Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-04-04
DOUGLAS JERRoLD no MRS. STOWE.

Mrs. sTowE or her titled entertainer its pe.usal 4
MADAM: You are now visitor ct tie princely
Castle OF Dunrobln, aud will BE- there for brief
season, the guest Of their Graces who oNn it z, u
will there meet With al that wealth Caa purchase,
all that influence can command, all that art ean
produce, and all that cucal hospitality can do TO
make your stay desirable. You viii receive that
attention and kindness which tina Duke aud Due!
ess award to their visitors, and you viii PeFhag q
leave Sutherlandshire with lie sunny memories
engreVen on your reeolectiou, and the sentiments
40 which you have already giveI Expression re-
garding that country more Seep,y impressed on
your mind.
IL is also stated that during your stay, the anou.
al exhibition OF industrial products is to take ace,
and thsl more tan usual effort is 10 be made 10
get the teusIcs vi the district t. turn out their
oest .sdiant with mere than ordinary smiles aud
tEct farmers and t.esoTs. with their families and
their dependents, are 10 swell the ,theriUg 30 as
TO maks is Proportions AID appearance bulk BE-
! fore you a. largely and respectfully As possible.
Thus, Madam, will the former handful Of dus:
be thrown 10 your eyes, with the view 20 Obtain
from your pen another testimony to the operation
of that systsm OF civilization which is stll
Struggling" in that c,ultry. You will see d
cent well clad Highland girls kindly sPOkca 10 by
the titled party visiting Dunr.bn; you Will he
pointed 10 nicely white wash d cottage hoGses
sklruug the highway OF the Eastern District, d
you will be told tina. thsss are the hAbi AtioLs OF
thos9 whom portion of the press hsI represe
! ed rs beng down trodden and oppressed
50 Tar we'll Bat, Madam every Ia dscGpe has
background; every picture has its shade. Y,u
see but little OF Sutherland WheI you travel from
the Mekle Ferry to Dunrob.u, or Inspect the drug
gets snd stockings and plaiding5 OF the Sutherland
/ females IN the show rooms opposite the Goispie
inn. These are bus the gaudy trappiugs OF the
| country-Lhese but mere msret ioo adorn-
| ments gingerbread sppendages, suPehc!s gsWgaws.
! They merely resemble sc ga Is End mary ma<t
| ings that occasionally to be see on tue wor
| slave estates OF the Carolina, a1d are W IN
/ lar specimens OF Sutherland thHd is little Egas
father Of the average character Of the sAyeholdia
/ Paternity. Madam, l implore you not to be again
/ fascinated and HOODWINKED by the ObseuuioDs st
tentions paid you, By the gotten up flE the oe-
! eason display which you wi; witness at ths ex.
| hibition loom, nor by the external polish and ait
Of clearly comfort which the while~ashed CIT
/ tsges of Eastern Sutherland exhibit. II you found
on these your opinion Of Sutherland as it Is, you
will leave Il win al impression as false an ocOr
rect as It you hGi looked upon the worst OF George
| Sands novels as the embodiment Of morality from
having read one OF Is most moral psges.
May Ibeg Of you TO take solitary tour to the
West of SUNDERLAND ? Keep sloot from factor or
commissioners have your eyes and ears open aud
! with the feelings Of the AuthOFCss Of Uncle Tons
Cabln Investigate for yourself INFO The present and
past condition Of the general body Of che iuhaot
| ants. Go to ArmAdaie and impure for one Angus
| Sutr erland 20 to Tuoug SksFray, and ask for
! look ct tbs size where The house of one Willism
MKsy oLce stood Inquire into the history Of the
! tres mant Vi thess anu Thousands Of other me-,
| active, alta and wiling 70 work, but with their
| Wives aud little ones cas- OIt You are mother
! Mrs. Stowe yOd have given proof that you can
in large measure sympsthss " tt q El)Eher IN
her maternal warnings after het little O1e4 Will
/ YOU therefore kindly ask the wife Of Angus Su.E-
! erlsud how she felt when, less than three monyhs
ago she and her little ones then i'll Of the measlea,
| were drown out OF their humble home? Via
you get the vile Of William MKsy to lArr2te to
YOU how, only last year, few days after suEfsring
the psngs and going through the perils OF aternI-
IT, she with her new born white babe and other
ht!le ones were mgrcilessly carried Qua il sSeet,
! AMI left TO biVoua3 on bare hill without homs or
shelter?
