New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-01

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VOWED III The very eI:sten"e OF slave population IN
tie nics. OF fr.e community in modern times II
folOxs, ron the stsie Of society in the Spothern
State that tk@ two NUT blend sud minge with
esch oil er until accident rather than any radical dG
ference III nfa constitution, dek rniDes The mighty
alternative of admission into the ranks Of Slavery
IN edom. Tie offspring Of planter by female
slave perhaps herself q muIo1o of extraordinary
gits usy he EQUAL superior " the children born ~
him in lawful wedock 1bev NAV even rece We he
ssre kid Of education and training their earlier
Yeas may re foserei with the same tenderness, but
Tt, msy nevertheless grow ~ slaves den'ed the CON-
o e. rights of humanity, DO liable Ia b. bought and
sold Ike cattle, and TO be overlooked hosget tor
tured sroDDd 10 death at the Will of cnpncious
cruel muster. Such q sAte Of society must contain
within its-lf nsi.rse of romance of the most striking
character ss il Is imposebIe to conceive any human
condition where greater scope ia Afforded Tor unrse
trained III on one side for deeper suffering with
al he ..ings and passions which the lat e1teme OF
al gui.h bring. with IT, on the other. The immense
popularity OF Uncle Tenn vas, We think principally
attributable 10 It's being the first work o. any pr,fen-
,ioL which ,kfuIiy employed u ece materials Of TO-
nsTce for purposes Of fiction. and made the modern
ord aware that the Slave States OF America .eeDed
With tie fret requisites OF tragic emotion, pity and
terror
The social sketches in the present romance are not
equal these in tie previous prdu OF The au.h'r
There IRE 10 characters ~ original - Uncle Tom and
Topsy ard the book wants The freshness which so
greatly Contributed 10 the popularity OF us Predeces.
We hr altogether calculated To sustain the rSputs-
ton of the author. OF the innurn.rsbe imts' lou.
which Uncle Tom gave birth TO- not one exhibited
trace OF that vital power by which 1t was disun-
guished.
", regard that power as the more wonderful since
We fLd ign of it in any OF the previous productions
Of Mr. Stowe. We looked for some indications Of Il
III Der work on England but We found not passage
establish identity of intellect with the author OF
"I-ncle I, NJ" We are still more puzzled with
Il,,d he az n 0
orrossd and even ifreconcuable that we can hardly
believe th to exit in the same intellect. For, while
We frd Il large amount Of purely trivial writlng-not
free fr, M bfi.c,atiob and uns led with all kinds of
faults in styc-we had in also passages where clOee
conceI traed, logical thought with thrilling passion,
sublime imagery and intense aspiration, are expressed
in conposinon Of the pures English and most harwo-
nious periods.
The question r1esistibly forced on our mind by Pc
russI OF bred" il: Can Mrs Stowe be the unasssted
author Of the romances which bear her name II she
be- Ter mind is the greatest psychological marvel Of
wi ch We know any example. such union OF trivial
iiy with power of massive, cold intellect with mere
af,i cal pretiness and accomplishment, is incompre
heIsibe to Ia.
Ia il not probable that some OF those
nest minds which are laboriDg for the overthrow OF
Slavery in tie United States might be willing 70 assist
M,. Stowe in influencing the public mind by fiction,
though unwilling t. appear openly in the work We
have all heard of the underI Ound railway IN the States
may not there be press worked by some agency
equally secret There something like organization
in the INT taken 10 give universal publicity Ia
" Uncle Tom.' The Key not like w0mans
work IT, unaseisted Mrs. Stowe has written all that
b, ais her name she il of the most wonderful of all
female writers.
