Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-01-29

of tenderness aud admiration fir the figure
of poor negro, ncerate,i with blows, stretch
ed ia the dust, and rxhaling, IN cuach-housc,
his last breath to God.
la respect to art, moreover, there is but one
rule, one law, which is to show and tn move.
Whuru do we find creations more complete,
types more living, situations more touching
aud more original than 10 Uuclc Tom? Tho
| sweet relations of the slave with the child of
his master, exhibit condition of things un-
known amongst us--the protest of the mas
ter himself against slavery endures tie whole
phase of life, when his soul belongs ~ God
alone. Society absorbs him lheu, law eXpeis
deity, aud interest deposes conscience. Ar
riving at mnnhond, tho child ceases to he n
man, he becomes a master and God dies out
of his heart.
What experienced hand has ever traced a
type more striking aud attractive than Saint
Clair-thnt refined noble. loving, generous
nature, but too soft aud Indifferent to lie great
Is lac not man IN general, man with his fiuo
lnnaic qualities, his good impulses, aud his
deplorable carelcssuess-the charming ms.
Ter, who loves aud is loved, who thinks, who
reasons, hut who never concludes or acts 2
lie eXpends in day the treasures of indnl-
eencc, OF reason, of justice, and OF goodncs (;
le dies without having saved. Ills precious
is all resumed in word aspiration aud re-
gret lie could not iUih Alas there are
not few such among the best aud strongest
Of mcn.
The life aud death Of cllld, the lie aud
death OF II negro, is the whole OF this book.
That child aud that negro ure tw0 saints for
heaven. The friendship which unlcs llIetu,
their respect for each other, is the whole love
aud pas ion OF the drama. ] DO not know
any other genius Than thai of Sunciity, which
could hnvc spread over such a situation, II
charui so powerful, aud sustained.
Children are the true heroes of Mrs. Stowe.
Her SOUL the most maternal that ever was,
has conceived all The little beings IN the very
light OF Heaven, (rdyon de Ia grace George
Shelly, little Harry, the cousin of Eva, the
baby of The little wife of the Senator aud
Topscy tie poor, deyilish aud excellent Top.
sey, those that are seen, and those that are
not seen ~ this rOrinnce, hut Of which only
three words ure spoken Ivy their desohie
mothers-are Il world of little white aud
black angels, in which every w0n in recug-
nizes the object of her love, the source of
her joys aud her tears. Ia taking form in the
mind or Mrs. Stowe, these children, without
ceasing 10 he children, take also ideal pro-
p0rhuns, aud come to interest us more than
all the personngcs in lovc-romnnces.
Ilio women, too, nrc designed with the
llnnd oi inaster-not only the mothers,
who are sublime, hut those wlIo nre not moth
ers, either ia heart or in heart or in fact, aud
whose infirmiies are treated with indulgence
or rigor. BY the side of the mrihodca Miss
Oplielin, WHO learns that duty is nothing with
out affection, Marie Saint Clair is portal,
of f'ighIinl fidelity. One trelnbles to il.ink
that she exists this American luncss that
she is everywhere; that each of us has seen
her; for slaves are not wanting to her to
make her reveal herself as a t0rinrer, in the
midst of her ynpours aud trcmblings of the
nerve.
Saints hnve also their claw; il is that of
the lion; it respects human flesh but il fast
ems itself upon the conscience A little
warm indignation; litlle terrible mockcry,
is not unbecoming Mrs. Harriet Beccher
Stowe, the woman so gentle, so humane, so
religious, so full OF evangelical unciion. Yes.
she Is u woman lot great goodness, hut not
what we derisvely call "a very good wonnn;n
she is strong, courageous heart, which in
blessing tic unhappy, in carcfsing the faith
lui, aiding the irrcsOute, attracting the weak,
does not fear 10 spit the hardened sinners, that
she may show their deiorniiy TO The world.
Madame Sand then concludes her nnicle
10y mn expression OF her personal thanks to
Mrs. Stowe.