Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-04-13
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The English advices announce that on Saturday,
10Th ult meeting of the origlnators OF the :" O.
men of Enaland's Address on;Slavery to the w omen
| If America. was held at Stafford House, the
Duchess of Switzerland presiding, and about forty
ladies' were present A report was read, stating that
ho number Of signatures to the address Is 562S49,
! :A,dino some few from Paris, jerusalem and else
and that Mrs. Stowe had undertaken to give
!, tho greatest publicity in the United States. The
dIese is illuminated vellum, and the signatures
bmud in 26 folio volumes, and placed view at the
| Caedonian Hotel, AdeIPhi. London.
| Jlpon this thu New York Express says:
| stafford House is IN terrible commotIon! Lon
dom Liverpool, ard Brummagen are all agog. MIS-
Stowe is coming
| Five hundred sand sixty.two thousand eight hun-
dred and forty-eight (562S4S) signatures have been
collected or drummed up by the Duchess of Suther.
| land ard other noble ladies' in order TO have them
attacked to an address to our counirywo oman, which
is 10 be presented 10 her in elegant book torm una
| king some twenty folio volumes y as soon as she
lands at Liverpool, whittier she is now on her way
And all these the names of the women OF Eng
land. There is not autograph from male aooil-
ZIONIST among them ALL"
! The London Times says Of the expected advent !;
MRS. Stoves portrait has already rather widely
dIspeIed agreeable, though OF course, unWar-
rancd Illusions But the portrait was photograph,
and copied on wood in illustrated contemporary !;
and not even angelic beauty could survive thatdoubie
ordeal. Now, however, We are to have the woman
herself; the poetic mother of EVa-the god-mother
of Uncle runI-Ihe spiritual sister OF the deserted
OosoC
tile calu reprover of Marie the converter of ST.
Glare the wonIaD who has conjnred up names more
imperishable than maTshals, scenes more memorials
than pitched battles, and story that may be read
when cities are forgotten kossulh, however, ceased
TO be hero VIXEN he had touched British SOIL " hat
| if Mrs Stowe should undergo some eq .alIy strange
lrdns formation in our ey eS
Aud the New York National Democrat has the
following excellent commentary upon the whole SUBJ
iect of ,he lie w feminine politics of Eng land:
| We are glad TO see that there are In England
some discriminating aPprecIators oil the Uncle ION
fooiery, about to be played Oft at Stafford House,
under the auspices of the Duchess Of Sutherland.
on the advent Of Mrs. Baron Beecher Stowe 10 LON
don and that there is al least one outspeaking prese
there, that takes the correct view OF the whole hum
bug. Abiding TO the great meeting projected for
the celebration Of - Uncle Tom and Mrs. Stowe"
the Leader of the 18th, says, " 1t is 10 he great
festival OF what the ParisanS call Once Tomerler,'
courtly parallel the Wesl Indian saturnaia, and
called ohm Conoeirg.'' " The drummer, We sup
pose continues the editor, s. is to be Lord Shaes-
bury-lhe evangelical Don Juan, who has collected
around him this harem of abolilionist BacchantI.
AS the relations OF the world at large are becoming
grave. our English statesmen think II decorous that
their wives should appear at the love feast, which is
10 make it to America that the eife of the Eng
!ish public will commit itself to an alliance with
Uncle Tom in anagonsm TO Uncle SAM
| The writer then proceeds as follows:
- " lille these aniabie and I!iusTious ladies' are
toaether-while their hand is III, and they in
| spired by the divine furore. why should they not
carry their crusade 10 other couDiTes in the old world,
where il is even more wanted! Let them boldly
meet the challenge Of Mrs. Julia G. Tyler, by Ac-
cepting it, aud convey the Emperor Of Russia The
request Of the women of England, that he shall
enancpase only the serfs in his domlnlons, but
all The mobiles 10 boot. AS the Gar is a very gallant
man, perhaps he might be more sudden III comp! wing
with such eq9est than that rude fellow u nCie sam.
! IL is true, indeed, as have heard, that high
| Court lady-the Duchess of Sutherland Of ST. Pc
terShuFgwho spoke too freely on the tender subject
Of Siberia, was summontd to private conference
with Minister, and gricve 10 naked al:
xc!cssioE-whirpGd. But in spite of such traits
OF ST, Petersburg Court etiquette. still think thai
SO fine a his Imperial Majesty would hardly
refuse request from charming assemblage. II
| he would, indeed, how they possibly expect
compliance from the very inftEo! person, Uncle
San.
! If Nicholas were to refuse, they might try their
hand on 4 civilized man-the first gentleman in
the most civilized capital of all Europe-the young,
accomplished, and popular Francis IoCePhthe' 'hoPe
of his country" Let the ladies ask him 10 eUianci-
pale the Italians, even, without making such d
prodi gous bold request" let them prefer This little
petion-iha he should, in future, fcrego the privil
eye Of whipping women in public. Itappears US
that the women Of Eng land Nigh we'll say that ItIe
word for the wom0 of Italy,"
! This is putting it home lDdeed and the editor Of
the Leader - might have gone OH, in the same vein
and invoked the INTERPRETATION of much feminine
loneliness in behalf Of the beautiful Crcassians and
Georgans Go say nothing Of other fair white candi
dates for the suanship,) whom the Grand Turk.
that other powerful ally of free and enlightened "
Britain ensaves In his harams. ''But, alas" he goes
say. this would be 'intervenIon in the affairs
of foreign countries, which the husbands of these
ladies would strictly deprecae. You must not speak
ont for Rosa LidEer or Anna CelZera, Viii, ped liz
| Lombardy. 1t would be the height of rudeness, il
any alusion made TO the domestic arrangements
of Gracious Majesty 10 St. Petersburg but then We
cannot understand how the bounds Of internaona
etiquette easily stepped over towards the AT
aHtic especially by delicate legs in petticoats. While
other i'll slavery, why select for the peculiar
patronage of the fair English wOmea that particular
race, whose representative is necessarily cried up
a man and brother % Is contrast the only bono
of sympathy Is it policy 10 repeat the phrase,
ill the letters fall out with and tear, and it de
generates into the question, Am not man and {
brother go
The editor concludes his pungent article with thu
following significant question, 10 his distinguished
countrymen and women:
"'But above all, we repeat, why bring the womsI
CT England or rather The of DoHnin!
street-t0 complicate our country in alliance will
story-book and sect, in opposition 10 that grea
Republic, which, with all its faults, is still the rea
effective champion of freedom, and the only trust
worthy ally for Enga 20
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