Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-07-26

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they will have to name the aggressions?
and as the General Assembly has not
named them, the Senator might not be
able to tell what they were; and so
would have 10 stand with his finger in
his mouth, and come back with a flea
in bis ear. Rather bad predicament
for Senator of thirty years! Or is it
a condition subsequent, 10 be ascer.
tanned by the General Assembly itself
afterwards; and if not complied with
in future, then the General Assembly 10
revoke its sanction Of the concession Of
a part of the constitution, and abrogate
the line which might have been es,ab-
lished under the concessionl Such are
the absurdties said Col. b. of nuIifica-
ton metaphysics brought into lsgisla-
lation. But when all these difficulties
were got over, if they could be got
over, then comes another proviso 10 the
concession, as puzzling and impractical
BILE as the other. & The worst proviso is
thi; if the spirit Of dnti-slarery .tdnota-
cism can be crtinguishcd. Now how is
thi. to be done? or asccrtainedl or by
whom done and when? Must the old
Senator make a crusade against the
northern fana,ics-run them all down
catch them-and pummcl this infer
nal spirit out of their bosoms!-or mus,
he proceed, as the word e1,inguish
would imply, TO pump water into their
bellies, or hearts, until he had drowned
out the fsnatical fire which burns there?
This is what the condition would re.
quire; but il was too absurd 10 talk
about; and too dlscreditable 10 the
State Of Missouri, too insulting TO the
northern States, and to Congress, to be
presented to Congress as the &C, Of
Of the State of Missouri. /, has
not yet been presented. The disgrace
is yet at home. Ii i. not the sense Of
the State, but the smuggling trick Of
notification Judge. and ought to be re.
pudia,ed by the people.
Such are the beauties said Col. B. Of
this third resolve; but numerous and
incompatible as they are, the very
quintessence as they be, of political
metaphysics, sublima,ed by nulliGca.
ton; they are all TO be lost in q moment;
inundated by their own author, and
that in the very next resolve.
Number four performs the tragic
work thus:
THE right to prohibit slavery in any terri
tory belongs exclusively to the people there.
OF; and can only be exercised by them 10
forming their constitution for State govern.
ment, or in their sovereign cspsci'y in an
independent State"
Now, said Col. B., farewell compro.
mise fare well concession! farewell Con.
gressl farewell Missouri! farewell con.
stitu,ion of the U. s., and of all the
States. Here is new reading for
you all. No power in any body to le-
gislaie about slavery in territories but
the territorials,s themselves and they
no power while they continue terrific,
rial! consequently Missouri has no right
to instruct about it, and Congress ha,
no right to legislate about it. And thi.
doctrine is laid down. moi as q conces.
sion, dependen, upon conditions, but as
clean, pure, naked constitutional law
binding and obligatory OF itself and
knocking into cooked hat" all the &C,
cumulated beauties of the third resolve
But said Mr.. B., there is a little secret
which the writer Of these resolves, as G
Judge of the Supreme Court ought &c
have known, and which he may find
out by looking into the first pages Of
our revised statutes: II is that Con
gress legislated upon slavery, through
T its delegates, and subject TO its revision
for sixteen years in Missouri while i
was a territory, and, at one tins
through the governor and Judges o
Indiana enacted whole code of laws
f thirty.Hve sections, at once for Nilsson
ri. What you can do by another, yol
can do by yourself, and Congress mus
have had the power to legislate it be
fore she could delegate il.--And whu
was done in Missouri was done in al
the slave territories. This fourth re
solve is supremely absurd; bu. it has al
advantage over the rest; Il is absolute
and it is ineligible, and knocks tn,
third one in the head.
rJ II ,ook nm the fifth resolution