Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-02-22

talked about, while, meantime, instead of acting the part of a servant, this Bourci- cault heroine Is receiving, as we have al- ready intimated serious proposals of mar riage from the gentleman, and being en- veloped in the arms of Mrs. Judge Pevtor, who is familiar with her origin and her mixed blood. Dora Sunnyside is held up as southern belle, and here Mrs. Allen, very handsome delicate beauty, comes on the stage, slatternly dressed, and so mani mate so overcome by lassitude, that she can scarcely keep from " dissolving away" This caricature upon southern young ladies thus moves along, only to be awakened from her lethargy to mdke loue to George Peyton, who had previously sworn to sac riice fortune and all for love of the octo- roonl and who frankly tells the t" southern belle" that his heart is already engaged by what seems to us to be " the yaller gal' If offensive caricature of the South, and of the most sacred ties of life can go further than this, we do not recollect the example, Among the male characters we have promi- nenhy "Jules Thibodeaux, a young Creole planter" bearing one of the most honored names among the old French population, answering to our Livingtons and Lees, of the North; this "young planter" is person. ated by Miss H. Secor, who has the man. ners of Dead Rabbit" and is in the meanwhile consistently smoking an exc crable segar, the offensive odor of which siekens the audience located ill the motest parts of the house.
 Wah-no-tee is an Indian " of the Lepan tribe" an aborigine, as far as dress is con- cerned, such as you see in lady book illus trations. Now the Lepans were terrible flat t-headed tribe originated in Grub street, London; the natives natural to the vicinity of Terrebonne, La., have been exterminated at least one hundred and fifty years, and were known as the Houmas and the Alta kapas. Wah- h-no-tee, however, is won- derful creation, written expressly to display the acting dramatic power of Bourcicault, who has nothing to do but drink whiskey and flourish large club; not understand ing English, he despairs of conversation, and naturally confines himself to gutteral sounds, large " whewl" such as a bear makes when suddenl come upon by pack of dogs, is all he has to say, but his head dress and tail-feaithers are immense.
 Salem Scudder is Yankee from Massa- chusetts and holds the position of an over seer, whose slang about 'civiization and ' human rights" joined with his nasal twang, would cause him to be run out of any decent community in Louisiana as a disagreeable associate for southern gentle men, and an exemplar of bad manners be- fore the negroes
 Now the above is fair representation of the prominent persons in this play, an announced as representing " American character, American scenes, and southern homeS!' the minor parts being filled up with vulgarism of all sorts, miserable white men, women, and children, blackened up to represent field hands and house servants.
 The dialogue of the play opens with Me Closky, a fine example of Baltimore " Blood Tub" announcing his intentonto degrade the pride of the first families" a sentiment thoroughly sympathized in by the Yankee, who has his fling at ''the chivalry." McClosky, in the cours of the piece, meets with Zoe, announces the ruin of the southern family, makes love to her. and, ''beng dispised by that interesting creature" very naturally decides 'he will buy her at the sale" Bya series of ridicu- lous and puerlle 'actions and plots" he manages to bring the estate to the hammer, thereby introducing the "negro sale," which city papers, even those which try to be very fair to the South, with one or two honorable exceptions, pronounce wonderfully life like" Here is a chance for broad misrepresentation White wo- men, men and children, are artfully dressed to produce effective groups-husbands are sold, and there spring up discussions among the byers about separating them from their wives and children; the auctioneer "diver- sifying the bids" with asking for tobacco and ' brandy smashes;" quarrels ensue, and bowies and pistols are most awkwardly drawn, the Yankee fourishing big jack knife and "ca cavorting about" until it seem ed to us strange that the beings who were enacting this outrage upon section of the Union, had not thrown the fellow out ofthe window in sheer and seriously felt disgust Finally comes the climax; Miss Agnes Ro- bertson, for it was her the audience saw, was put on the block for sale. That such an exhibition was offensive, there cannot be l a doubt, but that 1t should be for moment taken as a representation of southern life Is 1 disgusting, and those who desire 1t should be so understood are guilty of the worst kind of treason
 The ignorant and degraded beings who ! are trafficked in by the South have none of the feelings and sentiments accorded to Zoe; in that country, if such being as Zoe ever | existed in person, her mind and the taint of her blood would create gulf between her and the whites that would be wider than the poles asunder, and all the sympathy and sentiments the incendiary author of this piece creates is founded upon the false idea, that there is an equality in the races, an idea that IS preposterous, unnatural, and profane.
 Starting from the theatre after the sale of Miss Robertson, and refecting upon the fact how miserably cheap the crowded au- dience was also sssold,'' as exhibited by their expressions of sympathy, we ran northern society. who were driven by the lash of necessity along the gas lighted streets, and standing .tor sale at every corner.
 These victims of oppression, of bad laws, and of "the inhumanity of man to man," were pure blooded whites, and in their veins coursed the purest fountains of blood Their fathers and mothers are free, and in many instances, possibly, people of con- sideration and estate. These wretched Foes of the North have no negro taint; they are often full of womanly tenderness, of refined natures, have been in many in stances nursed as the pets of the Christian family circle, have read and appreciated Milton and Shakespeare, have hung with rapture over the productions of the inspired pencil-are in fact, mhite women doomed to inevitable servitude and degradation, compared with which the sufferings of the southern Zoe, even of the worst possible estate, would be heavenly in comparison. And yet these northern slaves, to say nothing of the thousands of children of in- firm women, ofaged men, who fill our alms- houses, and crowd our walks, have not tear dropped on their condition, every one of whom would be happy could they enjoy