New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
Talk for the Marines.

White Sulphur Springs OF Virginia, ac-
companied by some Members of his Cabi-
net. On his arrival, he was addressed, in
behalf of the citizens and guests, by Hon.
John Barney. of whose speech the follow
ing Is specimen
"In your tour through the entire length OF this
ancient Commonwealth, YOU have realized that the
home of the slave not the abode Of the oppressed,
and that the misplaced sympathy OF Northern fanat-
les is as gratuitOus IS mpolltic for you cannot
but have witnessed that their comforts are cared for,
and their every want suppled-the master, still more
frequently the mistress always the lady BOuniiful,)
are themselves epSGred by their devotion n sickness
and IN health TO watch over protect and make them
happy and my own experience JusllheS the aSser-
ton that the fair daughters of wealthy Eastern
farmers perform daily much domestic labor as our
OrerrOrked slaves
1t is amazing that men will thus per-
sist in misapprehending or msstating the
question which they attempt to discuss.
Why should Northern President, or other
citizen, be perpetually lectured on the
subject of Slavery in his travels through
the South Docs not this incessant petit
Jogging for Slavery betray a conscious
ness of its wrongs and mischieis on behalf
of its defenders Suppose Southern
President were travelling through the
North, who would consider 1t proper or
decent to lecture him at every stage on
the wisdom and benehcencc of our pecu-
liar institutions z"
MIR. Fillmore has travelled some three
or four days in Virginia, riding rapidly from
place to place, stopping in the most stately
mansions, and being Hospitality entertained
by the most princcly masters. 1t Is utterly
improbable that he has once entered a
slave-hut inspected Its furniture and bed
ding, or seen what the inmates had for din
ner. 1t is not at all likely that any master,
however anxious to exhibit TO the Presi-
dent the peculiar blessings of the South,
would call up has negro to lash him in Mr..
Filmore's presence How, then, unless by
Inspiration, is Air. Fillmore supposed to
have witnessed that the slaves OF Virgin
ia are so admirably treated and their eve
~ want supplied 2 How is he to have
learned so suddenly, after many years ia
miliarity with Slavery AT Washington, that
the sympathy of Northern fanatics is graz
tuitous and impoitlc 2
But Mr. Barney informs us that the Nir-
einia masters are enslaved' by the system
they uphold There is far more truth in
that remark than its author intended.
Slavery does involve in It's letters the deS-
pot as we'll as the serf race, and Injuries the
one as we'll as the other. The master is
enslaved by his fears, his appetites, his IN
dolence, his remorse. Not for the sake of
the Blacks alone, but for that of the Whites
also. do We plead for the speedy triumph OF
Emancipation. And We 60 beyond Mr.
Barney on another point, maintaining that
enc we'll scheoled, well trained, free. self
respecting, pure minded daughter of New
England farmer accemplishes more work
than fcO average female Slaves. Bond
men NAV sometimes be oyerworked, but
as general rule they are incapable, lnao-
lent. careless and inefficient.
But Mr.. Barney grievously mistakes the
main point when he asserts of the slaves
that " their ersry ,rGnt is supplied" Admit
all tina, he aifrms specifically, and II only
appears that their animal appetites and
weaknesses are duly ministered to-tha,
they are treated as well as their masters
cattle Bat their every want" includes
much more than this, They want oppsr-
tunitv and aid 10 develop their moral and
intellectual faculues-they want legal pro-
lection against the sale of husband from
wife. parent from child, at the auctiOn-Aock
or to the travelling man-monger. They
want chance 10 enjoy what they pro-
duce. 10 clothe and educate their children,
and to obtain such distinctions and eonside-
ration in society as their talents and virtues
nav fairly command All these are lmPer-
atiyely denied them BY the system which
Mr.. Barney tells the President that he must
J have" yesl.zsd' j. 50 bsleaceEt and ainI-