New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-02-16
WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEB'Y le. 1858.
THE -aGE OF .aMazoNS REVTVED.

THE .aGE OF .AJMAzOyNS REVTVED
The Slavery agitation has assumed new an,
interesting character. From our Old Fogy, in
triguing, halfway compromising politicians, i
has passed into the delicate hands of much NOR
efficient and powerful agitators and champions
Man, having exhausted his energies in this con
test, has handed the strife over to his more en-
during and invincible companion of his troubles
and strifes-dear, charming, delightful, pugna
cious woman
1t was a prevalent idea that General Foote
and some other political characters, had settled
the Slavery Question by their compromise OF
adjustment in 1850; but the five bleeding wound
broke out anew, the agitation was revived, anC
Slavery became again the leading topic of agi
tation. All these consequences have been pro
duced by the act of her, who, since the worlt
began, has been the origin, the author of all tn
revolutions that have agitated mankind. Wo
man is again at her old work-mischief-m making
True to the precept and example of her mother
Eve, she cannot bear to see the world jogging
on peacefully and contentedly. She must have
fare-up, create a sensation, and destroy the
ennu of even Paradise
The Eve of our slavery agitation presents her
self in the person of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
who tenders to deluded man the apple which is
to bring sin and death on the world in the form
Of book, bearing the title of 90 Uncle Toms
Cabin" So much has been said of this book
that our readers are, no doubt, alarmed OF the
very mention of is. Be quiet, we don't intend
to 20 farther. We have never read the work.
and never intend to do so, because we have bet
ter employment for our time, and do not believe
that we could learn any thing new upon sub
ject with which we have had practical
acquaintance ever since we were born, from a
lady who was never south of the Ohio or Poto-
mac. 7" But then it is charming romance -
% some of our lady friends aver Very proba-
bly-ifit can find many serious sorrows and
evils in the condition of our contented and
happy negroes, it must be " considerable of
romance but then we have decided con-
viction that there is too much romance already
in the world. This new-fashioned mode of
treating social questions, by serving them up
In the shape of novels, and dramatic sketches,
IL one of those modern time thought and labor
saving contrivances, to which we have not vet
become accustomed. There is, however, one
good effect of Mrs. Stoves new system, to which,
~ an humble member of pantaloondom we are
far from making any objection or offering any
obstacle. This effect is the transfer of the re-
sponsibility of solving this knotty, social ques-
ton Of slavery, with all its accompanying
strifes, agitations and commissions, from the
weaker to the stronger vessel of humanity, from
mankind to womankind. The example of Mrs
Stowe has been followed by others of her sex.
The Duchess of Sutherland and host of other
intelligent mothers of England, having compile
ted a large assortment of red flannel waistcoats
for Juvenile Africa, have issued manifesto to
our own handsome mothers and charming sis
tiers, enjoining upon them to throw aside needle
and distaff, kick over cradle and pastry board.
and seizing their pens and unbridling their
tongues, to go forth and initiate the glorious
example Of Mrs. Jellyby, and devote themselves
to the great cause of vagabondinzing and starry
ing our negroes by depriving them of the whole
some restraints and paternal care which they
call % bondage"
The Duchess of Sutherland initiates the SEN
limental philanthropist, who left his grandma
her to die Of want, and was found weeping
over dead ass in the road She has hundreds
Of poor Highlanders on her Scotch estates
whose condition would excite the pity and com
Of our happy negroes--but that they
are too near to be seen by the telescope, which
ID the indispensable instrument of all these the
pretical philanthropists. So the Duchess prefers
10 employ her charity in behalf of such distant
'nbjscts as our negroes, and in creating troubles
n our household.
But thanks to the patriotism and gallantry of
'ur own fair Mrs. Stowe and the Duchess of
Sutherland, backed by the Mrs. Jellybys of
England, are not likely to have the field to
themselves. A second Ivenhoe has entered the |
lists against these formidable knights-errant,
n the lovely person of Mrs. Julia Gardiner
Tyler, the beautiful wife of John Tyler, once
President of the United States Mrs. TYLER |
vas, some years ago, the "cynoisure of all |
lyes" in the gay circles in Washington, as the
elegant, graceful, spiitueHe Miss Gardiner. A
NewYorker by birth, she was long a reigning
belle Of that city. The pleasant bon hommie
Ind kindly suavity of the ex-President won her
rom the crowd of eager, ardent and more youth
dl aspirants. She became Mrs Tyler, and the
happy couple settled down at the handsome res
dence Of the ex-President, on James river. |
Here, q few years enabled Mrs. 4 to observe
,losely the condition of our negroes-to study |
he nature Of that institution which she had |
been educated to regard as great curse and |
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The result of this study has been the same in |
Ter case, as in that of all other persons who
ave pursued the same course of honest obserya
ion, to wit: to disabuse her mind of all the
'rejudices against slavery and reconcile her to
as the very best condition in which the negro
nosld live in his relation with the white man.
with these views, Mrs Tyler CALAMITY accepts
he gauntlet of the Duchess of Sutherland and
replies to her manifesto in letter, full of nal
'able hits at the Mrs. Jellebys of England, and
honest graphic forcible views in defence of
lavery. This letter is a demolisher There
ould be no better evidence of il than the fact
hat it has thrown Greeley into perfect parox-
SIN of rage and indignation. He has lost all
snse of gallantry and propriety, if he ever had
ny, and abuses lady of the highest character
18th the scurrility and violence of a fish
oman. This is great compliment to the
over and vigor of Mrs. rs. blows at fanaticism
nd negroprolism. We rejoice that the cause
slavery has found so able champion. We
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