Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-07-12
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Metropolitan, edited by Hampton l..
Boon, addresses himself 10 Col. Benton
and Governor King, in late number Of
that paper as follows:-- IA gas.
"Mr. Benton is a Senator in Congress
from Missouri, and now in open rebellion
against the will OF his constituents and
hopes to make himself President Of this con.
federscy BY treason TO this State.
You, sir, are Governor OF Missouri and no
doubt have the vanity to think that by re.
pudiating your old principles. and aiding
Col. Benton in his treason, you will be sp-
pointed to land Office, or perchance some
paltry foreign mission! Both Of you view
your present position. and anticipated pros
poets, with easy consciences, for mon who
like to have said crime! in early life, be-
come strangers TO remorse. The examples
in history should give you some unessiness.
The Chaldesn monarch was seated upon his
throne in all his glory, surrounded by his
princes and his coDcubnes, when that mys
ferrous hand wrote upon the wall of his pal
ace, weighed in the balance and found
wanting" Herod, the Great, was arrayed
in royal purple, and his proud heart swelled
to the sdula,ions which pronounced him a
god, when the breath Of destruction smote
him, and he was consumed by worms These
men had reached their climax. They had
gone from crime to crime. One. perhaps,
commenced with little heta, and the other
a small forgery!
How sudden was their end, and how quick
was their destruction. Perhaps your Ex-
cellency has arrived a, that philosophy which
asks, What is patriotism but namef The
humble husbandlnsn who tolls for his daily
bread, may be pardoned for forgetting his
country while he follows the plough. and
thinks only Of the blessings Of wife, children.
and friends. But he who seeks for political
office, mus, give his thoughts and acts to
the good OF the public. II he uses his sta
ton, as the banker does his capitsl-as his
own property and for his personal aggran
dizemeni only-moral law is mutable, and
| the teachings Of history ore (alse, il he is
not sooner or later called to punishment.
Excuse me. Governor. know that il is
hard 10 awaken virtue in one who has pros.
pefed so long under the smiles OF vice. An
exile from your native Stale-Missouri con,
fered political honor, upon you. Not res
pected in private, and publicly insulted Tor
ungentlemanly practice at the bar-Missourl
invested you with her ermine, and pl aced
you upon tho Bench, charged with private
me an IS, and judicial cornption-Mssouri
has made you her Governor. Beware, sir,
lest you have reached your climax-trust
not the "equvocelon Of the fend" too far!
Catalina had many friends among the most
noble and worthy Romans-and he had al
mos, deceived Cicero himself-but he did
no. reform-he did no. fling away ambition
until his character was exposed. and he was
cleft naked 10 his enemies" Your Excel
lency msy prof, by his example. Alas! sir
| fear you have gone too far--you have al
ready taken another step. While half your
| State believe that, during the short time that
you have filled the executive chair you have
been guilty Of official corruption--you have
forgotten the dignity Of your station, and have
thrown yourself into the unreasonable excite
ment which Colonel BeEton, has raised in
this State-and you have been engaged in
answering your own Inaugural address, and
have taken pains 20 ,ransfix yourself with
the fools horn OF the dilemma which Colonel
Be nton has given TO the supporters Of the
Missouri resolutions. You urged the pas
sage ofthose resolutions, with a letter from
the Hon. David R. Atchison in your hand
And you have inflicted this nfamy upon your
self, for the purpose Of sustaining Col. Ben
ton 10 his rebellion against his people. anc
to aid him 10 throw Missouri into the hands
OF the north, her ancient enemy-not for the
good OF the Stale but 10 make Col. Benton
President OF the Union, and you sir, any
thing tina. he may be pleased to give you
You have gone 100 las 10 retrieve yoursel
politically, but may yet repent, and, like
Cardinal Wolsey. learn to be vrtuous when
you can no longer be ambitious, and, Idle
fearing God"
This same "Bentoniac' no doubt vo
ted for Gov. King last summer, and has
long considered it both duty and hon
or to defend Col. Benton: this has Ger,
tainly been the case with Boon--and
both he and his correspondent knew at
much then as they do know abou, the
"carly life" of Col. Benton and Gov
King. They seem to forget tina, in
making these charges they criminate
themselves--for the law holds an aide,
or abettor in theft or forgery, equally
criminal with the torger or thief
What lovely set Of scamps the grea
democratic party is composed of, &c
cording to their own showing!
THE stupid ignoremus OF the "Boonvill
Democrat. attempts to regale its readers will
what il terms "Benton's w.t." 1t SEEM
that the Col. has great horror for the ide'
Of making bis last speech from a cart. Won,