Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-01-08
From the British Army Despatch, December 5.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN MANIA.

We have not reviewed Uncle TOMS Cabin, chief
because we felt our views of the tendency and natu
OF that work to be sn hostile that could scdrceI
Judge Of II In proper critical manner We beIleV
II to possess certain meiO- dramatic power equal u
pahos to the " Green Bushes " at the AdelphI, ant
In Incident to popular novel something between III
sVIe OF Eugene Sue and George Reynolds Out NJ
believe 1t also to be devoid of truth, real
lty, and that it's tendencies are highly mIschieVou
and detrimental TO the interest Of mankind. In say
ing this entirely acfut its authoress, Mrs. Stowe
OF any evil desire, any wicked feeling, intended
falsehOod. That lady, tor all we know, may be
most excellent, she is undoubtedly ii very talent
ed person. We fully give her credit for good motives
We doubt not that she believes herself entrusted with
mission much ever did any eminent female. "
from Mary Leoznska down to Johanna Souheote.
We can imagine her to be endowed with awful
sense OF womanhood, and to make-if ever she con-
descended to such taskSince the second edition OF
her book was Sold-abOuI the worst dumpngs that
were ever placed upon dirty tabe-cloth In SLOW
en!y paror. We can imag inc that she writes big,
"crawlIng hand, with the letters all back wards. avoid
ing neatness With paHS-takIng preclsIon-her voice
Is probably harsh, her attitude posing, and she Will
or does wear her grey hair in the mother-of-a
nation style. Still we think it great pity that she
did not do any thing rather than what she has done,
with all The busy enthusiasm of in breeches.
When some time ago, long before the work was
known in England, We CHANGED to take il up in the
apartment of an American friend, stumbled upon
passage of The first force in and nonsense. 1t
was in the style Of those ant-slavery, African
blockade tracts, which remember abounded some
years since, and which assisted in betcayng 10 de-
structon so many brave English seamen, and cost
the lives OF so many unhappy negroes. For it is our
deliberate opinion that more crime, abomination of
every kind, loss of lfe and misery have been caused
oy our intervention to the negro race, than thrice the
number OF years would have witnessed had slavery
been still the law of Europe and all America and
been allowed its full fling throug bout the whole civil
lied world. 10 avoid our cruisers what forced
marches and confined stowage have been adopted
How many unfortunate blacks haye been killed by |
our grape and round shot! How many put of |
the way TO Tighten the flying SLAYER or avoid detec-
ZION While we, the philanthropiss, have furnish |
ed Inc slave monafchS with TO take them san
uEe-6rnmmagem guns, pistols, and cutasses 10
hunt down the unfortunate wretches, for whom hypo
crisy prays, while negecling the Hindoo and
Ing the white man! Philanthropy, too, sweetens
her lea with saTe-gro"n sugar, half penny pound
cheaper. refined by negro blood, al The expense of
west India propretors. How is the cotton raised
let us ask, that supplies the material for the
white slaves of Manchester? All such points
man never thinks Of, and il she hears them, cannot
understand. We will be bound there is no peg in
I1arrIets head whereon 40 hang an Inference"
She sips her tea and cries aloud, - Is he man
ana brother {" But this is pardonabe. We
mol excuse the Duchess OF Sutherland and all those
hne ladies round whom thousands of their fellow
countrymen toll unaidcd-pale daugh of consump-
non whose threads of lie into the trump
cry lace adornlng the daZZIg bosom of female phian-
IhroPy at a drawing room. What are Hood S poems
compared TO Uncle I5nts Cabin? Nothing Wretch
cd inconsistency of Conduct Miserable contradiction
OF sympathy hat Tears mus angels weep these
fantastic toes of mankind ! ia
however. We are straying from our intention. We n
MAINTAIN mat this one sided representation is creating
mischief between Great Britain and The United States
"hlch ho'nng can remedy, no treaties obviale, no
Craftsmanship hereafter avoid. We say that the sick
~ interference Of fine ladies' Inany nav most of
whom would shrink from the contact of dying r.
