Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-15

iurther explanation, until our visit to Bos.
ton last autumn, to restore the remains of the gift.
ed Legare to his mother soil, we called at Mr.. Ev-
erett resiuence, as well with q view to the deliv.
cry oil ms grafton on Washington, in this city, as
to the object of our mission, but we fniled to see
him, as he was then absent from Boston. We
called on and had n deeply interest.
ing interview, however, with g distinguished and
bosom Trend OF Mr.. E., in whose house and whose
arms the lamented Legare breathed his last, and,
in the course of conversation. we CHANGED to men
ton our disappointment at Mr.. E.'s absence. espeo'
tally in reference to q renewed invitation 20 him to
visit Charleston, und also alluded to the explana-
ton, given above, Of Mr.. Els signature Of u paper
so offensive to South Carolina. which our distin.
guished host fully confirmed, adding substantially,
Sir, | can tell you what is much more to the pnr-
pose not only did my friend. Mr.. f., sign the
paper, under the circumstances stated by you, but
he went much farther. lie made il q point TO ex.
press his discomfort to The gentleman who procur-
cd his signature to the dOcumen and addressed o
letter to Mr.. Sumner himself, disavowing the sen.
timcnts contained in the exceptional document to
which his (Mr. E.'s) seeming sanction had been
unconsciously given. We add further, that the
proposed testimonial proved q failure, and the came
has never been presented or purchased.
The foregoing explanation is now given. when
the motive cannot be suspected, and that motive is
simply to tell the truth and do Justice to an emf
nent and patriotic citizen and We deem il duo to
Mr.. Il. to add that, although the facts of the ex-
plaration are confirmed by Mr.. L. himself, their
publication is unauthorized by him, and made of
our Own motion, without his privity or consent.
We trust that the censure. unjustly incurred by
ourselves, and the yindiciive assaults made on us
Tor the prominent part we have borne ia Mr.. Ever.
etts invitation and reception here. will prove our
apology to our illustrious friend for doing him the
Justice OF the foregoing exp lanation.
We may, perhaps, take another opportunity to
answer certain unfounded charges against MIR.
Everett, accusing him Of ubolitionism, Fremontism,
and freesoilism of the Sumner school. For the
present, however, we content ourselves with shy
ing that We know him to hold the institution OF
slavery TO be n legal one: entitled to the protection
OF the constitution, and to be neither sinful in IT.
self, nor anti.Scriptural 10 have been n conserva.
tive Old Line and Fillmore Wing in the last con
tet for the Presidency: and that, although like
most other men, born and bred in non slaveholdiny
countries, he is no advocate or propaganda OF
slavery, yet for his expressed and etill entertained
opinions, he has been and is still denounced and
yituperated as q pro slavery man, by the abolition
lists of Boston and Massachusetts. They will new
er Forgive a man and n statesman, who declared,
in Congress, as the Representative from Boston,
that there was no cause in which lie would sooner
buckle a %knapsack on his back and place a musket
on his shoulder, than to put down u servile iusur'
rectiOn in the South.
The speech of Mr.. Everett in which the fure.
going emphatic declaration w~asimade, WINS his maid
1 ~ fNNNb1 ~ ~ NV " ANNlINoNhhAp'N NNfN
cred March 9. 1896, in reply to resolutions intro.
duced by Mr.. McDuflc, to change the manner Of
elccting Prudential Electors.
The following is the version of that speech Civ
en- in a recent number Of the South Carolinian:
"Having touched on this point, | ought. perhaps
to add that, if there are any members in this
House of that class OF politicians to whom the
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Saunders)
alluded, Ms having the disposition, though not the
! pOwer. to disturb the cumnrOmise contained
in the constitution on this point, / am
not of the number. Neither am | one Of the citizens
of the North to whom another honorable member
lately referred, in a publication, to which his
e name was subscribed, who would think it immora
and irreligious to join in putting down a servile
instruction at the South. ! am no soldier, sir
my habits and education are very unmilitary but
there is is no cause in which ! would sooner buck
! lie n %knapsack to my back. and put n musket OF
, my shoulder. than that. | would cede the whole
continent to any one who would take ito Eng
lund, to France, to Spain-I would see it sunk il
the botom of the ocean, before | would ace any
( part OF this fair America converted into D Cont
Q MENTAL Hayti, by that awful process of bloodsheC
and desOlation by which alons such n catastrophe
should be brought on. The great relationoi serv
T itude in some furm or other, with greater or les
departures from the theoretic equality of man, i
inseparable from our nature. ! know of no wa,
= by which the form Of this servitude shall be fxe,
but by political institutions. Domestic slavery
though | confess, not that luim Of servitude whicl
seems the most beneficial to the master-certainl,
{ not that which is the most beneficial to the slave
, is not in my judgement, 10 be sent down rs nm i'm
moral and irreligious relation. ! cannot ADM
Q that religion has but one voice TO the slave. ant
. that this voice is, Rise against your master
j. No, sir. the New Testament says, Slaves ole,
, your masters; and, though | know full well tina,
in the benignaIt operation of Christianity, whicl
gathered master and slave around the same com
D muniUn table, this unfortunate institution disap
J peared in Europe. yet | cannot admit that, Will" i
h subsists, its duties are pot pre-supposed an
sanctioned by religion. Ard, though | certainl,,
9 am not called upon to meet the charges brough
against this institution, yet truth obliges me to sa
; a word more on the subject. ! know the condi
=, tiCn of the working classes in both countries
am Intimately acquainted with 1t in some othe
countries and | have no hesitation in saying, tina
n believe the slaves in this country are better cloth
q ed and fed. and less hardly worked, than the peas
!, antry of some of the most prosperous states q
the continent of Europe Consider the checks OIL
0 population read Nautilus. What keeps popula
ton down? Poverty, want, starvation, disease
d and all the ills of life it is these that check pop
: ulation all over the world. Now, the slave pppu
Ia ion in the Uaitod States increases faster thai
: the white, masters included. What is the infer
D epce az to the physical condition of the classes o
G society, These are opinions, | have long enter
, tanned, and lorg since publicly protested on thi
subject, and which ! hero repeat; in answer t
| u lutlDlhllOu5 W WiiSh = A''N teo
ORyGos.-In the recent discussion in the Senat
on the admission of Oregon as a state into the Tn
J.. ion, Mr.. Fessenden of Maine objected to.its admis
> sion, because its constitution prohibited colore'
. persons from settling in tho State. while by tn
. constitution and lave of Maine they were citizen
e equally with the whites.
:. Mr.. Wade. of Ohio. drew attention 10 the claus
of the Constitution that classes Cinnamon with ne
f groes.
Mr.. Wilson said that Massachusetts woul'
+. welcome free Oregon, would expect him to vote TO
it but at the risk of mourning censure even iron
his personal friends. %heiwould refrain from votin,
b for a claus gin the constitution which he considere'
unohristian and inhuman". He showed the iujus
tice which would arise to colored sailors land
: ing in Oregon, and made a spirited defence of tn
o eight thousand colored people of Massachu
4 se,ts which norton OF his speech was not YER