Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-07-15
James Winston ESQ.

He talks like man and patriot, and free
" gives his views and sentiments, while his
opponent, Gen. PRIcr, has never opened his
mouth, even to accept the nomination, or
give his views to those from whom he ex-
poets votes
/ come now to the jackson Resolutions.
Upon that matter most of you are probably
aware that received an interrogatory from
one of the best Wings in the State, whom |
am proud to speak Of as a warm friend
He was Mr.. Geo. Bingham, the Missouri
artist, who is as sound politician as he is
painter. He asked me my opinion of those
resolutions, and | stated to him that / ap-
proved the conduct of the Wing party of this
State, who voted unanimously against the
resolutions when before the Legislature in
the winter Of lSiS-49. stated to him
also that if | was elected to the office to
which l am aspiring, l would give my Off
cial sanction to an act of the Legislature, if
passed, repeating them. Now there are
some gentlemen in the State, some editors,
who have chosen to come down upon me
through their papers for expressing myself
thus, but my views have been formed after
calm and temperate thought. OF most of
the resolutions | can say but little. Some
are little contradictory, but the fifth reso-
luton | cannot. approve of. That one, at the
time notification was brewing in the South
and threatening 10 tear asunder the Union,
| pledged the cooperation Of the Stale of Mis-
souri, with the South, to repel the encroach-
ments Of Northern aggression. | am oppos-
ed to that, though / call myself States
Rights man. If | am elected shall pledge
Missouri to no such thing; but | am proud
to say, that when the rights OF Missouri are
encroached upon, either by the Federal Gov
eminent or otherwise, the State will be full
| ly prepared to repel the invaders as a set of
freemen only can do, and that too, without
having to call upon a foreign or extrinsic
power TO assert them. If the Government
transcends her constitutional power when
ever she infringes upon the constitutional
rights of the sovereign State of Missouri,
then will pledge myself, and with myself
the whole State-men, women and children
TO successfully repel the assault without
the assistance from the North, South, East
or West. We will stand on our own bottom.
A people who cannot do that may be free,
but they cannot long continue so.
But there is another pledge which | will
make now and forever at all hazards, and
under all circumstances, and that is to sus-
tain the Constitution, and the Union, which
isthe fundamental principle ofthis Constitu-
tion, and | know that am safe in pedging
the cooperation of Missouri in this cause.
Men have said that it was nonsense to talk
ofthe sanctity of The Union, but say it is not.
Its dissolution has been threatened. There
is party in portion of the United States
which have hoped to accomplish it, but there
is none, | trust, now, who would greet its
obstruction, at least in my own State. When
hear men speaking sincerely Of dissolving
the Union, | conclude that they do not APP
preciate the liberty which has been guarran-
teed to them by the Union, and men, having
no just appreciation of that, are unqualified
for f-government. This glorious confed-
eracy has risen up within three quarters Of
century, and with it has risen the hopes Of
Republicans, in all portions of the globe, but
whenever it is dissolved, all hope would then
be lost, and they would truly say, ''we must
now submit 10 the despotc arm of Austria,
to the oppression of Prussia, the autocrat
Of Russia, and the dictaorial power of the
Prince President of France. Liberty NO
longer thing to be hoped for, but is now
the cry of the lemagogue-the betrayed en-
SLAYER of the human race"
Gentlemen, this country has done more
, to elevate the dignity of man TO his true
standard than every example Of Republi.
can Government has ever done. Rome was
a great Republic, but it fell. The gloriou:
: little Republics Of Greece also fell; even the
, immortal rules Of Marathon could not al
ways sustain them in Republicanism. With.
in seventy-tive years our Republic ha!
grown mighty nation, and in every quar-
ter Of the world are the people anxious 10 d.
us homage. 1t has all been accomplished b,
. the little sum of thirteen colonies in 776
who showed what united strength of a few
brave hearts could do In copying with pow
/ erful nation. A little handful of men sue
, cessiuly resisted and beat back the inuinci
bic veterans of Great Britain. Ii we il
America have 10 fight, let it be under tn,
stars and stripes waving over the whole o
, our glorious country and not under fla!
bearing but single star and a single strip,
the same banner under which the bleed
ing patriots of Bunker's Hill poured the
lead into the ranks of the British soldiery
the same under which the immortal Wash
ington marched to victory over the frozel
fields of Trenton, or the burning soil O
a Monmouth, will fight until my last breatl
o is spent, to resent an insult to our flags; bu
God forbid that | should ever raise my arm
against this Union which has done SO mucl
i to secure liberty to the American people,
f Applause. Let us honor our Union, lie
t us cherish and loveit BY its wide and pro
tective influence, the descendants of the few
o weary pilgrims who landed at plymouth
Rock, and the pioneers in Jamestown, hav
t become mighty, and now live in land c
n the free, the sovereigns of the soil TIL
4 Anglo-Saxon blood still runs in the veins G
$ a mighty PEOPLE and fourishes, wher
). Spain and France have endeavored in val
! to aggrandize power. We are of that happ
$ people. Let us never forget by what mean