neeoie"oman on their doOrstePs, and daily pass un
needing The mlscrles of thousands of white women,
10 an excess OF folly and hypocrisy that will he the
tbFnp frln
ton the motives Of these ladies' AMONG them We lC
see Inc names OF some not removed for maronIy viz
Iues' but no oFous for vanity yolity and fashion, Of
'hd! comprehensive word, which includes so much
SOCIAL evil On the stage, this work, aided by the ei
morbid talent Of its adapers and The exquisite cieyer al
nesS OIL such actors and as are now eeciri-
lying an Adelph audience, is doing mischief which NJ
century cannot repair. Let the Lord Chamberlain 10
LOOK 10 ms are playing the part Of The despot al
and the priest by insulting the United States of OF
america: " mai have we do with the internal
lHairs OF The American Republic? Why are we 10 pr
'"c1 ms great exaggerated LIE! Let the Americans
'snu Out mere and write book which snail tell the ID
uth-ay, Que half the trulh-of London civ. 10, IN
leh se' up drama whose shall be in Lanca- di
et mem make out BriIons be task masters w
Hnou' one redeeming point, over the emascn.,ej OF
i'S VI DfiNSh work people, whose sinews they d"
'Fetch and whose bones they grind down in The In
, " Io'"mtIce. Let them SEMI TO India or Boz as
&C., Lei mem dramaze Warren Hastings and Raiah III
0i"ohe' Let them throw light on the Ouirdm hn.i
eSs' win lis oppression and poisoninUs touethpr I'll
With the tasehoods suppression and assaT,ion ~ =
he part Of the East India COMPANY Let ihe,n nani al
anime In Ireland. Fer each American Leurse ,ha de
nan easily ind an English one We forced sIavery CO
N the Americans. We are now sowin, ,bsro ~
eeds Of dlssension. broadcast. We do not adiI up
'Hl me Saie OF the negro slave is any thing like 80
NAT " |" pictured In Uncle T0ns CABIN in anv case st
e "6y De solitary cases approaching it in abomi tn
oul me Americans, abolitionists or not sha Iii
1 VIII Se Ilh OF slavery they please themselves an
nu every ming done in Eng land either sentimental ma
% , uo HGGS only force to opposition, Mrs. Stowe m;
rIDeheo ner conntrymen; let tkem look TO thai, llV
'E aI'u neeq nc. o9ck her with HoIyweIl street TO-
ana exeter Hall cant. If she do she viii pr
y. .".ne 1na and reap the whirwind. Every Ameri mi
~; ~ 1hooh is disguised with the Uncle Tom arl
htI nv IL Ne go 10 theatre. he is insulted and an
n"IAeui ne English people, on the other hand tut
re deluded into the aIsest notions Of Amers W. isl
10 cav Va Tie Drama escapes into British Canada ca
lere is cheer That cheer NAV COST ms 500 49, the
u oesl alliance. AT this moment the ;n,s,o f for
,,nsianu ana America should be one Why do mt fel
."SH Iaoes interfere behalf of the ensIavad pla
IenIh people! We believe, on the other hand the
@ HouiS napoleon is popular with them. IF Enc the
r u 'u'eleie with American slavery she will n@, en-
n1L oDJec but the result may be- ere Iong .Faf glt
ne Will Oe ensiaVed herself. We have no nai;ance eV
pursue teIs subject further. The hoax ia ESo ~ its
o'' as me nne ladies' false in sentiment 'rha in!
snd Inc evil TO be done by this excitement on TO
~ " ate In comparative force and reality az tho mi
VI an AdelPhl audience compared to the tears ref
IN LOU nat are shed by nations This interven,io lar
DC ideed accused. But why should i, exisT wi
oecduse We are peace-stIicken bvnocrites &c
800 warsaw did cause MS tn in,srfar. ~ ha
rardra, odnc Yet Miss Porter's work was not sl'