Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-02-23
The women Of ENGLAND W. the
WOnle n Of America.

The false brilliancy and falser delineat ions
Of n popular fiction have thrown the world into
ecstasics and tears. They have depicted in
solors unnaturally terrific. those institutions to
which so large q portion of the American
Union clings with a tenacity strengthened and
exaggerated by an'agonism; tenacity which
must command our respect for its answering
consistency. however it may fail to justify the
sources in which it orig mates.
This popular fctiol has made rules out of
exceptions; has made minute atom the pre-
dominant element; has designated as general
and necessary, those results of American sla-
very which are in reality but casual, infre-
qusnt, indirect.
II has served to deteriorate in the estimation
Of mighty brother hood of nations the high
rcpute of republic, whose power is unsurpas
sed, whose resources are unequalled. 1t has
immortalzed the name of Harriet Beecher
Stowe; has become a talisma of magic potency
to abolitionists and booksellers; has amassed a
fortune for its talented authoress with celebrity
ut which even tho Australian miner may shrug
his shoulders with iil.concealed surprise.
Az homo its tendency will be to add fuel to
the fame of recent agitation, to chafe a new
tho wound which SO lately bore the promise of
cure and involve us once again in compli-
Gated and perilous discussions.
Abroad noble peeressos and danes whose
veins are rich with aristocratic and honorable
blood, ladies', without doubt Of feelings be-
nevolent and refined, have vcntured 10 raise
their protesting voices against that domestic
policy. so artfully and so untruthfully repre-
scented by Mrs. Stove; have sent to our shores
their elaborate epistles. pathetic ford, elo.
quent withal, admonishing us OF the stain
upon our escutcheon and reiterating the absur
ditics Of Mira Stoves worse than Munchausen
fable-worse because it bewilders, captivates.
converts This they do, blind to the untold
: misery that Siots, and crazcs. and agonizes
increasingly at their own castle gates; this they
do, without even suggesting one practicable
scheme of redemption from the evil Us it exists
among US.
These letters have their influence. Soft
hearted sympathzers of the north who est.
mate the evils Of American slavery from the
wood cuts IN abolition almanacs or the lectures
Of Douglass or a Garrison. will weep over the
path os and bathos Of these we'll worded APP
peals. Enthusiastic crusaders, dizzy with
ehimerical notions of negro-redemption. will
gloa, with insensate glee over this to them;
most opportune intermeddling Of their Anglo.
Saxon sisterhood.
But we are re;oiced to see the eading pres
SEES on both sites of the Atlantic. vigorously
opposing this most short sighted, most incaut-
ious policy. We are rejoiced to see that there
are American ladies bold enough and wise
enough. to respond to the appeals of their
English sisters. One in the land of pilgrim
fame, which has been the veriest hotbed of
fanatacism from the landing of the Mayhower
10 this hour. in time-houored Massachusetts,
has written reply, couched in terms of
w"manly beauty and sincerity. which puts to
shame the shallow verbiage of the Suther-
land letter. And in the "sunny Southland"
also. has sprung up an eloquent represen.
tative Of true American interests. in the
person Of Mrs. John Tyler, port ion of whose
communication will be found on our first page.
Let every one read it. 1t is full of strength;
it is essentially patyiotc,it is firm, highminded
sagacious.
May the voices Of these ladies be waited to
the shores Of Britain as the voices Of American
WOMANHOOD and uo collateral causes OPP
crate to lessen or depreciate their exalted and
heart. searching influence.