New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-11

which created faint hutter /; but II only mounted
TO excitement when it oozed out that one who
was once a real live maid OF honor TO Queen
Victoria, had absolutely delivered speech on
PandalTs island to he little juveniles OF the place
filing them aud other little people who wee pres
ept with an overpowrriDg sense OF honor con
fer1ed. This was all pleasant enough and how
ever much zee may feel regret and shame to see
even those whose Official position should RAISE
them above such lttleness faSning on the fag. end
Of uropean sri.tocracy with slavering which
inspires contempt for the recipient aud exposes
the country to wel-merited ridicule abroad, this
lady herself-Nliss Murray, descendant, we pre-
sumo, Of
Sweet Murray Of The silver tongue
might have walked through the land like MOOre's
lady of Erin, so lone and lovely" aud departed
from our shores without Americas being particu-
lsrly disturbed from its usual ayocatlons, or our
being compelled to do what is to us always pain
ful-discuss the position or merits OF woman
who may have been thus dragged before the pub
lie without her own wish or consent, and simply
to give friendly huDkeyism its fiji. Indeed, the
sensitiveness with which woman, and especially
an English woman, shrinks from a coarse and un-
due notorietJ, would lead us to this belief
Be this as il may, with q semi-offcial air and a
pompOus parade, which in its preteutioamess be-
comes the keenest satire, The n. L. Times an
nounces to the world the astounding fact that Miss
Murray, maid Of honor to the Queen of England,
gifted with high genius and the usual things ofthat
class, has written book to uphold the institution
of Slavery, to prove the superior education and re
fnement Of the South over the North, and to de-
molish all the facts aud ressonngs of Mrs. Stowe.
This wonderful book, as The ~ y. Times informs
lis. written as il is on such a difficult and cOntrO
yerted question, must from the ele'ated position of
the authOress create a deep impression not only in
this country but in England. With respect to the
book itsef we should be the last TO find fault with
Any lsay's forming and giving to the world any
opinion she may please, however opposed to our
feelings, to those of her own countrymen and
couptrywOme and what we would suppose to be
the very instinct of her sex. Indeed, we welcome
and rejoice in every literary effort Of woman from
whom have come some of the noblest works of
modern times But work of real merit needs 20
limsy feather to support its flight Uncle Toms
Cabin" perhaps the noblest work of woman
modestly appeared first in Washington paper,
and was born in an unpretending manger What
we do protest against is that false and FICTITIOUS
value, which it has no right to bear, should
be attempted to be given to this work and
that by journal which pretends to hold in
horror the system this work is written to sus-
tain. We can fancy the sneer of contempt
with which the wOman's quick wit will measure
this fantastic hunkeyism, and the sensitiveness
with which Miss Murray must writhe under
comparison with the Duchess Of Sutherland, first
in position of rank and virtue in England, which
can emily if it reaches home expose her to ridicule
We should be sorry to detract one whit from the
status of those charming beings the maids of honor
In the court it is true, they do not rank particu
larry high First come the mistress of the robes
filled BY the Duchess of Sutherl md. Next some
twelve ladies' in waiting. After these about as
many ladies Of the bedchanber All these have to
be gone through before we reach the maids Of
honor Still, when found, they arc pretty and
pleasant in their way. But except during the
regns of Charles and George ii when they acquired
rather naughty notoriety, they have been uni7ers
ally unknown to fame We rather fancy thst the
chief sensation the new book in question will ex-
cite in England, if it needs the attraction of a
name will be one of curiosity to know who Miss
Murray is. With some knowledge of English
society. we are ashamed to confess we never heard
of her. And we almost fear that the prefix Of
" late maid of honor will in that country detract
from rather than give value to her work. Asa
class the maids" are not remarkable for decided
" intellectual ability
The ~ Y. Times may rest assured that it will
require something more than name to shake Mrs
Stowe from that place in the hearts OF the people
- not alone of this country or Of England, but
Europe which she now holds. In multitude Of
homes to which The NJ Y. Times has not pene-
trated, and which we fancy the name Of Miss Muir
ray will never reach, Mrs. Stowe is blessed and
loved by those who have never seen her face, but
to whom she has taught to mngle each evening
with that hottest Of Offices, the household prayer,
an for the release from bondage of those
brothers, who, made after the image of God, are
held as beasts Of burden and carrion of the field"
For the rest, the statements with which our CO.
temporary surrounds this preliminary puff, are
wholly without foundation. Many as have been
our quarrels with England, We honor and reverence
the determined hatred which England and English
men ever feel to that peculiar form Of bondage
To assert that they but assume the feeling, and re-
pent the sacrifice in which they gave it fulfllment
s false. Were the question Of Slavery in this
country OF it's restoration in the West Indies to be
polled in the House of British representatives to-