Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-04-28
chr Dailp Spy.
THURSDAY. APRIL IS, 1853.
nh. erect of Uncle Tom i'm Europe.

that ssHooors sucb as crowned heads have seldom
received await on all sides, the authoress OF Uncle
Toms Cabin. Congratulations aud tetes that sover-
eion might envy are pressed upon her from every
quarter; rich aud poor, noble aud plebeian Ihrung
the path through which she is expected pass
Bitsh statesmen deem her opinions worthy Of care
fil study. Archbishop Whatey deliberately awards
her the first place among modern philanthropists,
and the leading critics OF London depase Dickens
from his throne to exalt Mrs. Stowe. Public opin-
ion in Europe fully bears them ont in these extraya.
gent views"
Alter these admissions inrela.on TO Mrs. Stoves
popularity in Europe, derived solely from her book
the Herald endeavors to explain the nature and
cause of that popularity. Il is not because s'Uncle
Tom" is a true picture Of slave lite, OF course the
satanic press never could make such an admission as
that The Herald and its numerous disciples says
that Uncle Toms Cabin is only fiction, and there.
fore be true; nevertheless il has so strongly
appealed to the sympathies of the European poor
that its author has been exalted by them above wo-
men.
The Herald thinks that the source Of Uncle Toms
popularity is to be found in the deep and latent s.,
palhies which it touches in the hearts Of the Euro
pean people
cts prestige rest not in the plea urges on behalf
of the blacks, but in the bold, earnest tone in which
il forth the rights Of and the principles Of
natural democracy. The color If the heroes of the
tale is soon lost sight Of by the European reader
His passions stirred by the wrongs Of injured in
dividuals-hlen Ike himself He asks not, he cares
not whence they hail, what destiny fate has
seemed 10 ailot Them All he notes is the oppres.
sion they are painted suffering. Without any
extraordinary effort Of imagination, he draws plau.
sibe analogy between the condition OF his own iel-
nd fhat nf he ITDca s,fro
nance. He find Haley in the feuda landlords
OF his native soil, and many Legree in the agents
of their estates, still more frequently, in the mil
itary tyIants whom these latter days have produced
in such numbers. He readily apply 10 his own
the piteous prayer for Justice that Mrs. Stowe
utters on behalf Of her black prOtegeS. Hence the
thrilling interest he discovers in the narrative. 1t
is him burning appeal on behalf of the oppressed
through the globe. His own case--that OF his
friends and fellow countrymer-are plainly depicted.
The negro disguise does not deude him Tor an in
slant. Those rights which Mrs. Stowe claims in
such powerful language for the negroes he has been
vainy struggling for a century or more 10 conquer
for himself Every noble impulse which she i'm
plants in the hearts Of her impossible model black
men has long since taken firm root IN his own
Each stined threat which escapes from the lips Of
George has been aUdibly muttered time after time by
himself. Englshmen's hearts burn with fury when
the sufferngs Of THEN seamstresses are wildly
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m""y rr c il"s 'e" WIN Seo .na. nc
Hungarians, Italians, know thai, Whatever be the
condition of the American negroes, they are them.
SeHes on. saves, aod 'hdt on uou cain 'ney are
IIncIa Tom has his m;ss,on in Eurore and mos,
conscentousIy is he fulfilling it, Figaro efficient as
he was, could not compare with him Tor an instant.
For one who mbibed notions of freedom from Beau
marchalis stirring vindicatiou of popular rights,
braced for the coming encounter by the perusal of
Uncle Tom: whole generation may pass away
oe,O,e %na aus are conquered oy me
;nhah,t The continent; Of E,rnns R,a co,,a !, ,n"st
The battle must be fought. The an,agouistic prn-
c'p,es oil democracy aud ohiisarchy must meet lace
iearr s,r"aos d Icy a ne .nai
historians will note with careful accuracy that the
notions Of freedom which impelled the champions Of
lne popular cause 70 me CONNECT mao oeeh IN great
an American woman,
The Herald after the above very loo;c,l and verv
sensible view If Uncle TOMS mission Ia Eurone
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