The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-20

mischief now traversing her Majesty's domin- |
ions, and publishing libels upon the American
character, their painful pictures of Republican
dlsSensions have been suddenly contrasted
with type of Republican energy and success
presented by the arrival in England Of Mr..
VANDERBILT aad family in splendid steamer,
designed after his own model, and paid for
with the honest earnings of his own industry.
The model, speed, and finish of the steamer
command the unqualified admiration of the
English merchants and mariners, whilst the
muniicenee with which an individual has
hltet 1t out for the pleasure and improvement
Of MS own family sstonishes them,
As GRINSELL fitted out at his own expenss
an expedition Upon the call of humanity so
Mr.. VANDERBILT has asked no assistance from,
MS Government and no advice from the Adsi-
5alty. He Is the founder and srch;te,t of his
"wH toctUne, He has earned and could have
ou'It or navlgated himself the noble vessel
"Dich has uccaslcned such admiration. He
takes an American family to behold those OBJ
Jects OF historical interest which loom so
grandiy through the intervening mirage of
time and poetry. They will be found upon
inspection very dull and dilapidated. HOLY
mood, Waterloo, Rheims, Rome, the Golden
Horn, the kremlin contain little to astonish an
American mind; the golden thar. or sceptre
Will be little to man who brings home mil
lon month. The faded state beds and dam
ask curtains Of departed royalty compare shah
billy with the lining of any state-room in the
North Star. The numbered police AID me-
thodlcal regiments will occasion little emotion
to countrymsn of SCorT, or Taylor or
SHIELDS, OF DAVIS, and of the volunteers
whom they led to victory. Better looking
crowned kings and mitred prelates are seen for
from one to two dollars at any theatre in New
Turk than grace the thrones of the or World
That American family and their ship is
greater wonder than all inat they will see, and
better worth the study of an European states
man than the tour Of the world sights is worth
the time and trouble of making it.
But all those cheerful hopes of our national
downfall which the STOWE party had excited
are dlsPelled by the spectacle of national en-.
ergy and ability presented by Mr. VANDERBILT.
A social and political fabric which rears such
men, and generates such enterprises, cannot be
overthrown by violence of few fanatics.
Let us picture the objects and effects of these
two missionaries.
The reverend Mr.. Stowe is represen ted as
hard faced and hard-hearted specimen of
those who make living BY Keeping treacle
and birthstone boarding school after the style of
The master of DOtheboys Hall. He has nap
pened to have wife who writes popular book.
Mr.. Stowe looks upon this literary prize pre-
cIseIy IN the same light that he would have
hailed the presentation OF a second Siamese
wonder by his excellent helpmate He must
of course exhibit the mother of the book. So
he mas handollls struck, employs assistants.
and conforms to the regular usages by which
the wonderful nature of the subject to be ex-
hlOited is enhanced by the poetry of descrip-
lion.
lie effect this Professor Stowe, like Pro-
lessor ANDERSON or M. DoNErTI, appears upon
the platform, He wears solemn face and
spectacieS. He wears a white cIavat, and
other clerical apparel. Mistress SrowE is
work; Uncle Tom and troupe are present in
every form of artistic illustration. The wor-
Shippers OF this Siserah who has driven nail
Into the head Of slavery, file by and bow in
mute alteration. Populations from the interior
present their copper tribute, which the Pro-
lessor shoVelS into the sack which he carries
IN inadvertent imitation of his treacherous
antelope. The lecturer commences, The
Professor speaks Of -FOUR book" as a Joint pro-
duction Of himself and spouse If an action
for libel were pending, he would perhaps re-
present 1t as her exclusive work, prepared in
direct opposition to his cOnjugal command He
has the same share in the book that the organ
blower has IN the music; but he calls it sour
book" and tells how ''we" came to write it.
Up 10 this point the exhibition is merely a
ridiculous specimen of the manner In which an
ingenious mountebsnk may gull creduous
mob. But 1t involves picture more humili-
ating to Americans. Great Britain has been first
enraged, then astonished, and next alarmed by
the origin, progress, and position of the United
States She first endeavors to subdue them by
force, and next seeks to soften them by fiattery;
she percelves that, united they are invincibe,
and she seeks to sever the cord that binds to-
gsther the fasces of freedom. Amongst many
other elements Of material power, the institu,
ton Of slavery contributes its reciprocal quota
TO the sum of American greatness. 1t, more
over, furnishes to England herself the staple
of her mightiest manufacture. But if the
slave is idle the spinner starves, the employer
Is bankrupt; all England shudders with pop
uiar earthquake, and the castle, the church,
and the palace, rock, totter and crush their ter-
rlhed tenants beneath their ruins. The tri-
lemma is this: If the progress of the American
Union continues, its power will ovcrshadOw
and its example perhaps overthrow the mo-
narchy of England. If the institution Of
slavery be not repealed, the progress of the
American Union cannot be arrested. If the
culture Of staples grown by American slaves
ceases, the institution of monarchy is in
danger.