Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-15
RICHMOND ENqtjikEsss
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vEDNESDAI MORNING. JULY IL. 1865

mona ss the notorious progress Of The author thereof
and Of her conjugu appendagc through Scotland and Eng
land the grand festival Stafford House and the gather
ing OF touds the sudden extinction OF hypocrisy aud in
posture the Instantaneous disappearance Of The cara
tan in the gooily city OF Paris-may now be written
We give in another column, from the New York Herald,
an account the close of Mrs S,owes triumph and the
conclusion Of the Uncle Tom fever The disemper has run
it's course and has length been brought 10 an neorou
end The bitter and malevoent attack on the institutions OF
the South has failed to produce the effect designed and anti,
cpaed and Mrs Stowe sinks into obscurity like cxtiu
sushed meteor leaving behind her most offensive odor Of
birthstone.
IN, wonderful but transient Of Uncle Tom was
due to concurrence Of influences wholly foreign TO any
skill ability displayed in the book II minslercd 10 al
popular peudces adverse 10 the South urnsheo
and confirmation for all the incorporate and ignorant neca
nation INDUCED by British penny anes against TINS couh.
try; IL addressed itself The political struggles IN The Onea
States and 10 The revolutionary agitation in the old world
To one class il supplied topics OF purity warfare ana "
uished the prestige of literary distinction; 10 anohcr IL al
orded new channel for the diffusion OF Pharlsac morally
and sanc,imonous hypocrisy; large body Of British
politicians il guve point and purpose Tor the jealous attack
on the sources Of American prosperity great cotton in
teresl of the Southland the immense masses oil Euro
pean readers it spoke the language OF feelings sumberng In
their hearts, which was misunderstood because uttered
nv fictitious Africans Indeed the story Of social and po-
,cai oppreson which only disempcred and exag
eerated view OF an imaginary condition OF the negroes ~
Uncle Toms Cabin acquired truth and significance "hic
were wanting originally when translated INTO me
of their feelings. and applied TO themselves W '
boring mulitudcs OF Europe The a'rocious ae OF
was welcomed by virtue of the phylacery which every one
| inslinctiyely felt TO be appropriate 10 IT,
Mutato non,ine { fabula narratus
cha ahrnnl rear
this country when it's original had been due 10 the
uboition fury which was revived in the last Presidential
campaign The double in England and America e.
cited the curiosity of other nations and met with tqna OF
even greahe sympathy there, because il CLOTHED WIN eA-
preston feelings deeply Outraged by existing orp'
sion and more completely denied all direct eSp'ess'o'-
Thus the fictitious representation Of social Inequality acqu
ed Fictitious popularity and importance ana MRS oto"e
rose 10 sudden emnence miraculous and porlenlous
| as the Jacks celebrated bean stalk.
The wrcch desire OF unseemly notorely seized upon
the Duchess Of Sutherland and the multitude OF Ignorant
and todes who were anxious push themselves
into notice under any prelext and were most happy 10 "
the chance Of doing SO under magical influence OF du
cal coronet The whole Of Great Britain nearly yeided lG
the fascinating Influence and uttered denunciaons OF Inc
South poporouate in vrucnce and violence 10 The entire
Ignorance of The subject discussed Mrs Stowe passed IL
triumphal progress from Liverpool and Glasgow 10 LONDON
and the saloons of Stafford House She was pa'rohzco o'
the Duchess Of Sutherland-he wcalthies and most op
pressve OF all the peerage of the Emplre-ana oy he'
brother The Earl Of Carlisle who knew BETTER but han al
ready eaten in his previous declarations She was hon
zed al Exeter Hail. and appeared to grasp st an Independent
| power among all civilized nations.
Happily and sngulary enough, considering The long IN
popularity OF The South and Southern insutnons every
where beyopd The limits of the Southern States the
hnli nj trent
ousy opposed The spread of the dangerous fanacs and
cenaed the heady current OF the popular deuson AL the
North in London in Paris, in Germany, the strength
,hopob not the numbers of The press, was arayed on Inc
side of The South though never doing full justice 10 is
cause very remarkable that Ireland never joined !"
any great in the ovation 10 Mrs stowe, OF III Tue
laudation Of Uncle Toms Cabin. Dr. Cahi, indeed, and
many other eminent Roman Catholic dines, Reproduced The
movement with eloquent scorn. And in the came safi
the Pope presented the first instance OF foreign power as
timely The popular frenzy on Tue subject
The Translation, publication and circulation OF Tie oooh
were forbidden at Rome; was prohibited and placed upon
the calendar OF condemned books where unfortunately II was
introduced company than ii had been in the habit
Of keeping
Next 10 this Papa the refusal OF Queen 'ic
TORN 10 receive Mrs Stowe permit her be presented al
Court Considering that she chaperoned by The Ouch
ess of Sutherland and backed by half the wealth. the afs'
tocracy and more than half the numbers OF England This
action must be regarded emnenty bold and decisive
stroke of pulley Perhaps may be referred 10 e couScs
of her Cabinet and considered measure OF State pei
haps may been suggested by the practical go"d sense
of Prince Albert possibly II may have been due 10 inc
ueens own udgmcntr she has strong viii oil her own
and she hu7e had more accurate acquaintance win
the internal character Of the United States 'han me lanes
and gentlemen of her Court through uncle William w
n, h,,h nf rhum nd ppr.
sonay observed the social condition Of the United States
and were fapoaby inclined il Perhaps she may have
boon unwilling descend such vulgar employment as
cooperating with hypoctcs Haunting DGchesses aud i2a
dies in mugnying coarsemnded and incorporate W0-
man into the prodigy of The world From whatever cause
her might have originated the refusal OF the Queen
10 receive Mrs Stowe produced the immediate cessation oil
all her notociy The Duchcsses dropped hcrProessor
Stowe and his essay cotton were orgoen-the lnstfl'
Gus lady SUNK o obscuey into France where she might
think things ordered BETTER bat there she was denied
all triumph by The ruthless desposn OF Louis Napoleon
She is -gonc-bured forgotten her fame is ended
her book will be sought only by curious bboElnacs
not for its merits but for the strange story Of immode
rate fame and sudden eclipse with witch il is connected
and before long the South will be chaitaby construed
and slavery more justly appreciated than either have eve
been hitherto For this beneficial change shall be 10 some
measure Pho Mono Queen Victoria and Louis
Napoeon-a strange conjunction which Is rendered sill
stranger by the addition of Mrs. Stowe.
ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL. PIERCE.
The North Carolina Standard Tears that the tendency d
the times TO consolidaionlo absorption of power BY
the General Government; the true principles of ou
Government danger from the growing habit of look
ing the General Government for too mnch especially in
The way of pecupary aid TO improvements and private
schemes. But il gays truly:
'Bu the true principles Of this Government in peril
only so far as Congress is concerned Franklin Pierce is
Presidents the iron Wl Of Jackson 10 In him. his mantle
is upon him. aud have fears that he will fail The hon
masses in the hour OF trial. That hour OF trial he lp
surely destined TO encounters but believe no will walk
through other occasions of like character with
purpose and which combination Of cir
! cumstances will be able To shake"
The Southern Patriot compromise paper published at
Greenvc South Carolina in speaking of the policy tie
| Administration of General Pierce says
"His Administration will boar scrutiny and his appoint
have hecn in the MAN, wise and udcious such
patriot and tie leader Of great national party should have
made division OF his rIly and direct their al-c
| lion and devotion the Republic"
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