I would direct their attention to the history of nations wrecked, torn to pieces, and almost obliterated from the face of the earth by internal feuds and dissentions—­by envy, jealousy and hatred; and that not unfrequently instigated by foreign powers.  I would point to the catalogue of crimes—­the commotions, the dissentions, the tumults, the strife—­the envy, the jealousy, the hatred—­the wars, the butcheries and bloodsheds, that have been incited by visionary, bigoted, fanatical religionists.  I would inculcate the fear and love of God; the love of our country, and the love of our neighbor as paramount virtues; and meekness, gentleness and patience, as Christian graces of the first importance; and resignation to the will of God, and obedience and submission to civil authorities, as the duty of all good citizens.  And to the ladies I would say, return home ladies, and love your husbands, nurse your babies, attend to your household affairs; and recollect, that nothing adorns your sex so much, as the ornament of a meek, a quiet spirit.  I would also advise you to read your Bibles and other good books, and never again to read or write another novel.  And, dear ladies, if you have hitherto worn either bloomers or breeches, lay them aside.  I must return from this digression to the subject under discussion.

SECTION III.

It was said a few years ago, that one of the nobility of England openly declared, that the sovereigns of Europe had determined upon the destruction of the government of the United States; and that they expected to accomplish their infamous designs by involving us in “discord, disunion, anarchy and civil war.”  He is reported moreover to have said, that they expected to accomplish this, by flooding our country with their vicious refuse pauper population, and by agitating the subject of slavery among us.  Unfortunately for us, England in her nefarious designs upon our country, has always found too many allies, aiders and abettors, in our midst.  I will not say, that Mrs. Stowe had designs upon the liberties of her country, when she wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin; but this I will say, that in writing that book, she performed an acceptable service for the enemies of her country, for which it seems, from recent demonstrations, they are profoundly thankful.  Be it as it may, she wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin; the work was republished in England, and we are credibly informed, that it has almost supplanted the Bible in that country.  Travelers tell us, that nothing else is talked about throughout the British dominions.  They received it, I suppose, as a revelation from heaven—­revelation of higher authority than the Bible, for the reason, that it is of more recent origin.  Well, she is invited to England by the nation en masse; and if the Saviour of the world should perchance make his advent into the British Isles, on the day that she lands in that country, I think it highly probable,