The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-22
Missouri Politics.

Col BENTON has issued the following address to
the people of Missouri. Immediately after publish
ing it at ST. Louis, he left for the interior to open
the campaign, which it indicates, against the ma
iority of the late Legislature, Colonel Benton's
present term in the Senate expires in 1851. Al
ready there were some under currents of oppo-
sition TO his reelection, and, with character
istic boldness, he has begun the warfare himself,
making up an issue, upon which he means to force
a decision in the State, between himself and his
adversares If defeated, his political career is at
an end. He is too far advanced in years for an
other trial. His first defeat will probably be his
last. He has now represented Missouri in the Sem
ate for thirty years. Politics have changed around
him, and he with Them Many of his early friends
have become his most violent opponents, and with
some of the bitteres of enemies circumstances and
the chances of public life have brought him into
close alliance. But in bis whole career he has
never encountered storm SO violent as that which
he now seems eager to provoke, by throwing him.
self into direct conflict with the expressed legsla
tive opinions and imperative instructions of his
State, the common sentiment of the slaveholding
region, of which he is native, and which he should
represent, and the nearlyunanimous feeling of the
parry who have honored and supported him so long.
To the People Of Missouri The General Assembly of
State at its late session. adopted certain resolutions
the subject of slavery, and gave instructions to obey
them. From this command appeal to the people of Mis-
souri-the whole body of the peOpe-aod it they confirm
the instructions shall give them opportunity find
Senator TO carry their will into effect cannot do
the other. do not admit dissolution of the Union be
remedy be prescribed by statesmen the diseases Of
the body polite any more than admit death suicide to
body Cure and not Kill is the only remedy which mind
can contemplate in either
think probable from what observe that there are many
Union who do the Missouri instructions and their
prototype the Calhoun address, the light that
it. and in the light in which is by others who best
deand it. For the information of such citizens and to let
tended to end, herewith sub0in copy of the Accomac
resolutions lately adopted in that county of Virginia and
fully endorsed by the Richmond Enquirer the voice of
the south. do not produce these resolutions for the pur
pose OF arragning them the contrary, see something
in them to admire being bold and and the true in
depreciation and legitimate consequence OF the calhoun
the Missouri instructions, fundamentally wrong but to
those who think them right the Acc0mac resolutions also
right and should be Immediately initiated by similar Ieso
utIOns IN Missouri produce them to enable the people OF
Missouri to see what Il is to which their Legislature would
commit the State and what it is they have Instructed me to
do appeal from these instructions the people of Mis-
give fer doing 1t question above parry
and goes the whole people In that point the
Accomac resolutions present -and present truly and
shall do the same shall abide the decision of the whole
people, and nothing less
:, Respectfully, THOMAS H. BENTON,
St LOUIS May g. 1919
The Accomac resolutions referred to above are
too long for columns but of their character an
idea may be formed from the following extract:
tanning rights of soUereign equality in the
last extremity of argument OF reason of STRANGE of