Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1855-06-05
From the St. Louis Republican.
aSlaYe Life in Euron e.

ing fact, that the silly SANDERS and rnaudein |
philanthropy Of American Abolitionism
was finally rebuked, and the tide OF I'M
healihful public opinion produced by Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stoves book, turned In
Germany. For, without wishing to be Sc
we're. it is but justice to say, that all works
of fiction hitherto produced in this country
tending to counterfeit the pernicious ten
denotes of 'Unele Toms CABIN were be-
low acknowledgement up ON the spur of
the moment, and intended for run mere
ly on the Western steamboats,. But
novel just published in Germany. from the
pen Of the German "Boz," Mr.. Hacklaen-
der, an author equally distinguished as
dramatist and writer of fiction, now be-
ing republished in the literary department
of the .fneeiger, in this city, it would
seem, has laid Mrs. Stowe and her book
completely on the shelf. Judging solely
from the opinions oithc British press. and
the synopsis of the work thus afforded us,
Hacklaender's ".Nacs Life IA Europe is
the most powerful novel, not only ever pro-
produced in Germany, but surprising In
interest, descriptive force of subject, all
similar works of the day. Its reception in
Germany was unprecedented, and not
understanding the unusually high price put
on the book, ($4 80, we believe, its Sc
| cond edition is now being issued from the
press, an almost incredibly large first cdi-
ton having been exhausted IN the course
of few months. The book, withal,
seems less intended for one connective mar
rative turning into one great plot, than for
4 succession Of striking tahleau, illustra-
tive of European society in all phases and
grades, from royalty down to abjectest paul
perism, harmonized into a whole, by the
history of few principal characters, and
the general objects OF the novel. Uncle
TOMS Cabin and It's illustrations OF ''SLAvE
LIFE IN AMERICA" form evidently the
inducement to the work, and are constantly
| introduced for comparison. The German
authors skill herein is represented IN
comparable; and the cheap philanthropy
OF Abolitionism and the siclly saporings
OF Mrs Stowe and her European conf
peers, including the Duchess of Sutllcr-
land and her suite, are laid utterly pros
trate. The comparisons, finally, which il
is left for the reader to make between white
slaves in Europe and black slaves in Amer
lea, are resistlessly tending to silence the
fanatical ebullitions of those pious fanat-
les and would-be world-revoiutionizer who
deaf to the voices Of sqrlalid misery and
wretchedness around them, would extend
j, their far-reaching beneyolence, mainly con
sisting in sympathetic tear, across the
ocean-bc it either from sinister motives
of their own, OF from an amiable weakness
of combining their trade in philanthropy to
the cheapest article in the market.
From the great compass of the book,
and the difficulty OF rendering such a work
into the English, it is hard to say how soon
u translation will render it accessible TO the
American public; but from an intilnation
which we have lately had, there is reason
to suppose that arrangements may shortly
be effected for a translation, by a gentle
man of our city; who is well known fol
eminent literary ability, TO do the subject
full justice.
From all we have seen or heard of the
work, an able translation Of it will, we ar,
sure, meet with degree ofsuccess second
not even to Uncle Tom itself.