The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-07
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ogrs. stewc,s New Novsi.
$50 -. written new novel. IL Is
...,.s an,edr II IL al attempt TO show Inc
e.0s. .r.c,. Of slavery upon . country,
-. ~ domestic economy, upon its rich masters.
-. .bites. ~ well ~ it, sable serfs "Dred
:. s.lurs Not that Il fails 70 tell the trush-she
..,,,h vas NOT expected from the authoress o.
,,..,. Tom But, ~ . work Of genius, Dred 10
,,,neasurably below In infamous predecessof.-
THE English press, with all their desres to honey
o,eg,e American abolitionists and cheat Jonathan
into dissoution Of the Union, are unable TO sup
oress their disappointment ut this new novel
They cannot conceal their surprise At 10 paipaoie
/. failure. Some OF them speak Of Il compassion.
ately-others irrevsrently. Mrs. Stoves new ne.
rro .Dred. Is much grander humbug than I'm
Gle Tom. Not only is "Dred" artisticaIly con-
temutible. but the degraded tastes manifested
throughout by the suthoress are calculated TO ex-
cite the intense disgust and loathng Of every de-
cant and civilized reader. She dwells with the
most unctuous praises upon the noble form and
manly beauty of her sable hero "Thou art black,
bu. comely," IL the burthen of her song. The vir.
tues and best affections Of human nature are ex.
ciusively associated with ebony, and are never SC
kuowiedged 10 any other race save when that race
loves the darkness ~ well ~ Mrs. Stowe. Mrs.
Stoves first work was followed by . good deal OF
amalgamation In some of the free soil neighbor-
hoods. and the tendency of the present is In the
same direction. The best practical commentary
ON the admiration and sympathy Mrs. Stowe thus
manifests for the African Is the fact that she
never gives them dollar, and that any day of the
year, dozen free negroes may be seen lounging
and Ioafng in squalid misery about her brothers
gate, Grew. Rife Kiilem Beechero wretched and
ragged as Lazarus, whilst the sweet brother and
sister, who talk and write so pretty about negro
sorrows, are IS hard hearted a. Dives, aud leave
them to starve and die It is only in the South that
the negro receives real kindness and considera-
ton Here. his virtues and good qualities are ap-
preciated and rewarded here only is he happy,
contented and useful
1t would not be difficult to disprove all the non.
sense In "Dred' about the drawbacks of slavery
upon the condition of the white population. There
IL greater average Of material wealth in Virginia
at this moment than there is in New York. Pau.
perism Is almost unknown here, whilst, in the EN-.
pire State, with all its power and splendor, every
seventeen of the population support one pauper
If we have no great fortunes, we have more gen
eral wealth and comfort than can be found in the
free States Nor Ia 1t true that any considerable
portion of our own population are dsaffected OIL
disoyal to our institutions Here, in Virginia. we
have but one spot tainted with Black Rspuhlicansm
That spot is in Wheeling, and the Black Republi
cans even there are emigrants frsm Ohio Penn
sylvania and portions of Europe, people who were
abotionists where they came from, who reward
the kindness of the State which nourishes then
with the vipers gratitude, singing the hand tia
warns them, and Kissing out their reptile hate q
all conservative men who viii not degrade them
selves to their own base and grovelling instincts
With all the eutcries about Southern despotisn
and oppression, we don't believe there is fire.,
State in the Union, another country in the world
where enemies of the public peace, emissaries O
murder and robbery, and underground railroad
operators would be permitted to carry on thei
warfare against society without mourning the jus
aud inevitable doom of short shrift and a Ion.
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