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We have had from time to time all sorts of _isms_ and _schisms_ in
this world; and Yankee ingenuity has furnished us, withal, with a
great variety of _notions_ and _notable things_; among which, wooden
nutmegs, wooden bacon hams, horn gun flints and wooden seeds of
different kinds, are not the least remarkable. We certainly have had
_isms_ enough to indulge the whims and caprices, and to suit the
peculiar predilections, prejudices and prepossessions of all
concerned; but it appears from present indications, that we are about
to have a new _ism_ forced upon us, whether we will or no. I allude to
Uncle _Tomism_, which I beg leave to call _Tomism_, as it will sound
rather more euphonious. It is rumored that this new _sect_, viz., the
Tomites, have spread with great rapidity through the New England
States within the past year; and it is moreover reported, that they
have many adherents in other parts of the Union. It must have been the
rapid spread of Mormonism that first suggested the idea to Mrs. Stowe,
the founder of this sect; for like Jo. Smith, she has furnished her
adherents with a novel for their Bible; and it is said that a Key to
its mysteries is forthcoming. In order that nothing should be wanting
for their enlightenment, edification and comfort, a distinguished D.D.
of a neighboring city, has furnished them with an elaborate
Commentary. The Key and Commentary I have not seen, but their Bible,
viz., Uncle Tom's Cabin, I have read. However popular _Tomism_ may be
in America, it is said to be more so in England. It appears that this
_Woolyism, alias, Tomism_, has spread with unparalleled rapidity
throughout, the British domains, and Mrs. Stowe has hastened to that
country to instruct them in the doctrines and mysteries of this New
Revelation. I would suggest to the English nation, that they suffer
Mrs. Stowe to make her debut on the lord chancellor's _woolsack_.
Black wool, of course, would be most appropriate on this occasion, and
withal, most significant of her mission.
However the English nation may shed their crocodile tears over the
woes and wrongs of the African race in our country; we know that they
are a nation of murderers, thieves and robbers. Their religion is
little else, but legalized hypocrisy. Justice and humanity never yet
found a place in their moral code. It looks well in them to talk about
oppression in other lands; but so it is the world over. Men as vile as
crime can make them, will arrogate to themselves the right to judge
and censure others. The history of England for centuries past, is but
a record of crime--of wars, butcheries and bloodshed--rapine,
injustice, oppression and inhumanity. But she will talk about negro
slavery in the United States notwithstanding--and of liberty, and
justice, and truth, and righteousness, and the rights of man! "Thou
hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye."
Perhaps, my English friends, while Mrs. Stowe is in your midst, you
had as well suffer her to look around among your "lowly." Perchance
she might find material for another novel. Ah! that would be cruel
indeed. Well, it would--but then it might turn out a good speculation
"among the lowly;" and a Yankee is always ready for that. Well,
seriously, my good friends across the water, you had better not trust
this lady too far. We are aware that when you invited her to your
country, it was no part of your design, that she should spend any
portion of her time among your servants. Well, then, I would advise
you as a friend, not to trust Yankee cupidity too far. Watch the lady
well, otherwise she might yet make a little money by a "life" among
your "lowly."
But the English nation have had another object in view, in fanning
this flame of discord among us, by keeping up the slavery agitation.
It was to conceal their own dark and damnable deeds. It is the
universal practice of those who are guilty of criminal acts, to bring
railing accusations against others, in order to divert public
attention from themselves. So it has been with England. She has grown
rich by injustice and oppression. Hence, her attempt to divert the
attention of the world from herself to her rival, the United States.
We know that it is a common occurrence for persons to attempt to
conceal their own crimes, by directing attention to the crimes of
others--to justify themselves, by making the impression, that others
are just as bad as they are. It has often brought to mind an
altercation I once witnessed between a couple of boys. One remarked to
the other, that he was a thief. "I don't care," (replied the little
urchin,) "if I am a _tief_; you are a tief too." So it has been with
old mother England, she knew well, that she was a "_tief_" but she did
not care, provided she could make it appear that her daughter, the
United States, was a "_tief_" too.
I will now dismiss John Bull and return to Mrs. Stowe and her
abolition coadjutors in general--one and all. I am heartily sick and
tired of this whole abolition clap-trap, catch-penny business. I
cannot express my views on the subject better than in the language of
Graham's Magazine. Alluding to Uncle Tom's Cabin, and other kindred
publications, he very justly remarks, "that they are all together
speculations in patriotism--a question of dollars and cents, not of
slavery or liberty. Many persons who are urging on this negro crusade
into the domain of letters, have palms with an infernal itch for gold.
They would fire the whole republic, if they could but take the gems
and precious stones from the ashes. They care nothing for principle,
honor or right, &c." No, they care nothing about negro slavery, or
negro oppression. Money is their sole object in all these
publications. Sympathy for the poor benighted African, has no agency
whatever in the matter. The object is to make money out of the woolly
heads, and after that is accomplished they have no farther use for
them. The same motives prompt them to write books on slavery--negro
oppression and the negroes woes, that induce the cotton grower and the
sugar planter to work slaves on their farms. Money is as truly the
object of the former, as it is of the latter. And facts prove that the
cotton growers and sugar planters, have more sympathy for the African
race, than Northern abolitionists.
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