Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
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GUWCIE Toms CABIN"


Fox the Lewisburg Chronicle
JUNGLE GoM'S CABIN"
"A sor.c: By rsp.ror5rsD rI-eRArH YEoN 7ut SPIRIT
KSo,Ei L.
The complaint OF the slavehelding fra
ternity, that I" the literature of the world 7
is against them," is happilytoo true. No
poetry in praise Of human degradation,
has ye. attained the dignity Of living
thing Ali the attempts Of demagogues.
of inbred ,yrauts, aud Of starving wits
who have proa,ituted their talents 70 write
ioc oppression, are but acknowledged
monuments of their infamy. Over their
braves is the epitaph, in every honorable
mind
THE wisest brightest, SEAsrsI Of lnanind"
Humanity and Reason and Revelation
have everywhere in all times cried out
against the debasement Of human intellect
and the crushing Of IN an! !y aspirations for
freedom 1, is not mere poetical maxim
that
"Eauali'y of right is Natures p'an.
And ;1..oTing NaLuy.'a Is the m4trh of man"
No Work has in any age proved itself
so well adapted to the wants Of the time,
as that indicated by the title Of this ar
ticle. And no book has had more rapid
sale We see it stated, that 100,0 900
Or not less than 100000 volumes
have been sold already, and that all the
means of the Publisher are inadequate TO
supply the demand The au'horess-Nrs.
Harriet Bcecher S;owe-has Z sufficient
monied compensation, of 10 cts. per copy
sold, which nov netts the handsome sum
Of $4,000, and the copy-righ, in her own
hands; and she has the greater grati6ca-
ton Of opening o new means Of quicken
ing aud stimulating to enquiry and holy
action, the moral sensibilities Of the
country.
| Not long since, Southern gentleman
and lady were scjournins in Philadelphia,
and at the dinner table the lady remarked :,
1" Father, have nice new book" "Ah !.
what is it" "l, is called Uncle Tom )
Cabin" "Why," said the father, some
what startled, "they say that's an Aboli-
ton book" "No," replied the young
lady, the bookseller told ME it was the
most popular and saleable work Of the
day" The father appeared sutisfed with
the explanation, and that copy is now,
with thousands of others, ,amoug the cotton
fields Of Carolina or the sugar plantations
of the Mississippi. The work has COM
manded applause from the fashionable and
money making, and advocacy Of the caus,
Of the Downcast Of the Present Day at
Home, is no longer sneered a: by the Po-
lite and the Thoughtless
"rncle Toms Cabin" is a vivid detail
Of hardships, evils, and tragedies necessa-
rily growing out Of the constitution Of
Slavery as it has always been, is now, and
ever must be-aud at the same time, it
paints the trightey side of the ";nstitu-
tion," and gives to its defenders all the
praises it can justly claim. The book,
" America Slavery as it is-the Tes.i-
mouy Of Thousand Witntsses," whore
times, places, and names are given, pre-
sents US hundreds of facts, similar to those
grouped in this narrative The secrets Of
the prison-house, and the Memoirs Of the
slave-driver, are yet unwritten; but all
who are really acquainted with Slavery as
1t is-and by that we do not mean the
person who has gone through Virginia BY
railway, or the one who has been the par
lor guest Of kind planter, or the one
who las seen slaves in their holiday attire,
or attempting 10 drown all SORROW in Oh.
strepulous nlirth or vacant idlenes-all
truly acquainted with Slavery, will in
heart endorse the work as one founded On
every day facts. Aud it IS this tr.At.l
ne's 70 na:ars, which has made tie work
so universally demanded, North, South,
East and West.
We recommend "Uncle Toms Cabin I"
to every man, woman and child who can
read. The subject matter is one WHICH
despite astutc Hon. Members of Congress.
and owls and bats in Conventions at Bal.
tlmore asscmblcd-is TIE Question Of the
Day throughout the World. Wherever
man exists, his Liberty or his Slavery will
be contended about, until Universal Liber-
ty prevails.
The question of returning Fugitives
under the present Law, has aroused among
many classes of people hitherto little con-
cerned, deeper feelings in relation to the
whole question of Slavery, than any
other law passed by our Legislators. I: is
no longer an abstract but practical
question, and among other fruits has called
forth "Uncle TOMS Cabin" We will
no; anticipate the pleasure of the reader
by an outline Of the contents Of the work.
But we can not resist the opportunity to
present, from friend resident in rura,