Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-09-30
Gen. John B. Clark and the Boone Coun
tY Democrats.

GSU. sORu D. Sldlh dlu tuO ououV NOuu-
ty Democrats.
We publish, to-day, for the benefit of all
whom it may concern, Gen. Clark's pronun-
ciamento, in reply to certain Boone county
Democrats. If anything were lacking TO
give the finishing touch to his folly, or sink
him deeper into the abyss of political degra-
dation than he has already fallen, this would
more than suffice, by large odds. 1t is the
browning act, which inaugurates him prince
Of the lesser turncoats chief of the mi
croscopic animacu!n when wriggle in the
scum of the political chaldron.
Those who have known Gen. Clark best
have ever regarded him as one who wished
to trade extensively upon very small in
tellecual capital,--as an inflated. self-im-
portant parsonage, the breath Of whose nos
,rils was popular applause. But we imag-
inc there were few, however well they may
have been acquainted with his peculiar fol-
bles, who were prepared for this last grand
act of disqualification.
After preface Enthusiastically windy,
in which the professional Importance of the
author is made to loom up larger than that
Of nv Lord Coke, or Viscount Verulam
he informs his correspondents that "this is
an important crisis, worthy Of the profound
contemplation of every true republican and
friend Of the Union:" as though an ''import-
ant crisis" was ever wanting when numb
souls rant in fustian upon the "signs Of the
times or political knaves wish to conceal
some new rascalitv under the grandiloqucnt
jargon of GoIdsmith's swindler, in the vi
car of Wakefield.
At the commencement of the letter proper
he tells his new friends that the approaching
presidential election will decide great
many things; but first, it lis 10 decide "wheth-
er the people of the Union will elevate to
the presidential chair a citizen forced upon
them by sectional nomination" Now,
every body knows that Gen. Clark is ia
nous For random shots, and this is speci-
men of his dexterity in this line of business
that will compare favorably with any of his
previous efforts. He has practised in this
exercise so much, that it is his second ma
ture; and we seriously apprehend it would
not be possible for him to relate the most
trivial circumstance without embellishing il
more or less from the inexhaustible sup
plies of his fruitful Imagination. But if he
is not much more ignorant than any one
has yet supposed, he must be aware Of The
fact that Gen. Scott went into the Baltimore
Convention with quite as many friend,
pledged to his support as either Of his OPP
ponents, and that if he had not received &
majority Of all the votes in Convention he
could not have been the Wing nominee
And yet Gen. Clark insists upon it he was
forced upon the party by sectional nomina'
ton. But the General is new convert
and like other neophytes, he feels it incum
bent upon him, perhaps, TO give some une
quivocal evidence Of his fidelit" to his new
faith. We suppose, therefore, that he stand,
prepared TO prove, against all opposition
that nothing short of a firo-thirdS najorlil
is any majority at all We are we'll ac
quainted with the gentleman's skill in chop
ping logic, but until he does SO, his declara
ton stands on record as falsehood, opeI
and palpable. 1t is we'll known that tn,
friends Of Mr.. Fillmore could have defeated
Gen. Scots nomination at any time the,
had seen fit to do so by uniting with thos
OF Mr.. Webster.
The next thing which this election is t
decide is, ''whether professional soldier i
to be preferred in our civil Republic to a
enlightened civilian" With just as mucI
propriety might he have told his correspon
dents that it would decide whether pork an
beans were 10 be preferred to Goldfish an
potatoes, or boiled cabbage to sour krout
since it has, perhaps, been the case nov
and then, that the popular taste in tour ciyi
Republic" has prevailed in favor of the on
or the other Of these dishes; and as the sea
son when they come upon the table is usher
ed in about the presidential election, it ma
chance that this question can be determin
ed with as much, or perhaps more certaint
than the other; Gen. Scott henF no mere