Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-10-11
The charge OF Abolition Aaaln'. Mr.. Kysre't-


there be a,,rousing gathering tomorrow evening.
The Charge OF Abolition Against Mr.. Everett-
An Appeal 90 tke Just &C Or the Southern
People.
Toe Brsckinridge organs and journals throughout
Virginia and the South have been from the beginning
Of the canvass ndsstr;ousy and falsely assailng and
dsaocucing NJ Everett Aboidonst The charge OF
Abodonsm against this great statesman accomplished
scholar aud p17e-minded gentlemen is based upon the
rst bs more than twenty years ago-u the year 1857
-Nr Everett expressed hs concurrence in series Of
aa-ssvcry resolutions, adopted at that time by tie
Lex llu5e Of Massachusetts,. That ~. Everett at that
-lr Ike en- men az the North, and Ike most men st the
south. considered slavery evil and opposed is eX-
tension. neither he nor his friends have denied
Ba: was tsat so beinous and un'orgiyabe crime in
Mr. Everett considering the condition Of public senti
u.n Ca regard 20 slavery both the North aad a. the
Sol.l, At that time.
L.: Us see, In a speech delivered by Senator r N.
r Hunter, before the Brsokinriige Convention, at
Cul5eesr,o on the l5,h Ct Argus. last; two months
ss5 se fad the tolo"ius passage to which Te invite
Che s1eel and earnest attention OF Southern Of all
ps-.i.s j. ,il. speech, Senator Hunter slil:
"ybsn a-.. entered che F-lsal Councils which was
OF tas conuieuc, OF Er. sl blrels ac,l,, ration
ta. moul and political status or tse savcrs question VA
very lnar,1t ron vus.i; row IS. Then tat Sol-hsrr
themselves, ~i,b hlt fcs exceptions admitted -s-
very ,o.bc a moral evil ard pl'l.el aai excused 8,
upon le plea Oh necessity. Tutu there we're few men o.
any piry be- found 10 the uo1ayehcil1g States who
di % main cain both the colsttgtioctty and pedien
Cd. 7r au.is'tyery restriction nov generally SrOsr
tl' Wi@7. ProyFo Hal any m1u 4- char day ven
ll-st De prei ton that tsa H.,'ogr restriction would
c.r 7s repealed. be would have been deemed yi-ior-
~ lai tl,1-i-. OF tha widest ,0sL What reyoIIOa
! "a all. e. sFl HHa. H.Hf sr..
sio cuctcs on tic slavery QUE ton btv, gone on ever
siIca. 90 absorb am's. entirely Ia, American mind
A. many respects trs rs-iLs OF that discussion have uc-
been aivesse % u.s.
Here We find senator Hra.cr de,!irug that " when
he catered Tie Federal Councils at the commencement Of
NJ Van Burcus Atminis;rs,ioa'-:h is IN the year
I,37, ne r,rg year TIA, Mr. Everett endorsed the now
ohloxous ant-savery resolutions Of the Massachusetts,
Lezsliurc-" S.s.iyrt nss themselves r.H bhtfc or
e.o 3ss AUrr-su SLAVERY To az MORAL AviL and pei
LATED 52 creased tp1u t5s plea = Hsrs.sity." This
mark you according senator Hunter is VIA; Southern
men thought Of slavery twenty, yearssago With few
etc-p.ors all SoattsH meu, az tina; period, "aigiii-i
s1vcry 20 be moral evil and al "Palated and eKcu.
e Il upon tire plsa Of necessity Nobody in The South
tseuty years ago. With here snd there individual
septou. it Is soemuly affirmed by Senator Hunter lock
"a upon slavery as a moral social aad political blessing
a. r. Tire case almost universally no~. Nobody defended
O. yildicatsd the Institution that day, upon any 9th
e. ground than the ground OF necessity. An regarded
slavery as moral social and political evil and looked for
ward 10 the time When il should be abolished. That
che condition Of public sentuen, at the South in regard
60 slavery twenty years ago according 20 Senator Hun
ter one Of the chiefs and leaders Of The Breckenridge
party In Virginia
Nor r. such was the opinion and feeling Of Southern
men IA respect to slavery twenty years ago. with what
Justice can Southern asail NJ Everett North
cru au sor entertaining, at the sane date similar opu-
ions and feelings on the same subject. Why should
Southern men denounce him and pour excavations upon
bis head for regarding slavery in the same light in 1857
10 which t was regarded BY che entire South At the
psod With Few individual exceptions. Is it generous
Is L: manly is il just thus TO dsnOunce and revie Mr. Ev
sst for thinking and saying twenty years ago just What
w. Southern men thought and said abou, slavery st the
sans ums' We appeal to the honesty and Ordinary
sense Of Justice Of virgaians and Southerners 70 say
whether il fai, and manly to dstrust and denOunee and
pe-s-cute Mr. Everett account Of his errors ofoPnion
on the subject Of slavery than twenty years ago
when those same Of opinion shared in by The
whole Southern people, at the sae period, with here
and there 40 individual exception
Indeed Senator Hunter himself in the extract from
his Charlottesville speech quoted above acquiis Nr Ev-
ertt oC any special or unusual hostility 70 slavery in
1881. For be says-"TIsn"-that il, ia ls3I-'there
we're few men Of any party be found in the Slave
holding States who did 10. mainain boh DE eostiiu-
tsl'ily and ne srpsdisney Of bs aHiisausry rs'ire-
tiosi noe generally kH9ra tis Wi.aoi PrOviso p
scch being the fact 10 regard 70 Northern men at the
period referred TO- Why should Mr. Everett be singled
on. and denounced unsouud and unworthy o. the
confidence Of the South because he held opinions on
slavery in common with all NOrthern men, and with
nearly an southern men, too about twenty years ago.
In conclusion, We have Ouly 10 say that Me- Everett
Ike most Northern and Southern men, weuty years ago
believed slavery be- in the language Of Senator Hun
ter moral, social and political evil and 20 doubt de-
sired its abolition II any just and practicable means Of
getting ria Of Il could be devised But experience, and
observation. and reflection since have taught Mr.. Ever
e .s they have taught the whole South, together With
largo numbers a. The NORTH that slavery in the South is
s.E1ed and uualtgrable fact and that il Is humane,
uasiu necessary and benefceut institution the desruc-
t,a Of which also would involve the destruction Of the
slaves themselye and the subverson Of the very foun
,ous Of the social and industrial flbre Of the south
tir EyeIotts opinions therefore, have undergone rad
seal change aud he stands before the country to-day the
last fiead and sturdy defender in the hostile Abolition
sAto Of Massachusetts, Of the South her people and her
Institutions and no maa in al the North in he language
Of Mr. Breckinridge, Is more "no5ls AID t1s' and no
aa Is more deserving for any Office, Of the anreserved
cons isns and cheerful support Of the whole people Of
ths South, without Distinction Of party.