Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-01-16
EXTRACTS FROM THE
GOVERNORS MESSAGE,
Omitted last Week.
THE UNION.

ne hopes OF our falners, tne stay
and support Of the present generation,
and the fond anticipa,ions of the fu.
ture, are all bound up and rest upon the
Of our blessed Union.
Our fathers set the first example the
world ever saw, of government deli
berately formed by the people for their
own mutual protection, and made 10
depend entirely on them for its support.
l but speak the sentiments of Missouri,
when ] declare my venera,ion for it,
and for the Union, which is the main
pillar in the edfice of our real indepen.
dence.
No subject is likely ever to arise, out
of which are to follow such fatal con-
sequences as that of the agitation of
the slavery questions in Congress. 1t
was hoped by the lovers of the Union,
everywhere, that an end was put to this
agitation, by the measures adopted by
the last Congress. But in this, it seems,
we are doomed to disappointment.-
Northern aboitionists and southern
nullifiers and secessionisls seem to vie
with each other in their efforts TO pro-
duce disasters fatal TO the Union.
The conduct of the aboltionist. sus-
tained as they are by political dema-
gogues, in reference TO the law for the
recapture of fugitive slaves. is such as
to excite just apprehensions for the sta.
bility of the Union. Although tnat law
is one of the series Of enactments, de.
signed by Congress to restore harmony
among the different sections of the Un.
ion, still it cannot properly be termed.
of itself, an act of compromise, in which
mere conflicting interests were adjusted
by mutual concessions. Its passage
was but the discharge of solemn duty
to the slaveholding states-a duty en-.
Joined by the constitution, from which
Congress could no, shrink without q
total disregard Of an imperative obliga
.ion. 1t rests for its support, not solely
upon the good faith to observe il, which
springs from its connection with other
measures recently passed, connected
with the question of slavery. but if ia
ken separately, as an independent meas
ure, upon the absolute and unqualified
duty imposed by the constitution on
every good citizen to conform to its
provisions without cavil or evasion. 10
sisting upon the rigid execution of
that law, and its continuance in full
force on the statute book, the people of
the sIaveholding states assert only q
plan constitutional right, guaranteed to
them when they entered the Union. and
of which they cannot be deprived as
long as the constitution and Union
stand. Hence all assaults upon that
laval efforts 10 prevent lis execu'
lion-all movements to deprive the
south of its benefits, whether dictated
by morbid sympathy with the fugitive
slave, or by hostility TO the system OF
domestic slavery as it exists-are aim
ed directly al the constitution, and con.
sequently the perpetuity of the Union.
But may we not hope that the recen,
opposition TO that law, exhibited in
some northern states, will receive nc
important aid from the masses! How
ever silent the people Of those state:
were for time. when duty required
them to rebuke promptly the spirit O
fanalicism and rebellion raging in thei
midst, a reaction appears 10 have com
menced, and to a considerable extent
the rejecting and patriotic manifest I
determination to observe the farewell
injunction of Washington, by "frown
ing Indignantly upon the first dawnih.
of this attempt to ALLEVIATE one por
tion of our country from the rest, ant
10 enfeeble the sacred ties which nov
link together the various parts"
To the patriotism of the north tn
whole country turns at this time, to a:
certain whether the jarrlng elements @
!, discord are to be hushed. No sacrific
of honor, or duty, or interest, is askeG
but merely obedience TO, and enforce
!. ment of, the most sacred obligation
which the highes, forms of law can In
pose. We have right TO expect thi
and 10 ask that the spirit of injuslic,
y insubordination, and disunion shall b
, quelled in the north as well as in Ii
south, and that the cause of hoslili,
}. shall be speedily and effectually Grad
a Gated by the cessation Of all furth'
agitation on the subject. We ha,
a right TO expect that, animated by XII
D. dred sentiments Of devotion to Il
J.. Union. the people of the north will r
8. press fanaticism, roll back the risil
d tide of dissolution-uphold the cons
tuition and laws, and declare with q
potent voice of the popular will, lh
T. "the Union must and shall be prese
g, we'd" If this is done, the storm "
d, pass, and the Union emerge, unlmPa