Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-07-22
CITY OF GLASGOW.
Thursday Morning, July %, 1852
The County Canvass.

Inc county canvass Has opeheu Hllu re-
opened. Messrs. Rawlins, Jackson and
Elliott, the central clique candidates whom
the old line democracy determined to run,
canvassed the county, after the township
meetings, with view to whipping in the
refractory, and getting into favor with the
people on the Bank question, the Road law,
and reconciling personal difficulties. The!
were not very successful in their efforts,
and the wings bringing out two highly res
pectable, and popular men, the democracy
took fresh start, with new system Of
tactics. They sprung the question OF the
Jrckson resolutions, and the exploded issue
of the power of Congress over slavery in
the territories, and have made new appoint
ments over the county, up to the day OF
election, with a view to getting up another
excitement on what is commonly called the
"nigger question" hoping thereby to drown
all small personal difficulties and save them
selves from defeat. In this, they will find
themselves deceived, or we are no prophet.
Our candidates have taken their ground.
Unfortunately for Maj. Jackson's new tao
tics, he found our candidates deny the power
of Congress to exclude slavery from the ter
ritories of the United States, but denounce
no man who differs with them, and is op-
posed to the exercise Of that power. This
took the breeze out of their sails, and
brought them to calm, on their own issue.
On the Jackson resolutions, they occupy
the ground taken by the wings, at the ses-
sion of the Legislature, in lS49, when the
Jackson resolutions were passed They be-
lieve the 9th of the series places Missouri
in wrong attitude, and while they will
make no move for their repeal, or the re-
opening of the agitation of the slavery ques-
ton, in any way, if the subject is brought
to vote in the House, they 1cW rote for
their repeal. Nothing to be made of of them
on that score, particularly as the Metro
potitan" the leading Anti organ in the state,
considers them of mo binding force" and
only as the ''opinion" of the members Of
that session, which the members of another
session can, of course, reverse.
But, argue the democracy, we will make
new appointments, taking the wing candidates
with us, and as they are no speakers, Jack
son can talk from three to four hours OF
national politics, call the wings free sellers
and John G. Miller the chief, and we vii
thereby bother Payne and Patterson, who
will not reply make votes for Green, ge
up general excitement, and secure ON
own candidates election. These position.
were also rendered necessary to propitiatt
Gen. Clark and his friends, who are souret
at being fugled out Of a candidate, (whicl
DR.. Lowry says they are entitled TOY ant
to secure as many of them as possible fo
our ticket now, and for our party ever here
after.
Now this may all be fair in politics, ant
as this course has been adopted to suit thei
views, our candidates will adopt such
course as they think proper, and attend thei
appointments or not as they think best TO
their own interests. They are opposed t
any new excitement on the slavery question
The compromise settled that issue, and bot
political parties, in their national and Stat
Conventions have adopted that compromis
as "definite adjustment" and he who goo
behind that "adiuSfmcnt" arrays himself wit
the niger stealing abolitioaists ofhe .Nort'
and the ultra nAlfyers and diymionists 9
the South. This is the deliberate scntenc
and judgment of all union, law-abiding cit
zens of the country, of all parties. We re
joice that our candidates adhere to that "ad
justment, and we are perfectly willing fc
our opponents to 60 behind it,
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