Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-08-16
BENTON rs THE CLIQUE"

DENTON rs THE CLIQUE"
As the Times has been accused Of
leaning towards Benton, in the present
contest between that distinguished Sen.
ator and the Clique, we shall avail our
selves Of the opportunity our locum
tencnS.Ship gives us, TO give its readers
real anti Benton dish, which we shall
serve up chiefly from the Metropolitan,
and its correspondents
"Bentoniac" favorle correspondent,
is reviewing Benton's Lexington speech.
lie says
alt is better than all the cheap literature
Of the dny-and is Of the Paul de Kock or
der, The Col. says-Gov. King was press
ent; and his presence gave point, and grace
to the several complimentary illusions which
were made TO him." | understand, Sir, that
the Col, made some 'allusions 10 the Gov.
when he was in Fulton, which had very
great "point and force" Just think-Tom
Benton complimentihg Austin A. King! 1t
was Mercury compimenlng Vulcan-the
old he god who followed forging"
Again
"Mr. Benton says, that his treason on the
Oregon bill drought him the favor Of some
challenges to fight some duels." The time
was when Col. Benton did not speak in pub.
lie Of his receiving challenges to fight, un.
less the evidence was forthcoming, that he
acted with the spirit becoming Senator
from Missouri. His answer has very
strong smell of The morality Of old Josh
Giddings, and is more in keeping with
Yankeedom than the West. am afraid
that he has acquired in old age too much OF
the "bstter part Of valor." A woman's pet
tcoat is very disreputnbe shield for one
who is caraless Of giving insult. The re-
mainder OF the fist division OF the speech is
devoted 10 Mr. Calhoun. "S.il hanging on
my daughter"
We must omit the "pedigrce Of the
appeal and the "stable scene"-for we
arc now taking sides with that portion
of the democracy which has a great
honor for vuIgayity, and we do moi
wish TO let the unsophisticated "cliques"
here-abouts know that any of their wri.
tiers use such noughty words as their
Editors and speakers abuse Col. Ben
ton for using. Passing sorrow) over
them, we give the concluding paragraph
Of Bentoniac, as follows
"Mr, Benton makes another unfortunate
allusion when he refers 10 Jonah Jonah re-
fused 10 obey instructions, and was fleeing
into Tarshish when the winds and mighty
tempest beat upon his ship, so that it was
near snking and the people had to throw
him overheard in self defence. Mr.. Benton
has refused 10 obey instructions, and is now
aboard our good ship Missouri, trying to steer
herinto Alrica!-but the storm is upon US
the sea is raging and we will heave him over
board TO save ourselves from sinking. The
AbolIionisIs are along side. ready 10 swallow
him-but they, TOO, after three days and three
nights, will vomit him up on dry land, and
sing over his head;
"Iie IS not FIT to ride, nor to cart to draw
Oh! kill him, skin him, to buzznrds let him go!
Poor old horse, let him die"
Spectator gives true account of
the Benton meeting at Potosi, over
which SO much fuss has been made. A
Mr.. Smith explained the object, at the
request Of the chairman, as folows:-
"Now den, gentleman, de Vlmod provi
so en- de same ting vat de Missouri commits
am; and Col Benton vas constructed 10 20
for de cOmPromis. Now, den. he can no go
against de Vilmod proviso, because he vos
constructed to go for de compromsa."
After Smiths lucid and eloquent ex.
planalion of the object of the meeting,
Maj Cowan read Benton's Boonvllle
speech, when the resolutions were intro
duced and unanimously passed, the
whole FIFTEEN present voting, Ayel
"A. B." defends the "blood bought
right of instruction" as follows:--
"lfyou would make US forty roads, and
then make forty bridges Of pure gold from
San Francisco TO Panama, you could not
purchase from US he sacrifice Of The principle