The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-01-20

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empted vindication Of Lady Stowe,
ather, who needs such service far more
han Lady Byron. The newspaper
rites literally fay her alive, and richly |
locs she deserve it. The indelicacy Of |
he theme would have deferred any true
woman from nssociatipg her name with
i, but Mrs. Stowe has shown herself |
10 be sufficiently gross for the filthy and
task. An article in the Bal.
iimore Episcopal Methodist, is SO just
criticism on this subject, that we make
extensive extracts from it, at the risk
of davoting more space to it than the
subject really deserves:
The columns Of the New York Jour
uals are teeming with comments upon
It. Their criticisms are not of char
acter to create much curiosity ia the
book, and promote its circulation. 1t
is said to be heavy reading. 1t has no
now points. Ifthe public could forgive
its nastiness, its stupidity would be in
excusable. BY singular unanimity Of
sentiment, the book is pronounced
bore. We sec it stated that the article
in the Ailanfic Monthly was merely ia
tended as an advertisement Of this dis
gushing volume. That judicious paper,
the New York Journal Of Commerce,
condemns the book omphaticaly. The
New York Herald scouts its charges,
and says: We can rejoice at having
. learned at least to what extent the
nastiness Of New England matcrialism
can be carried" The New York SIN
has two column article, in which it
says: "a more pitiful contrast be-
tween promise and ful6lment has rarely
been seen in the history of Literature"
Mrs. Stowe has "achieyed notoriety it
istrue, but it is q notoriety of which no
respectable woman should be proud"
The New York Times, in another two
column review, after showing the fla
grant Inconsistencies of Mrs. Stowe,
whom we first hear alleging that Lady
Byron know Of her husbands inter.
course with his sister directly after the
marriage next, that she did not find
it out till "later period !" thirdly.
questioning Lady Byron's own words,
10 show that she had discovered the
crime at an early stage Of her married
life; fousthly, that Lord Byron was in
sane, winds up by expressing its deep
regret g that Mrs. Stowe has been viii,
ling to have her name handed down to
rosterity as the authority for one Of the
most revolving and indecent ISLANDERS
ever eoncocted against either the living
or the dead We might multiply
comments to similar purport indef-
nitely.
The rapid celebrity which Mrs. Stowe
obtained by her romance of "Uncle
Tom" and her precipitate descent in
public favor by this unfortunate publ.
cation, is more foreibly exemplifed by
the phrase Of going up ike a rock Ell
and coming down ike the stick, . than
the career of any literary reputation
that we have ever heard Of Even the
seeming to grief" Of Rev. Ii. w
Beecher has producing such sensation
Of wonderment and disgust. The pul
pit performances Of the famous prcachc,
Of Plymouth Church seemed to be sucl
an admixture Of the religious and tn,
secular, and such demonstration tia
while the same individual cannot sery,
Ged and Mammon, yet, that he ma,
serve Mammon while protesting to per
suade others to serve God, that wher
he performed the marriage ceremon,
between Richardson aud Mrs. McFar
land, the public did not feel the sho;I
Of the Inconsistency as they would hav'
done in an unworldly divine, who hat
restricted himself exclusively to tn,
duties Of his profession. 1t is curious
however, that two such popular idols
aud they brother and sister, should
have fallen from the pedestals on whiel
they stood at the same moment ant
atoPPeu toSe'ner mug ~ unclean pooi
their faces for a long time. How oftei
Is il that men seem to 60 through lifi
cnoef . mass anu some suuuen reveal
1loalem impostor, q dis6gured an,
maiign aspect Is ulsciosea where W
nag imagined az y, was sli'ue ana pe ,
oienee. onarlaple persons may extern
% Mr. beecner ana us sister tne pene
NJ Of the iaea thas inc llcsiug lor poPu
iar'ty IN the one ease ana 'he aesir
Ior gam ~ .ne o'ne,, may nave warpe'
mem from 'ns u5ua, ', n =, ti rsos,.ua !.