Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-06-28
NUMBER 10

love Of oysters but rsyenous appetite fos DO
food Of some kind. twas oyster o. nothing
with them. And IN the course Of life thus
forced upon them, the males who survived the ie
period Of infancy may have averaged twenty
five years Of wretched, debased, brutal exisl 9
tence, while the females Of more delicate sa
frame and subjected to additional evils, have &
usually died much younger. But the galloWs
the charity hospitals, the prisons, the woils
houses (refuges denied to the healthy and
unconyicted,) with the unfenced kennels and ~
hiding places Of the destitute during inclement
weather, genaraIly saw The end cf them al
BY the time that men il better ciFeunstAneea ~
had usually attained their prime. And all this
has been going on unresisted and almost un4 .
noticed for countless generations ii DE very
shadows Of hundreds Of church steepIesy aud
in city which pays millions Of dollars al.
uually for the support Of the gospel minissras g
items.
The chief impression made on me bs ths
spectacle here presented was one Of intense
sadness and self reproach. ] deeply realize
that had hitherto said too little done TOO
1 little, dared too litslt, sacrificed too ttIe %
awaken attention TO the internal WfonQs and
abuses which are inherent in she very stFuc.
lture and constitution, the nature and essence
Of civilized society as Il now exists thFoaghoua
Christendom. OF what avail our aims giving,
and individual benevolenee, and even tEe Of ts
fees Of Religion. in the presence Of evils 30
gigantic and so inwoven with the vefy frame
| work Of Society? There have been here ia
all recent times charitable men, coed men
enough to have saved Sodom, but not enough
10 save Society from the condemnation Of dfi-
wing this outcast race before Il Ike sheep To-
1 pursuit Of their several schemes Of pleasure,
lriches or ambition, looking up 10 God for his
appreciation on their beneyolehcs as they toss
i ed penny to some miser6ble beggar after
they had stolen the earth from under his feet
il How long shall this endure?
The school was dismissed, and every one
REQUESTED 10 leave who did not choose 20 81
tend the prayer-meeting No effort vas made et
4 TO induce any one to stay--the contrary zath-
u er. I was surprised to see that three loarths
i II think staid; though shis was partly exs
/ iplained afterward BY the facs that they had q
q hopes Of nights lodging here and none elssF5i
Il where That prayer-meeting was Che mostsq
impressive and salutaFyreligious service have
J attended for many years. -Four o. FIVE prayers
i.were made By different teachers u succession
-i-ail chaste, appropriate, excellent fefFenA s
! affecting. A hymn was sung before and after
each BY the congTe egatiOh-- dwell sung s
Briefla eegent addresses were made BY the
3 superintendent and q believe an American IS
visitor. Then the school Was dismissed, and
2 the pupils who had tickets permitting them %
: sleep il, the dormitory below 6led off IN regu-
I lar orderto their several herths The residue
: fleft the premises We visitors were next GER
z mitted to 60 down and see those who staid
Of course only the ladies being allowed to look
otinto the apartment for women O the sad
e ness Of that sight There ID the mems room
Z were perhaps hundred men and boys, sitting
$ up in their rags in little compartments Of na
0 ked boards, each about halfway between g
81 .bread-tray and hog.trough, which, planted
D. close to each other, were 70 be their resting
place for the night, as they had been Tor se9s1
flfal previous nights And this is 1 very res
ol cent and very blessed ads4::sion 10 tie school
RIimade nv The muniGcence Of some noble Wo-
d Imam, who gave $500 expressly TO st up some
b hkind Of sleeping room, 50 that those who had
= -attended the school should not all be s1Fned
= hout as part still necessarily are 70 wander
q Tor lie ali nightin the always cold danp
= streets There are not many hogs in Anasri-
u ca who are not better lodged than these poor
o human brethren and sisters. who nov united
at The suggestion Of fbe Superintendens ID a.
5IhYnin OF praise to God for al his mereiesi,
,rIshelter and hope Of food ffor each one Wheis
: permitted to STAY here has a bath and six
II ounces Of bread allotted 10 him 10 the K1offi-
: ing; yet whenI contrasted this with the more
,fl formal and stately worship had intended az
= Westminster Abbey in the morning. the pre-
+ pondeFance was decidedly mot 10 favor Of fheF
el latter 8ais5d8szEs5 Sssszzsiss zsss
i Itseaned to me spFoanation- insult
j heaped on iniurY--an nniusti6able prying into
" the saddest secrets Of the great prison house.
4. of,human woe--for us visitors to be standing
4 here; and though I apoiogized for il with SOW
81 ersign, which grain Of sand win, 4 am sure be
8 wisely applied TO the mitigation of this moan
e tain Of misery, was yet in haste 70 be gone.s,
,e Yet leaned over the rail and made some in.
4 qpiry of a ragged and forlorn youth cf nine.
= teen or twenty who sat next us IN his trough
,el waiting for our departure before he Jay dpFns
oil to such rest as that place could AFFORD hi1n,
mi He replied that be had no parents nor friends
Of who could help him had never been taught
ia any trade-alWays did any work be could get
earned sixpense 70 shilling per,
ts day by odd jobs. but could get no work lately,
v.l-had no money of course--and had eaten
q. nothing that day but The six ounces Of bread
IS given him on rising in the morning and bad,
"A only the like six ounces in prospect between
- him and starvation. That hundreds 90 situat-
8 ed should aniteswith seeming iegyor ia praise.
nj to God shames the more polished devotion Of
;s the favored and comfortable: and # these fans
5. ishing hopeless optcasts were 70 pilter every
day ofther lives [as most Of them did, and
!. perhaps some Of them. still do. | should pity
s. even more than blame them. - -,
rs ) The next night gave me a clearer idea Of
of - BREISH.ANTISLAYE 81,
ss The Annual meeting Of the British and
lg Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was held on
IS Monday evehiaginsthe Free Masons' Hale
lc4 very 6ne oneaa There was about One Thou
en- sand persons pfeseps7Tperhaps less, certainly