The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-05-12
Mrs. II 3. stovs.


The following excellent article from the Eas-
tsa Acgus in reference 70 tho righs of the above
lady t. England:
There is = tide IN the agairs of women, which,
taken az the food" ieGas God knows where
This aphorsn vas mover lnorc happily illu5tra-
ted than IN the case Of Ags. Stowe. But few
months ago, size MS scarcely known beyond the
limits OF her own State. and now her f:,me is
world wide. English critics, if they condescend-
cd 10 notice her productions at al, regarded
them as exceedingly common place and now
;hey laud her to the skies, as one of the very
first women of the day. The cause of this is a
sad commentary the condition of morality in
the world. That book of lies. well known to
be such by every one who has devoted nom ent
% the subject, should thus suddenly elevate the
authoress to the highest rank among the writer's
and Inoralists Of the day, furnishes food for ma
NJ serious thoughts. While the taste of the
world IS so depraved 81 present, there is no
surer road to fortune than to excite Il morbid
sympathy in behalf of imaginary or unavoidable
evils, with which we cannot, and should not,
have anything to do. Thousands Of our fellow
creatures of our own country and our own blood,
may perish around Us, uunoticed and unknown,
while making fools of ourselves about
other peoples business. Is this proper or de
srab,e state of Affairs? Let the English take
Mrs. Stowe 10 their bosoIns and keep her there
England is her proper home-she has no SYM
Pathies III common with the great American peo
PIE. ne VLiiS p4ty Is, tIldt ulu not go InSrS
before She wrote Uncle Toms Cabin" We
could have appreciated such production from
an English woman-ali of whom, we know, hate
US; but that american woman should so far
forget herself rs to libel our institutions is
prooFeonclusye that she is American at heart
She is abGlitionist, and therefore an enemy to
the constitution; she belongs to the higher-law
party, and therefore she IS an enemy to all law
ororder.
We wish her safe voyage-hope the sea
breezes may improve her health, the coincidence
Of the Duchess of Sutherland remove her sor-
rows, and the atmosphere of England purify
her heart. We doubt not she will return a wi
ser, if not better woman and having some
thing Of the distingue In her manner, from her
association with the great and women of
the old world, We shall expect something rich
from her pen. We would suggest too if she
thinks her sens hties can stand it, that it would
perhaps be advisable TO extend her voyage TO
Africa. and examine into the condition of the
wooiiyheads there. Perhaps too, it would be
veil enough to have her book translated into
some of the African languages and read to the
Deople, that they may know how badly their
s0ns and daughters are treated here. 1t would
10 doubt ''astonish the natives" to learn that
taeir kinsmen on this side of the Atlantic do not
at each other, but absolutely wear long shirts
md eat lnush with wooden ladies'.
II she has time, too, she might abandon the
s-siety of the aristocracy OF England for IL time
ID take peep at England's poor-we mean
Ter lgtits slaves. Go into the cotton factories
ere half starved children are working out
---ir bodies and souls for shilling Il day. Go
sre, aad show your philanthropy by distribu-
Ig soma of that fortune you made out of I'm
e Gom," to alleviate the wretched condition of
aa miserable, half-starved operatives. Write Il
book on the moral, physical and intellectual
sIdition of Englands poor-tel the truth of
mat you see, and You can make more money
aad do more good than you could accom-
E.ish with MI the Uncle Toms that all the steam
presses in the land could print in a year