The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-02-23
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exhaled such noxious vapor in mld-winter. |
AS have been arraigned, and accused OF
being very bad fellow traducer of Mrs.
Stowe and her negro subject-(by the way,
wonder if Mrs. Stowe has not profited more
from the "peculiar Institution" than most
slave holders.) I had better here state my
confession of faith, so as to leave the field
clear for the war Of words:
LIST. am opposed to American Slavery.
I'd. think Uncle Toms Cabin the best
work in the whole catalogue of Negro Liter
allure.
Sd. think the Scriptures of the Old and
New Testament better book than the
"great work of Mrs. Stowe"
4th. believe that works on Ancient and
Modern History, Geography, Travels, the
Biography Of great and good men and women,
may be read with more profit than the de-
tails of unnatural cruelty practised either
North or South.
5th. believe in the greatness of this
Western country, and do not Ike to see
Henley-In-Arden" getting sick of our
Western manners.
Having made this confession, proceed to
notice the wrathful effusion of some lima
tured dispeptic who signs himself "Henley-
In-Arden, which suppose means Henry in
great wrath. suppose the discriminating
readers Of the Minnesotian are by this time
convinced that West is wholly annihilated,
and that he will never again wag his pen
while Henley-In-Arden" remains above
ground. We wish to be charitable, but we
can hardly refrain from charging " Henley "
with affecting to be unconscious of his own
greatness He tells us he is Western
man, and then presumes to say that Western
men are not on that account men of taste.
Now, can you find any where in the East,
or even in the Old World, his equal in acute
ness? There is proYerb, we have heard in
several of the States which runs thus, cit
is hard to get blood out of turnip." This
difficult task Minnesota's own "Henley -
can accomplish; for he has gotten out of our
article things that were no more in it, than
blood is in turnip.
1t is the glory of an Irishman not to deny
his country; let me beg of Henley not
to deny to Minnesota the glory of his great
ness. Where will you find such powers out
of our Beloved Territory?" Mr. Editor,
l am in doubt whether it would not be
greatly to my advantage to come out and
make myself known as the veritable West,
whom "Henley," with the assistance of
"a Lady," used up? What would you adj
wise ,? AS you are politician, you may be
better able than myself to judge of the ex-
pediency of such course. Being plain
blunt man." exceedingly simple % and
foggy" withal, can never hope for re-
nown unless it be by some lucky hit, such as
is the fortune Of FOOLS"
An intelligent citizen, who seems to think
that an over exertion of the brain is unfavor-
able to longevity, has expressed doubt
whether our Henley" will long survive his
effusion Of the 18th inst. We think our
friend is mistaken in supposing that 'Henley''
has put forth any great effort in the produc-
ton of that article we regard it as the ma
tural production of his great mind which has
caused him no more labor than our common
place articles cost us. Still it is we'll to
remember that time will define even great
men; and in order that the present genera
ton may secure to itself the honor of APP
preciating the worth of its brightest orna-
ments, we beg to suggest that the readers
of Uncle Tom each contribute one dollar, and
send the same without delay to Mr.. Fred
Douglass, to be expended by him in the
erection of a suitable monument, in some
conspicuous place in the City of St. Paul, in
honor of Henley-L-Arden," the Defender of
the Faith, and the define Legation of Mrs. H.
b. Stone and her imHators If the Abolition
Press favor this suggestion, our dollar shall
be forthcoming. Having taken up too much
space in paying my addresses to Henry-in-
great wrath, and in making known my ap-
probation of his wonderful abilities, must
hasten to notice very briefly some of the
merits of his article.
There is something remarkable in the fact
that "Henley" should have become so excl
ted by the two following sentences: "Sipce
Uncle Tom appeared upon the stage there
has arisen great mania for Negro Litera-
ture." Again: "It might be a fruitful subject
for lecturer to discuss this question: Does
Uncle Tom belong to the Sunday School As
ISOLATION which adopted it, or to the Thea
ter? or is it a joint stock concern 2" These
two sentences contain the whole of our of
Tending against the "Great work, of Mrs.
Stowe" fl had said this much against the
Bible, doubt whether could have excited
so much wrath against my humble self. We
intended to say, and now say again, that the
reading Of works of fiction to the extent to
which it is INDUCED in at the present day,
has an injurious effect upon the minds and
hearts of the readers. Controyert it who
may! If we were mistaken in this. why did
not Henley" as man of sense, expose
our error, and convince the people of this
city that light reading is very profitable p
Cannot the citizens of st. Paul discuss sucb
question without abuse and inyective2 II
is the uniform practice of one class of men
to fly into passion with all who even seem
to differ with them on any point touching
the Slavery question.