Washington telegraph., 1853-01-26
From he London British .Hrnqy Drspat-hl
The Uncle Tomas Cabin E.rarLfa.-.
Physician, Heal rTirEScFfr

Physician, Heal TilyselE
We have not reviewed Uncle Toms Cab
in, chiefly because we felt c1r views of the
tendency and nature Of thur work to Be 50
hostile that We could scarcely Judge Of it ia
a proper critical manner. We believe Il %
possess a certain melodralnatic power. equal
in pathos to the Green Bushes" ID the
Adelphi, and in incident to 4 populalarcvei
something between the style Of Eugene Sue
and George Reynolds. But we believe it
also to be devoid Of truth, principle, reality,
and that its tendencies ar highly mischiev-
Gus and detrimental ID thc Interests of man
kind. In saying this, We entirely acquit its
authoress, Mrs. Stowe, of any evil desire,
any wicked feeling. Or intended falsehood.
That lady, for ali We know, may be most
excellent, as she Is undoubtedly a very tai
ented person. We fully give her credit for
good motives. we doubt 10. that she believes
herself entrusted with 4 mission, H. much
as ever did any eminent female" from
Maria Leczinska to Johanna Southcote.-
We can imagine her 70 be endowed with an
awful sense Of Nomanho0L, and to makc-if
ever she ccndescenled to such task, since
the second edition Of her book was sold
about the worst dumplings that were ever
placed upon dirty table-clo!h in slOven-
" parlor We can imagine that ehe writes
a big, scrawling hand, with The letters al
backwards, avoiding neatness with pains
taking precision-hcr voice il probably
harsh, her attitude imposing ana she viii, or
does. wear her own grey hair i'll tile moth
cr-of-a-nation style. Still we think il !
great pity thatshe did DO anything rather
than what she has done, with all tile busy
enthusiasm of woman In brucches.
When, some time ago, long before tie
work was known in England, We CHANGED to
take il up in the apartment Of an American
friend, We stumbled upon passage of tic
first force in can't and nonsense. Ii was IN
the style of those anti-slavery, African coast
blockade tracts, which We remember abound
Cd some years since, and which assisted in
betraying to destruction ~ many brave
English seamen, and cost the lives Of 50
many unhappy negroes. For, it is our de-
libcrate opinion that more crime. abomina-
ton of every kind, ID of Till and misery,
i-dhC DGCH tt.l-C'ls " btt AllG4N NAl4Li'Jli, u
the negro race, than thrice the number Of
years would have witnessed, had slavery
been still tile law vi Europe and Ill Amori-
ca, and been allowed its It'll hing through
out the whole civilized world. To avoid
our cruisers what forced marches and con-
fined stowage have been adopted How
many unfortunate blacks have been killed
by our grape and round shot How many
put out of the way 70 tighten the flying SLAYER,
Or avoid detection While we, the rhilan-
thrJnists, have furnished tho slavc-mOnarch.
with arms TO take them caPtive-Brumma-
gem guns, pistols, and cutlasses TO hunt
down the unfortunate wretches, for whom
hypocrisy prays, while ncglclting the Hinl0
anu starving tLc white man. Philanthro.
pv, too, swectens her tea with slave-grown
sugar, half-penny pound cheaper, refined
by negro blood "A tic expense of West IL
Lia pEOprict9rs.
How is the cotton raised, let us ask, that
supplies the raw material for the white slaves
Of Manchester ! I'LL such points a woman
never thinks of, and ii zho hears them can
not understand We viii be bound there i.
no peg IL Harriet's head, whercupon ''to
hang an inference She sips her tea
and cries aloud, H. lie not man aud 4
brotler?' But this i pardonable We
cannot excuse the Duchess Of Sutherland
and all those fine ladies round whom thou
sands Of their f1ll0w-countrywomen toll un-
aidal-Fale daughters of consumption. whose
threads Of life are woven into tie truinpery
lace adorning the dazzling bosom of female
philanthropy at Drawing-room. What arc
Hoods poems compared TO Uncle Toms
Cabin? Nothing. Wretched inconsistent
cy Of conduct, Miserable contradiction o.
sympathy, What tears must angels weep
Ii these fantastical fJlliez of mankind.
However, We are straying from cur III.
ten.ion. We maintain that this one-sided
representation Is creating mischief between
Great Britain and the United States, which
nothing can remedy, no treaties obviatc, nC
craftsmanship hereafter avoid We may
say that the siclsly interference Of our fne
ladies many, nay, moss Of whom, would
shrink from the contact Of . diving needle.
woman on their doorsteps. and daily pas:
unhecding the miseries of thousands Of
white women, Is an excess Of folly and hy-
pocrisy, that will be the curse Of freedom
throughout the world. We question Tie
motives Of these ladies. Among them we
see the names Of some not renowned for
matronly virtues, but notorious for vanity.
frivoity. and fashion--that comprehensive
word, which, includes 50 much social evil.
On the stage, this work aided by the NOR
bid talent Of its adaptcrs, and the exquisite
cleyerness Of such actors and actresses M
are now electrifying al Adelphi audience,
is doing a mischief which century cannot
repair. Let the Lord Chamberlain look tC
this We are playing the part Of the des-
pot and the priest BY insulting the United
States Of America What have VIC to dc
with the internal affairs of the American