Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-31
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Early necslfectionS.
UNCLE IONS CABIN.

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Some time after Mrs. Beerher Stoke had her
A0siitou praduetion. cailed Uncle Toms
Cabu. pub.-hed, af1 IL had taken a run. such
rs sufks OF fiction often DO. without any one he
M able - account tor the morbid appetite that
crave- -uch bouks. wpyaw ~ stafpf IN \ newSra-
per that Henss Wud Beecher htd ref resented. IN
= puHie lecture be w. deli NJ. that there wis
such a parsonage a. Uncle Tom rel chlrac
Ter, on whose history his sister founded her book:
thft Uncle Tom iivei IN a cabin near Indianapo
IL. Indidna, at the time he himself resided there.
and IN connection with has account OF Uncle
iom' ne spoke m very feeling terms OF hs own
early trials IN beginning his ministry At Indianap
obs. aud the words OF encouragement received by
him from the then Governor, y. Noble, OF that
lived.
AT The time OF this notice. We wrote A short &C.
count OF what We knew OF Uncle Tom and his
history, which We intended to offer to the Louis
vie journal for publication. but at the time a
political contest was going on. occupying IL col
uinus with discussions we considered OF more con.
sequence 10 our real interests than ferty Uncle
Toms CABINS could ever be. however much in
terest people took in reading them. Tie result
wes. We threw the manuscript IN the Ere. without
asking the Journal to print il, or even saying
ANYTHING about our writing.
We have sometimes thought that We had done
wrong M not making known the facts about
Uncle Tom. as we have since found many ABB
litlOn brothers and sisters, and other weak
minded. story loving readers, who believed firmly
that there was not only sneh a parsonage a.
Uncle Tom, but that his life and history were
truthiully given by Mrs. Beecher Stowe, and
that all Of her other characters were drawn from
lie
In one thing she gave Uncle Toms character
correctly. lie was a noble man by nature. and a
Christian by practiee-what used 10 be called an
old fashioned Virginia gent eman-a man of mark
wherever he went For, though a negro, aud a
iuli blooded one. MS personal appearance was
commanding. and hs open, gentle, manly counte
nance made him warm friends of all persons,
white and black. who became acquainted with
him. He lived TO be, us was believed. over one
hundred years OF age, and, whilst u slave. never
was out Ut the family to which he belonged He
was born and raised in the family of Mobiles. of
Virginia; came TO Kentucky. the property of DR.
Thomas Noble, who lived. when he first anne TO
Kentucky. back of Cpvington. then Campbell
now kentcn county. about ten miles, no a place
which was afterward the farm OF NJ ,jOr Winston,
and on which he lived many yetrs. De- Noble
afterwards moved to Boone county, at "A place
afterwards called Bellevue, anG there lived MANY
years, and WIS there buried
Dir. Noble was n man of the old school. the
compeer Of Major Thorn IS Martin, Col. Johu
Grant and his brother. Squire Grant, Gen. james
! aAipF, ifeerHe tToftpn, ana many Otnpf early
settlers. who were old men When we we're "A boy,
men full of that joility ami good nature 50 con.
mon among the early settlers OF Kentucky: who
took part IN their time, and a soodly part OF IL,
ton. 70 the cultivation of the social graces: who
loved each other as sparsely settled people. ia
a new country, always do. and did not make
the gain OF dollars and cents the only or CHIEF
object Of life
After DR.. Mobiles death. Uncle Tom con
ffpsaI g, H.. f..p. .~I .~,H...l H.. -.... 80.
der tie direction of his mistress, until she diei
when. under some arr neement among the
heirs, Thomas and Sarah. his wife, were per
mi,tel To 90 free
During the period that Uncle Tom was chief
overseer for Mrs. Noble. our fist recollection OF
him began. We were a small boy, and being on
n visit 20 kindred were playing with an ancle,
also "a hoy about ON age, in the vicinity of Mrs
Mobiles barn. when we heard the sound of stripes
being pretty well laid on some person, who was
begging earnestly 20 be let Off; on looking through
a crack IN the SHE OF the barn We saw old man
Thomas administering upon "a young negro man
pretty severely.
The cause. as we learned. vas that the Young
negro had failed 10 worm n piece OF tobacco
which Thomas had directed, when leaving home
"A day or two before. and which his experienced
eye desecled,tohsve been greatly sighted by the
young negro.
Young a. We were we could but express our
establishment ~ the young man submitting 10 be
whipped. when Thomas fem,rked, HE knew he
deserved Il. my soa, for ls)belience Of my orders,
aud for telling q story by saying be had killed
all the worms, when the plants showed the con
lurt."
Uncle Tom believed that the negroes were. in
the general, better off with good masters than to
be lett to themselves. That white people never
would recognize them as equals. nor consent To
their having equality With them, in church or
State.
His own history verified his belief. When Mrs.
Noble died, Thomas, who had never thought OF
leaving her whilst she lived. was advised 10 20
to Cincinnati and live; that ne would there fnd
many OF his race nee, and have their society,
and he where he could have church advantages.
He spent some DAYS amongst the free negroes of
Cincinnati. AMI returned TO the house of one of
his advisers with this answer:
Miss n can't live with the PEOPLE I
have seen ia Cincinnati. They would not suit
me 20 live with. But few OF them work, and
nearly all are worthless. | am going TO yet
master n - 20 bny me some ground netr
Ltwrenceburg, where Muster - N aud
Miss - v live. and Sarah and | will
live near them. and we know they will see we are
not imposed on"
They lived at Lawrcnceburg until =
" and " LETT there. and then
becoming dissatisfied. Noah Noble moved The
NNt lf'thf W hN lhlbt itHN ihhltlfHlpi~t WNtlt
the, both remained until they died.
Tn mas aud Sarah were never separated for
4 week in their lives Never belonged 20 anv
one bat De Thos Noble and his wife. and the
heirs OF DR.. Noble, aud. when they were per
miited to 90 free. they cluug to the family
knowing this fact. there was not one of them who
would not care for them and provide for their
wants.
The mock sensibility. which so often has vept
over Uncle Toms fate, has lost its tears over a
fiction. We have ourself seen men and women
making a great 10 DO over the negroes. who would
let the poor white women and children perish
wiki hunger aud cold.
We have now before us the wives Of half a
dozen soldier. whose husbands have been forced
by absolute want. TO enlist and 20 10 war 10 earn
bread for then families. some III whom may
never see home again, and these Beecher Stoves
aud other Abolition winners, all around and
about. she'd no tears for their own white sisters.
but Il a full sr0au negro leaves ls home for an.
other. wha, acry OF agony IS heirl
Three Of the Noble family vet live, who can
correct NJ il We have not stated Uncle Toms
history Alright l. +.