Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-27

Ih ~pi.,r!c.-RlCH'D. A. CLAY BROOK OF northumberland
oh D~ls,r!ct-EPpA HUNTeN. OF Prince William.
lWh D~is.riet-THoMAS NJ. lSDELL. Of Jefferson.
l,h ~pi.trlc,-wlLLlAM u. HARTMAN. of Augusta.
i9th ps:rict-A. A. CHAPMAN, Of Monroe.
ls,n Distric,-lSAAC D. Dunn.
18Th District ZEDEKIAu LOWELL OF Marion.
tsome few Of the electors above named, foT private res-
soa., have declined 10 act, but their vacancies nave not
sc: been elled by the State Executive Comuitter.i
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tIr. Everett Still Refuses 70 Retracs.
We have already exposed the series of rcSo-
l~utions, supported by Mr.. Edward Everett, in
lS3e-asserting the Constitutional power Of
Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade
in the District of Columbia, to abolish slavery
in all the Territories Of the U~nioa, to prohibit
the future admission Of any slave State into
the Union, and to abolish the slave trade be-
tween Southern States
Well. since Mr.. Eyerctt's nomination by the
Baltimore Convention, Mr.. Joseph W. Taylor,
of Eutaw, Alabama, has addressed q letter to
Mr.. Everett, interrogating him rs to his posi-
ton on the slavery question, and especially
with reference to his views Of 1880. To
which Mr.. Everett authorizes the following an
swer 10 be made:
BosroS, June Is, 1860.
DEAR Sir: Your letter Of the 18th was re-
ceired by Mr.. Everett this day. When he &C
cep,ed the nomination of the Baltimore Union
Convention, it was in the understanding that
the correspondence which might grow out OF it
should devolyc OH the Union Committee here.
Your letter Of the 10Th has accordingly been
placed in my hands, and as you request an an
-. ~ 49, l- -afruD ~ yNn1 I
have but 4 few moments to prepare 1t.
The Compromise measures Of 1850 were re-
earded. and have been supported by conserva-
tive men at the North, rs n fair and practicable
basis Of united political action between the two
great sections Of the country. 10 those mea-
surcs Mr.. Everett gave his ful concurrence.
The papers inclosed in your letter, viz: the
resolves OF the Massachusetts, Legislature, Mr..
Bordcn's letter, and Mr.. Ererett's reply, date
from the year 1899. They were brought be-
fore the Senate Of the United States in 1871, at
the time of his nomination as Minister to Eng
land, anI made the ground Of n motion for its
rejection. Henry Clay opposed that motion
with great warmth, and said, that if, through
the influence of the South, the appointment Of
a man Of Mr.. Eyerett's known conservative
opinions was rejected, the Union was already
dissolved At the close Of fervid speech by
Rufus Chcate, in support Of Mr.. Evcrett's APP
pointmeat. the late Hon. W. c. Preston ex-
claimed, Il all afrAil [ have committed myself
10 vote against him, but, by Heaven, he shall
not be rejected Mr.. Preston was afterwards
heard to say that 'hc regretted that vote more
than any ever given by him. MIR. EyercttS
nomination MS the first Minister to China, two
years later. was, I believe, unanimously con-
frmcd in the same Senate, of which Mr.. Vice
President King and Mr.. Calhoun were men,
bers. His nomination as Secretary Of State OH
me death Of Mr.. Webster was unanimously
confirmed in 1852. In the following year he
was elected by the conservative members Of
the Legislature Of Massachusetts to the Senate
ofthc United States.
Mr.. Ererctt'S views with reference TO the
sectional agitation now distracting the country,
Il left many doubt by his own course, are Suffi.
GENTLY shown By the bitter hostility Of the
entire Anti.Sla7ery press. They were re-
affirmed, to the great acceptance Of good pat
riots throughout the Union, in his speech at
Fareuii Hall on occasion Of the attempt at
Harper's Ferry; and they are restated in his
letter siguifyiug his reluctant acceptance Of the
Baltimore nomination.
I will only observe, in conclusion, that us it
seems 10 ue here no good can result from 4 re.
view Of all that has been said or written North
or South, for twenty or thirty years, on the
question which now more than ever abstracts
the country, reasonable men will not, in
either section, expect to find entire concurrence
in the other; and if sentiments like those en-
tertained, and on all proper occasions avowed
by Mr.. Everett fail to win tia confidence of
Union-loving men az the South, Mr.. Clay's
emphatic exclamation in 1871, may well be
repeated.
/ remain, dear sir, in haste, very respectfully,
yours, LEFEREIT SALIOASIALL.
President State Central Committee of the
Constitutional Union party.
To JOSEPH W. TAYLOR, Esq, Eutaw, Ala.
bama.
From this it appears:
lst. That Mr.. Everett gave his cordial sup
port to the compromise measures of 1850,
not one Of which conflicts in any respect
with Mr.. Everett's platform of 1889. In
deed. in two signal instances, they en-
dorscd that platform in letter and in spirit
They abolished tie slave trade in the District
Of Columbia. They hurried California into
the Union under q free soil constitution, dicta-
ted by the military authority Of the admins
trat;on Of Willard Fillmore.
ID. That, in 1911, when arraigncd before
the Senate Of the United States, for his course
in 1899, Mr.. Everett offered no apology for nor
cecan,ation Of his abolition doctrines.
Sd. That. in 1913, his nomination rs Minister
to China, "a post where it would have been
very difficult for him to do injury BY abolition
sent,ments) was confirmed by the Senate.
+th. That in consequence of his adherence to
the Compromise Of 1850, Mr.. Everett WAS APP
pointed Secretary Of State. by and with the
consent of the Senate.
9th. That certain OF the anti-s!avcry presses
are at this time bitterly hostile 10 Mr.. Everett.
\. B. \ number Of these presses arc equally
hostile to Horace Greeley.
9Th. That reasonable men at tie South
ought not TO ''expect" Mr.. Evcrctt's entire
concurrence" with their views rs to the Con-
stitutional rights of the South.
Tth. That IF sentiments like those enter
ta;ued and on all proper occasions avowed by
Mr.. Everett, fail to win the confidence of Union
loving men at the South" then, ''thc Union is
already dissolved" y. 3. \ strong spice of
the doctrine Of the ''irrcpressible conflict in
this last position.
s:h. 1t appears that when especially ques'
toned on the point, By All clcctor Of his "
party in Alabama, Mr.. Everett NOW refuses,
as he altoays has refused to utter one cord Of
apology Jo7, or recantation Of his A6Olitionist
platform Of 1855.
New Books.
Walker, Wise & Co., of Boston, have for
warded to us, "7he Monthly Lac Reporter