The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-02
SEATTLE. THURSDAY. July ..



has been waiting In psacsdsty the last
steep. she did not belong 10 the present
generation. but her one famous work will
always form . part OF the history Of the
United States IL IL 10 sispaeaSemsnt 70
any OF the great women s4is country has
produced 10 say that abe Was the frat dis
tlnSuished woman writer 81 Ameriea and
that ner contributions to the cause o. free
dom had more influence 10 shaping events
than those Of any other one person.
Her early life was typical Of New Eng
land She described her father as one
who Was loved more than reYsFsa even
In tnose days whsa minister was regard
Cd vita aae. and her step-mother as oae
.'whose devotion made the hons life
thing Of beauty to be held IN all after
years In loving memory"
Stirring as tho scenes are In Uncle
TENS Cabin" even that book falls 70 cor
vey an adequate Idea Of the depths 10
which public opinion was stirred By the
ansi-siavery movement Her description
or her visit 70 Europe In sunny Memories
Of Foreign Lands" gives a much better
idea. because II shows the extent Of the
interest the ribjeet had aroused abroad.
due almost entirely TO her novel. Its
sale had been very great In America. but
In London eighteen publishing houses
we're kept busy supplying the demand. ard
the sa1es In England and the colonies
amounted within short time to iSe.0eo
copies. The import OF these figures can BE-
better appreciated when Il Is remembered
that the sale I'm the United States. enor-
nous as that was considered. amounted
20 only $4,000 copies. II was translated
into nearly every European tongue. In
cIud.ng Swedish. wallach!an. Armenian.
Arabic and Romalc: and isis said that there
are also TRANSACTIONS In Chinese and ia
panese.
II II a remarkable thing that Harriet
Heecher. with all her reverence for her
father. should have profited 50 nttie
by his Instructions. for he not only took
no part in the anti-s'ayery movement. but
was AZ the head of the famous Lane SEM
mary. near Cincinnati, whose trustees
prohibited the open discussion OF slavery
BY the students. lie devoted his attention
principally to warfare With intsmner-
anee which was grossly prevalent In New
England In his day. He published six SER
mems on the subject which contained pas
sages the eloqusnce Of which Is hardly
exceeded by anything In the English lan-
suase.
William Lloyd Garrison. encouraged by
the maiehless eioauenee of the Rev DR..
Lyman Beecher. bssought him to give the
new movement the incaicuable aid q his
name and cauntenanee. The reply was.
"Nr. Garrison. / have too many irons IN
The fre to pr. IN another" Wendell PM
iins accused pr Beecher Of inatsating
the order 10 the students, but Alfred r.
Guernsey says n. order was given during
his absence.
Phillips afterwards said that The blood
whose warm currents OF eloquent All Gar
rison had solicited in vain in thar genera
ton. sprung voluntarily 70 his assistance
In TIE next. Bat he regarded the success
OF Mrs Stoves work az resulting from
the impetus already given the movement
rather than as the cause of the interest
Marked and nnequalied as had been the
success. he said. Il must Be remembered
IN explanation OF the phenomenon-for
''Unals Toms Cahla" Is rather al even;
than beok-~lf the ela antl-slavery move
ment had not aroused the synapashies %
Mrs, stowe the hook had never been writ
zen. n that movement bad rot raised up
hundreds OF thousands 81 hearts 70 SYM
paihize With the slave. the beck had never
been read Not that the genius % the
author had net made The triumph nj her
own not that he anFivals3 felicity of ga
execution had not increased ;smfold she
number az readers: bit there mast -
apes even gar Archimedes 70 reas Ms lever
upon before be can move the werld. ana
this Effort 81 genius consecratea 20 the
modest purpose tatght have fallen dead
ana unno{sd twenty years before
Before Mrs. stoves time. Richard M
eresh's THE Waite Save" had been pub
i,shea 1, was a book q eminent AGILITY.
but owea its want o. saeesSs te che fast
that Il was bern cas Of aao tsnae ans that
the snu-ssavsry cause Hat rot thea
aroused Saffessat numbers or sae ninrs
az whose enthusiasm ever he nsast ss-
nshtfal action seala have rlsea inEe warssa.
vide sHaesnoe ana reFuse. wens,en Phi.
igs' tsasmeat = Interesting. kat she fAsss
reHsalns ths< whne ter many years see
an earnest bands may have been pssVar-
ing she siaasr. Il was her werk wai,h ses
Il anlazs ana achieved sy an &pesal 20
sentiment thss ~h,eA appeals to reason
had failed e accomplish.
- great fess as the aeossgsa ef saw.
cry eeald not have been accumulated nv =
navel. II teak a ssFssgste lasgsax fs~ uso-e
than tasrsy PEARS. aaa cue % sAs asss,
bitterly oonsessss wars khss ever snxaxsa
sasn - tae same vase asa matleaslftv. sas
Mrs ssaNs Is sntssel So Ser nseas ~
the gaaery - gaWs Ees Iaesars aesx
vas aos II sa< askAest eeaas ara hsr
reputation IN she aeslA q letters sTare,s
BY ser Fshiaeastsn ~ sat ssses * lazy
Rsssa's seFFews Her ethes stat sssse
81 Save stss. sgsesg wEa nns Rave ssa
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