The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-17
n.huk. az Simmer.

| We call atteuttOu W INV EuUIpA0co iSttSh ~
CHARLES SrMNER, by Northern clergyman
1t is not often that we find sentiments 50 just
| entertained in that quarter, and Expressed
| with 30 much force, manliness, aud spirit
| Nor does 1t detract from the merit oil ,ne
| writer, that he should prefer the order OF 90.
| cie,y In the North to that in the South. ne
| tells US he was born in New England. anu ".
| Is therefore but natural that he shouiu pe !.
| the state of things there eAnehs
the same time 1t certainly requires 80 =.
/ degree of courage to tell tne eA ~
| ,ns sontb I'm the very midst Oh ms
| .~1. ,roons that while there are
| ,,.rv evils existing in the South, the North Is
| -, -, ,ro,d that she has any right to throw
| ,s. A., s,one. The ground that he takes
a. ,ha true ground. There have been
.r,mes enough committed in slave States, and
| AR SUMNER made d catalogue Of all he heard
| OF. But he has not made it appear that these
crimes arose out of the institu ton of slavery,
aud, indeed, many of them were not in the re-
hottest degree connected with it, The Grimes
OF non-siaveholding States have been much
more numerous, and quite as deadly. As they
could have had no connection whatever with
the m uch abu sed institution, IL is fair TO pre-
sumo that if barbarism exists with slavery, ii
right in another respect. SUMNER must prove
| that the situation OF the negro here Is worse
| than that OF his ancestors in Africa, before he
| can establish the barbariZing tendency OF negi
slavery.
The letter which we now present is pub
| lished in the New York Times, where it is
headed as follows:
! ~ The Bnrbd,iSm Of Slarsry." letter from, a
| r{fFZuUluN TO sensation sumner.
| ITO Hon CHARLES SUMNER Dear Sir pre-
sumo 1 am incebteI TO the TACT OF my name Delns
on a clerical lIst for the reception oil document
| ranked 'C. Sumner which, on opening, had 10
| re "A CODY oil your late speech on slavery IN the
| read that speech IN the New York Times, VIII en-.
as usual, gave excellent report. Before reading
| 1t, your name was IN M memory as an unjust su i
ierer; now, cannot think OF YOU Otherwise than
| a man who has narsed his wrath Tour wears,
| and, at lasI, taken his revense do not believe
| YOU have improved your position, auued 10 your
| personal comfort, or Increased } our influence.
:. IL is not, however, my |. tentlon now to treat
| not be of importance to you TO know the opinion
country parson holds; nor will II, perhaps. inter
| est you to know that ne is New England man,
with All his native love oil liberty, anu all his ma
1--WE admiration of fearless, Tree speech IL iur-
| Their may not affect of your intellect, VIII. Oh
| must be above the weakness OF accounting Tor a
mans veiws by his accidental, social or political
| surrouDuIngs to say have no personal interest
IN the profits OF slavery or. at least, none, except
| such remote ones as necessarily belong 10 clt-
| zen of country IN which slavery exists and acts
| as an element OF production.
| My only object now is 10 present one point
| which your speech wholly overlooks, and which,
| TO my plain reason. vItIaIes the whole argument.
| Your title Is. The Barbarlsm of Slavery, and
your subject is only The Barbarism amid Sla.
| very Ii Is not necessary to say TO such mind
as yours thai Delw cen these two little words Is a
| difference OF meaning which who'll alters the as
| pecl OF the question. Establish Jour Eont, that
| DarharIsm Is OF slaverycthat is, natural conse-
quence, and necessary fruit OF 1t and you have
position towards which the quiet multitudes OF
| honest and earnest men, wh!eh nnderLe and sas
| tam our body puhtic, would surely, If slowly,
| come; while their presence with you would sim
| ply the triumph oil your cause.
| But, sir, your speech does not touch this es-
sentlal point. IL contains many shocking recitaIs,
| presented In artistic order, argued with Indspu
| table skill, stamped with eoquence, anu sealed at
| the ends OF paragraphs wHh-eGrnsStnsSS, your
| friends would say-passlOn such as I-nldttsnfty,
| Jour enemies. TO what however, do all these re-
| cItais and their adJuncts amount: Simply to the
TACT that bar barsin xists where slavery is in our
| Southern States not that it psrvades the whole
| communIty-no that 1t as grown up IN that com
| munIt, cot only that cases of IL can be lou cd
| there, which are capable of being wrought with
telling effect into tai sand speeches
| WHO. in his senses, ever thought of denying
| this fact L. W no could expect anything els from
| The Importation of thousands of barbarIans: :
| SAvages of the lowest type were the ancestors OF
the, should retain even yet some Of their ancient
| traits Who wonders. or denies, that they nave
| Imhued their masters children. to some extent,
| with their own character and are themselves suf-
| terlng the consequences, now those children are
| grown, II you had multiplied your instances a
thousand told, you would only at last il .Ve shown
not that the system OF slavery as existing IN the
|
simply that 1t mas not vet ;eeded IN curing anu
eradlcatIng the barbarism Which all our ancestors
joined III Importing.
| - There are faults enough in Southern charac-
ter and evils enoush In Southern society BAT tn
| d0 not UeSt{y pTep0ndtTdte, on thar Stdei
| that NoYtheTHeFS az dHOTf 10 he NATHANs.- -
| There are others besides Octoroons who succumt
| to the powers of social evil and live and die III
| shame. The NOttheTH Gpp0Ttt0H0lent 81 cHPttni
| oHd inLor, accompanied By northern license %
| opiHion, act rpOn personal liberty. honor AMI pa
rjy tctth deGdLy pressure that me mere assertion
| OF tndirtdHd! tJsed0ni does not reDlOre nor r.
| fectndGky LtghteH. mention this comparison not
as al argument that the social order OF the North
| is no better than that OF the South on the
| tTary it is evidently much to be preferred. 1t Is
| OHfy for the purpose Of ShoctHg that erttS ettSI
er,TyIche7e and 1t IS JRSt fan 10 charge thOS,
| tcatch ShfiDHt tdIe-tcedcsr, ca acute speech
maker, might drdW from Northern life, co the IS
sentinl PRINCIPLES Of Northern social ordeT,
| 10 assign bdT6GrtSHI as an pRtSrOtch Of Southern
| SOCIAL oydtT.
| Now, sir. If any thing for the opinion
| of that multitude which seldom speaks, but Is al
ways bearing up the pillars OF our national fabric
which, indeed, constitutes those pillars On which
alone enduring tame Is inscribed II you wish "a
stand forth IN your generation and De remembe red
by posterlty true statesman, then ban ism pas
sion, partiZanshlp and revenge, and take this sub
Ject up ne xt time upon Its real merits If you can
shsiy that Southern stGrery has Hade the descend
ants Of Africans tcGrss 0dr6drtdaS than their
cesIorx tcOrSe than their c0teDtp orGTtsS ~
their laHd, tteH you may Justly eHtttie nch
| a production 'Ihe B1TJartS0l Of .otdrtry.' Bu
now YOU simply make a mistake IN logic, watch Is
| unworth, your genus and Your training, and pro
ouctiYe of no good TO yourself or your united n9
| tive land. COUNTRY PARsoN.'