Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-21
NUMBER LIB.
RICHMoND wHIG.
DOUGLAS JERRoLD TO MRS, srovr-

DOUGLAS JERROLD TO MRS. STOWE.
The following eloquent and sc.thng letter has dcs-rv--
s"r'eted very vide attention. n Is equally credsa-
oe 10 The head and heart Of tho brilliant sit Of
England Is beautiful and touching ba, -. e,rs.py
do not envy either Ara Stove hxr t~d entertainer
its perussi;
MADAM You srs nov vi-iser N thu nr;n,.,, C.,l
oil Dunrobn, and viii be there for brief .~ss..o the
guest Of thr- Gr.ces sbo own IT, You .ill th,,. -
Win all that wealth can purchase. a. that influence can
command all thsi art can produce and Ill that dur. ka-
pisty can do To make your stay desirable You oil. r,-
crve that attention and kindness which ths Duk. .nd
Duehe- award TO their v-itors and you vin peshsps
leave Sotheriandshre With sunny memorial
on your rscoectiou, and the sentiments 10 which you
have already given expression regarding that coan,ry
mors deeply impressed on your mind Nt
IL 10 also stated that during your stay the .,,s.l
bton OF industrial product. TO take pl.re and dr.,
more than usual shor be made 10 GET IN. e,..L, Of
the strict TO turn ou In their best radiant With more
nAn ordinary smiles; and that farmers and ic'or sish
their families and their dependent are TO su. III. ga
thering. 80 as TO max. IL proportions and appearance
bulk before you as argsy and respectfully possible
Thus, Madam will the former handful ot duss bs tr~u
IN your eyes, with the view obtain from your peu
another testimony the operation system OF c-
yizAt'on which Is still Struggling in that couDtr,-
You viii zee decent well clad Highland xrs kindly so-
ken To By the titled party visiting Dunrobiu roo viii be
pointed to nicely white washed cottsge houses sktig
the highway OF the Eastern District aud you Vim be told
that these the hsbstoas Of those whom possicu f
unAu
pressed
So far we'll But Madam, every Landscape has n b.ek
ground, every picture has shade You see but 6ts
oi Sutherland when yon travel from the hekls Ferry 10
Dunrobn inspect the drugges and stockngs and plaid
ings OF the Sutherland females in the show rooms oupo
sits the Golspie inn These but the Raudy sppno.
OF the country; these but mestricous sdorn-
ments, gingerbread appendAges, superficial gsuRawa-
They merely resemble the balls aud merry mskin9s that
occasionally TO be the slave States of the
Caroina and fair specimens Of Sutherland
l. fffl. r. r.. H.. -
saveholding fraternity Madam Impore YOU rot % be
again fascinated aud hoodwinked by the obsequous at
tenons paid you or by the gotten up tor the occasion
display, which you will witness at tho sxhibtoo room
nor by the external polish and air OF ceany comfort which
the white ashed cottages OF Eastern Sutherland exhibit
III you found these your opinion OF Sutherland as
n you will leave II with an impression false and ncor-
rect as you had looked the of George Sands
novels tbs embodiment Of morality from having read
OF its most moral pages.
May beg OF you 10 take solitary tour TO the wes OF
Sutherland Keep aloot from factor commissioners
have your eyes and open and with the feelings of the
authore-s OF Uncle Toms Cabin, investigate yourself
INTO the present aud condition OF the general body
the Inhabitants Go Armadae and enquire for ous An
gus Sutherland; 20 Tubug Skerray and ask for hook
at the site where the house OF William MKay once
stood inquire into the history of the treatment Of these
and thousand OF other men, active abs and willing to
work, but With their wives and little out You
mother Mrs Stove you have given proof thas you
can In a large measure sympathse with mother in her
maternal yearnings after her te viii you there
OF angus sutherland how elt
vhen less than three months ago she her tts ones
then i'll Of the measlsswere thrown Of their humble
homef Will you get the wife of William MKsy TO uar-
raty how only last year lev days after sutips
the pangs and going through the perils Of maternity
with her new born white babe, and other little oues wers
merciessy carried out in sheet and e bivouac ou
bare hill without home shelterf
Will you ask the Oldest inhabitants OF the bare rock ses
along the bleak and ragged shores OF the West how it
happens that they a-ve drizzng exisencs on tess
unproductve wastes while for Of mile. ten ,hous
.psNs AZ tln a..1 -.~~.1-L Il
barren desolaoni Will you ask them to tell YOU how IL
happens that whole saths and gens vocal with the
merry laugh Of hundreds OF happp cottes children noe
cno save the OF sheep or the hunsmans
happens that the population OF Lairg is only third of
what t could boast Of in 1901; hos 10th has diminished
third kildonan by three ourths; Crveh BY l5OO and
other parishes TO less extent that the whole county
OF Sutherland has increased per cent during the
Whole OF the last fifty years
Will you ask IL be that the county which obtain
ed distinguished niche in the annss Of this country for
the number and prowess Of its soldiers cannot now get
hall dozen o its to recruit for the militia or
to act volunteers la being merely trained defence
OF the coast it be tact that since the
oi the present century than 1900 the aboriginal
inhabitants OF Sutherland have been thrust o land
which their ancestors from uadouary agrs occupied aud
thrust out not because convicted OF crime,
guilty oi aziness not because oi OF rent
cause OF immoral conduct but their holdings
into monster sheep walks and grouse grounds lit 10 true
that the result Of this sysem Of clearaees has been
/
has been shame and confusion Of the promoter.
the Loeb policy which has been shown have been In
its invention selfish and heartles in liz deveopnout aud
merciless and inhuman, in its operation unpaotc and
unsuccessful and in s general results mocksry, deu.
sion, and q snaref
Obtaining. by personal inquiry Irrespective Of the chap
ter IN your sunny memories the facts OF tho case and
coming into personal contact rth the inhabitants you
WILL venture to assure you have abundent materials
| a work which viii rival even Uncle Toms Cabin and
which will give chapter chapter Of plots aud incidsnt
SCENES aud suferng patient endurance and Christian
Ignaton, and other manifold hea stirring sketches which
will prove TO the world that the geu artbor Of Uncle Tom
Cabin Is too TAR seeing too much animated BY Christian
principles, and too indspende in sentiment ard in .el
ing, TO be betrayed by conventional hospitality into
indorsation Of such policy aud that not even new
commissioner, rained in all the subeties OF the bar will
succeed in again committing you proclaim his and
iathers policy as an enlightened attempt 10 aid the sag
giles OF modern civilization; but that you will
brand Of the reckless cruel attack
on the rights and liberties Of unofeDding people, aud
proclaim your from personal that
lie who hears the cries Of the psoneths righieou. God
who has affixed bis savsat the removing oi
the ancient landmarks has Enthusiastically shown by the
complete failure OF the policy have named bis abbos
renee OF the treatment to which the people Of
have been subjected since the dawnng Of the present cen
tary and that you sill leave proud walls OF Dun
robin Castle sithout honestly and faithfully IL
noble possessors " gun tor themselves goo --"anung
earn the gratitude Ofa noble ssate and resorn
The eSoate slcns OF thd OF that land, which has tor
Ne people tbsacred by traditouary story and which