Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-01

American Senators passed it. The
American Democracy sanctioned it
and | adhere to it to its basis
the will Of the people, the foundation
for the instruction. 1t is your doc
tIine-and the election of August
next will prove it to be the doctrine
of the Missouri Democracy.
FoURrHLY. Adhesion to the Bal
timore platform of 1913 is another
point in which | hold you to be right
and the nullifers wrong. That plat
form contains the Democratic ground
in relation to slavery, The nullifers
wish to engraft upon it new dogma
which was expressly and almost
unanimously rejected by the Conven-
tion which framed it, namely, That
Congress has no right to legislate
upon slavery in the Territories.-
This dogma, like all TIE doctrines Of
the school to which it belongs, is Of
modern invention, and only invented
for the purpose of multiplying chan
ces to find pretexts to resist the laws
of Congress, and for fly ing off into
the new confederacy which is to con-
sist wholly of slave States, and to be
be christened, "7He United States
South." The Democracy take the
Baltimore platform as it was agreed
to-not as it was not agreed to-still
as rejected and above all as at
tempted to be interpolated by the
dregs of the party which made the
effort, and so miserably failed in it at
Baltimore.
These are the points. four in num-
ber, on which the nullifers, and for.
merly some real Democrats divided
from the party; and Oh all which
points the resolutions which you
have adopted are most authenticity
right, and worthy of all acccptation.
TO recapitulate, they are these:-
l. Reputation of the notification
secession resolutions of lS49. 2. Re-
pudiation Of the vote and voters,
and their hackers, for a Wing Sena-
tor. 3. Adhesion to the right of in
struction within the limits of the
constitution, and according to the
will Of the people. a. Adhesion to
the Baltimore platform of l64S.--
These are your tests Of Missouri
Democracy, and they are mine; and
on these tests am ready to give the
right hand Of political friendship TO
all returning brethren-to sit with
them in council, stand by them in tri-
ais, and comfort them in trbulation.
| cannot refuse fellowship to any one
for not believing in lS49, provided
that he believes now. There are
men so constituted that they canaot
) believe, though the prophets should
; speak, until they see and feel; and
they cannot be blamed because they
are so constituted. But after having
, seen and felt, they are bound to be-
/: lieve, like the rest Of mankind, or 70
take their place among the wiIlnlly
: blind and the incorrigibly wrong.
! This will be the case with the
disunion believers of l849. They
, might be incredulous then because
: they had only my word for it; but af-
: ter seeing the Nashrille convention
t of 1850, and Witnessing the inter-
. probation put upon the same resolu-
! tions by all the slave States adopting
+; them, it is time for incredulity to
t cease, and for all sincere Democrats
o to stand together upon the ground
= which reason and patriotism point
Y out, and abiure the reasonable reso.
: lutions which dishonor our statute
d book, and falsify the character o.
!, the State. Those who do not, anc
e who still adhere to them, and to the
e heresies flowing from them, there car
= be nothing but political divorce from
II the Democracy Of Missouri a resul
n ! should grieye to see in the case o
: any Democrat. AS to the nulliiicrs
y no return can be expected from them
& Their separation from the Demo
IS cratic party is fixed, and would ad
J. wise them to act the manly thing, ant
c form third party under their cho
N sen name Of anti Benton! a nam,
= truly distinctive of party whicI
= has no principle, and only hang to
!, gether upon the diabohcal feeling q
!e hatred to one man! and that becaus
he is stumbling block in their roat
S. to the dissolution Of this Union.
III If too weak for that, and afraid t.
ID expose their insignifcance in a sep
Of arate organization, or TO unmasl
le their motives in longer wearing
at name which announces personalit,
ID and malice, then let them do thr
Ie sneaking thing-slide off into th'
'r Wing ranks, disappear from all dis
ID tinctive view, submerge in whiggery
ii and dangle forever at the tail Of
e. party which will scorn to permit then
at to approach its head. III either event