Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-07-21
Messrs. Lindley and Jackson

Messrs. Llndley and jackson.
These gentlemen have been among us,
and most of our citizens have heard them
speak. They addressed large audience at
this place, yesterday week, and a much
larger one at Fayette last Thursday. In
deed we have never seen larger audience
assembled in the county, to listen to politi
cal discussions, than that which assembled
at Fayette.
Major JACKSON is great favorite with
his wing of the Democratic party, and was
nominated on account of his personal and
political hostility to Col. Benton, and his
supposed ability to cope with the odd Man
on the floor of Congress. He was also
supposed to be the ablest stumper in the
District, and sought the nomination, and en-
tered the canvass with boldness that ran
into presumption, and was marked by an
everbearing disposition peculiar to himself,
when he thinks his opponent will be easily
handled. The reports that reached us from
the different counties in which they spoke,
{ were not fiattering, and did not sustain the
Majors eputation as DICTATOR. LISDLEY,
is is said, was too much for him; he was
better posted than had been supposed, and
whether arguing the difference between the
two great parties of the country, defending
himself, or overwhelming his opponents
with scathing satyr and bitter irony, he
turned the tables upon the Major at every
point. These were the accounts that reached
us, and which contributed largely in bring
ing out so large crowd. The Wings
thought it too good TO be true, and the dem
ocrats too intolerable TO be borne, and hence
all were anxious to see and hear for them
selves.
At this place the debate took a pretty
wide range, consisting of a review of what
had been said and done at other Places
Mr.. LrYDLEv opened, and acting upon the
presumption that Maj. JACKSON would fight
desperately on his own soil, opened warmly,
and so eiIectually exasperated the Major
that he made dead failure in his reply
Mr.. LlNDLEY's rejoinder was one of the Sc
verest pieces of irony we ever heard fall
from the lips of any speaker. Perfectly
calm and self-possessed, with incxhaustible
resources, he riddled the Major until his
friends hung their heads in sullen silence.
The Major failed again in his replication (;
complained that he was harshly treated, that
LrNDLEY made mouths at him, and conclu-
ded by calling the editor of "The Times"
few hard names.
The Wings here were perfectly satisfied
hey had not heard the whole truth in ref
ference to their candidate, until they heard
HIM, while the democracy wore a subdued
air, and talked about tomorrow, at Fayette.
At Fayette, Major Jackson opened the
discussion in speech OF an hour and
half, beginning back at the formation of the
Constitution and Parties; The Alien and Sc
dition Laws, the United States Bank, Rcso-
buttons Of '98 and 90; the Tariff, Internal
improvements, &c., &c.--in short, the reg
ular old democratic speech, which has been
delivered by every democratic candidate for
the last half century. When he came to the
subject OF Internal Improvement, he travel
led North, South East and West; was for
improvements and against them; the plat
form was against system, and SO was he.
He was for the Pacific Road, and believed
Congress could appropriate land, but not
money. The Constitution authorized Con-
gress to make all "NEEDFuL regulations i'll
reference 70 territory, and other property
belonging to the United States" Territory,
the land, was property, but the money the
land sold for, was not the property of the
United States-lt was unconstitutional TO
give that, although being hard pressed, on
another occasion he had even admitted money
might be given The Constitution estab-
Iished no limit over lands; it might oil be
qiven for roads-but to sell it, and then give
the money it sold for, was decidedly uncon-
stitutional! This is a fair sample Of the
MAJORS arguments, on the powers Of Con-
gressunder the constitution. After repeat
inc. his argument on the old issues, as he
has often done, and others have repeated
thousand times, he got down "to the times
in which we live" Talked of the Union
and harmony, Convention at Jefferson