Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-02-23
f IL Il B u & l. E.
Thomas Carlyle.

of tlris distinguished ultthor-not having becu
able, amidst the eccentric cogruscotions OF
his intellect, to find any satisfactory evidence
that his heart was true 10 huniuity-so we
are not among the number Of those who
have been particularly disappointed and cha-
grinncd by the proofs of his bitter hatred OF
the Ant-Sllvery cause which his own pen
has recently furnished, and TO which4llluson
is made inthe following extract Of letter
from RICHARD ID. WEBB TO the National A.
s. Standards:
DUBLIN, December IS, 1879.
My DEAR GAY:-I do rot know whether
Frhser's is one of those British Magazines
und Reviews that are regularly reprinted ioi
the ediiication and dcloctation o the Amer-
can public. The prop ietor OF HAT inag' zlne
il (!s his name ilnpOrtSb a Scotchnor, and
TLunas Carlyle has long been one OF its
most distinguished contributors. Indeed his
uriicics were IL principal means OF securing
that enIiucncc and popularity. Tor fraser,
which are of such costly and difficult aitaili-
ment. for any serial publication III these conn-
tries. In the last number there is an article
fiom Carlyle's pen upon the slate OF Britsh
West Indian afllrs, which rs the calise OF
my now writing 10 you. II appears there Is
n difficulty in inducing the free negro popu-
latiOn To wolk on the sugar pluitalions ior
suclrwagcs ns their iormor masters are dis
posed 10 offer, and that in consequence
considerable quantity OF land is going out of
cultivation to the great loss OF the proprie-
tors.i' What the actual facts N tire case arc,
do not precisely know; Tut fIom Joseph
John Gulney's and other accounts that have
read of these Islands since the abolition OF
Slavery, understand ihHt the great majority
of tire population are happy and prosperous
and that they are not unproductivc oilers, Is,
] think, proved by the circumstance that The
quantity OF British goods exported illiiher
hos 1ustly increased siIS@e tlte peoIae'si tinc
and earnings becalne their own;'iustead of
being sent of to England in the slnpe of SIT
gar-to be sold there for tie benefit OF That
powerful urisiocratic clique called the "West
Indian Interest,"" or their mortgugees. II you
are familiar with Carlylc's writings you are
aware of his deadly hatred 10 the colored
race He never calls a colorcd man any
thing liut Quashec or Sanbo. Aud his lus-
tiIily towards all who take their part is us ic-
rocious and yi,uperaiive us that oi So'lil
Cnrolinian toward an Abolitionlst. Carlyle
has got greut name for enrnestncss ana
trutlIiulpess, and for his hostility to'sbains-
but rs tnr as my observation goes, have
rarely met with less carnesiness or truthful
ness ahau among lis proessed admirers
They appear 10 believe IN nothing, MT III
some oi their apostles bloody idols. would
not dread n fair comparison for carnesiless,
truilfulncss, and reality OF character between
the plilunllropists he abuses in his grotesquc
dialect, and Cromwell, Mahomet and those
other Janguinary fanatics whom he csleeills
,l,. ,,.o,II MnrtIlX
But all YOU have ever seen of this eccentric
writer is cXcelled IN ahsurdiy, unreasonable
ness insolence and utter recklessness of the
.nmmonost principles OF justice, equity, and
fair play, by this last article in Ffdsef. lie
absolutely Iqwes and rours in a style that Is
only,sllited TO the most southern part Of the
South. II this essay had proceeded from
the lien of u New Orleans professor OF moral
philosophy, or n bishop OF Charleston, ,RomSll
or Protestant, ! should not wonder, but II
looks very odd ns the production OF son oi
cautious, God-fearing Scotland. II his sug-
pestions and recommendations were general
iy adopted, society should he resolved into us
primitive elements, and every man lett iol-
low
"The good old rule. the simple plan
That they should take who have the power
And they should keep who cam
ELIZABETH PEAsE, one of the puresi and
best of tho women of England, writes to Mr
Garrison thus:
And CARLYLE, too! he surely is ambitious
Tint his sun should set in clouds and llnrR
darkness, and that his memory Should de'
scend to postcrity, loaded with the coniehp
and execrution OF all that is good, and honor
able, e,.aud ennobImg. What can tic mal'
nim be in writing that article in Flaser'
Magazine, which is perfectly inhunnn, an'
written in strain OF low, disgusting vulgar
iU? With all the fine sentiments no ha
penned-and he has penned some very mn
onesl-he has u low, vulgar, tyrannicai splri'
Ikndw his behavior TO the poor IRISH, Whel