Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1848-10-12
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN"

toes and professions. is purely of the lip
order. They will run over their creed and
quote their notices as huenly as parro,
CABS, and with about as much idea of car.
rying the one out or living up TO the other
as the gaudy bird has of the meaning of
its pratte. ...
Principles not men," say they. Gen.
Cass is at present the exponent of their
principles. and right gladly would they
hide the man in this case. But they have
not been able TO do so. The appearance
of Van Buren, on the Presidential course.
threatened their man as well as their prin-
ciples, very portentiously They calcula
ted, however, by letting loose the flood
gates of abuse, to drive him from the track,
but it seems the sly old fox was too well
skilled in their mode of warfare to even
waver before their batteries of billings.
gate; and by his consummate skill in po-
litcal tactics, managed to draw force of
old campaigners around him, who returned
the fire so warmly as TO put the redoubta.
bic Castles TO flight. Think you the
heroes fell back on their boosted and long
cherished principles, with view to rally.
ing their scattered forces, and dslodging
the disorganizing usurpcrsl Not they!--
Seeing the contest was hopeless, when they
had TO war against the old magician. they
offer themselves for sale--the redoublable
Cassi,es-lhe men Of the Baltimore Plat.
form-the denouncers of Van Buren, and
his party as traitors and aboliionsts, Offer
to sell out!
The following is the outline of the bar
gain, as il has leaked out. In some States,
New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, &c.
il is useless for US TO wage a war against
each other, and thus, beyond doubt, suffer
the vote 10 be given to Gen. Taylor, who
blythe. is bound to be elected, if the
election is not carried 10 the House. You
Van Burenites have no chance of success
anyway, and most probably will not get
single State. Now we will Withdraw our
ticket, and vote for your men, in doubtful
States, which may give Van Buren, the
Electoral vote, and thus carry i, to the
House. when you are to help US elect Cass.
Of curse there are many preiminares.
as to division of the spoils, which will leak
out after the election.
This, briefly, is said to be the present
plan of the politicians in the free States,
where Free Solism was demolshng the
Platform Party-the party of principles
not men," They comballed it until van.
pushed, and cur.like are trying to lick the
hand that smote them, with the cry of
"principles, not men," on their lips. The
New York Tribune first brought the bar
gain and intrigue" to light; it was strenu-
ously denied, but the Tribune maintains
still that such is the case. 1t was not in.
tended to be known, in the South and
West, for fear the union between the
northern democracy and the abolilionis,s,
would cause save-hoding democracy 10
support Taylor, and thus defeat them, by
electing him, notwithstanding the combi-
nation against him in the North.
What do Missouri democrats think of
this bargain and sale?" What do they
think of their friends at the North selling
out to the abolitionstsl Will they still cry
principles, not men," and vote for Cass!
With Van Buren, in the North and Cass in
the South, they may defeat the Peoples
candidate, but we shall have 10 see it to be-
lieve it,
RoBBERIEs AND FIREs.--St. Louis ap-
pears to be full of thieves, who daily and