Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-04-17
THE TIMES
From the st. Louis Union.
SUBSTANCE OF
NsEs. BENTON'S SPEECH,
To the Democrty of 81. Louis.


condition of the Stale. At another
time, he would speak to questions Of
national politics, and show that Whig
policy was never more active or dan
gcrous than now; never more intent
upon the destruction ofthe Democracy,
or less scrupulous in the uso of its
means. But this was not the occasion
for q speech Of tha, kind. Home
politics wero the subject he should ad
dress himself.
Two years ago, he had thrown hirn
self into The breach. Ii was for no
personal object, but to save Missouri
from being betrayed into the scheme
which was then maturing for the sePa-
ration of the slave from the mons slave
holding States. His appeal to the
people had accomplished that object
The crisis had passed away, and no
Missouri delegate had dared to appear
at the Nashville Convention 10 redeem
the high treason pledge of cooperation,
which the notification resolutions had
given. He had drawn upon himself a Il
the notification conspirators in the
State, and they had deceived into their
ranks many good citizens. They sue
ceedcd in forming an anti. Benton
party, and, with the aid of tho Wings,
go, foothold in the General Assembly,
and then betrayed the State 10 the
Wings. This killed the party.
He took up tho declaration Of the
Democratic members of the General
Assembly in their address to the peo-
ple-that the anti Benton party was dis
solued, its leaders gone to the whigs, and
the misled returning 10 the party and
said it was true. The leaders had
joined the wings, and joined them for
ever. II vas The case with oil the pre-
vious deserters from The Democratic
party: gone once, gone forever. Aaron
Burr deserted because his treachory
/ was discovered in his intrigue for the
Presidency in 1900. The high minded
:, old Federalsts would no. receive him
Q and he became the outcast of all par.
ties, the once Democratic Vce.Pre
dent of the United States. Mr.. Clay
= Joined the Wings, then called Naliona
e Republicans, in ls45, and has beer
, their champions ever since. He hat
been great Democratic leader, was
Democratic candidate for tho Presi
dency in 1924, received the Democrat
v. ic vote Of Missouri; but Joined tn
wings because the Democracy prefer
v red General Jackson TO him. MI
. Scott, Of our OWN State, then Demo
: cratic Representative in Congress. CAV
N the vote of the State for Mr.. Adams j
1925, and has never given Democra
S, ic vote since. He has been with tn
Wings ever since. John Tyler wa
another example. He was pharasaici
: in his Democracy-slrnighter than III
: straightcst-stricter than the stricte
Or the very fugleman of Democrat
. He took one Whig step. and was gor
- forever. He voted the U. s. Ban
condemnation of Jackson in 1884
became Wing Vice President-and r
mains whig. So Of oil the rest, Il
of long list from Talmadgo and Riv
down TO Davy Crockett and To
nd Chillon--all clear gone, bag and ba
ID, gage, hook and line. So Of the AM
~ Bentons who voted the Wing ticket
the last General Assembly. They ha
- taken the step from which there is
~ return, they will vote that ticket 4
remainder of their livesi or. whe
afraid TO vote it openly, will give it o
VG and comfort.
Mr b. said he had been thought
Is, some to have been too harsh upon I
antics in offering 10 make bill Of 81
of them las, fall, and in calling The
scamps. He justified himself up
their own conduct. They had 81
a themselves and scampered off to /
all Wings. The only mistake in the
mn, nm. of sale was that he had sold them ri
old ming, to be caught if they could; a
'"' they had sold themselves standing, a
un, had delivered themselves up. Sea-
was the noun, Of which scamper y
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