The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1853-01-28
vol. Il, No. 60 Whole No. $50.

tan feelings and charity. Emigration and
death have stiiled the groans Of Ireland
Let them aid valgGr misery at home, Let
them isitthe homes Of the common English
poor. Let them pay their governcssesfnore
than EGO year. But in the name Of nas
tons and mankind. Of liberty and hope, Of
their owu truth, safety. honor and salvation,
let them, as well as the rest Of the British
public. pause and consider well before they
range themselves on the side Of the violent
American abolitionists; and beffay by folly =
the cause they are still right with their
hearts alone to advocate; or it may be the
worse for them, as well MS fot slavery. I'll 4
England
Inconclusion. the Americans psH them
selves. ere long, put an end to slavery in the
whole Of the United States. That is certain. ,
Las that there isea sun inthe heavens. But -.
they look with a natural Jealousy ON our in ~
reference, and We think fhey are qpits
right to tar and feather any impudent fellow =,
who shall presume on their soil to dictate ID to.
their citizens And we sincerely hope, that J.
if the aristocratic fine ladies, with their fe-
male cOtefis Of todies, whose names we have
seen SO prominently put forward in man :
ner, considering all the various circumstan-
ces Of the case. offensive to truth and de-
corum, should transmit their resolution or
whatever they please to call it, to their
transatlantic sisters, that il win be met eth
er BY stern rebuke or the silent contempt il
merits. We who say this have as great an
abhorrence Of slavery as any one, but we
cannot forget how short time it is since
England was herself foremost in this human
traffic. Nor can we forget that it is chiefly
encouraged by the British nation now. We g.
receive the stolen goods. The Brights and
Ccbdens Of the present day were actual
slave owners but a few years ago. They
are indirect slave owners now, and what.
they are as white taskmasters, let Oastler
and Ferrand tell the indignant generation
that is springing up, inheritofs of their evil
deeds. For the age ofhumbug must cease;
or the reign Of England must be over. Yet
these silly danes, from her Grace Of Suther-
land down to Mrs. Barry Cornwall Proctor. q
be sought these things
Here let us observe. that this is not the
voice of English women any more than
Uncle TOMS Cabin is the voice
of English men.
And before anT body Of British matrons
81 maids shall dare to send over their hol-
ow coincidence or their trashy sympathies
o the maids and matrOns Of the United Sta
les, we would pray for an enquiry into their
lives and conduct, to see whether
hey are fit persons tocommunicate any ex-
preston Of national feeling granting for a
moment that it is national feeling, and not a
spurious effort at notoriety on the part Of qu.
ew idle aristocrats and meddling blue stock
ngs. leayehing with score Of Mrs. Nickle- =,
,ys, scarcely to be held responsible for their
oily. Before they thus stand conspicuously
onward as philsnthropists, we should ike
0 know whether, as wives and mothers; and !.
daughters. they have no blot on their char
ctcr, no stain on their conduct. Are they
n without reproach in their homes? Are
hey all respected and beloved by their SER
ANTS, their tenants, their tradesmen, and =
heir friends? Have they individually,
hown piety and goodwill? Are they true
isters Of charity and mercy2 Are none Of
hem scandal-mongers and ndmischief-makers,
dious at once both in the domestic circle =
nd social throng? fthis can be all we'll
established in their favor, then have they.
right to speak publicy--in q better cause.
Eet again, Why do these women. if they.
mast be busy, contribute, like the Roman
women ofOld, 10 the defencesof their coun.
ryg The day may come when they shall
ven Be sorry not to hayea done so.
To return to Uncle Toms Cabin, it is
rue that We derive it from an American
Woman. TO her people she is accountable
ct notus be her sponsors What pictnre
night Be drawn 81 England for Americans
8 hail with rapture, read, dramatise. weep
,vef, and nemorlalize upon. we're Sloane
Iiven as tlo type of the British bar, or the
nan who roasted a live cat the cher day in
oresence of hts wife and afriend Is q fair
,anpIo ef the middle elasses Thus Can.
ion: the sweep. might Feprescnt the feeling
,f the lower classes Mr. Oliveira the ,sigs
,itv 81 the House 81 Commons Mr. Prynne
Ihoild be i sample Of our Church lord
Frankfort of The mobility In This manner,
What irushfnl. pleasant novel might be