Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-09-30

FIOmithe LQGtvlne Journal
The Tgavels OF PhilantthTopist,
our le6leEs have nut loIgolieQ thlt pilS, stowe,
hpyinS become notorious. OF, ~ compliment q
M 6dmirers, We may say famous by wIilins Baet
| nom ly9bin, vent ilfoadilo take ldg aiEhnl el
! i6y the hrimb Other sudden ggeilness. III Eng
IlRWl She was ailine!days Wonddl. SHE created
Ms rVeat ssnsoliOn as The Nepaulese ambassador,
lnnd wbsnently rs much sought Hsler by Mm Leo
llnnlsr Tue duty pres Al once stimulated aud
gntiled The intelligent curiosity Of the British
public, by giving The details OF her dress and up
pearance with This ssme minute accuracy that IN
ldholher column w1s devoted 10 the habits Of tile
hipp .polHmus, about that time newly come from
+ ypt to The Geological gardens. Her fellow phi.
lanlhIOpisls convicted her tour into a s0ll Uf ri,
umph. They. made dinpeIs In her LIQUOR, aud
speeches also, INV Heh then guests aud themselves
wtle OOundenlly glOIi6ed. On several occasions
the compliment was cnhqlcel Ivy opening q sub
scEpiOIl for Mrs, Sl9wei and Onpe the courtesy
was 50 sub iunlnl dsOhandsolnely ptesenled-a
Thousand golden guWeOs on ~ silver Salef--lhql
we could Nul enchanting as we Iyad, who womb
moi he phil01thIOPlsl! .It 0l,a
Hut happWeSs never quite teaches peEiecuOni
! aud Mis-. SloNgs's must meet n seilOils dhwOhcK
Iron the publication Of hef ltayelG lI thsss vol
WnleS llHd never appeared might hay been CON
tent 10 aeauesoe m The populaT estiunle which
represents leT 10 DO nh accomplished woman anu
aclev(r aud yeTy successful writer. Having read
them we ore obliged 10 reconsider TIT iudgmenl1
and 10 believe Tile opinion we formerly entertain
ed Of Mrs. Stowe to be the tue one, namely That
her succUs, arose from her happy ehOier oil SUI
ect aud not from The skIlllul treatment Of II, Her
Romance appealed 10 the excited Teju'lices oil her
audience; Int these volumes will have no such
basis Of counterfeit popularity, and her IeadeIs
will discover how plenhiui lack oil genius be-
longs to the idol they nave woTsnpped. We have
read many foolish books IN our time many oil
winch il was safer 10 htHlss the covers Than The
conit nlS, but in nil our experiences a. VcnElouS
reader luE the public, We have never before found
so much rubbish within The space Of two Volumes.
From legnning TO end they contain noilnng valu'
able uT memorable, OF new. PIuy leach us nOtn-
ing, aud they fiil 10 nntse, unless indeed we aEe
wiling 10 laugh at the display Ol unusual vanity
aud ignorance. Mis-. gtOws'S great opportunities
for Observation were thrown away uton her, anu
size has returned with nothing but bug full OF
gossip. When composed gracefully and with such
M dnlusucv Of uileClote aud WIT as OOtaius In tile
memoirs OF Count GmmnOul AMI Baron GRIMM,
or IN lie letters Of Lady WOTll.y Montague and
Horace Ma.pUie, gossip furnishes excellent aud
ihslruClva reauins The letters Of Mrs. Stowe
bear no Resemblance 10 llioS5 delightful volumes
The gossip which she lms written is not different
from the emily talk .Of q sewing circle IN any
MelenllOus village aud her criticism is such as
falls from The lips OF immature schools giIlS anu
aesthetic milhnIiS
PTetiArtl To the letters W. find siXty-fve closely
ntlnted pages Of u c complimentary nude
at the dInnUrs aforesaid aud nj similar receptions
Is OnybCdy elpecledtu Tead such lT1Sli In lhelr
proper place these OralUns may haY" been OS good
as the average OF such things; but, kept I'LL tits
line, llGY are as IA rs stale champagne. IL was
necessary To pnnl thea, we ate told, to correct
certain luisIepfcseulnl We DO not remember
that any miSIepIeSeniut OUS weIU made Some III
dgnHllOn was justly Iell al The nagsletlal way III
which these post .plandnl orators, knowing as
little Of our allnCS MS hey did OF The moon, con'
tIaSled their own righteousness with tie sins OF
America. An Grafton To Mis- Stowe gave these
immaculate PbaIasetS a convenient preleAt Tor
inIulging in little ssll,pTuse, and finding fault
with republicans across lheiw0leT. But we are
moi going Ia disturb the complimentary illusions
which were So gratifying tot Hose who spoke item.
