Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-09-18
Salem "A Panorama.

of the Anti Slavery Standard, with the fol-
loving description of town and country
hereahouls. For the credit of our town, we
nre sorry TO say that in this description we
cannot enumernte MS many "unwarrautahlc
| hyperholes" ns we could desire Under date
of August 2itI, speaking of Salem ho says
Why the people of the place muny Of
whom are wealthy, should consent to I've
luUdlcd together, two or three Thousand of
them, in so much mud, filth, aud rubbish of
every kind, is most mysterious. Only one
of the streets has ANYTHING which eau be
called u sidewalk, without n most daring
latitude IN the use of language. Aud then
they are clustered with almost every cuucciv-
able thing which should not he there. A
PhiladclpIin friend remarked to me just
now, ~ we were walking that it looked rs
though nolhing was ever picked up" | told
him good many things lud been thrown
down, ut any rate.
In some places, the flow of sundry sinks
aud kitchens OF most cquvocal bollsewiiery
run directly into tie uiuin street. In these
hot mondays, you will he greeted with all
manners aud compounds oi ylllunous
Smells" us you leap these unbridged csiua-
rirs, besides swarnis Of flies, lhttenrd on the
filth into truly nrislorraiic proportions, shat,
with fearful buzz, open TO the right aud
left for your accommodation as you pass along (;
and ilrn, too, most Inwlrss, independent
herd OF swine wander aud bivounc,hy day or
night, us suits their inclinaIion.- independent,
however IN little else, inr most of them re-
mind you far more of Phnraoli's seven years
OF iumIue than the seven Of plenty.
Il =, tI,,,f
gardenS ia the town, bnt the stables, siycs,
aud other Opaque bodies, almost wholly
eclipse Them IRON human gaze.
Except on the main street what of side
walks there are consist of planks stretched
along lenghthwsc, frequently only one
abreast las un lrishmnn would say); aud so
the people are compelled to walk as is re-
Iuircd of prisoners ia the Penieniinries,
one after another; aud these .planks nre,
many of them, warped as badly as the prin-
ciples of some political parIies aud in ma
ny cascs indeed, like those principles, they
have entirely disappeared. And it is re-
narknblc with what calm resignation the
citizens bear their luss, and submit, year after
year, To tie bereavement.
Aud over nll the suoke Of the biiuminous
coal, which is burned IN large quantities, has
llIUNll Il pun VI NlUthHfSS, NulNu HuNS Nilt
place ia Incoming mourning, and gives il
truly uhinyi.lng appearance, reminding one
strongly of what an old resident told me,
that every thing was so SuOiy, from the use
of coal, Tint uIollIrrs had always To wash the
faces of the children when they had been
out, before each could tel! her own. think
this is an unwarranluble hyperbolc, aud can.
not endorse il.
In such place, has the .Ant,-Sidray BHgle
beeu located, and here has il- editor come to
reside, leaving as pretty aud pleasant little
home, twenty miles off, us could b. desired.
The region around Salem is fertile aud
beautiful; aad many of the farms are most
magnificent. Nature has done hountiiuly,
aud only usks little wise aud faithful cnl-
ture, aud this whole vicinity would become
one of the very gardens OF the world.
We have Just cluscd the tenth Anniversary
of the Western Anti-Slavery Society. Ii
was held in the lIickSilc Meeting hoGse, eX-
ccpt on Sunday, when the multitude in nj
tendance drove us to the grove. The lliCk-
site Qunkcrs ARE extremely honOurable aud
generous in granting us their house without
any charge nt all, except pay to the persons
who ARE employed To wash il, after we have
closed our exercises; aud then the hospital
ity OF The people is without hound. Finy
persons are oiIcn entertained hOuntiluily, for
the whole three days, in houses not as lHrge
ms the ordinary ihrm-houscs of New York
aud New England; aud then the cheerful
! heartncss with which everything is done is
! nlnSi honourahe TO human nature aud n fatal
denial to the whole doctrine of Total De-
praviiy.
The ol1irinl proceedings will tell you
about the meeting. Joseph Barker, Oliver
iolnson, Jane Elznbelh Jones, aud Henry
p, G. Wright. took prominent part in the meet
ings. Frederick Douglass was nlso present,
! Ia represent aud to advocate (thouglI think
Ia liile purpose enough) some kind of polli-
zeal Anti-Slnvcry. But whether he would
have us embrace the theories of the old
Liberty Party" or the very widely different
platform of the Free Democracy" was
certainly not at all apparent. My own opln'
ion is, that we shall compromise " the mat
ter generally, 10y sticking to Anli'Savery
proper, and letting both alone. Al times
when Douglass scared above the nisls nnt
murks of politics, he was eloquent IN ih'
most superlnlive degree, and reminded m'
lnournully of whnt lIc once was.
There nre some pnllicnl Aholilonists her
nt tie West, whose virtue is like tlint OF lh
Roman Empress, "above suspicion" The.
STAND ny llle w esleIH i2"O"'1 w N'N'y "J"i
emergency, aud, l trust, wonld, no matter u
whnt cost To politics or anything else
though as yet they cannot see the prophet
and importance Of refusing all goyernnIenla
, alliance with the shareholders Of the South
ern States; indeed,i thinI. i, is only the lead
ers of any of the political parties IN Ohm
who hold back the people rom proc'aimini
nj once. No Union with Shareholders.
The Western Society gives good accoun
| of herself this year, as you WIZ see ny III
interesting Report of the Corresponding Sc
cretary, aud also by the proceedings OF TN
Anniversary. You will find the Resolution
, adopted arc in no ambiguous terms, what