The southern press., 1852-05-20


alternated in this convention. Fred. Douglas
was it said, heard with more pleasure than
even another orator, the Hon. Mr. Julian, an ex.
member Of Congress from Indiana.
EASTERN AGITATION.
! From The National Era
"DRAYToN AND SAYREs-'The Boston Liber.
atcr, in an article commenting with some sever
| lity upon Mr. Summers silence on the slavery
question, says:
Sin January last, petition for the reIease OF
Drayton and Sayres from their dreadful inn
prisonment in Washington, signed by nearly
three hundred persons, was forwarded to Mr.
Sumner, to be laid before the Senate but he
has not yet thought proper to comply with the
wishes ofthe petitioners or TO give them any rea
son for not doing so. We know that they feel
not less aggrieved than surprised at his course :
"We happen to know that it was from no
disrespect TO the petitioners, and TO unworthy
pei, onal motive, that Mr. Sumner did not pre-.
sent the petition. On consultation with several
/ of the Ant-Slavery members of Congress, aud
with persons specially interested in the case OF
the unfortunate prisoners, the opinion was unani
nous that any agitation Of the subject IN Can
gress AT PRESENT nould affect pery uatapordbiy
OTHER AND MORE PROMISING MOVEMENTS IN THE
CASE.
"Will our friends throughout the country ac-
cept from US the assurance that all that can be
done for the unfortunate men is now being done
in Washington; and, should all this fail, we
will apprize them of the fact.
1T is to be regretted that Mr.. Sumner did not
take measures to inform the petitioners Of the
disposition of their memorial hut we submit,
in all candor, that, knowing the Senator's since
rity Of character and devotion to the best inter-
ests of his race, this neglect or inadvertence
cannot justify any questioning of his integrity"
To agitate just now for the release Of Dray-
ton and Sayres incarcerated here for high crimes
against the peace and order, as well as progress
of our society would affect very unfavornby
other and more promising morenents. What
they are we all know-hitching the Wing party
to the Juggernaut of Abolition and Ant-Slaye-
ry. H.>.~ +. ,...... ...,. ... -, ~
The Massachusetts senate, we NAV add here,
, (Abolition Democrat) have passed bill virtual
ly nullifying the fugitive slave law, which has
been defeated (by National Whigs) by only
eleven majority in the house of representatives
IA body composed of several hundred persons,
, believe. Here is about the Oldest State of the
, Union on the very. verge of nnllifying both the
federal Constitution and solemn act of Con
gress. '.>. .-..~
| .... CENTRAL AGITATION. -.... "
From the Report Of The Pr0cSedingS of The A nti.
Sl1Uery Society held in Ne,o York the pasl
iceek ... ..-.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN-Dr. McCune Smith,
(negroO then moved the following resolutions /:
; "'Reso!red, That the warm thanks of this
meeting be presented to Mrs. Harriet Beeeher
Stowe, for writing the inimitaby beautiful and
truthful story called Uncle Toms Cabin and
that We rejoice that the Almighty is awakening
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their best offerings on the altar of human free.
. dom: and
"' ReSo'red, That we earnestly call upon the
women of the United States earnestly and zeal
ousLy to follow in the glorious path laid ont for
them by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Grace Green
wood, aud Lydia NJ. Child ...
! DIR. Smith euogsed Uncle Toms Cabin,
and said It's success-uneyampled as il was
proved the depth and brrith of the rnti.slayery
feeling in this country. The writer had touched
a vein richer than California gold, and would be
followed by a host of Grub street imitators II
there was romance in the country, il was in the
! relations between masters and slaves, and in the
T mixed relations growing out of them He then
proceeded, at some length, TO crticse the critic
OF the Library Wntd, who bad turned this
beautiful story into ridicule, while he pulled a
world Of fiction, on the other side, without
Gert or invention.
, Mr. Lewis Tappan said Mr. Jewett had sold
a thousand copies Of the work eyery day since
II was published, or 10000 copies in eight weeks
"a sale that was unparalleled in the whole world
Look at the humble origin of this book DR..
Bailey one day at my house said, | think will
get Mrs. Stowe To write story for my paper,
Cfor Dr. Bailey put stories in his paper, Just as
parents put pills into preserves for their child.
, REM He wrote her note, and enclosed her
800 bill. She sent him No. Of Uncle Tom
for the National Era, and said she would finish
il in three numbers. She was astonshed herself
at the way it looked in print. In a month or
! two he sent her $500 more and so went on
| the tale till she completed the work. Mrs
Stowe j. now in Brooklyn, and was here yester.
day. She told me that, when the fugitive slave
law came out, her pillow was wet every nj ,ht
with her tears, and IL any book was ever written
from the effect OF prayer, il was that book.
J introduced her last hight 10 Uncle Toms grand
son. She is going TO write more, and Others
are going 10 rival her. A distinguished gentle
man in Massachusetts is writing tale on the
fugitive slave law.
DIR. McCune Smith.--l Il sucpested by
gentleman here that il is Daniel Webster
Great laughter.
, Mr. Tappan can do much good by
writing. For instance the book Of Mrs. Mich.
olson, on Ireland, was very valuable The Irish
were not blacks, but they had wrongs. OBJ.
serve the lady is in the room, and congratulate
, her on this work. Then there il the work of
Mrs. Child, in the very title Of which there /.
genius-' An Appeal in behalf of Americans
: called Africans President Day, Of Yale Col.
lego, man Of eighty years Of age, boosted that
he had never read.a novel, yet he was caught
with Uncle Tom. IL is not fiction, but a
narrative Of facts in the form Of fiction A
lawyer told me that The escape Of Eliza over the
Ohio river was too extravagant to be true.
"Mr. Cook.--It is true know the man
that helped her over the river
"Mr. Tappan.-A lawyer-one of the most
distinguished members ofthe Union Safety Com.
mittee--told me that he verify believed tha,
book bad broken down their cause. IGrent
laughter. Already an edition i, being brought
out in Canada, and have no doubt that il will
soon be in hall dozen of the languages Of Eu.
rope. Now is the time TO 60 out with your
! agencies after the seed il sown by this hook