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