Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-06-23
SALEM, OHIO, JUNE 90, 1860.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Vernon, would be a wide departure from general
usuage, and we accordingly iell in With the popu-
lar current, and visited the resting place Of one,
who in many respects was certainly in advance Of
his age, and 6nspeakably superior, with all his
faults, to the people whose idolatry makos pilgri.
mages IL his tomb, while their lips anetbamatiEo,
and tbBit hands smitc those prophets Of Liberty
who now preach the duty Of repentance and atone
ment for our deeds Of depotism.
ONE OF sLAvERY's MARKS.
The curse which tho Father Of his country suH.
cred to exist in Virginia, is clearly visible upon
her soil, aud the marks of slaVsft are to be seen
upon both shores of the beautiful Potomac. Ma
ture has not been ~nigeatdly In her gifts, and al
though here and there Upon her banks are seen q
handsome dwelling, We could not but feel that had
the stream flowed near q northern city. it's shores
would have been lined with beautiful mansions.
with tasteful country residences whose existence
VT ud hove indicated she presence Of free labor.
and Of paid Industry.
AS for the sarcophagus which contains the NOR.
tai remains OF GeorgeW ashington of the simple iA-
~scription upon it, of the appearance Of the enclos-
ure in which reposes the remains of himself and
wife, and of the situation of the Mt. Vernon Man
sion, behold, have not the particulars been written
again and again, 80 that all who will may have an
opportunity to read
MEMENToEs.
1t Is expected that every visitor to Mt. Vernon
will carry away q mennonite Of his visit either in
the form oc a cane, a boquet, or something of the
kind, and sable-hued merchants are to be found on
every hand to supply these remembrancorS for
a consideration. The trade in the frat named
articles-canes-is said to BE immense, and illust
trates most forcibly the truth Of the commercial
axiom, that supply is regulated by demand. "
is even whispered that notwithstanding her nonT
intercourse threats, Virginia imports a considera-
BILE quantity of her Mt. Vernon canes from New
England. 1t is said there is wood enough extGns of
the Holy Cross to build two seventy tours, and it
requires as much credulity to believe that the Ms.
Vernon plantation is an illimitable thicket Of
canes, whose supply ever has, and ever will equal
the existing demand.
CONDITION OF TIE MANSION.
We think no enc can visit the mansion and
grounds of Mt. Vernon without feeling shat tho
5000, 900 demanded and received by the late pro-
prietor as it's purchase money, was a speculation
that savored more Of pecuniafy profit to John A.
Washington than of either honor, honesty, or pat:
iobio" Cpou uouoiuiuS Nuo uoEloCteu uuitlO
Of the grounds and the tumhlc-down appearance
OF the Mansion, it is u difficult to fepress a feeling Of
indignation against the person who has thus suf-
cred these things TO occur. and then demanded
exhorbitant pay for such neglect. The slip.shod
appearance of things at Mt. Vernon would proba.
bly, no: strike a Southernet With the same force 90
it would one from the North, fof q developen6en1
of the same spirit is to be Witnessed in afh6ost
every part that we saw of Old Virginia, for moi
only does everything look old without the vehstG.
BILE appearance of age, but one is inclined to doubt
whether they were ever new. A prosperous far
mer Of the West would be ashamed to have his
farm and his farm appointments of such character
as those which seem to satisfy o Virginia planter.
John A. Washington bad packed up his fufni-
ture to leave. The boxes occupied the greater
part Of the hall. and entirely filed up ore Of tho
two rooms which visitors are permitted to enter.
Our inspection Of the interior Of the Mansion was
therefore very limited, and as everything had been
removed from the other room, we could fully ex-
anime its uncarpeted floors and bare walls. Tho.
I original furniture would certainly have been xu
c agreeable addition to the view, but it Was never
ltheless a great satisfaction to stand there and feel
that the room was itself unchanged, that its fash.
y U u WbTo ING bduIe as Wnen tue leuQs
ing statesmen of other days, and the representa-.
i tives of the governments of other lands gathered
in the reception room Of the private Mansion Of
: the first President Of this nation.
. THE OLD KEY.
Enclosed in o small case which is fastened
against the wall of one Of the doors leading from
, the Hall, hangs a large iron key, which called up
the recollections of the past, and suggested many
thoughts connected with the present aud the fu.
ture. 1t ia the Key which opened and fastened
the doors Of the French Bastile, which caused 10
turn upon their heavy hinges those pOndetous
gates which shot out from liberty, and often life;
> those whose love Of freedom made despOtism feel
o insecure. But the time came when the people
u rose in the majesty of their power. the popular
voice spoke as the voice of God, and the old Bas.
tile trembled at its sound. Its gates swueg op6n,
its prisoners walked forth in freedom, and iys
walls crumbled to the earth.
The old key excited much attention from those
n who were present when we saw it, but we found
that net a few of those who curiously inquired Of
g its history-and apparently intelligent persons too
10 were wholly ignorant of the character ard even
the name of the French Bestile, and could not
have told whether it was some place Of fashions
BILE resort, q %gunpowder magazine, or a Cathedral
in Paris. What wonder that such persons know
but little of the American Bastile whose builders
and jailors possess a more terrible power, whose
g outrages upon liberty are deeper and darker, and
who deserve 10 be smitten with a more fearful
vengeance than the oppressors of France ever
"a knew. The hand writing in which. is recorded
their doom, is blazing upon the wall Of their tenn.
I, pic, but they heed not the warning, nor will they
listen to the voice of the true interpreter.
a 1t has been definitely ascertaineS that the coon
|. which was discovered in 1910 %"settin' on q rail"
! selected that location on account Of said rail hax.