Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-07-19
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On the 4th of June CHARLES SUMNER of Massachu.
Aetts delivered the Senate of the United States
elaborate and carefully prepared Grafton on "The
Barbarism of Slavery All the energies of Mr..
SUNNER's richly stored mind had been for months
perhaps for years constantly engaged in preparing
for that occasion. He had carefully cultivated his
naturally rich voice that he might delight the ear if
not convince the judgment OF his auditory. All the
graces of gesticuaon had been assiduously studied
that he might enrapture the gaze of those who be-
held him, even though his sentiments might excite
their utmost contempt and Indignation. All of the
meretricous aids Of art and all the fruits ofcultva-
ted genius tributary TO the effort which, in
Mr. SUMMERS estimation was in future years place
him the historic PEDESTAL side by side with De-
MOsTHENEs and CICERO. In his opinion DEMosTHENEs
on the Crown CICERO against CATLNE and SUMNER
the Barbarism of Slavery, were 20 be regarded
as the three great trumphs of Oratory Mr.. SUMNER
in opening up his subject says:
The Bqr5arisH of Slauerg appears; first in the
character of Slavery and secondly in the character
Of Slave-masters. Under the first head we shall
naturally consider (l) the Law of Slavery and its
Origin. and 2) the practical results of Slavery as
shown in comparison between the Free States and
the Slave States. Under the second head we shall
naturally consider ~ Save-masters as shOwnin the
Law of Slavery ~ Slavenasters in their relations
with slaves, here gancng at their three brutal in
struments and 81 Slaye-masters in their relations
with each other, with society, and with Governments
and (4) Saye-masters in their Inconsistencies.
In order to establish the Barbarism of Slavery,
Mr.. SUMNER quotes extensively from statistical tables
toshow the more rapid increase of population in the
Free States to show the in the value ofprOp
erty, real and personal in the Free States, to show
Southern inferiOrity in agriculture, commerce in
railroads and canals in the value of churches in the
amount Of voluntary charity contributed, in the
number of colleges, professional schools academies
and private schools free schools and public libra
ries. The greater circulation of newspapers and
periodicals in the North is statsticay stated to es
tablsh Southern ignorance. The maligaity of the
Senator being content with such rectals he clips
fronlsOrle Southern paper a notice of runaway
negro, Of one for sale, and takes from a Yankee
book of travela story of a Southerner breaking
negro of running away by pulling out his toe nails
by the roots. An advertisement from the West
Tennessee Democrat of man who lived near Boil
var, that had two bloodhounds to track runaways,
is produced, and especial pains is taken to hunt up
all the Incorporate language ever used by Southern
men when smarting under the insults Of Abolition
lists. lie refers to the difficulty in the Senate be-
tween Gov. FoorE and Col. BENTON, when Gov. FooTE
drew pistol on Col. B. He refers also to a diff
Guilty between Hon. JERE CLEMENS when in the SEN
ate and Mr.. RHETT. In order to make these gentle
men as obnoxious as possible in anti-savery circles
he calls slave master from Mississippi" and
the other "a slave master from Alabama" He quotes
from the speech made by Gov. FoorE in the Senate
in lS4S, in which, alluding to JoHN p. HALE, the
Governor says:
l invite the Senator to the Stats of Mississippi
and will tell him beforehand, in aFhonesty, that he
could not 60 ten miles into the interior before he
would grace one of the talest trees of the forest
with a rope around his neck with the appreciation
of every Yirtuous and patriotic citizen, and that
necessary, should myself assist IN The operdtio'A'
The profane language of Hon. BAnIE PErTON
when a member Ct Congress, in relation to
Mr. WHITNEY, who was witness before
committee Of which Mr.. PEYToN was a member,
the language of Governor WISE on the same
occasion, the words used by BAEKsDALE and SIN
CLIFTON, of Miss, BoYCE and ASHNORE, of S. c.
GARTRErI, of Ga. and MARTIN, of Va, in the House
Of Representatives during the excitement produced
by the recent Abolition harangue of OWEN LoVEJOT,
are ali set forth with studied particularly estab-
lish conclusivey Mr.. SUMMERS proposition of the
barbarism of Slavery. There is no Southern mar
who has read that speech that has not arisen from
the perusal filed with scorn contempt lOathing and
disgust for its author. There is no Northern man,
whose reason whoseprejudices have not made
ann traitor to his co5ntry and disgrace to his
age, that believes the picture of Southern life,
Southern society, Southern morals and Southern in
teligence, presented by Mr.. SUMNER, to be true
icture. Let the rest of the civilized world be the
the Judges, and the South.has not suffered from the
deliueation of Mr. SUMNER. And yet a great politi-
cal party. whose organization is based upon anti
slavery fauaticism, struggling formidably, strug-
cling for the mastery in our Republic has had this
speech of Mr.. SUMNER's printed in pamphlet form,
and is now busily engaged in giving it gratuItous
circulation throughout the entire North.
The Patriot of this city, in the service Of ticket
which stands upon platform that raises no issues
with either of the other political parties that pre-
termits an expression of opinion upon any OF the
points of difference, effort to prove that the DEM
ocraue party is dsuuon party, follows the course
pursued by Mr. SUMNER in his effort to establish the
barbarism Of slavery We can saw without any
disparagement to the energy. ina.strv. Janius and
learning OF the Patriot that in eag1, and al those
respects Mr.. SUMNER is their SUPERIOR Hence If is
not astonishing that the futile efforts of tho Se,sto
from Massachusetts, should be even more plausible
than the Patriot We are not prepared to denv that
such newspaper advertisements as Mr.. SrsyER ma.
rades are real, that such language as Gov Foors Col
CLEMENS, Col PETTON. and other distinguished south
ern gentlemen is word for word correct vet what
Southern man will say this is evidence of the bar
barism of those gentlemen, much less of Southern
Society. So we are not prepared to deny that the
language attributed by the PGtrot to the gentleman
therein aamed is not substantially ne, but what
unprecedented mind will hold that this establishes
that the Democracy are for disunion The dedue'
tons Of Mr.. SUMNER and the Patriot are equally