Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-07-18
THE CANVASS IN THE THIRD
DISTRICT.

(which the attention Of the public isl
Imore earnestly directed, than to theE
!Third. A glorious battle is to be foughE
liz that District. On the one side isl
James S. Green, the present member!
backed by all The influence Of the Bank
lclique and few refractory Wings, orl
jperhaps, we ought rather to say newly
,made Democrats, who are useing all!
3means, Whether fair or foul, to accom-
3plish their purposes. They ale not con
tent to meet the Whig champion in fairI
and manly debate, but they are vainIyi
attempting to create the impression thar!
/ he is free.soiler, and sympalhizes with;
Benton in his disorganzing movements
All the machinery Of party tactics, all,
4 he petty intrigue and low management
/ for which certain hackneyed politicians
about Fayeue are somewhat famous,
are to be brought to bear.
j Mr.. Green is young man Of consi
dlcrable talent and should scorn to win
success upon such terms. If he can
33nol meet his opponent fairly in the field
arf argument, let no, he, or his friends,
lresort to juggling and management 10
sobtan a victory which will bring no
aurels with it.
I But John G. Miller, the Wing candi.
\ late is folly ableto take care Of himself
4 nd to relute the calumnies by which
MS defeat is sought to be accomplished
! lie is charged with being free. c.solIer,
j because he admits that Congress has
he copslitutional power to legislate on
alhe hject of slavery in the Territories.
4 ,swhist at the same time, he denounces
4 The Wilmot proviso as humbug, got
] en- up for incendiary purposes, and on
BY to subserve party ends. If the mere
i admission of the power constitutes him
IA frcesolcr, then was Jefferson, the
sgreat apostle of Democracy, a freesoil
Aer-thcn was Washington a freesoiler.
q hen was Polk a fcesoiler, and then
Hare Clay, Webster, and nearly all the
iigreat statesmen Of America, freesoiIerS
4 The attempt TO identify MIR. Miller
Cor any other statesman with the crazy
u
3and dcleslable fanatics Of the North,
3simplv because he admits that Congress
HAS the power to legisIate on the sub.
4 # slavery in the territories, is an i'm.
3pudcnl and reckless insinuaton Of a
3falsehood--of which any respcctabir
apo!tician ought to be ashamed, Al
! admission Of the power say these wise
stacres is conceding the whole question.
Hrhose who admit the power are er ne
acesSiLate. freesoi!ers. Or, in other words
d constable happens TO see thief
Ninsinuate his fingers into q gentlemen,
Hpocket and seize his wallet, the consla
t!ble is bound TO admit the power Of the
Htheif, because he saw him exercise IL
Hand admitting the power, he become
Ehimsclf an abetlor of the theft, howev
Ier honestly he may have striven TO pre-
Event the crime, or TO punish the crlmi
Hnal. This is most excellent logic anc
Eworlhy Of the distinguished gentlemen
Hwho utter it,
Il This whole free.soil movement, it il
B HweIl,known, originated with the Demo
ucralic party. The very head and from
Hof the whole was distinguished Dem
Hncrar, once the idol of these very gen
Htlemen, whose scnsibilities are now ST
Heasily excited and whose Imagination
uarc so disturbed by free.sol yisions.--
HNext in importance to him as the grc0
uoriginator, was Thomas II. Benton
sssais Lieutenant General, who marshalle'
His forces for grand battle under tn
Hfree, soil flag.
n Juhn u. MlllcT, nor any olher w MI
n Missouri, so far as we know, or be
lIieve, ever voted for, aided, or CAV
circumference TO, this miserable and fla
Hgilious attempt to build up great pol
H,ical party upon merely seclion'
,ugrounds. II was denounced by tn
aeminent statesmen Of the Wing party
Hand continues TO be denounced by then
Has an inccndary and dangerous move
Hneni, calculated TO fomenl sectioni
Hdiscords, and originating in no patri'
uIic purposes, but gotten up only as a
Eadroit move in the game of politics,
Hsubserve selfish and ambitious view
Ia Il