Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-09-30

Is an "ennEnteneu CIVILIAN.
But sudden horror of military men and
military rule seems to have crept upon
Gen. Clark in his old age, as sudden as his
admiration for the "immortal Clay;' and we
opine his dread of the one is just about as
sincere as his admiration Of the other. We
say these sentiments have overtaken the
General little too late in life, and we shall
give our reasons for such an opinion.
In 1910 Gen. Clark was the Wing candi-
datd for the gubernatorial office, and in adj
dition 10 that zeal and liberality which led
him 10 spend $4,000! in endeavoring to Sc
cure the triumph of Wing principles in
Missouri, he was a most ardent supporter
of Gen. Harrison for the presidency. Now
it happens that Gen. II. had been much of
his life professional soldier. On this ground
alone he was selected as the Wing candi-
date, instead Of the now "immortal Clay
advocated and sustained as such by General
Clark in opposition to Martin Van Buren,,
between whom and Frank Pierce as SEN
| lightened civilians" there is about the same
difference that there is between the noon
day sun and the phosphorescent glimmer of
the igns Gatuus. Then there was none of
this paralysing horror of military rulers.
In 1914 Gen. Clark was an adherent of
John Tyler; and when at the eleventh hour
he found all hope of his beau ideal being ia
ken up by the Democracy gone, and Of
course all hope of an Office gone also, he
came with bad grace after much grum-
bling, into the cold support of the now sim
mortal Clay"
Again, in lS4S he was found an ardent
advocate of Gen. Taylor, Ga professional
soldier for forty years of his life, and not one
hour of it in any civil capacity,) in opposi-
. ton to an ''enlghtened civilian" in every
sense of the word. and 'sound," too, if ever
man was, upon a subject which the General
makes paramount to all others, to-wit: ''the
Niger question" We say again that this
patriotic prudery-these monomaniacal APP
! prehensions have come over the gentleman
little too late; and considering his OWL
pretensions 10 military prowess, the ex.
preston Of them is, moreover, little i'm.
polite. Has he forgotten his chivalrous ex-
= PLOTS in the famous Mormon war, where
ne and the illustrious Redman (par Mobile
] fratum) figured so spicuously in cooked
hats and epauettes? Or has his reputation
as an enlightened civilian" so grown since
his transmutaton from Wing to Democra
. that he can afford 10 forego those antiquatet
claims TO consideration
But another item in Gen. Clark's obec
, ton to Gen. Scott, is his course upon the
J compromise. "No Republican," says he
= sought to vote for Gen. Scott. His cours,
upon the vital subject of slavery and thu
compromise-his profound silence in refer
, ence to the fugitive slave law, up to thu
time of his nomination forbid it," If char
ity did not dictate the thought that these de
clarations might possibly proceed from sheer
Ignorance. we would brand them as false
hoods, with the aggravating circumstance o
: malice aforeihougM. But we are aware o
II the loose. helter-skelter nature of Genera
: Clark's information upon most subjects, ant
' he really may not know that his letter il
" nothing but a arork Of fiction from beginning
= TO end As it is, we simply say the asser
= tions contained in the above quotation ar
: falsehoods. If Gen. Clark wishes TO avail
70 himself OF the plea of ignorance, he shall
% have all the benefit of it, reminding him q
% the same time OF maxim with which he i
perhaps acknowledgements legiS nemi
. nfm ercusat But what estimate are we t
y place upon the veracty of any man, VIII
II without knowing what he is talking about
) will thus rccklessly violate the truth q
II history. Well would it be for Gen. CLAIR
'e if he could point to any efforts of his to al
'e lay the troubles which unhappily agitate
The country, like those which stand record
. ed as enduring monuments Of Gen. Scott
patriotism.
But in 1850, when Gen. Clark ran upo
It the Locofoco ticket in this county with M,
- Scbrce-at time when the whole countr
Is trembed with excitement from Maine
J. Calirornia-when Clay, Webster and SEQ
y were straining every nerve to give peace
u the land once more, what work, we asl
& was John B. Clark engaged in? Was
W pouring soil upon the troubled waters"-
40 calming the waves of the political tempest
~ Nay, verify. If he used coil" at all,
y was only as fuel TO the fire which then burr
I ed too fercely, or for the purpose of grea
p ing those few "unsuspectng republicans
d that they might be gulped down the dem'
>" cratic gullet little more easily. Agita
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