Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-29
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TIE UNFINISHED MARY WASHINGTON MoNU.
MENT.-The unfinished monument to Mary the
mother of Washington, at Fredericksburg, Va, is
fast going to ruin, and is badly disigured with
bullet and shot marks, being used by the boys as
a target.-EGchange.
We had the pleasure, if it was one, of seeing
this monument two or three months ago. Its APP
pearance was most scandalous. We could scarce
ly lay the ball of a finger upon any part of it not
disfgured by bullet and shot marks. We suppose
that everybody in all that region, who can shoot
a gun, has taken a pop at it at every opportunity.
The monument appears to be about half finish
ed, and has remained in its present condition for
several years. The explanation Of its being left
in such a condition is this: A New York widow
err, wealthy and very vain Of his wealth, was
counting, a few years ago, a young lady connected
with the Washington family. A monument to the
mother of Washington was at that time talked of,
and the armorous widower, to make a display of
riches and win the favor of his lady love, claimed
the privilege of building it with his own resourc,
es. By the expenditure of several thousands of
dollars, he raised it rapidly to its present height,
but he did not rise in Miss C.'s favor so briskly as
his stone structure rose into the air. In fact, she
absolutely discarded him, and thep, as was to be
expected, he Indignantly refused to pay for the
laying of another stone. OF course the structure,
as no one else saw fit to take hold of it, has ever
since remained at just the height it had reached
when the widower was Tilted.
COMPENSATED EMANolrArioN.-Rev. Mr.. Crooks,
of the New York East Conference, is showing
in the NC. Advocate, that the people of Delaware
are sick of slaveholding-are convinced that if
they were free from it, their State would 90 at
once DO enriched. But they want to sell out their
hnman property, instead of freeing them at
their own cost, as many of the present States have
done. Hence they 60 in for compensated enamel
patton. Elihu Burrit says 1.-The call for the
Cleveland Convention received more names in Del
aware that in any other State" New York, New
Jersey. Pennsylvania, &C., did not sell their slaves,
but freed them and now it is proposed that we
help buy up the slaves of the WORKOUT and impov-
erished slave States, instead of their freeing their
own ''niggers" as we have done And this in.
iquitous diversion from genuine anti. slaveryism, is
by the N. Advocate. 1t says. ave see
that DIR. Stevens is an advocate of compensated
emancipation, and we believe the more that men
candidly look into the reasons for this theory
and its feasibility, the more they will become dis
of that school."-NOrhern Independent.
short tint since, the Carolinian took occasion to
make q brief response to the question-'would
South Carolina cooperate with Texas, Alabama,
other southern states, should they make the
issue of disunion at this time ?" The Yorkville
Enquirer warmly endorses the remarks, and
"a nut she'll has never held q great argument
more completely. We heartily endorse the Caro-.
linian's position and, when the issue is made, we
to say that the co'operationists of York
District will be found true to the professions they
made in 1852. And when q southern Confedera-
cy is to be formed in good faith(2) our word for it,
there will not be found in South Carolina q corpo,
RAILS guard to lag behind. So predicts, for one,
tho Yorkyille Enquirer.