The walls Of our jericho nIe not likely to fall al
The blast Of their humnelS. Besides we know that
lie professionals nhllanUIOnists and clIani\ -mon'
gers oil Exier Hall represent the opinions Of the
English people no more Than The selfappOinled
prophets in this country express ihe national Senll
msns or direct The public policy of tile United
STILES. An answer like this was made 10 Mis-.
Stowe's friends when they quoted these speeches
as declaring the views Of Bnglandi and this, we
presume, is the misrepresentation which she com.
plaIns Of II she would have uS think II 10 be
such, she must bring forward sOne better evidence
thon her volumes t.ntain,
Pass ny, then, Tue eavy division Of the book,
we come 10 tile letters themselves. They were,
says the prelaCe, "iot the most Port complied
| tom what was wTtleu at the time anu OH the
spot Some few We're entirely written after the
authors TeluTn." For many years, Mrs. Stowe
Inns been professional author, wuli & in Teligi.
GUS periodicals HlII newspapers, aud, Therefore,
we were surprised To find these letters (SUme OF
ihtm composed aud Ill reUIScd at heG lesute)
nbOunlng III grammatical eITOIS and TepellliOnS
vi corrupt words aud phrases. Almost any page
would luruslI an example Oi careless and discEet.
liable writing. 10 use one OF these fayotite
BeeCheTaM cXpEeSsiOu--wU inhtksd from iiue IL
time "QnIle u nunIDer," inIendIug 10 use them in
Illustration Of The peCuliauteS vi the Beechennn
style, tut, in tile course of one Of et mli UZlng
CHucNl llOlnilles upon ShukSpe0Ie, We CAME 10
tins passage:
"Delecls rouse aud excite the sensibility TO seek
and appreciate pxcellencieS. Some OF ShakS.
pesTe's finest passages explode all grammar h.d
rhetoric like sky.IOCkels-lle thoughts blow The
angudk Q 10 ShlveTs.
| llVeti ollen happens that MIS-. Stow e's thoughts
explode also, aud do sad damage to grammar Oud
| rhetoric. They arc much loo COmbuSlIble for us
20 netldle with then, aud we shall nvt inlrTeG"
Ito prevent Mrs Stowe iToilI lelung oil her fire
/ works Whenever size chooses Neither shall we
attempt any such "excelieucIeS' OurselveS. Airs.
Stows's example, though brilliant aud encouEa-
ging, sometimes Tents To practical difficulties. a
| oeInOMSlInIvC UIunUun, blown out Of ITS cuSlOMa.
" place, serves To confuse, moi define, our IDEAS
For inslaiice, Eeud vi Lord CARLISLE that Get.
| tain event "gaVe him leisure TO travel III America
| Afterwards, he Lad the Satisfaction 10 be lEluln'
planIIV returned TO P6Ilillent for Tint District"
4 Vow tins statement Is certainly enough 10 Grouse
/ and excite" usibut Ont "senslbiluyfs not pleas
| nnIly effected Wlen we nTG told that America is
Oniy Il district, which was ouce represented By
Lord Carlisle.