The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-08-30

fully co-operated in the passage Of the resolves
and concurring in the general reasoning by
which they are sustained in the powerful re-
port of the chairman Of the committee, respon-
dedto both of your inquiries in the affirmative.
The first of the three subjects in your inqui-
~ is the only one Of them which came before
Congress while was member. voted in the
negative on the motion lay upon the table
the petition of the American Anti-slavcry soci-
ETY., for the abolition of slavery in the District
Of Columbia, and on other motions Of the like
character introduced to cast off the considera-
ton of this class Of petitions.
am, dear sir, very respectfully, your friend
and servant, EDWARD EVERETT.
Hon. NATHANIEL. A. BORDEN.
The s'several resolves to which Mr. Everett
refers in the above letter, in the passage OF
which he "cheerfully co-operated," as Cover
nor of Massachusetts, are as follows
Resolved That Congress has. by the Constitu-
ton, power to abolish slavery and the slave
trade in the District of Columbia. and that
there is nothing in the terms or circumstances
of the acts of cession of Virginia and Maryland,
or otherwise, enforcing any legal or moral re-
straint on its existence.
l Resolved, That Congress ought to take meas
ures to effect the abolition Of slavery in the
District of Columbia,
Resolved, That the rights of humanity, the
claims of Justice and the common good alike
demand the suppression by Congres OF the
slave trade carried on in and through the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
Resolved, That Congress has, by the Consti-
tuition, power to abolish slavery in the Terrific
ries Of the United States.
So strong was the indignation against Mr.
Everett for the utterance Of these opinions,
which was felt at the south at the time, that
when, under the Administration OF President
Harrison in IS4l he was appointed United
states Minister to England, the Legislature o
Georgia passed a vote of censure on Senator
Barren, for having "sustained for an important
! appointment an individual holding such obnoX
| iOus sentiments"
Mr.. Joseph W. Taylor, of Eutaw, Ala, ad
! dressed letter to Mr.. Everett, requesting IN
formation as to his political opinions. Mr.
Everett, instead of replying to this letter ant
informing the public whether he still adhered
to the political opinions he formerly held upor
the slavery question, or renounced them, han
ded the letter to his political guardians ant
conscience keepers, the state Central Commit
tee of the Constitutional Union party OF Mas
sacbusetts. who replied on the 18th OF June,
! 1860, through their President. Leverett Sal
i tonstall. Saltonstall, without answering th
questions asked, refers to the political record o
| Mr.. Everett, in which he does not refer to
single retraction Of his formerly expressed pub
lie opinions obnoxious to the south. Mr.. Ever
, etts letter shows what those opinions were.
The challenge has been answered. The re
cord has been ''investgatea" 1t is before you
people of Louisiana. Are you prepared, afte
considering this record to choose for you
champions Bell and Everett in the great tstrue
Gle now going on for the Constitutional right
Of the south in regard to the institution ofslavt
N bed by order of the Democrat
cI.l lof
y KING, ING: President, pro- TEN.
: iS Sec'y pro. ten.