ince of Judea; nor would Europe have
ever gone up in arms to Palestine, to wrest from the unbelieving Turk
the tomb where that culprit had slept for only three days and nights
after his descent from the cross,--much less would his traditionary
instructions, preserved by fishermen and publicans, have become the
chief agency in the renovation of human society, through after-coming
ages.

WM. H. SEWARD.

A Wish.

"Could I embody and unbosom now,
That which is most within me;--could I wreak
My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw
Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings strong or weak,
All that I would have sought, and all I seek,
Bear, know, and feel, and breathe,--into _one_ word,
And that one word were lightning"--

I would speak it, not to crush the oppressor, but to melt the chains
of slave and master, so that _both_ should go free.

[Illustration: (signature) Caroline M. Kirkland.]

NEW YORK, November 8th, 1853.

A Dialogue.

SCENE.--A BREAKFAST TABLE.

MRS. GOODMAN, _a widow_.
FRANK GOODMAN, _her son_.
MR. FREEMAN, _a Southern gentleman, brother to Mrs. Goodman_.
MR. DRYMAN, _a boarder_.

MR. FREEMAN. (_Sipping his coffee and looking over the morning paper_)
reads--

"The performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin attracts to the theatre very
unusual audiences. In the "genteel row" last evening, we observed the
strictest religionists of the day, not excepting puritanic
Presbyterians, and the sober disciples of Wesley and Fox. For
ourselves, we must candidly confess we have never witnessed such a
_play_ upon all the emotions of which humanity is susceptible. Mrs.
Stowe, however unworthy the name of Patriot, is at least entitled to
the credit of seizing the great thought of the age, and embodying it
in such a form as to make it presentable to every order of mind and
every class of society. She says, in effect, to Legislators, let me
furnish your amusements, and I care not who makes your laws."

* * * * *

Politicians would do well to look to this--(_laying down the paper and
speaking in a tone of impatience_)--so, so, Fanaticism is leading to
its legitimate results. Uncle Tom in our parlors, Uncle Tom in our
pulpits, and Uncle Tom in our plays.

_Mr. Dryman._ Truly "he eateth with publicans and sinners."

_Mr. F._ (_Not noticing Mr. D's remark._) One would think this last
appropriation of the vau