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Show 304 APPENDIX TO NOTES. · · f tJ 0 two countriC'!I, hut the ladies of feC'illlg hC'twccn the l:HliCS 1? tl .; .. Jlll"'bntHl's pcrsonrtl and political Amcnc~~ c:1nnot, becau.~c 0 1 ~. 11 feel 011 the ~ l.l ~cct. ~:lome f('l·lin~_~. !'land r f<Jrtl~ 'ail·~ c:.:t-,:1~~ :~\\ n~~~ f,rgot.tcn; lml it should be had s:ud thnt l-ncle 7vll . f tl A" to u,,cfe J'&m's Cabin were mcnl~onC'il that 00,000,1~:1tC'1~1~1 it•aJc f[ll~~tion was what cnn be done to I'Oid m tln:t•c dnys .. · rk ,; ~~IC' looked firF.t to God, but man also could fnnvarJ th~l'l '~ rcat ~~:~ atil !llUSt continue to Lc cx/1TE':S!lcd. British do f:Qll)('\\nll,._ . s-' I r y I l' I The usc of reo grown cotton f:nldccls in Cnn:ula mustdh~lc~l'~e~1.~:.~ other wnys in whieh this great ~~~~\~~ :~~~ cnl~~u/~~f~'11 ' 1~1 tho 1pcoplc of _En~\::uul, rcn~Pm.lwrinp;,"'that •J.flPr 11.ll ~he isrme is ill the hand!! of Jr1m that or~lcr,c th .1.\1 tilm0 s. ' ,, 'l'he' company bPr;nn to (li"'persc soon a~ter <> o ?lock, cvcry.one appPnring to be thoroughly ~rat ilicd with the mtcrestmg procecd111gs of,~l~Tr~:?Stowc n.nd l1er friends wPre nmon~ tl1c last to. leave, and were n.ccomprmicd to thP entrance hall by the Duchess of Sutherland, who there took lcn.vc of her guc:;t:;." :Front the (Boston) Puritan Recorder, of June 0, 1853. APPENDIX TO NOTFS. 305 1 'l'hc. grea~ d~t!lnnstrrttion hafl at l en~th como off,-:tt the Anniver~ ea.ry. of th?, UJ'ttlf!h rtnd Forei~n Anti~tila\'ery Society, on Monday c.venmg. lhc clerk flt the SccrC'tary's oilieC', who furni~lwd us with t1ckets .to the platform, told U'!, that ne\·er, since the day!j of Clarkson nnd 'VIiberforce, had theru Le(•n such n. rush fi)r tickets. .Even on Sulllby, when the ollico was closed the do(Jrs wore besieged with n.pplic:~n~s. Thousands had been se;1t empty :tJ.Y:ty. On aniving at the appomtctl hour, I found the paR~age ways bhleketl up with out~ sidcr!!, and the .c;rcat Hall packed to the ceiling. '!'he Earl of ShaJtcs~ bury took tho. chair, and m:1.dc a fbming: ~pceeh. When l\frfl. Stowe entered the pr1vn.te gallery, the whole :uuhcnce rose to their feet am\ received her wi~h sho u(g of applause, nnd a g:cnc r:d wa\'ing of hats and handkcrcluefs, and when l\!J.s. Stowe roso in ncknowlf'dg:mcnt, supported by the Du chc~:,~ of Sutherland, they gave three inuncnsc lmrras. '!'he same scene was repeated when she touk leave, before the close of tho meeting. Of courst•, it was to he expected, that mrtny harsh things, many false things, many absurd things, would he s:1id on such n.n occasion; but 1 conf'c!,IS, 1 was takcu by surprise. The most extreme cases of cruelty were cited as lhe general rule, nnd tho grossest misrcpresentn.tions wc1'e made of the free colored race at tho North. 'Vhcn it was stntcd that Pre~iclf'nt Pierce had announced his intention of c nforcin~ the Fugiti\'c Slave Law, hisses and cries of 1 shame! shame!' rose f1·om C\'cry part of the house. 'The indignation of thpse people seems to he directed more against America, tlmn against slavery. 'J'Ite 'J'imca of the next mornin g, com ~ mentcd \'cry severely on 'the f1·antic impotence' of Exeter Hn.ll. Professor Stowe made the only sensible speech on this occasion, and one which seemed to confound the Stoweite!i themselves. He commenced by snying that thoro were only three ways to get rid of slavery. First,-by an appeal to arms, a. bloody revolution. '!'his none of tho true friends of the 1'1·ince of Peace would desire to sec. Socondly,by n.n appeal to the COIIScicncc, conviucing the Rln.veholder that he wns wrong. 'l'his could not be done by dcnuncintion n.nd assault. It must be moderate and gradual. 'J'hirdly,-by :l.n appcnl . to tho pocket, making the cotton business unprofit:~ble. This the English had in their own hands. Americans never could support sln.vcry;thc English supported four-fifths of the whole businr"SS. Cotton growers ~~l~e:~~~ ~dtl~:~r~~~~ '~!ltl1 0tl;~o c~;~~~~g~~~~s(¥1~~r~.hn ~~o w~c ,,~1::&.:1~~~:1!~ with the sin; 'but arc you willing to sac rifice one penny of your own profits for thll sake of doing :\way with this cursed business? It is n common mnxim, that' tho rccci,·er is as Ua.d as the thief.'" Frorn the London Morniug Chronicle. "'Ve can by no means comm<'nd the precedent which Professor Stowe lms set to .English husbands by bringing his wife to be exhibited on platforma: as an ol\jcct of public flattery. Long ma,y it be before nn English authoress is induced to prefer so dangerous and cqui\'ocnl n. gratification to tho appro'bntiou of her readers, the love of her friends, aud the applause of her own heart. Long, very long, may it 39 2 A* |