The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-30
"MARCH OF MRS. UNCLE tom s.v IN,
Ann STAFF THROUGH ENGLAND.

Monday Morning, May 80. Io o
:.MARCH MRS. UNCLE TON siom
AND STAFF THROUGH ENuL la Naw
Such is the caption of an article u S,.a,,d
Work Herald of Friday, in when lhe 0'a ~
H. ,;o,sss and her bottle holders are ''''
lid ,,;,bout mercy. To realise the ''' GA
,.n, If ,hs farce. the writer says we must 'ah'
~ A;nswo, th, or Reynolds march
.h..,,rh this country, brimful OF PRIDE from
.a .ass NJ recent novel, bagging the
' of cent a head, made up by
On .dmiring crowd, and pompously puiiing the
-, uovel aforesaid at every fresh presentation
e aims from the true believers. " Ii is trse,"
;,s.vs. ",ha, Mrs. U. 7. Stowe does not al.
wavs blow her own trumpet. That pleasing
duty is occasionally assigned to her 'worser
half who, poor fellow, seems keenly sensitive
TO the Inconvenience of his subordinate posi-
,;on. and tries hard to conceal it by al!uding to
IJncle Tom as our work. position, in truth,
in which evangelical doctrine and common
law go far to sustain him. At other times, the
amable Mr.. Beecher ofioates as horn.blower
to the expedition. Though at manifest dsad
Mr.. Beecher's natural ingenuity enables him
10 make the most oil his subject, and he seldom
allows his hearers o depart without reminding
them that the blood of the Beechers runs
through Uncle Tom"
The article under consideration winds up
with a paragraph which the reader will find
below, and to which we invite his particular
attention. 1t expresses sentiment which we
have more than once had occasion to express.
Uncle Tom and its authoress are received in
England with extraordinary honors, not from
any feeling which the nation have for the
slaves of the United States. For them they
care not the toss of sixpence, and were their
veal or woe alone involved in the question,
they might all be sunk in the bottomless
ocean for John Bull. 1t is that the English
people, from the highest TO the lowest, bear a
deadly hatred to this country, and would be
delighted tomorrow to hear that the Union
was dissolved and its prospective greatness
rendered impossible henceforth forever. The
least discerning eye, even among the least en-
lightened body in Europe, land that body We
take to be the English aristocracy,) must see
that at no very distant period the supremacy
of the seas, and all the consequents upon it,
must belong to the United States. This ineyi.
table result can only be impeded, or indefinite.
ly postponed, by destroying the Union, and
rendering the country odious in the sight Of
those millions who are every year preparing to
emigrate TO our shore, draining the old world
of population which brings strength to this.
Before this work can be effected, however,
there may be some little difficulties at home,
the nature of which is suggested by the para.
graph alluded to, which we now subjoin:
"Leaving Mrs. Stowe to the fate reserved
even for female charaans, the sympathy she
has met among the British aristocracy will be
found to be fruitful of suggestion. The noble
lords and MARC uses who assembled TO fete
her, do not conceal their enmity to this coun-
try and this government. They know that it
was their fathers who domiciled and rooted
slavery on this sell, while ours protested in as
loud tones as they could command. They
know that emancipation is ruin; that amalga.
nation is impossible; that colonization is q
work of immense difficulty, and requiring q
very long period of time. Fhey know, in
short, for they are sane men, that if they were
planters in the Southern States TO morrow,
they would not, with the example of Jamaica
before their eyes, abolish slavery on their es.
tates. With full possession of these various
facts, they lend their names, their influence,
and their money, to faction, which, under
guse of reforming the institutions of the South,
really aims at subverting the Union and light
ing a blaze that would consume the whole
country. Such conduct can only flow from
one source-jealousy of the growing greatness
of the United States. 1t is of recent birth
was unknown until our triumphs in the arts,
manufactures, science and trade had threaten
ed England's supremacy. 1t now seizes the
preteXt OF slavery TO foster disunion among our
citizens, and fondly hopes to create fostering
sore in our heart that will ultimately paralyze
our native vigor. What measure of success is
destined TO these disgraceful schemes, it is not
for us to say. If the last election can serve as
any index to the popular mind, it will be small.
But OF one point, the British aristncracy may
rest well assured. Uncle Tom has net de.
rived one title of its European popularity from
Its readers sympathy with the negroes
American slavery was the last thing the PEG.
pie of England thought of. They read it as a
tale of oppression, painted in warm, glowing
colors and remembering how many and how
cruel oppressors grind themselves to the earth,
they welcomed the voice which asserted their
rights, and heralded their emancipation from
Lord and from Bishop, from Court and from
Queen. The Stafford House agtators are
nursing serpent that will sting them ere it is
crushed When the day of democracy does
come IN Europe, when thrones shall letter, and
mobiles fly in hireng disguise, the victims may
then remember that they were themselves the
hrst to encourage the propagation of revolu
uonary doctrines, in the work called Uncle
Tom.''
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
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