New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-17

in another par. of this paper, We publish chap
ter in advance from Mrs. Beecher Stoves forth.
coming Anti-Slavery novel, Low in the press Of q
Boston publishing house. Judging from this speci.
men, Mrs. Stoves new work will no! be wanting
in the dramatic force, spontaneous humor, AID
fresh natural description which characterize
"Uncle Toms Cabin" while in mellow npeness
of composition it will probably surpass even the
fecitous successes Of that world-renOwned prOduc-
ton. The spirit Of Freedom has Endled the au-
thor's pen with living fire. Her purest fame ls
founded on her fidelity TO that holy cause. She has
caught the inspiration Of the mOmentous Issues
which are now appealing to the heart Of the coun.
try and embodied its noblest impulses 10 her glow.
ing page Nor is che alone in the loyalty which
cOpsecrates the influence of literature to the inter
ests of Liberty. The magnetism OF Freedom has
natural affinity with the materials of which genius
is composed. The instincts of our most highly.
gifted men urge them to make common cause
against the champions Of Slavery, The present
canvass has called conspicucusly into the field
many noble spirits who hold An exalted rank 10 the
world of letters. Fremont, the scholar, the man
of science the thinker, who has been true to the
dreams of his youth and the culture of his early
manhood, hes drawn around his side. has brought
upon the popular forum, has animated to the fer
vent utterapce of political truth, not fc~ of our
mOst accomplished men, whose tastes habtaany
court retirement, and whom nothing but rss,stless
sense of justice could have won from the lettered
avocatiOns that form the aim and glory of their
life.
The Northern clergy, in numerous instances, have
presented an example of fearless patriotism which
must forever wipe away the charge Of timidity and
trucking to the prejudices Of the hour. With
hish.hearted Indifference to personal and private
consequences, they have brayely withstoOd the
perverted public opinion which has infected the
Church no less than the State. They have thrown
off both the tilktn cords of professional ease and
the green wi,hes of domestic necessity, sacrificing
alike the enjoyment Of popularity and the prospect
Of maintenance, to their convictions OF duty aud
the cause Of their country. Honor to men like
Tyng ard Conway, who have dared to ruflc the
atmosphere of q placid conservatism BY the trum-
pet tones Of truth, pleading for the cause OF
American Freedom in the very places where her
sacred form had received the grOssest insult and
outrage from aujaciOus official hands. The Pill.
grim spirit still lives in tae clergy Of the North.
They have shown themselves true t, their vener-
able ancestry. In spite Of the sleek. dough faced
divines that gently touch velvet cushions with
their jeweled fingers, the gallant pluck Of the
Puiitans is not exhausted in our Republican Zion.
Happy the cause in which the appeals Of the pull
pit are sustained by the ballot.box, in which the
oracles of the Deity arc echoed back from the
hearts Of the people.
Nor is 1t the clergy alone from whose ranks our
men of education and intellectual supremacy have
been enlisted in the present national conflict. Macy
of our prominent colleges have nobly shown the
true colors in the zeal and activity of their pro-
fessors. Leaving the academic shades for the
noise and dust of the popular meeting, they have
been impelled to speak words of lofty cheer in
behalf of Freedom, feeling with the youthful Mil
top that it would be base thing to remain hidden
in studious luxury, while their cOuntymen were
struggling for the dear and holy hopes of humanity
in perlous and resolute conflict. On this battle
field of the nation they will win guerdOn of
triumph before which all literary laurels are but
children's toys. Old Harvard and Yale have
spoken out and spoken well. Emancipated from
the subserviency TO tie South which has acted as
the dry rot on most Of our New-England colleges,
they bid fair to take the prominent rank among the
dc fepders of liberty, which naturally belongs to
the genuine conservators Of ancient learning. With
such examples as Slliman, bringing the mature
wisdom of scientific experience to the cause Of the
people-Of Professor Parker, thrO wing of the
t,nidity Of legal precedent and the restraints of
official position in devotion to high pripciple-cf
FELTON,, sacrificing even his idOlary of Daniel
Web, ter and return ing to ancient fir endshp, under
the influence of stringent cOnscientOusness, we
need rot despair Of the Northern colleges. The
impulse which is sweeping over the land with the
freshness ard purity Of Western breeze, has not
left our seats Of learning without reviyiog power
and they will enlarge the ranks Of the stGrdy and
determined men VINO are preparing to win the
victory at the polls of November.
Literature is also sending its representatives into
the field from other quarters beside its chosen
baunts. They are found mastering with the people
from the various walks OF society. Their presence
animates the popular convention their wisdom
nlingles with the shrewd counsels Of the veteran
politician their devotion 10 principle Strengthens
the hopes of the patriot. Bryant comes from bis
poetic retreat amcDg the woods of Roslyn TO stiu-
ulatc the bear,s Of his 1fiehborS By patriarch,l
suggt stous. Emerson descends from the dim
mount of spiritual vision to utter the oraces OF the
"Oyersoui" in Concord town-meeting Long
fellow exchanges the elegant refnements OF
patrician abode for the unneIodious dia Of Nsssa
churetts nnlit cal pafherinr C,iYfia Glrarts the