Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-11-27

have found amid the desoation and vice at which we
have glanced because it lie impossible to dwell upon
it in a newspaper artice,-work enough to have en-
poyed all of her time and capabilities ten times more
exalted than those God has given to her. 1t may not
be fair to say that she has prostituted her time to
love of Gain--that her book written to Make
Monev Such may have been the design Ifnot, why
did she avail herself of the popular prejudice against
slavery and throw into circulation work calculated
to increase that hatred four-fold Can she reconcile
to her pous soul that for little worldly gain, it is
christian duty, to aid in stirring up strife The
Maker has place in the hearts of all consci-
entious men but the sower of the seeds of dscords
cursed of God. Mrs. Stowe will have to account to
her God for none of the sins of the stakeholder But
God will not hold her guiltess in aiding sectional
disruption in which event. the slave will be deprived
not from any fault of his, from any increased un-
kindness towards him the part of the master, Of
MANY social and christian advantages he enjoys.
This comes out the pestiferous and pyng propen-
sity of a class of persons like Mrs. Stowe They must
do what is important, but do they must and will
and hence it is that we find them attempting every
impossible project generally ending in having worked
more harm than good.
Assuming that Mrs. Stowe prompted to her la
b by conscientious motives and not by the desire OF
n it would seem that she ought, since conscience
prompted it, to have given the pen Truthful, and
not an Unfatthfm conscience. She ought to have
lied upon more honest witness than her Imagination
for her facts, and something more tangible than her
clerky brother for her fancy pictures She ought to
have presented pictures of truth, and not demons at
carnival.
Were deemed essential by us, we would take this
book up and exposeits falsehoods its improbabtes
and its hypocrisy, by citations. These evident
on its every page that it would be waste of time
AS to the characters there is not of high artistic
skill in the book. ST. Glare is dreamer and vo
uptuary without redeemng feature in his character
aside from his love for Eva Eva is very poor copy
of Little Nell, with points of resemblance, bat
with little of the naturaIness of Nell Tom Loker anC
his friend Marks, pair of coveys that may be founc
any day in New York where just such they, thrive
The Shelby's are well enough, but Haley, the negro
trader, exists much more in the fancy of Mrs. Stowe
than any reality that can be found Mrs. st. Glare, il
coIored hypochondrac, the hotwater school
and Miss Ophelia is one of a class of whom wisl
that there "more the same sort.'' barring he
prejudces. Uncle Tom is an interesting character
and surprised at Mrs. Stoves charity in col
orlng 1t so near the lite, having tailed IN most all else
George and Eliza are mere daubs Emmeline Jane
Rosa and Adolph, but little better But the lie
gree family, master and negroes, together with old Prue
form group, beyond parallel, the most viIlainousl
Internal of anything within memory. Classy
Sambo and Quimbo, are a singular trio, and whc
viewed with reference to probability, the mind of
tcoman, unless individually ignored to those quate
which redeems it from delight in fendish thoughts
could have conceived, and drawn such pictures Tn
6 idea that Quimbo and Sambo, felt the power of tia
"stil! small voice. of conscience, after the scourgin
of Tom, the of whom knew not Christ, and pot
o whom, according to Mrs. Stowe, were not remov
from wild beasts in thought and habits, would be 81
Premely ridiculous, the design not internal. Cas-
sy, too is picture, that reminds enc of the d-apng
of the French sensualist, Victor Hugo. The wonde
is, how Mrs. Stowe, who is said to be religious woman
could have wrought her mind up the point to DELFT
eratey strike at the humanity masters through sac
a character as that Of Legree and his nei9hjors
o We can but pity Mrs Stowe The harm she ha
% done, an all avenging God will note and in His ow
good time, chastise.