Des Arc citizen., 1860-07-11
COMMENT.
From the Montgomery lAla.l Mail.

In the year lS4l, says the Banbridge (Ga. Argus, Wm. Henry Harrison be- ing President, appointed Edward Everett Minister to England Hon. John Me- Pherson Berrien, then being Senator for the State of Georgia, gave his sanction to the appointment. During the same year the Georgia Legislature was assembled. The following joint committee on the state of the Republic was constituted. On the part of the Senate: Messrs. Edward J. Black, of Scrven; Andrew J. Miller, of Richmond; J. M. Smith, of Camden 1; Bonnet Crawford, of Decatur; Alex Mo- Dougald, of Muscogee; Peter Cone, of Buloch; James Render, of Merlwelher On the part of the House: Messrs. John H. Howard, of Moscogee W. E. fan kersle, of Columbia M. Grieve, of Bald- win, Abner P. Powers, of Bibb; R L. Simms. of Newton; Jas. Gray, of Jones i; Jno. Robinson, of Jasper. This commit tee in their report reclte in thelr preamble; with what sincere regret they reviewed. the sanction of Judge Berrien to the eleva- ton of one so obnoTious to their teeIings and so HOSTILE TO OUR INTERESTS, and particularly an individual who has avowed his abolition principles in their most lmpos- ing form, and amplest extent"
 Resolution llth, which refers to the same matter, is as follows:
 IL Resoived, That the opinions publicly proclaimed by Edward Everett now Min ister to England, of the power and obliga- ton of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, to-interdict the slave trade between the States, and to refuse admission into the Union of any Territory toerating slavery, are unconstitutional m their chararter, subversive of the rights of the South, and if carried out, will destroy this Union and that the Hon. John Me- Pherson Berrien, in sustaining for an inn portant appointment, an individual holding such obnoxious sentiments, has omitted proper occasion to give an efficient check to such sentiments, and in so doing has not truly represented the opinions or wish es of the people of Georgia, of either po- litical party.
 This resolution was adopted in the Sen ate by vote of 4S 10 0, a number of Sen ators refusing to vote, but not enough to defeat it's passage if they had voted against it. In the House, the entire report was adopted by vote of l0l yeas, to 4l nays.
 The proof of the charges made against MT. Everett in that resolution, is contain ed in the following:
 In 1889 the following interrogatories were propounded to MT. Everett by Hon. Nathaniel Borden, of Massachusetts :
 l. Are you in favor of the immediate abolition by law, of slavery in the District of Columbia, and of the slave traffic be- tween the States of the Unions
 9 Are you opposed to the admission into the Union of any new State, the Con- stitution of which tolerates domestic sa- very.
 The following is his reply:
 WAsHrNcroS, Oct 24th, 1889.
 Dear Str :-On Saturday last I only re- ceived your letter of the lS&, propound- ing to me certain inlerrogatories, and ear nestly requesting an early answer.
 You are aware that several resolves on the subject of these inquiries and their kindred topics, accompanied by very able report was introduced into the Senate of the Commonwealth, year before last by joint committee of the two Houses, of which the late lamented MT. Alvord was Chair man.
 Those resolves, after having been some- what enlarged by amendment, were adopt ed by the Legislature. They appeared to cover the whole ground of your two lnter- rogatories. Having cheerfully operated in the passage of the resolves, and con curing in the general reasoning by which they are sustained in the powerful report of the Chairman of the Committee, re- spond to both your inquiries in the affirm atlve.
 The first of the three subjects embraced in your inquiry is the only one of them which came before Congress while was member Ivoted m the negative on the motion 10 lay upon the table he pelition of the American anli-Slavery Society, for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and on other motions of the like