ing the last staircase and examining the Cos.
morama on your knees, hurry buck quickly
as possible, hardly taking time even to look
ut the bonadde coach of Queen Adelaide
which Barnum purchased, with all its appen-
dages; IAN Egyptian mummy supposed to
be 5000 years old" or statue of Venus,
which for my soul cannot admire, and
sleeping Cupid that is heavenly, in its inno-
cent unconscious repose. Venus is Of fine
marble and beautifully formed, but the at
titude of shame and sell-consciousuess
shocks one. Cupid is too angelic to be
child, too childlike TO he IN angel, therefore
it is perfect and charming ideal of love, as
the ancients represented it. There is the
figure of Hercules too, destroying the lIy-
dra, a rich aud glorious ideal; but it is not of
the arts | am to speak.
From the museum we went to the Battery,
where great preparations were in progress
for the reception of President Fillmore, who
was expected 10 land at Castle Garden about
noon. Thousands of human beings filled
the Battery ard crowded around it, many
hundreds manocuvercd in complete military
array. We mingled in the crowd, to see il
out" not without infinite disgust, however,
at the sickening farce. What contrast be-
tween this motley brutal crowd, and their
unmeaning show, and the scenes we so late
ly mingled in at Syracuse! One can scarce
ly believe the different actors in the two
scenes belong to the same race. Garrison
or the beloved Thompson, contrasted with
one of these stupid sensual looking creatures,
decked in military trappings, one half Of
whom scarcely understood the meaning the
word President! Think of Quincy welcom-
cd by the horrid breath of that dwelling
wretch, who has not the selfrespect TO keep
himself free from drunkenness until their
foolish parade is over.
We made an attempt to eXricate ourselves
from them by going into Castle Garden, but
its no use, Castle Garden is already crowded,
and the tickets are fifty cents. Noon passed
and the President didn't come, these ruflian-
ly boys, who love the Union and President
so well, have no opportunity to testify it in
their usual way by shouts, which mean moth
ing and are about equal either to put down
Garrison or put up Fillmore. AT about three
o'clOcks lhe happy steamDoat conlhlilillg our
chief magistrate and his cabinet came in
sight; flags innumerable waved from il, and
horriiyiug cannon shots thundered from it
and the Battery alternately, then from Castle
Garden, and as he approached, from the Park
where we were. We bore it until the presi-
dent and suit had landed and entered Castle
Garden, waited some time for them TO APP
pear on the ground, where they were expec-
ted to review the troops; but o'clock, our
time of leaving was near, and despairing of
getting sight of them, we went to the
depot, leaving the crowd anxiously waiting,
some trying to swallow their impatience in
monsirous draughts Of whsley, some enga-
ged in rufliapy mock fights, or keeping up
Il L., ek.e al.