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

present Missouri to the Senate of the
United States as contemplating disunon
as a remedy for any evil, much les. for
a groundless absurdty.
Col. B. then read the third resolve in
these words
"Thst the General Assembly regard the
conduct Of the northern States on the subject
Of slavery as releasing the slavsholding
States from all further adherence to the basis
oil compromise fixed on by the act Of Con.
gre,s Of March 9th l820--even il such &C,
ever did impose any obligation upon the
slaveholding States. and authorizes them TO
insist upon their rights under the constitution
but for the sake Of harmony and for the
preservation OF our federal Union they will
still sanction the application OF the princi
Piles OF the Missouri compromise TO the recent
territorial acquistions-if by such concession
future aggression upon the equal rights oil the
Sta.es may be srrested-and the spirit OF
anti slavery fanalicism be e1tinguished."
After reading this resolution, Col. B.
said it was beauty. 1t was q con-
glomeration of notification sweets most
metaPhysically compounded for the
torture and confusion Of the senses -
L. was an epitome Of provisos, no less
than five of them in one resolve, con-
sisting Of one sentence; for any condi.
ton was a proviso, and here were five
of them, exemplifying all the classes of
conditions known to the law-prece.
dent, and future-mutual and independ.
ent-impossible and contingent-and u
new kind not known 10 the law, consist.
ing of the unintelligible-wilh new
modes of acquiring constitutional rights
and Of amending the constitution-and
with the usual 9uantum of notification
attack upon the northern States. Col.
b. would endeavor to separate the
sweets from this confusion of odors.
First, the conduct Of the northern
States in relation to slavery, mhich re-.
leased the slave States from the Missouri
Compromise. He denied the fact of
any such conduct, and defied the father,
the granny, and the nurse of the ban,.
ling resolutions. to name an instance.
no northern State had done any such
thing; and this was point on which
an issue could be joined; for the accu.
sation was against States! and States
were bodies polite, acting in organized
form; and what they did was of record
and public. No such conduct could be
found, as specifid. 1t was false accu.
sation for the purpose of making mis-
chief between the north and the south
"a purpose perfectly congenial to nu!-
LITIGATION and disunion: bu, utterly for
eign and alien to the patriotic and fra.
ternal feelings of Missouri.
Even if such act euer did impose any
obligation on the slareholding States.-
Here is a proviso, said Mr.. B. to save
the other parts Of the resolve which de-
ny the right of Congress to legislate
upon slavery in territories. Precious
metaphysics! TO what extremi,ies dri-
ven to save its darling consistency from
exposure in one perpetual maze of in
consistency! Even if ever bound by
law and constitution, they are released
by the nameless act of nameless State,
upon a numeless part, of an indefinite
subject a new way, surely, of getting
release from sacred obligation; from
the sacred compromise under which the
State Of Missouri came into existence
And authorizes them to insist on hei,
rights under the constitution. A new
source of authority for the acquisition
Of constitutional rights! Previous com.
mentators on the constitution had sup.
posed the rights under it were absolute
and derived from ITSELF and not depen.
dant upon the conduct of others. But
here is a new commentator; a second
Daniel come to judgment; one who had
probably never passed night in lions
den, but who might get into one before
he is done with his commentaries. HI
finds q new place TO derive constitu
tional powers; new authority for insis
ting on constitutional rights; and ,ha
authority found in the conduct Of the
northern States, which no one can spe
city. Non performance of unnamed
conditions, by unnamed States, is Il
be this new source of authority fol
this acquisition of constitutional rights
But for the sake of harmony and tn
preservation of the Union. Anothe
proviso! and now benevolent one