Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-19

The following editorial letter, in the Utica
Morning Herald, is voucher for Uncle
Toms truths -
"It will be remembered that the work Of
Mrs. Stowe, soon after its appearance was
denounced by the conservative, press and
pulpit even, as tissue of lies made up OF
impossible horrors, aad designed as a studied
Misrepresentation of the slave system. The
Neso York Ooserutr rolled up its eyesin holy
horror, and called upon Heaven to witness
that the enormties portrayed were enormites
o the authoress's Imagination. Its echoes,
religious and secular, denied that there were
any Legrees at the South denied that fami-
lies were separated at the auction block; denied
that blood hounds we're kept on the larger
plantations, to hunt up such fugitives' as
might take it into their heads to run away
denied that women were hogged like beasts,
on their bare backs; denied that young mulatto
women were sold as mistresses to any one who
paid most denied that slaves were fogged to
death and roasted alive; deni ed, in short
everything except that slavery was beati6c in
its Influences alike upon black and white"
81 took some pains to verify, both by OBJ
servation and the admission Of Southern men
the statements Of 'Uucle Toms Cabin.
Most Of the results have already given.
spent not less than three months in the South.
ern States; saw, of course, comparatively
little of slavery. And yet, at this short pc.
Rod, did see families separated at the auc.
ton block; childred that were almost white
torn from their frantic mothers; beautiful
slave girls sold to ugly booking men; vigorous
mulatto women bring high prices on the rec
ommendation that they were good breeders
delicate women logged by brutal overseers
bloodhounds chainod up in their kennels fol
the avowed purpose of hunting up runaway
chattels.' And these things are SO common
are regarded so much as matter of course
as to create no surprise or comment. Ar
occasional Aoggng does niger good, re-
marked very good natured and gentlemanly
Individual to me, one day, on Mississippi
steamboat; some can get along without it lor
a long time, while others want it every few
days. Some niggers seem to like it. 1t does
EN- good. They grow fast under it, Give .
niger 'noug to eat, and an occasional ,wallop
ing, and he is the hap Nest creature alive"
+" What do you think of Uuclc Toms
Cabin ?'' | asked gentleman in New Or
leans, aud xssasEekssaar.. to boot. "A greal
work, Sir; true, every word If you remain
in New Orleans long, you will find Out the
truth of most of il. The fidelity of her por
traitures is wonderful lit seems to me thai
she must have repeatedly visitsd the slave
markets and auctions of New Orleans to have
painted them as she has, But | remarked
while great many people admit that Their
are Legrees at the South, they claim that sucl
characters, are only exceptional. Mr.
Stowe, remarked the gentleman, does not in
tend Legree as the type OF class Of slave
holders she only illustrates through him wha
may and does sometimes occur under the op
Grafton of the slave system"
some of the largest planters in Louisiana
remarked to me: Uncle Toms Cabin l re
greet to say, is book that contains a grea
deal OF truth in fact, don't know but every
statement in it has its counterpart in every
day life at the South Have you any LIE
grees in Louisiana p / asked. Yes, Sir
and You need Mt go up the Red River to fine
them either. Slavery tends to make NATURAL.
vicious men perfect monsters of cruelty. Civ
a band of men absolute control over two o
three hundred peope--make them in all thing
the ministers Of his avarice, his lusts, or hi
passions, and there is nothing too monstrou
for him to do. Yot have bad men at tn
North haven't yous Well, human nature
no better here. But with you, one man
protected from the violence Of another by law
on plantations, the only law is the master