Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-10-11
Mr. Everett on Slavery.

As long ago we think, as 1927, Mr.. Ev-
rRErr delivered speech in the House Of
Representatives in which he said:
II there are any members in this House
OF that class OF politicians 10 whom the gen.
tlsman from North Carolina { Mr.. Saun.
ders) alluded, as having the disposition,
though not the power, TO disturb the COM
promise contained in the Constitution, on
this point, (the three fifth representative
principle, } am not Of ths number. Neith-
er am one Of those citizens OF the North
TO whom another honorable member lately
referred, in publication TO which his nang
was subscribed, who would think il i'm
moral and irreligious TO join IN pulling
down a servile instruction at The South
/ am no soldier, sir, my habits and educa-
lion are unmilitary, but there is no cause
in which would sooner buckle knapsacl
10 my back, and put musket on my shcul-
der. than that. | would cede the whole
continent TO any one who would take it
to England, to France, 10 Spain--I would
see it sunk to the bottom Of the ocean be-
fore would see any part Of this fine Amer
ca converted into continental Hoy!i, by
that awful process Of bloOdshed and desso-
laticn by which such catastrophe could
be brought on. The great relation 10 SER
viiude in some form or other, with greater
or less departures from the theoretic equal
ity Of man, is inssparable from our nation.
! know Of no other way by which the form
Of this seryitude shall be fixed but by po
litical institution. Domestic slavery,
though confess not that form of servitude
which seems TO be the most beneficial to
. the master-certainly that which is most
beneficial to the slave-is not, in my judg
rnenf, TO be sets down as AN immoral and
irreligious relation
81 cannot admit that religion has but one
voice 10 the slave, and that this voice is,
Rise against your MASTER No, sir; the
New Testament says, slaves obey. your
MASTER ard thought know full well, that
in the beaignant operation of Christian
ty, which gathered master and slave around
the same communion table, this unfortunate
institution disappeared in Europe, yet /
cannot admit that while it subsists, and
where it subsists, its duties are not pre-
supposed and sanctioned by religion. And
though l certainly am moi called upon 10
meet the charges brought against this in
stitutiOn, yet truth obliges ne TO say
word more on the subject.
Il know the condition Of working classes
in other countries; | am intimately acqualn-
ted with it in some other countries; and |
have no hesitation in saying that believe
the slaves in this country are better clothed
aud fed less hardly worked than the peas
antry of some of The most prosperous States
of the continent OF Europe. To consider
the checks on population, read Malthus.-
What keeps population down? Poverty,
want, starvation, disease. and all the ills
Of life; it is these that check population all
over the world. Now, the slave popu!a-
ton in the United States increases faster
than the white, masters included.
"Nhat is the inference as 10 the physi-
cal cahdltion OF the two classes of society?
These are opinions have long entertained,
and long since publicly protested on this
subject, and which here repeat in answer
10 the intimation TO which have already
alluded. But, sir, when slavery comes TO
enter into the Constitution as a political
eiement-when il Genes 10 affect The dis
tribution OF power among the States Of The
Union, that is a matter Of agreement. III
make an agreement on this subject, I will
adhere 10 it like man; but viii protest
against any inference being made from ii of
the kind which was made by the mover Of
these honorable resolution