Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-06-23

10 ala COuUR tAtuSt lAo - N"'N " +" 'a"i-
tor and bis epitaph a living curse but no epi-
thet can be found in tie language Of man fit.
ted 20 scar the name Of Harriet Beecher iowe
Asa woman, she has unscxed herself,--as an
advocate, she has stopped to falsehood, las a
witness, she has perlured herself moth.
er. left obloquy to h.r Children sister in
one great national family, vilely slandered her
own sister,-and as an American, expatriated
herself by her own act. She has thrown a
fre-brand into the homes of her own people,
which she designed should set at nOught the
great measures Of peace and unity, which cost
our beloved and venerable statesman, the mas.
ter-spirit of the age, five years of his natural
life True, such means as she has used, may
never be able to overthrow the tree of our Lib
erty, or sap the foundations Of the temple of our
Union:-yet we would do well to remember
that the purest souls are oft times sulied by the
vilest agencies; that the fall ofthe whole human
race,-that Sin, the wages Of which is Death
came into the world by tho influence of a rep
tile, the very lowest Of the creeping things OF
the earth An old lady friend, possessing
much knowledge of the world, once remarked
to us-'There's much fewer mean women than
men, in this world, child, but when once Il wo.
man is mean, bless you, honey. the men ain a
circumstance to 'em for meanness! Probably
she was correct. Arnold was a traitor, but the
treachery of Mrs. Stowe is a thousand times
more black and bitter; the guilt Of the former
was lie revenge of defeated ambition, that
of the latter is the cold venom Of nature nat.
urally and irremediably vile"
The foregoing very chaste and modest cx.
trac. is from the Southern Ladies Book, +"
published at New Orleans, and edited by one
Miss L. Virginia French. As the foregoing
appears in that division Of the book called the
editors Table," and is not marked by star,
dagger, or "any snch thing" we must hclieve.
and conclude, and take it for granted, that The
said L, Virginia French is The architect OF its
very handsome periods.
When we took tho book from the post Office,
we could scarcely wait until we reached our
sanctum, before tearing of the envelope TO "see
the picters;" and "lo and behold p the very
6rst thing that met our gaze was what is rep.
resented to be a true copy of Miss L. Virginia
French's face. After we got into our easy
chair, We looked at ii again, and imagined all
kinds Of things abovt the real owner Of the
face there represented. After studying it over
for good while, we finally settled down into
the conclusion that the habual wearer Of that
face must be lady of active. energetic and
discriminating mind, and remarkably amiable,
courteous, kind, Obligng and humorous dspo.
sition.
In this happy state Of mind, we read her
story of the "First Proposal" and was well
pleased herewith. But in the course of our
Eeading we came across the extract which fig.
ures at the head of this column, and mmedi-
ately the fairy vision departed our presence,
The amiable and interesting lady we took the {
writer to be, sank into an exceedingly strong.
minded woman; the amable face before the
ttle.page convinccs us that old nanny Nature
does not always write a very legible hand
We have for some time been "bOdly bored" |
with the ephemeral "Cabin" Literature, that is
flooding the land. Almost every body is wri.
ting and talking this woody literature, north of
Mason " b A,on' Line while south of il thew :
are trying to conu:cract it, or retaliate, BY the
publication Of such things as We have quoted
We have selected the tx.ract at the commence
ment Of this article. for the purpose Of giving
our readers some idea of the tone and senti
ment OF our Southern literary lions on this sub.
jeet Many are disposed TO eensurc the North
ern press for their bitterness and acrimony
when speaking on this subject but I'll such will ,
at once see, il they take the pains 10 inform
themselves. that in this particular. We cannot
beat bur rivals
In our very humble opinion. this mode of
procedure can result in no good whatever,
and we would be glad that good temper should
be always manifest when this subject is broach-
ed. We hope this Miss, or Mrs. L. Virginia
French, will learn that her cause cannot be
benefited by such spleen as she puts forth in
the May No. of her otherwise very readable
and entertaining book. Such elimination is
sure indication that she thinks her cause a weak
one, and she ceranly has enough 10 contend
against without this additional misfortune
And another Thing. she may say as hard things
as che chooses, she can never affect the stand.
ing and popularity Of Mrs Stowe II she de.
votes the whole Of the next volume Of her mag
asine to the destruction of the authoress of
Uncle TOMS cabin," there will BE- thousands
who would much rather kiss Harriet Beecher
Stowe than L. Virginia Freneh's toe. 'Dat