Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-08-02

of our beloved Order.
From The Metropolitan.
To Thomas II. Benton:
My forbearance 10 notice your course
malicious and scandalous attack upon
my reputation as q man. and an officer,
has ceased to be a virtue. The motive
and design of these unprovoked attacks
remained q mystery until they leaked
out first through the columns of the JEFF.
ferson Inquirer, and afterwards through
your speech at Lexington OF your
motive and design | will speak more at
large after have shown your entire
recklessness of truth in your assump.
ton and statement Of facts as pretexl
for your fendish assaults. Before | 10
this. however. will remind you and
the people that you are doing all this
oehihd my back, and without giving me
any notice of your intentions TO do So
and that you seem to have forg
your boast that you never bring the
names Of gentlemen before the public
in their absence. Your yaun,ed mag.
nanimity towards Gen. Kearney in
sending notice to him through Major
Graham when about TO afflict the Sen.
ate in secret session, and the country af.
forwards by its publication, with your
elaborate thirteen days lampoon upon
that distinguished and gallant officer
Your elaborate excuses for assailing Mr..
Calhoun in your speech al the Capitol
and your boast at Lexington that you
had given Judge Napton chance to
speak before he was condemned" All
this you seem TO have forgotten in my
case, which shows that your magnan.
Unity is that Of a braggart-pretended
for effect, and not from the heart.
In your Glasgow speech you denoun.
ced me "as a dsunionist-a nulli6er a
protest er against the force bll-and a
scribe and correspondent of John c.
Calhoun" AS you had not the mag
nanlmity TO give me notice Of your in.
tended assault, and as you failed to make
il in your Jefferson City speech when
you saw me face to face within ten
t.of you, | will give you the author.
iIy. by which ! speak, as go along
What repeated as having been said by
you at Glasgow, is contained in letter
from gentleman, ofundoub,ed veraci.y
who heard you.
You also said in your Glasgow speech
that you had "reminiscences, that is a
IemembI rance, your own defnition)
that when Gen. Jackson issued his
proclamation in 1882. against the South
Carolina nulIIhrrs. there was counter
proclamation issued here in Howard
county. and that Napren and Morrow
were Two oflhe individuals who signed
The document. This is upon the au.
'h"rlly of The wing correspondent, ofthe
Missouri Statesman, TO whom il seems
you promised copy of your Glasgow
speech made out 10y yourself
You likewise said al Glasgow, "the
real c"pyisls ("f' resolutions of in.
sIruc,ions from which you have appeal
ed) are Judge Naplon and Morrow
THIS is upon The authority Of the Glas.
grw Weekly Tunes.
In your Lexington speech, prepared
for The press by yourself, you say, Nor.
row and Napion were brother Judges,
and one was good agains, The other. -
They were brother nulIiters, and that
made them fellow feeIers on The subject.
ihey had boh signed against Jackson,
and therefore, were very proper TO sign
against Benton. They had sopped TO.
gether in the old dish Of nullifcalion in
1882; and therefore, were very fit to be
concerned together in cooling q new
dish of the same hash in ls4s."
Now, Sir, beg permission TO say,
in the mildes, language can command,
that there is not one word of truth in
anything you have uttered, abou, me-
All the statements from your mouth,
quote by me in this letter are false
false in the gross, and in delail--snd
defy you 10 tho proof