UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

nature if I mistake in sayingthat Mrs. Stowe has
done much to draw from him those concessions ;
and the putting forth of this "most invulnerable
moral panoply,"that has justcome into his head
as a bulwark of safetyfor slavery, owes itsimpe-
KEY TO UNCLE TOM S CABIN.
a few had blankets ; some had nothing at tus
all "
to her,and other like efforts. I hope the
looked as though they cared for nothing. I calculated,
giventhem,when about to leave,was in consequence
of the fears entertained that theywould ship,with a
slip one side. They all looked young
woman whose face was en-
"
distressed,
in a profusion
light brown curls,and
leaving all that was dear to them behind țo be who sat at the table with the passengers all the
put under the hammer, for the propertyof the
highestbidder. No children here ! The whole Staten Island,the captainreceived a letter, sent
while looking at them comingdown the
bank,that I could hold in a bundle all that the
whole of them had. The short notice that was
seventy-five were crammed into a little space
on
the boat,men and women all together.
I am happy to see that moralityis rearing its
head with advocates for slavery, and that a " most
invulnerable moral panoply"is thoughtto be
necessary. I hope it may not prove to be likeMr.
Clay'scompromises Ṭhe Southern Press
says :
"As for caricatures of slavery in ' Uncle Tom's
Cabin ' and the ' White Slave,'all founded in
imaginarycircumstances, "c, we consider them
highlyincendiary Ḥe who undertakes to stir up
strifebetween two individual neighbors,by de-
is justlyregarded,by
moral codes,as a criminal." Then he quotes the
ninth commandment, and adds :
" But to bear
false witness againstwhole states,and millions
of people,"c, would seem to be a crime as much
traction,
all men and all
deeper in turpitude as the mischief is greater and
the provocation less." In the firstplace,I will
very frequent.
The stirring up of strife between neighbors,
that the Southern Press complainsof,deserves
notice. Who are neighbors ? The most explicit
of " assault on slavery," such as these Northern answer to this questionwill be found in the reply
fanatics have made for the " last twentyyears." Christ made to the lawyer, when he asked it of
The number against whom she offends,in the him. Another questionwill arise,Whether,in
editor'sopinion, seems to increase the turpitudeChrist's judgment,Mrs. Stowe would be considered
of her crime. That is good reasoning! I hope
a neighbor an incendiary 1 As the Almighty
the editor will be brough to feel that wholesale
Ruler of the universe and the Maker of
wickedness is worse than single-handed,
is man has said that He has made all the nations of
infinitely harder to reach,particularly
put the Southern Press upon proofthat Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe has told one falsehood. If
she has told truth,it is,indeed,a powerfulengine
if of long the earth of one blood,and man in His own image,
standing Ịt gathersboldness and strength when the black man, irrespective of his color,would
it is sanctioned by the authority of time,and seem to bo a neighbor who has fallen among
aided by his
numbers that are interestedin supporting
enemies țhat have deprived him of the fruitsof
it. Such is slavery ; and Mrs. Harriet Beecher his labor,his liberty, his rightto his wife and
Stowe deserves the gratitudeof " states and children,his right to obtain the knowledgeto
millions of people" for her talented work, in read,or to anything that earth holds dear,except
showingit up in its true light.She has advocated
such portions of food and raiment as will fithim
truth,justiceand humanity,and they will for his despoiler's purposes. Let not the apologists
back her efforts. Her work willbe read by"states
for slavery bringup the isolated cases of
and millions of people;" and when the Southern leniency, givinginstruction, and affectionateat-
Press attempts to malignher,bybringing forward
that are found among
some masters,as
her own avowal, " that the subject of slavery had specimens of slavery! It is unfair ! They form
been so painful to her,that she had abstained exceptions, and much do I respect them from conversing
itfor several ; but they
years,"and that,
Press than from her. She advocates what isright,
and has a straight road,which
"
few getloston ;"
he advocates what is wrong, and has,consequently,
to tack,concede,deny șlander,and all sorts of
things.
With all due deference to whatever of just
principles the Southern Press may have advanced a
in favor of the slave,I am a
poor judgeof human
in his opinion, "it accounts for the intensity of
the venom of her book," his reallyenvenomed
shafts will fall harmless at her feet ; for readers
will judge for themselves,and be very apt to conclude
that more venom comes from the Southern
Southern Press will not imitate the spoiledchild,
who refused to eat his pie for spite.
The " White Slave" I have not seen. I guess
itscharacter j for I made a
passage to New York,
some fourteen or fifteen years since,in a packet-
veloped
way as a white woman. When at the quarantine,
by express mail,from a
person in New Orleans,
claimingher as his slave,and threatening the captain
with the penaltyof the existing law if she
was not immediatelyreturned. The streaming
eyes of the poor, unfortunate girl told the truth,
when the captainreluctantly broke itto her. She
unhesitatingly confessed that she had run
away,
and that a friend had paid her passage. Proper
measures were taken,and she was conveyedto a
packet-ship that was at SandyHook, bound for
New Orleans.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin,"I think,is a justdelineation
of slaveryṬhe incidents are colored, but
the position that the slave is made to hold is just.
I did not read every page of it, my objectbeing to
ascertain what position the slave occupied Ị
could state a case of whippingto death that
would equalUncle Tom's ; still, such cases are
not
tachment,
are not the rules of slavery.The strife that is
beingstirred up is not to take away anything that
belongsto another," neither their silveror gold,
their fine linen or purple țheir houses or land,
their horses or cattle,or anythingthat is their
property; but to rescue a neighborfrom their unmanly
No
cupidity. A Republican.
introduction is necessary to explain
the following correspondence,
will be required
respectful
and no commendation
to secure for it
attentionfrom thinking readers :
S WashingtonCity,D. C,
} .Dec.6, 1852.
D. R. Goodloe,Esq.
Dear Sir : I understand that you
are a North
Carolinian, and have alwaysresided in the South