Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-12-09
her merit as an author Her black worthless
"too good
For human natures food.

'lOO Soou
For human nature food"
Equally Objectionable is the book, when
considered as porlralure of the character
Of the sIavehoders. Mr. Sheldon, ST. Glare,
and few others, are no. quite demons
they are, indeed, very far from it but they
are so infinitely inferior 10 Uncle Tom that
the whole course of nature seems reversed,
and if some revolution could make the blacks
masters, that revolution would be amply
justified by the principles of this romance.
Hardy, Legree, and their like, are odlous De
yond tolerance and we fully believe that
such sorded. hearlless monsters live and
thrive by the system of negro serv'ude; Tor
we have men at the N or.h depraved enough
to crack their mothers hearts, if by SO doing
they could increase their gains; and we
credit these Celinealions without particle
Of abatement. But what then! Is Judas
fair representation of all the apostles? Who,
! in reading the history of the American re-
volu,ion, would take the traitor Arnold to
be correct type of American patriotism
Such logic is absurd, and the sophlstry trans
parent. Yet this is the method ofargumenl
pursued throughout the book Extreme
cases are selected as pictures of the whole
system. And what practical mind has fail
ed to perceive that such attacks invariably
fortify those who are assailed. Unmerl,ed
abuse begets an unwonted vigor of defence
in the party wronged, and he who was part
ly guilty believes himself a martyr; while
generous sympathy haslens 10 cover alike
the criminal and his crime. When will our
modern reformers learn that truth di sdslns
e
But the worst feature Of the book is lis
essentially unchristian temper. 1t abounds
IN the language Of piety, but is wanting in
that charity, without which pretensions,
however high, are but as sounding brass and
tnkling cymbals.
Any one who has marked with ordinary
care the style Of thought which pervades
The story has discovered il TO be laden with
venom agains, those Christians who refuse
to accept the abolition dogmas. Ministers
of The Gospel are held up TO scorn, and their
integrity questioned, because they do moi
Weld To the dictsion Of fanatics. All other
excellences Of character are viliated for the
want Of one crownng virlue-sympathy
with aboi,ionis,s. This is the experiment
tum crucis by which Mrs. Stowe and Rev.
Mr.. Thompson and others of tha, school
would try The characters Of their fellow
Christians.
In prosecuting her assaults upon the
church and the ministry, the anlhoress oi
Uncle Toms Cabin" has not, il is true, ad-
vanced to the dignity of an open and form
al attack, but she has tried all the arts of
insinualion, and has invited the lurking in
| EIali,, of ha bo,rt to ,ul, ,at
ever charges envy or caprice may suggest
against those who dare differ. We confess
ourselves unable to discover how work
of such character is fitted to dffuse ''a
knowledge of the grea. leading principles Of
the ever-blessed Gospel" We have no
space for minute dissection of this remark
able production. We have no wish to deny
that it evinces strong neutrality-suspicious.
too Strong to be employed on very serious
and practical subject; exhibits a, times grea.
delicacy of conception and force oflanguage;
and as tale il may vie with other negro
ex'ravagances in eliciling temporary ap
plause.
lis great popularity has not surprised US.
The charm Of romance was impaired by
the author, TO subject on which all per-
sons old enough to think had bestowed
some reflection. |. came from the press
when the whole country was intent upon
executing the compromise measures, and all
minds were quick TO catch whatever might
be regarded as bearing in any way upon the
tranquility Of the country. "CertaIn press
es gioaned TO express its marvellous merits,
and antsIavery organs sounded It's tanda-
mus wherever an ear could be found 10 us
ten. Putting in this case was as successful
IN the case of Tom Thumb, or any other
nine day celebrity. 1t has had run, and
fortunately for the trade, when its sale be-
gan 10 decline at home, the Parker contro-
troversv revived the demand. In England
and on the continent, il has achieved wider
popularity than either Mrs. Tro!lope's, or
Basil Halls, or Dickens's dia,ribes against
the United States; for the lnhabltants ol
monarchcal countries have had eager aPpe- |
lite for all ISLANDERS against American lnsll-
,u,ions, but more especially when they come
from Americans themselves. Uncle Toms
Cabin is hailed as an anodyne for the dis
contenled masses Of Europe, and the arIslo-
cratic oppressor reads it with complacent
delight, and exclaims, ':IHank God 1 am
not an american :"
Rev. Mr.. Thompson, in his address afore-
SAID, impaired the pleasing information that
Uncle Tom was now enacted in the theatres,
and appeared 10 augnr from that clrcum-
stance results al once extensive and happy.
So this book, which is fitted to dil1use a
knowledge of the grea, leading principles
of the Gospel, has become the popular al
traction Of the stage! Truly, we may be-
Iieve ode Lord lows dreadful tings some
times % when he allows his once despised