The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-01-26


India Company. Let them paint famine in Ire
land. For each American Legree they shall ca
silly find an English one. We forced slavery on
the Americans. We are now sowing there the
seeds of dissension, broadcast We do not ad-
nit that the state Of the negro slave is anything
like what il is pictured in Uncle TOMS Cabin, in
any case. There may be solitsfy cases approach
ing it in abomination. But the Americans,
aboitionists not, shall and viii get rid Of slo
very as they please themselves, and every thing
done in England, either sentimentally or not,
adds only force to opposition. Mrs Stowe has
libelled her coun!rymen; let them look 10 that.
England need not back her with Holywell street
ignorance and Exeter Hall. cant. If she do, she
will sow the wind and reap the whrlwind.-
Every American in London is dsgusted with
the Uncle Tom mania here If he 90 to thea
ire, ne is insulted and shocked. The English
people, on the other hand, are deludeJ into the
fasest notions OF America. When the slave In
the drama escap pes into British Canada, there is
cheer. That cheer may cost us some day our
best alliance. At this moment the interests Of
England and America should be one why do
not English Indies interfere on behalf Of the en-
sIaved French people? We believe, on the 9th
er hand, that Louis Napoleon is popular with
them. If England interfere with American sla-
very, she will not effect her object, bur the re.
salt may be- ere long, that she will be enslaved
herself We have no patience to pursue t'iis
subject further. The book is false IN fact as the
fine ladies are false in sentiment The good
and the evil to be done By this excitement on
our part are in comparative force and raality es
the tears of an Apelphi audience com .arel 10
the tears of blood that are shed by nations This
intervention viii oe indeed accuTee3. Bat sh~
should i; exist? Simply baraase we are ps8c9
stricken hgpocries. ThadaeuS Of Warsa15 dii
not cause US TO interfere on behalf Of Poland
Yet Miss Porter's was not orer3av.n, and in
merit how immeasurably superior to Uncle TOMS
Cabin? Alas that the following verse sh0qId
be SO likely 10 receive an Interpretation by suct
means. The devil, in the likeness Of Haynau, is
addressing Lord Palmerston in a farewell letter:
May the negroes you set free
Forge the chains ofa deadlier hate
Than the world has had eyes yet to see
In the gloom ofa pround nations tate;
Be your shoPkeeper's ruin'd, your commerce
fast bound,
And your people by taxes and steaul-engine:
ground; e...
May PhianthroPists seize you, g. Mammon con
That which once was free land.
Yes, we are. cutting our own throats VII thi;
hypocritical lying sympathy. Le British ladies
if they want asafety-valve for their hysterica
lemotons. as well as a means Of noforiety, form
committee for the emancipation of the mon
keys which afford them SO much amusement or
Sundays in the Geological Gardens. A mos
touching and more truthful work than Uace
Toms Cabin might be written on the suffering'
of these; while, politically, it would be harm
less. No! They have no occasion to invent, any
more than TO borrow, an opportunity for the eX-
hibition OF the Christian feelings & charity
Emigration and death have stifed the groans OF
ireland. Let them aid ralgar misery at home.
Let them visit the homes of the common English
poor. Let them ray their governesses more
than f20 year. But in the name of nations
and mankind, of liberty and hope, Of their own
truth, safety, honor, and salvation, let them, az
we'll as the. rest of the British public, pause and
consider well before they range themselves on
the side.of the violent American abolitionists
and betray by Jolly tho cause they are still righ
! with their hearts alone to advocate or it may
be the worse for them, as well as for SLAYER!
and England = 5f
To return to Uncle Toms Cabin. it is true tina
we derive it from an American woman. To he
own people she is accountable, let not us b
her sponsors. What picture might be drawr
of England for Americans to hail with rapture
read. dramtise, weep over and memorialize uPoI
were Sloane given as the type ofthe BritishSal
Tor the man who roasted a live. cat the other dal
lin the. presence of his wife and friend, az
fair sample ofthemiddle classes Thus Cannon
the sweep. might represent the feeling Of th'
Hover classes Mr.. Oliveira the dignity Of ID.
House of Commons; PrynRe should be sam
pie Of, our church Lord Frankfort Of the nobit
Ility. In this manner, what truthful, Pleasan
novel might be composed to present an EHglisF
parallel TO the social phenomena exhibited i
: snch attractive. because revolting, defsis il
E thar most successful and heart rend.ng publiea
ton U..cle Toms CG6At.
4 THr LADIEs OF ST. PErERsnuRc Rc--Eiere is al
interesting passage from recent book Of trav
ele IN Russia rs ~ 1fg