The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-21

BLACKWOOD AND SLAYIhss - sSAo' =
another article. to a review Of Mrs.. stoves
aSuunv Memories" IN he September num
b.,r Of lakewood. The reviewer isgreatly
disappointed with the literary merits Of this
work. tits curious fact that none Of Mrs.
Stoves productions. either before or since
.Uncle Tom" approach the talent shown in
that fiction. "Uncle Tom" Is probably the
invention of another member of Mrs. Stoves
family. s s. 4. y
But that which has most struck US in this
article of Blackwood, is its altered tone on
the subject of slavery. It Is still opposed to
It, and STILL in its ignorance, saysmany harsh
things of it; but it has discovered that more
harm than good is likely to come from the
intermeddling of British sympsshizers with
the affairs of other countries. 1t says: "This
conduct on the part OF the English public. or
rather That portion of it which has an inve-
terate itch for meddling with what it does
not and cannot understand, is not only sin.
but positively dangerous. II the people of
every State were to act in this way, war
would not be the exception, but perpetual
ly existing calamity. We have no scruple In
expressing our conviction that, since this
sympa,hising mania commenced, Great Bril-
tain has lost much of her influence as first
rate European power"
And again:
But we must not diverge too much from our inn
mediate subject. 1t seems to NJ that there really
was oceasion for holding public meeting. 70 snom
that the svmpathy of this country was decdediy In
favour of III cause of emancipation, or TO rtate the
Americans BY vain. eorisu: comHsrison OF our own
mon deceneT to remainder that no very great frast
of time has elapsed siace slavery was aoohed IN she
lush colonies and as, In matters 2, ,n' 1nc m
in mind that the prosperity of those colonies has not
been the substitution OF free for forced
labor Very few of us, this side of the Atlantic,
are able to give competent opinion a. to what eff
feet immediate and unconditional emancipation
Amercs and therefore We are hardly entitled to do
than to assert the general priasPe which con-
demns the absolute property OF man IN man bow
esery State In America will adopt be carried out
must be left to the wisdom and discretion OF the
Nc 20 an De
culcated, not coefcsd for violence never yet made
CONVERTS was the blood-red baptism OF vaverde,
the Other equal in efficacy to the cain expo:itons OF
Xavier: Now very plain to us that. In her own
way, Mrs. Beecher Stowe il 9 zosiot.
The reviewer gives Madame and the fana-
tics generally, a home thrust in regard to the
house of Sutherland. He says that not more
than hundred years ago, they were consi
derable serf owners, and more despotic than
any Shareholders in America, for if tine head
of fhe house chad desired Dugald or Donald
to pitch his recusant brother into the lake,
with some hundred weight of granite attach
ed to his neck by plaid, ''nae doubt the
laird's pleasure suld be obeyed." The re
viewer rebukes Mrs. Stowe for her attempt
to defend the Sutherland Clearances." He
is very satirical upon that puritanical prig,
Rev. Charles Beecher, Mrs. Stoves brother,
and all Plymouth Rockdom will below out,
Rash Blasphemy! when they read the fol
lowing sentences: mot one atom of chival
rous feeling was conveyed by the Mayfower
to New England. The spirit of the sourest
republicanism pervaded that whole cargo of
human verjuice; and instead of bearing with
them to the west the seeds of civilization,
they carried those of intolerance and sla-
very"
"PARTY LEADERs."---We have received
another copy of this book, from Mr.. w. A.
Buffers, No. 157 Main st. We would once
more recommend it to public attention. It
will recommend itselfto every man that reads
it. Its descriptions of the great men of the
Republic, are life-like, beautiful pictures,
which none but the hand of a master could
have drawn. 1t is book that will place its
author in the front rank OF American writer's.
Its vigor, its research, its eloquence, viii de-
light and instruct all who read it. The por-
traiture of Patrick Henry is in our opinion su-
perior to any thing to be found in Writ Mr..
Baldwin has reflected new honor upon him
self and upon Virginia in this splendid pro-
duction of his brilliant genius. If his exten.
sive legal practice permits him to cultivate
the walks of literature, he will become the
Macauley of America. - 81
THE CANINE MAKERs"-The National
Intelligencer remarks that the mails continue
to furnish cold comfort for the famine ma
kers, either as regards the crops at home or
abroad. The crops in England and through
out Europe generally prove to be unusually
/ abundant. The London Times, in a leader ON
this subject, says:
From this harvest to the next there can be M
doubt that tae diff renee in the price of wheat
compared with that il the previous twelve month.
will be at least Dos quarter in favor of the nuhic
which, on the whole consumption, will amount IN =
boon of twenty-five millions of pounds to hat bodv
on wheat alone, besides corresponding relief n
other grain Even the cost of the war sinks to a
trifie compared with this bounty from the skies
and, notwithstanding all the lavish expenditure In
CURED, we now stand better prepared for war by
some twenty millions than atwevemonth ago"
GEN. CAss.-At the Democratic State Con.
vention of Michigan, General Cass made a
speech in favor of the Nebraska bill. In re-
gard to slavery, he said it sis social and
political evil and he thanked God that he
lived in free State;' but he added, there is
no constitutional power given to interfere
WIN IT, and therefore the people Of the North
must let it alone.
~ Inc New York Tribune is much dis
,ressea because poor ignorant black girP'
has been published in Delaware. for w.il;n
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