The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-02

CIIy SOuHcll at IHucn more TcdSoHdUic uSuIe
without mourning any serious risk Of pecuniary
| loss to themselves
UNCLE Tom AND HIS EFFECTS ON SOCIETY,"
When Ainsworth's novel Of Jack Sheppard
was first published and dramatized. the imme-
date effect Of its representation on the London
stage was, to Undue fresh, harmless, innocent
apprentice boys with the ambition of initiating
that badly notorious specimen of their society.
and to overrun London with burglars and
street robbers. The effect was so palpably
referrable to the cause. that it was found abso-
lutely necessary to prevent the further rep
resentation of the drama which had produced
SO much mischief Just SO discerning people
can perceive the deleterious influence on So
ciety which Uncle TOMS Cabin is beginning
to operate in some rural districts of this coun-
try. Of late days we can observe that there is
springing up demand in the Northern market
for ebony color, not to be sent to Southern plan
tations but to supplant some of the white lords
Of the creation in the affections Of their wives,
sweethearts and daughters. We are occasion
ally supplied by the country newspapers, Of
this and neighboring States, with romantic ac-
counts of elopements of fair daughters of the
Anglo Saxon race, with swart sons of Afric;
and for the last few months these events have
become SO numerous as to give some cause for
alarm lest the evil should spread and magnify.
To what is this new feature in our society to be
Uncle Toms Cabin has had and is calculated to
have. on the minds of silly, weak minded young
ladies'
One of the English papers recounts curious
circumstance which occurred in that country,
from the same cause. A lady, whose nervous
temperament was SO highly excited by the
perusal of that now fashionable production and
who happened to be at the time in that peculiar
situation in which ladies like to be- who love
their lords" gave birth to two young babies of
fine physical conformation. but whose skin
was of the color prevailing in the dominions of
the King of Congo Investigations established
the pleasing fact that there had not been a
colored person seen in that quarter of the
country for three years previously. And so
the phenomenon was properly referred to the
action Of natural sympathy.
In this latitude, however. the effect of the
dangerous novel is seen in more physical and
less phenomenal shape. Several married and
unmarried ladies have recently exhibited a
very striking Partially for kissing those whom
the sun hath fercely kissed. And not content
with this mark of favor. they have in too many
instances exposed their shame by actually
clipping with them, leaving their husbands OF
the houses Of their fathers, and throwing them
selves and their purses into the arms of some
strapping negro. Various instances of this
kind have occurred Of late. which it is unne-
eessary for us here to particularize as some
Of them have already appeared in the news
columns of our paper and if there be
not an immediate cessation to them, heads
Of families must begin to exercise more
discrimination in selecting their colored SER
wants. lest Sambo, the groom. or Pompey, the
coachman. should turn out to be an African
counterpart Of Don Caesar de Eazan. In fact
there is some reason to fear that with the silly
young ladies affected in this strange manner,
suffers who happen to be Of the white species
will have to adopt the prayer which Shakespeare
puts into the mouth OF the Moorish prince
''Mislike me not for my complexion"
II is only very recently, and since the publ
cation Of Uncle Toms Cabin, that this strange
fancy has developed itself in womanhood. Solo
mon. the wise. among his numerous wives and
concubines. had one favorite, whom he describes
in his song as black but comedy and Moses
we know gave great offence to bis brother and
sister by wedding an Ethiopian woman but
We have never seen ii recorded in history.
OF found it true in practice, that women
of the Caucasian family ever entertained alice
ton for the negro race Poor Desdcnona is the
only lady who is recorded to have lad such
weakness. and expiated her unnatural love with
her lfe And it is very curious aud interest
ing fact that Tie erring female in one of the
recent cases we have alluded tc, stated that her
foolish &C was ingtigated by hcI reading Othello
II that tragedy could have had such al efect
upon her. are we not justified IN mput.ng the
prevalence Of tie evil TO the eject which the
reading of the new romance O. Uncle Tom
Cabin is calculated 10 have among that elias. Of
weak minded young ladies who az as ye; daaf
tgcted by the RochtsteI Knocking?
Aprcpos Of this sulicCt--wc give to-day ia
4nolher portion Of our columns, details d tie
reception Of Hrs stowe ia Liversool and Glas.
gov, and an English sequel to hst work. it
seems chat the hierarchy and reapcc.Sbie p5e-
ton Of the clergy did not take rar, IN n do.