Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-04-17

.campsred of, and had right TO be
called scamps; or, if they liked ii better
--scamperers. But he had stated al
the time tha, this bill of sale, and this
term, only applied 10 few who as
sumed TO be leaders; and they had
proved il 10 be true. 1t was tho lead.
ers only who had run 10 the wings.
The term scamp had never been in
tended for any but those who had it in
their heartsto scamper of TO the wings;
and now rule was furnished by which
TO apply il without mistake. The
Senatorial election furnished that rule.
All pretended democrats who voted for
the wing Senatorial such who en-.
couraged that vote in others, without
having the manhood TO give it them
selves-and all who approve the vote,
were the persons to whom the term ap-
piled. They alone would be subject TO
i, in future. They can be easily known
and Disseminated from the antics who
would not scamper off to the wings;
and who, therefore, are not scamps or
scamperers.
He said this Missouri deserlion to
the wings was not an isolated move.
ment, but part and parcel Of the new
scheme for the absorption Of the dem.
ecratic party in the whig party. Ii
was part and parcel Of the new device
for Union party;" which was noth>
ing but an alias dictus of the whig
party; and its latest eontrivance to
obtain power. 1t was the las, expedi'
en-, of broken down whig politicians.
The English language had play called
the Lovers last Shift: a Frehch trans.
lation made il, the Lovers last Shirt
This might do; for lovers, like politi.
clans, sometimes reduce themselves, in
pursuit Of their object, 10 their last
shirt. This was the case with this ne W
contrivance for Union party: il was
the last shirt of broken down politi.
clans.
The democratic members of the
General Assembly understood the plan
perfectly, and in their address repu.
dated it as q scheme for The benefit OF
broken down politicians, and 10 trans,
fer the democracy TO whiggery under
the name Of Union party. This was
its exact character. lis father was Mr.
Clay, who, failing 10 become President
as Democrat. turned whig; and, fail
ing TO become President as whig. is now
upon his last legs 10 catch the prize q,
q Union mani In this last metamorpho
sis he counts largely upon, wha. hi
calls. has democratic friends. In oil hi
speeches he is ostentatious in applaud
ing these democratic friends of his, AM
to vouch for, what he calls, their pa
triotism; that is 10 say, their adhesiol
/. TO himself Well, his Democrat
friends in Missouri have responded, an
have given the proof of their adhesio
in the Senatorial election.
This, Mr. b. said, was the real char
actcr of the Union party: its prcle,
was TO stand guard over the preservi
j ton of the Union. He denounced III
g as an impudent pretcnsion, and an il
i suit 10 the people. The prcscrvalio
of the Union did not depend upon pol
G lcians and parties, but upon The pc,
X plel the people of all parties, who kno
= its value, and mean TO maintain it,
y They mado III and they will save
g when it requires saving. What arc Il
IS first words Of the constitution Nv
n the people," Yes! The people mat
J. the constitution, and the constitute
J. made tho Union, and The Union b
n made the wealth and strength, Il
'e power and glory, the happiness al
20 freedom of this great Republic. Al
le the masses Of the people, who emf
re these blessings, know where they cor
id from, and will preserve them by pI
serving tho union from which th
y Aow, and withou, which they arc los
ie The Union is in no danger. Ii W
le in danger while the South believed III
m il ives the intention Of the North
'n abolish slavery in ihe states--wh
Id people of slaveholding States we
ne inhamcd against the North by su
Ill false, wicked, high treason and d
n union resolutions as those which pass