New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-30

Mrs STOwE-I have been requested BY those kind
friends under whose hosptabe roof we assembled to
give some expression TO the sincere and cordial welcome
win which we greet your arrival in this country find
real dhculiy in making this attempt not from want of
matter nor for want Of feeling but because iii not in the
power OF any language can command 10 give adequate
expression 10 the aiectonae enthusiasm which pervades
all ranks of our community and which Is truly charac
eristc of the humanity and the Christianity of Great
Britain
We welcome Mrs Stowe as the of that
noble impulse which public feeling throughout Christen-
0om has received against the oemorasug and degrading
system OF human slavery. That system still unhappily,
Identified in the minds OF many with the supposed material
Interests Of society and even with the well being OF the
slaves themselves but the plausible arguments and in
gtnuous sOphistrie by which it has been defended shrink
with shame from the facts without exaggeraton the prn-
cplcs without compromise the exposure withoutindeicacy
and the represble glow Of hearty feeling O. how true TO
nature Mrs Stowe immortal book Yet
feel assured that the effect produced by" Uncle Toms
CABIN Is not mainly chiefly to be traced to the interest
OF thenaatve however captivating nor 10 the exposures
OF the slave system however whitening these would in
deed be sufficient to produce effect but this book
contains more and better than these contains what
will never be lost sight othe genuine application 10 the
several branches OF the subject OF the sacred Nord of
God. BY no part Of this wonderful work has my own
mind been so permanently impressed by the
thorough legitimacy Of the application of Scrpure-nO
wrestling no mere verbal adaptation but in every Instance
the passage cited Illustrate something in the
ratye or in the development of character in strcest
cordance whthe design passage in its original sacred
context.
We welcome Mrs Stowe then as an honored fellow
laborer in highest and best of and am much
mistaken this tone of welcome be not by far the most
congeI al TO her feelings. We uIaectedly sympa
hise with much which she must feel and, lady more
peculiarly feel in passing through that ordeal Of graduation
which is TO attend her steps every part of
try and am persuaded that cannot manifest graft
ude for her past services in any way more acceptable to
herself than by earnest prayer her behalf that she may
be kept in the simplicity of Christ enjoying in her daily
perence the tender consultations of the Divine Spirit and
in the midst of The most aiterng commentators saying
and feeling in the instincts of renewed heart" Not
Lord not unto but thy name be the praise
for thy me nd fort Inv rufl ~ Ike
This address very cordially received, Mrs. Stowe
who sat next to the reverend doctor bowling grateful
acquiscence to the concluding remarks.
After breakfast Mr. Chopper and begged to add the
of Professor Stowe to the cOngratuatory ad ress
which had been so beautifully made by DR. McNeile.
Professor Stowe then and sad-If silent il is
because do feel but because feel more than
express When that book written, we had no
hope except in God We had no expectation of reward
in the prayers of the poor The surprising enthusiasm
which has been excited by that book all Christendon
is indication that God has work to be done in the
of emancipation The present aspect Of things in the Uni
ted States is dlscouagng Every change in society every
financial revolution every political and ecclesiastical move
ment TO pass ana leave the African without
help Our only is prayer-Our only trust in God
God surely will that the unhappy condition Of this
portion of his children should continue for ever and God
we know, does what he wills There some limitations
of q movement in the Southern mind
leading Southern paper lately declared edorially that
Slavery eiihr right wrong If Is wrong ii to be
abandoned f it is right it must be defended The South
crH Press b. Der established to defend the Slavery inter
at the d Government proposed that the worst
features the system such the separation of families
should 1e abandoned But is evident that with that
strcton the system could not exist. For example
wants buy a cook; but she has husband and seven
children Now is he to buy and children for
whom he has use for the sake OF having cook
Nothing on the present occasion has been grateful to our
feelings the reference made by Dr. nellie to the Chris
tiaH character OF the book.
Incredible it may seem to those who are without
prejudice il nevertheless fact that this book
denned by the leading religious newspapers in the tnted
States Christian, and It's author associated with IN
! laAt ~ h.au IA
cded expression of the mind OF English Christians and OF
Christendom itself this point there reason TO fear that
the proslavery power OF the tnted states would nave
succeeded in putting the book under foot Therefore IT Is
peculiarly gratifying that full an endorsement has been
given the work this respect by eminent Christians OF the
high, st character in Europe for however some in tue
United States may affect dcspi5e what is said by the wise
and good of this kingdom and the Christian world they
do f. 81 it, and feel il intensity.
In answer to an inquiry by DR. MNeie to the modem
which Southern Christians defend the institution, DR.
towe remarked that great change had taken place in
that respect during the last thirty years Formerly all
Christians united in condemnng the system but OF late
some begun to defend il on Scrptura grounds The
Rev Mr. Smylie, of Mississippi wrote pamphlet on the
subject and Professor Thornwe of South Carolina has
published the candid and able statement OF that ar
gumen which has been given Their main reliance - on
the system of Mosaic servude, wholly unlike though 1t
was TO the American system of Slavery
As what this American system OF slavery IS the best
documents for enghtening the mind Of British Christians
are the commercial newspapers OF the Savehohng states
There YOU Slavery Is and certainly without eXag
peraOn Read the advertisements for the sale of slaves
and for the apprehension of ugves the descriptions OF the
persons of slaves &c and youse how the whole matter
viewed by the Southern mind. say what they VIII ABOUT
it, practically they regard the separation OF families no more
than the separation Of cattle and the slaves as So much
property. and nothing else
Their own papers show that the pictures of the internal
slavetrade given in nce Tom so far from beng over
drawn fu even below the truth Go then, IN forming
and expressing Your views TINS subject In aborg Tor
the overthrow Of American Slavery you are pursuing
course of Christian duty legitimate as III aoorng 10
suppress the Suttees Of India the cannbalsm ct the feee
Islands and other barbares of heathensm, of which hui
man slavery is but relic These evils can be finally re-
moved by the benign influence OF the oil 'hS ana no
other power is competent to the work
MIR ADAM HoDGsoN then rose and said: Perhaps may
he allowed before separate, not only 10 oHer 20 MIS-
Stowe my cordial congratulations on her sae III t
country lint 70 congratulate her also most warmly that her
first welcome to British shores was on this little spot
so especially associated with the sacred cause IN Whlch she
is engaged Few persons IN any part OF hs country couu
mrs So strong hereditary claim to the honor OF recev
mo her as MIR and Mrs John Cooper in whose domestic
circle she Yesterday found her first Engsh as
our kind host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs EDWARD orSPper
whose Joint and individual hereditary claims Mrs Stowe
has LEANED TO feel and appreciate and the hereditary claims
of both and each of whom would be recognized every
corner of this land. e,, -, r.,or
, Gsnosition But there OF Us who, on look
inc round on this OCCASION and i'll tins place eeI ta eIe
is another vacancy-a feeling which MS our minus mi.n
ori,d and affecting recolecons That vacancy ana the
Lt ~ ur friend DR. Neie carry back my thoughts 10
distant davs and and persons wen known 10 Us
both which will be loved and honored as long as pey ana
philanthropy revered among men, Gays III winch We
20 associated with the honOred father of our host IN
hat aruous conflict which with many alterations oihope
d fear OF encouragement and depression terminated as
lar as this country concerned IN ultimate ana entire
that contest none abored with single eye or with
more solemn conservation of time, o property OF mhu
epce or 81 life than the venerable patriarch ol ths u9
colony OF the Dnge; and none Would nave "eicViHeu
Ms Stove 70 these shores with more kindred spirit or
J or more afeconate sympathy, than he whose aoors
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