! win you ask the Oldest inhabitants Of the bare
rock sides along the bleak and ragged shores Of
the Wes,, now Il happens that they starye oIt a
! drizzling exist, nee en- Laese uuproduciVe wastes
while tor &C res Of miles ton tEoI>aud times ten
| thousand Available aces liz 10 bleak an | barren
dssolation7 WIN Se1 ask them to tell you no p
it happens taa; Rhole straths and glens once vocal
with the meSsg laugh Of hundreds of happy cot.
tsFs' chldEA bow echo nought save the bleatug
of sheen, OF the huntsmsn's horn, or the SPORT
| N
that the population OF LsIrg is ony tbird OF what
il could DOast in 1901 how 10th has diminished
a third kildonan by three iourths; CEeich by
1900; and other parishes to less extent 50 thst
the whole county oil Sutherland has not increased
per cent during the whole OF the la fifty years2
Will you ask if it be true that the county which
obtained distinguished niche in the Annals OF thls
country for the number and pro Ress OF ts so9iers
cannot now get bSlf dozen of its sons to recruit
it even for the militia, or to act Gs volunteers IL
being merely trained tor the defence of the COsS
if il be fact that suce the commencement of tn,
present century, more than 6fisen thousand If toe
aboriginal inhabitants Of Sulherla1d ,, we been
thrust out from tne land which ID, ir ancestors
from traiiionsrT ages occupied, and thrust out
not because convicted o. eFlEle 0r.G because gritty
of lAzness not because Of arre1 "a of rent no: be.
cause Of immoral condnCi, Dr. c to convert tbtir
b lings into monster shes } walks and grouse
erouuds if it be true that ne result of tb. system
OF clearances has been serious loss to the uoble
e7e3reIaE, and that To whole issue has been
ansine and conclusion of face to the promoters o.
tae Loeb policy Wn' ca has been shown to have
been, 10 It's invent Oh selfish and heartlsss in itl
development me. CHESS and inhunsn, in its opera.
ton unpNuOO and unsuccessful, and in its genera
results = mo ykery, deluson, and snare2
ObshiniD Z, by personal inquiry, irrespective 0
the 9hnppT n cur Sunny memories the factl
Of the sse and coming into personal contact witt
ahe ID IAbitants, you will, venture to assure you
have abundant materials for 8 work which vii
rival even Uncle Toms Cabin, aud which viii
, give chspter on chapter of plots and incidents
scents and suferings, patient endurance and heart
stirring sketches wuIch will prove to the worlC
tina. the gifted author of Uncle Toms Cabin is toe
fsr-seelng, too much animated by Christian pyinci
pies, aud too indeDeudsnt in sentiment and in feel
ing, to be betrayed by mere conventional ospitsl
:ty into an indors8tlon OF such policy and ths
, not even new Commissioner, trained 10 all the
s1btlees OF the bar, will succeed in again commit
ting you to proclaim hs and his fathers policy a:
al enlightened attempt to aid the struggles o.
J modern civilization; but that you will uuhestat
iugy brand IL one oil the most reckless and cri
e attacks on the rights and liberties Of an unOE
tending people, aud proclaim your assurance from
personal investigation, that He who hears tht
cries of the prsoner-sbe righteous God-wbo hs
affixed his edUedt to even the removing of the an
t Gent landmarks, has Enthusiastically shown, by tbt
complete failure Of the policy l have named, hi
adherence of the treatment to which the peopl
of Sutherland have been subjected since the dawn
ing OF the present Csuuury and that you will no
t leave the proud walls OF Dunrobn Castle wthou
honestly ami faithfully entrestng its noble posses
sors to gain for themselves good report, and earl
the gratitude Of mob race by once more tenant
ing the desolste glsrs Of their beautiful estate an
restoring 10 the pes 10 the occupation Of Of TIA
= lard, which has for generations been sacred b
trAditlouaTy story, ard which will again be tn
! haDDv RbOdpa Of n tpDu nnOOle