The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-07-14

printed in London by single firm, in on
year They told me that they did very llttl
in this line before the appearance Of Onel
Toms Cabin but since then, people hav
been on the look-o for American commodl
ties Of course they have rivals in this kim
of enterprise The truth is, the people de
mand cheap literature; our publishers
taking advantage of the absence of an inter
national copyright have undertaken to satlsf
the demand by cheap reprints of foreign lite
nature. The English publishers begin to fol
low the example. Having ascertained tina
there is such thing as an American litera
ture, they are giving shilling editions of it
production to the English public.
In the catalogue of American reprints re
ferred to, / notice Clovernook," by Alice Ca
rey "Dollars and Cents" by Amy Lathrop
Partisan Sights and French Principles, seer
through American Spectscles ;" several vol
umes by Edgar A. Poe; Political :. tthelsm, ,
by Dr. Lyman Beecher Me Notes of a How
adj Hesa11iey's "Old Guard of Napoleon;
= Reyeries of a Bachelor" Herbert's "Cava
liers of England" pictures of European
Capitals" by w. Ware and others; severa
volumes by the author of "Sunny Side
Poems by Longfellow and Whittier; Uncle
Tom at Home,D by F. C. Adams; "The Cabir
and the Parlor," by Thornton s. Randolph
Senators Son." by Meta Victoria Fuller
&C., &c.
1t is highly creditable to Clarke, BeetOn &
Co., who have engaged so largely in tho enter
prise of reprinting American works, that theirs
was the first firm in London that made Mrs
Stowe remittance on the sales of her book
here and understand that their fixed rule
is, to allow American authors whose produc-
tons they republish, certain portion of the
profits on them, should there be any-a rule
the principle of which ought to be adopted by
all publishers.
see by the NeV York Tribune, whose regu-
lar visits are as cheering as those of an old
friend-(GOd bless the paper shall not quar-
rel with it any more, till get back)- that
the Temperance cause is "going ahead -
that even in Washington, 80 often and so I'M
deservedly reproached for its supposed immo-
ralities, the License system has been voted
down by the citizens. Thank Heaven for
that! Could they witness what daily see
the legions of gn-shops here, with men,
women, and children, thronging their doors,
women drinking in the open streets, spending
the earnings of beggary in rum, instead of
would never repent their vote
nave never before been SO profoundly impress
ID with the policy of the Maine Liquor Law,
never before felt SO deeply grateful to the per-
'evering advocates of Temperance in my own
country. Intoxicating liquor in some form or
other is almost universally used in London.
You cannot spend sOciable evening with a
friend, without the decanter being produced
and if you call at clergymans house, you are
asked to refresh yourself with a glass of wine.
I is useless to attempt any reform among the
,oorer classes while this bad habit prevails
moos respectable and wealthy people This
lesson long ago learned in America; but
hey have yet to learn it in England. They
10 not recognise the truth, that drinking in
Ugh places encourages it in low places; that
he common use of Intoxicating spirits is in
tself an evil, an abuse that temperate leads
0 Incorporate drinking, and is appealed to in
Mitigation or excuse of its enormity. Ragged
chools, dormitories for the poor, bath houses
or the working classes-all are doing good
work but they can really accomplish very lit
lie, comparatively, SO long as the poor spend
heir earnings, waste all their substance, and
make brutes of themselves, by gin-drinking.
The Temperance Movement in England is far
behind the times.
Mr.. Mathew, who has signalized himself by
lis manly opposition to the barbarous laws of
south Carolina, under which British colored
eamen are inoarcerated on entering the ports
# that State, returns as consul to Charleston.
The Government thus puts the seal Of its ap-
probation on his conduct. But observe, from
ome remarks made by Lord Clarendon in the
House of Lords, on call for the correspond
nee in relation to those laws, that he fears
he existence of deep and widespread irri-
alton on this subject in America, 80 that his
one becomes timid and hesitating. He plain
y states that he does not expect the abroga-
ion of the laws, but merely modification. |
presume he has been imposed upon. A busy
politician here from the South, anxious to re-
cover caste in his own State by extra services
in behalf Of Slavery has probably led him to
believe that all America is sympathizing with
South Carolina on this point, and that at this
there is an excitement in the Union
which really threatens the peace between the
two countries. All this is simply ridiculous.
South Carolina stands alone in her inhuman
policy the rest of the States are generally
ashamed of her; and the only irritation out
side of her limits springs from the fact that she
should persist in policy so discreditable to the
country, and so injurious to the rights both of
her sister States and foreign countries.
Is there to be q European war? is question
yet unanswered. Nicholas, in his rec ent mani
festo, says, plainly enough, that the Sultan
must submit to his ultimatuns or he will take
measures to compel him. The Sultan says he
will not submit, and England and France sus-
tain him. The Car, allowing few days for
reconsideration, has meantime requested the
Austrian Government to urge his ultimatum
but it is said to have replied that it could moi
do 80, unless authorized to find some middle
term or compromise between the last demand
of Prince Menschikoff and the last concession
OF the Porto. Ipresume some contrivance viii
be hit upon TO save the peace of Europe, but i
will be at the expense of the power of tn,
Sultan G.. B.
CURvILINEAL.
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can be reached, but not ALWAYS the most con