Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-08-02

| "o'--i never pIoieSIeu again inc TOTO e
BILL am no scribe and correspondent
of Mr.. Calhoun--never having written
line for or TO him, or received one
from him, either directly or indirectly
in the whole course Of my life.
You state, Sir. that you have a re.
miniscence. remembrance. that ]
signed counter proclamation to Gen.
Jackson in 1899. Unjust be allowed to
say in reply. thatyou have no such re.
mlniscence al all. No such thing ever
happened, and therefore you canno, re-
member it. Inevcr touched the soil Of
Missouri until October 1888, months
after the issuance Of General Jackson's
proclamaIion--,he passage of the force
bill. and the compromise act which set
tied the notification controversy.
had nothing to do with the resolu-
lions of Instructions from which you
have appealed. never consulted any
body about them, and never was con.
suited by any body about them. | never
heard of them until they were introdu.
ced into the Senate. and ne1rr saw them
until they were in print. | do not men
lion these facts TO excuse any apprehen-
ded odium that may be attached TO their
authorship, for on the contrary regret
that had not then the sagacty to see
your proclivity for free soIism, and
the necessity for just such Instructions
to keep you out of the arms of Abo.
lltionsm; but make the contradiction
ITO vindicate the truth of history" and
10 show the unscrupulousness with
which you make statements altogether
unfounded in fact.
Your assertion that am a disunion.
isi, or, in other words, tina, harbor in
my bosom traltorous feeling towards
the union of these States, is a calumny,
and you are n ibeler. You must pro.
duce your proctor carry the brand of
the caIumnlator upon your forehead as
long as you live. |, is in vain for YOU
or your partlzans 10 attempt,o shield
you from your responsibility upon the
plea of age and Senatorial dignity. You
are the assailant-you have made the
charge, and must prove it, or swallow
the false accusation down your throat.
l love my country--I love the Union
l love the constitution of the United
States, and | cannot allow you or any
other slanderer to charge me with trea.
son without telling him that he is viola
ting the commandment Thou shalt no,
bear false witness against thy neigh,
Dor"
As lpromised, now propose TO speak
of the motive and design of your attacks
upon me. Ii is well known that amend.
menls 10 The constitution are now pen
ding, which, if passed, will bring the
Judges before the people for election in
1851. Your design was to create the
impression that oil Judges are tyranical,
! oppressive, covetous or corrupt--Nour
motive was personal malice against nv.
self and some Of the gentlemen occupy.
ing The same position, and in the event
of The passage of the pending consti,u
tIonal amendments, TO wreak your ven.
geance nPon me and them by arraying
your followers against us in the cleo.
lion, which will, of course, follow that
event.
Now for the proof In your speech
al the Capitol you exclam, "Wo to
Judges, if any such there are in the
work." and repea, the same saying al
Glasgow and Lexington.
Al Boonville, with your accustomed
modesty, you say, Since the speech al
Jefferson, no man of any mind or char
acler prelends to Justify it. The man
who would now deny the constitutional
power of Congress 10 legislale slavery
either into, or out of a territory, would
belray an obliquity of mental and moral
vision, and a procivly for legal false
hood, which should forever disqualfy
him for sitting as judge or juror, in any
case of law. or equity whatsoever" and
in your Lexington lyrade you declare
that, "certain it was tina, Judge (NsP.
tony and his Judgely counsellors in these
resolutions. would be sufficient to sink
the whole judicial bench of Missouri al
the August election, in Is50-C5l ]
suppose you meant, or are you not pos.
ted I'D in matters this far from home)