The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-11-10

And raise my voice for Liberty
Of neught earth afraid.
From the National Era.
Mrs. Stowe, Henry Ward BcecheP.
and their Assailanls.
week or two ago, the .Ne1 York Observer
made dastardly attack on Mrs. Stowe and her
mer of libel on Rev. Joel Parker for which that
Christian minister had brought suit againse her.
laying the damages at $4,000, and charging the
latter with forgery, in Publishing certain letters
over the signature of Joel Parker, which that gen.
tleman never signed or authorized to be published
The article in the Observer was uImanfy, base
and venomoas, and the editor also Christian min
ister. Informed his readers that he had served it up
for their "enfertainment = that is, had pabIicIy
assailed a woman-a wife. mother sisfer-as
a gross lbeler, and brother minister as forger
for the special entertainment" of his readers
Bright exemplar of Christian character! His no.
tion of an entertainment suggests the idea of
the banquet on human flesh and Beoj, SC savory
in the nostrils is his New leland brethreb.
Such an assault could not be suffered TO pass
unnoticed painful transaction thus dragged TO
light, and horribly distorted by dabocal ingenu-
ity Mr. Bercher felt constrained 80 publish full
statement of all the facts in the case 1t occupes
large space in the column of the I7,deptndeut
and has also been published in the 40 York Ere
ming Post. We need not hardly say that it is all
that his best friends could wish-fuli, clear. we'll
tempered, aud, a vindication cf himself and his
noble sister, eloquent and triumphant.
We shall publish the whole history Of This trans.
action Caek sOeralv oalipU
the origin of 1.-THE alledged libel by Mrs. Stowe
One year ago, Iast August, the following lam
guage was ascribed by Mrs. Stowe, in one of the
chapters of Uncle Toms Cabin. then appearing in
the columns of the Era. to DR.. Joel Parker:
tSiavery has evils but such as are nsepara-
Bile from any other relations in social and domestic
life.'
This language had been quoted again and again,
for years the language of DIR. Parker. 1t had
passed the Atlantic, and was made subject of
comment in English periodicals. 1t had come
back, and was quoted, as from DR.. Parker. in the
Annual Report of the Amefit an and Foreign Anti
Slavere Society, copy Of which was sent to that
gentleman. He had never contradieted it-no
| friend had ever contradicted tits authenticity
rested On the evidence that of the sayings
attributed to other public characters. Mrs. Stowe
finding it everywhere qaoted, and verify believing
that he belonged to the pro-saVery school of di-
vines, introduced in her work, not 10 befane DR..
Parker, but as conducive to the dramatic effect of
certain part of her story. Still, no ,ohtradieton
appeared; eight months after the story issued
in book form, but not tin it began to have werld-
wide circulation, did Dr.. Parker deem it neces-
saty to deny the quotation attributed to him. He
wrote to Mrs. Stowe, in an indignant tone, pro-
nounced the quotation calumny, and demanded
full and an instant retraction, threatening legal
process should it be refused. Then commences a
correspondence between them, characterized by
heat, Laste and arrogance on his palt-by firmne 8
kindness, and anxious desire to do Justice, on
her part.
/ 1t was not satisfactory to tho minister, who ap-
pears to have been trained in the doctrine that i'm
plicit submission is always the duty of the woman
and SO he sued her, laying the damage at $780,
misunderstanding, suppose. that this would
be about the umonnt that Uncle Tom might Weld
! her.
To show the immense injury sustained by this
Christ Ike minister! place in parallel columns
what Dr.. Parker says he dill say. and what
Mrs. Siewe, on the strength Of general Testimony,
unimpenched at that time, quoted in her book, as
spoken by him:
| Vhdt he did say That he wds 5elfercd bY
What Then, are the Mrs. Store 10 haze said.
| evils inseparsble fl O II Slavery has ne evils
| slavery There Is moi but such iuse, para
one that IS not eqnaliyIbe from any other rela-
| inseparabe from depra lion in social and dones-
we'd human nature iI' tic life.
other IawIu relations.
Such is the >1ibel 1t is rather hard, chat hav-
ing contributed but a single senence to the book
the reverend prosecutor should row seek 10 Sc
cure the whole amount of its profits, aud stab the
reputation Of its gentle author. We can tell him
that his unmanly conduct in this case is calculated
to do more injury 10 his order, than all tho good
| his preaching has ever done it,.
Reply of GIeMry Ward Esceclaer
TO The ST. ictureS of The Ne,o York Observer, upon
! the at5uSioa made in Unele Toms Cabin 10
the Rev. joel Parker.
1. The Matter in Dispute.
Mrs. Stowe, in the first volume of Uncle Toms
Cabin, p. 19l. attributes to DIR. Parker certain
words and sentiments, which for many years had
been publicly reported as his. I put in parable
columns the language quoted by Mrs. Stowe ant
the language really used by DIR. Parker.
| Uncle TOMS Cabin. DIR. Parker
Slavery has evils but What, then the evils in
such mseparabe from aeparahle from Slavery ??
any other relation in social There is not that
and domestic life. lequally inseparable from de
Il .r praved human nature In othe
lawful relations.