Our ,urnise that Mrs. Stowe has been largely as
sisted in the composition of these works Is founded on
n,erI al evidence alone. We SUSPECT that there is an
American Junius behind the curtain, exuIting in his
inipeneIabe secrecy, and in the sensation he has eI
cited We should like 10 know something more Of
Nj Beecb,r Stowe than we do al present. Il he a
m8n of vigorous talent or Il be OILY Mrs stoves nus
band In the hubbub of her notoreiy ne has mod
city kept himself iii the shade. Mrs. Stowe Is no
doubt We clever, intelligent writer, and Possessed
OF that talent, natural TO feminine minds, OF quickly
Skiing pIonneDces OF character and OF deilneatIng
InsbIers. But cannot easily believe that she
m sscses the ims gnaiiye power, the muscular energy
OF II niin the logical sense the perception OF unda
IT.. NJ al Truth and tie mastery OF the English tongue
which found IN parts Of THIS remarkable book. ii
the hole be hers she Is gifted with genius rarely, in
deed accorded 10 woman. The appearance Of diver
sty Of style is % strong that incline TO the opinion
tho; two eus, at Least, have been engaged IN the com
POSITION.
AZ Died does not appear until the narrative is far
advanced and be has iEen little connection with the
OIL er p.lsonec,s OF tie story thu book il rather a
collection of sketches than re5ulal reconstructed
tale. Ii rejects various scenes of southern hie-the
negro characters in Uncle TUrn, appearing to be
drawn with great fidelity. Though always amusing,
the ants Of the book want cohesion and hence it is
sone~ hat patchy
In this story the action OF the cholera Is Tar more
roweful than the action OF Slavery. OF course Mrs.
Stowe could not produce the companion of Uncle
Tom" or float her popularity upon the passion OF The
Forthcoming election, without drawing red-and-black
picture OF nanners influenced by tic peculiar inst
tut, II: but the OF misery which, with the sus-
cepiible will be the effect of reading bred VIII
aiise Chief y from the tragedy OF Cancma with which
Slavery has nothing 10 do. Ii IL only late in the book,
need that tie negro enthusiast is introduced; his
pieacl ingS his acts his fate belong almost To sepa-
aie narration Tie light of the story = Nina, bred s
the slbd1~; but their de-lnts are wholly apart, tie
one being IN DO way related by circumstances to the
Other so that the lady of Canema, upon whose portrait
SO much elG boratiOn is bestowed IL mere insgnlh
cHnce a. long tie historical conspiracy is under
tcc while the conspiracy, which gives the work It's
Lane is totally unnecessary 80 for US the interest OF
Nina life and character Is concerned. The result r.,
not sin plicity but confusion. Ii ~ difficult to under
stand Why many pe. .onSges introduced and We
have found il mF0 sible TO suggest any artistic reason
for the concentration of paihos upon death from
CT orra tale That has been WI teu wrb 30 fierce
purIoee. That purpose has been, Enthusiastically, 70
publish volume that will be scattered America
by the Aboionlst simeon that is expected Ia rice az
the approaching election. In her preface Mrs. Stowe
takes advantage Of the assaul. upon Mr.. Sumner
diic bitter paragraph about the senator OF q SOW
"eiegn State, struck down, unarmed and unsu. poct
ing, by a ccwardy blow. and while tins PROSTATE,
still b, seD 10y the dastard arm which had learned
Ills skill in ID South Carolina plgnteton." The An
sas conflict and the ST. Lawrence disaster with an
sllusion t. the Blitsh Lion led in cotton bands"
adIoiily introduced TO fatter 81 the party in America
"who in the coming election 10 mako a stand
against this Tremendous evil" ana TO rally the pub
lc in England, which bar faith in stsrac. prlnci
llss anywhere but across The Atlantic. Emphatic ally
Mrs Stoves new 10, mas many of the qualities OF a
lGurhkt and il is made up of assertion than OF
pI,oL II = interruptions in this sens"-'bat II
lu.aSses u number OF exceptional and excessive IN
.,aAc,s and presents them as picture ut the South
Regarded simply a. a novel. "Dred" i an imts-
fiona clever initatior-of Uncle Tom. CABIN.
OF coune il not repetition OF the story but OF I've
dee il 5 equally full of descriptions vi mate
rpl luxury iheie i,an attempt 20 remodel Topsy in
no,culiue form: Nina fades into sort OF Eva on her