and to republicanism in general, that the aristocracy, not only of
England, but of all Europe, have seized with so much avidity upon
Uncle Tom, and have been at so much pains to procure a triumphal
march for its author through all the regions she may choose to visit.
They are delighted to see a native of the United States—of that
republic which has taught that a people can flourish without an
aristocracy or a monarch—of that republic, the example of whose
prosperity was gradually undermining thrones and digging a pit for
privileged classes—describing her country as the worst, the most
abandoned, the most detestable that ever existed. Royalty draws a long