The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-09-05
Edward Evere,. Z, On sl.very.

TnrRK can be no doubt that Mr. Everett
was in favor Of the prohibition Of slavery in
the Territories, Is well as for the abolition Of
slavery in the District Of Columbia; and that
he was opposed to the admission into the
Union Of any new States which should rec
ognize slavery in their CONSTITUTIONS i''d9at
In 1888, the following questions were put
to Mr.. Everett by the Hon. N. A. Borden, Of
Massachusetts, - f-' .a araa7f@ e-i
l. Are you in favor Of immediate Abolition
by law Of slavery iii the District Of Columbia,
and the slave traffic between the States Of this
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2. Are you opposed 10 the admission into
the Union ofany new States, the Constitutions
of which recognize domestic Slaveyi The
following was Mr.. Everett's reply: a.- rrs
F. 'fi WAsHisoroN, Oct "a, 1889.
u DEAR SIR :-On Saturday last only re-
ceivcd your letter of the 18th, propounding
to me certain interrogatories, and earnestly
requesting an early answer You are aware
that several resolves on the subject Of these
inquiries and their kindred topics, secompa-
MED by report, were introduced into the SEN
ate of the Commonwealth, year before last,
by joint committee of the two houses, Of
which the lamented Mr.. Alvord was chair
man. las ..4f.'' ilnI''H sH' la.f. 1H. p
( Those resolves, after having been some
what enlarged by amendment, were adopted
by the Legislature They seem to cover the
whole ground Of your interrogatories. Hav-
ing cheerfully co-opperated In the resolves,
and ooncurring In the general reasoning by
which they are sustained iu the powerful re-
port of the chairman of the committee, re-
spondto both your Inquiries in the affirmative
The first of the three subjects in your in
quiry is the only one of them which came
before Congress while was member.
voted in the negative on the motion to lay
Upon the table the petition of the American
Anti-Slavcry Society for the abolition of slave
ry in the District of Columbia, and on other
motions of the like character introduced to
cast of the consideration of this class Of pc
titions. a iYr-tf i.Hai. huHt 'ra.
am, dear sir, very respectfully, your friend,
g.'ra r..E .N EDWARD EvERETT
Hon. NATHANIEL A. BORDER. .r. Rae
The "seversl resolves to which Mr.. Ev-
erett refers in the above letter, in the passage
of which he cheerfully co-operated," as Gov
ornor of Massachusetts, are as fcllowsi ~.
Resolped, That Congress has, by the Con-
stitution, power to abolish slavery and the
slave trade in the District Of Columbia, and
that there is nothing in the terms or circum-
stances of the acts Of cession Of Virginia and
Maryland, or otherwise, enforcing any legal or
moral restraint on its existence. = Dad.
Resolued, That Congress ought to take
measures to effect the abolition Of slavery in
the District of Columbia. '"'l ID.
ResolOed, That the rights of humanity, the
claims of justice and common good alike
demand the suppression by Congress of the
slave trade carried on in, and through, the
District of Columbia.
RESOLVED, That Congress has, by the Con-
stitution, power to abolish slavery in the
Territories of the United States. s.rt-