Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-04-05
From the Statesman.
SLAVERY QUESTION.

try. No section of the Union is free
from the agitation. Men of all parties
and in every walk of life experience
more or less of the excitement. II is
the grand public question of the day
fraught, in the judgment of many, with
the most dire calamities to the Union.
Unprincipled fanatics north and south
men who are seeking their own ag.
grandizement as a reward for the noise
they are neutrality-suspicious. who are
bigoted, inhamed and crazy are at
tempting to embroil the whole country
in destructive war upon the Union
itself Rank notification stalks abroad,
infammatory appeals d'sloyal to the
Union are made TO the people, and in
discreet threats, taking the form of sol.
emn resolutions, are freely hazarded-
threats which if executed would de-
stroy US, and which if made, and then
not executed, render the makers ride.
ulous.
Moderation is the true policy. VI.
traism should be condemned, and multi
!ication rebuked. Contemplating this
momentous question in the light of these
suggestions-eleva,ing ourselves above
the party rancor and the illiberality of
the day-can we not approach this
subject as becomes American citizens
having with each other a common in
lerest and a common destiny2 Can we
not quench the unholy fire OF evil pas
sion-forget lfor moment the ISIS.
ues which divide US politically and
geographically -and fix our eyes with
steady gaze upon the priceless value OF
the Union of these Slalesl Should
we, especially in forming opinions on
such question as this, for one moment
forget our country--our whole coun.
tryl Deaf TO the admonitions of pat.
riotism, and TO the lessons of wisdom
and the words of warning which have
come TO US from the great living and
the illustrious dead, should we needless
y plunge forward into the dark abiss Of
disunion--a bourne from whence nc
nation returns? Rather should we mol
resolve never to abandon our country
even in the most dark and perilon:
times; and 10 announce with emphasi,
and cearness, with boldness and with
power as our motto--our country, on,
,chole country, one and inseperable, nou
and forever!
Stand by the Union! Remember
that to establish it the bes, blood o
which the world could boast was con,
secraled Behold with uncouded Wis
ion its fair and beautiful proportions
and rely upon the good sense and pat
riolism of the people Of the Unile'
States 10 maintain inviolate the com
promises of the Constitution, and a
will be safel
1t was in the spirit of these feflec
tons that Thomas e. BIRCH, Repre-
sentative from Clinton County in tn
last Missouri Legislature, offered as
substitute for the frenzled, nullificatio
resolutions from the Senate, the follow
ing:
/. Tha, in the opinion of this Legis
lature the question of slavery in tn
Territories and the District of Colun
bia cannot be properly settled by az
ion calculated to arouse one section {
! he Union against another; we there
fore consider all inhammatory appea
10 the people, on this subject, as IN
wise, and in conflict with the peace Q
J, our Union.
u 2. That we are decidedly oppose
= to any enactment on the part of Coz
: gress, prohibiting slavery il The new
acquired territories, believing, as
! do, that such legislation would tend
c weaken the bonds of the Union; ar
j. impair the good feeling now exislir
u between the States.
J. g. That while we express our dec
II ded opposition to the "Wilmot Prov
so," the people of Missouri have ev'
N held and still assert tina, this is go
is eminent of majorities, except so far
lg restrained by the Constitution; 9Th
g The power to annul any law of Il
g. United States when assumed by 81
y gle State, is incompatible with the e
S. istence of the Union, contradicted c
S. pressly by the letter of their consti.
Of ton. unauthorized by its spirit, inco