The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-11-17
Whole Number 1871

| men, as a Ealr expOSition OIL tue sentlmontS OF A
nerican ministers on the subject of slavery en-
poyed such, rs the basis of ecclesiastical action;
and that ecclesiastical action justified in the public
papers by the citation of tbs remark as evidence
of the atrocy of ministerial public opinion in A.
meriea thai it had returned to the United States
to re-apPear not only iu newspapers, but 10 the
| annual documents of the Anti Slavery Society, as
fact which, having pissed ordeal of five years
growing circulation, was to be set down as received
history; that then Mrs. Stowe nnccestly copied il,
aud That it stood for eight months before the public
in her story of Uncle Toms Cabin, in tue Nation
al Era, just it in the book when Dr. Par
ker took it up; that it stood from the goth of March
till the 8ttl of May. in Jewett's edition of Uncle
| Tom. period of seven weeks, before a word was
lisped by DR.. Parker. TO let any one know that he
disowned the language and The sentiments.
Such an instance ofliterary silence we suspect
was never bsfare known; and there is nothing
which is parallel TO it, expect DR.. Pmker's sub
sequent Impotence to have it recti6ed when he
did awake. And believe that the public will
decide, that if ever a case occurred in which an
author might nnocently fail into error, that case
was Mrs. Stoves. Mex, will therefore come the
inquiry, {" But did Mrs. Stowe take all due means
of reparaton, when the was pointed out to
her!' She did.
| 2. We are prepared TO notice, now, the allega-
ton that Mrs. Stowe refused to pay any proper
attention 20 Dr.. Pnrker's importantly that sh-
refused reply to his three letters that she treat
ed with silence his of-r of documentary euidenct
to prore ms ifnoccnce.''
First: Dir. Parker knew from the be ginning, and
l IL,
TO his first letter, (being absent from home its
arrival at Brunswck,) that her husband. Prof.
Stowe. did reply in her behalf at once; that he
pressed The greatest regret that his DIR. Parker s.
name had heen used. aud gave the most friendly
assurance that the matter SHOULD be immediately
attended to and put right.
DR.. P Pn.ker also knows that Mrs. Stowe knew
that her husband had thus ackuo wledged the re-
ceipt of Dr. P.'s first note for ia his second let
ter, above quoted he ssys expressly, ga letter from
! your husband has led me to understand that my
note to you was received several days ago." No
word of this has ever been whispered to the public
by DE-. Parker the New York Observer.
They have been tod by the Observer. with Mr..
Parker's consent, that when DIR. P. wrote his first
letter to her, Mrs. Sto,oe took no notice Of his
ver's@ ..Dr. Parker wrote to her again. .Nrs
Stonce deiened NO reply" sc. And yet Ds. Pur-
ker had in his possession, when he impregnated
the New York Observer with f,sehuod, and the
Observer had in it's possession when it gave forth
its untruh this reply of Prof. Stowe to DIR. Pur-
, ker's first letter:
! Brunswick, NE, BowDeIN COLLEGE. I
: May II, 1852.
| Nv Dr
Stoves work without my knowledge, and o
t course without my consent. AS discov-
cred it, told her it wrong, and she have
it erased. She agreed with me, and wrote TO her
publisher to have the name erased, and some other
corrections made. AS L have not read the issues,
had hoped the corrections were made and an.
very sorry to fad, by your note OF the h insani
just received, that they have not heea made
Mrs. S. is now visit to her brother, Rev. II.
ri w. Beecher, in Brooklyn, where she will be
f happy to see you, and put all things on an ami
E cable 70 Iling. I regret The occurrence, and am
glad to find that you consider the statement I,
"calumny'' and - serious matter"
> Very truly yours, C. E. Stowe.
Rev. Joel Parker, D. D.
Second: Dr.. Parker, after Mrs. Stoves nppa
7 rent silence had been explained to him, in a man
ner that no gentleman who reads the documents
in this will bAve doubt should have satisfied
{ an honorable mind, deliberately represents Mrs
Stowe as maintaining obstinate silence. Ye
Dr. Parker knew when such rep. esentaons wer.
made, renders now have the means O
knowing that Mrs. Stowe was in Brooklyn wheI
\ he wrote to Brunswick, (Me.,) and that she fa4c
for several days to receive his letter; that when
came to hand she rePI ell to it within ten days
and that in this reply she offered reasons for
so long delay, viz That her health was feeble
that she was bewiidered by the "maI'ipled en-
gagements " of the May anniversary week, (Which
as auhoress of recent success. attract ed to ieI
not little company J Dr. Parker also knew thai
after her reply was actually written, it delay.
ed from the 22d to the 29th of May, By soma mis-
carriage which prevented its reaching the pos
n office, by detention after it was dropped
there, of which neither she nor had or have an,
knowledge; and that he informed by Mrs
Stowe, on the 25:h, that such letter had been sen
v Now, the reason of such appa ent delay d.,
Parker might not have understood at that time; bu
|, he did understand it afterwards not only by Mrs
Stoves letter, but by interviews with her. He
hal been assured by letter and personally. by Mrs
Stowe and Prof. Stowe, that she not indiffer.
eni to his rsquests that she anxously desired ie
h do him Justice when she could da so with Glen,
C conviction that she wrong in ascribing to hin
The augurge quoted in her book.
q Yet, so late rs within two weeks from this date
J, DR.. Parker permits the Observer. uncorrec ed, Il
say, Mrs, Stowe did not hesitate TO avail hersel
Of the fi'ans lies of abolition newspapers to Wifi
the good name of Gospel minister, and TO NIL hi
remonstrances and even to his o!fars of documen
h mry evidence TO prove his Innocence, she turns
n deaf ear, unta the arm of the law is raised, an
t, then new light breaks in, and tho lac makes Gle"
z. what the Gospel could not" (The italics are 'h'
T. Observer's.)
The raAdar cannot but observe the marked con