Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-06-15
FoR THE TINES
Kansas and Nebraska Ratification Meet


Den,ocrdcy-T The Test-Benton and Ben
ion men Denounced-Flournoy upon both
sides of the tsnce--.And many other things
of much interest to the Faithful.
FAYETTE, June 10, 1854.
Pursuant to notice published in the Ban
ner, the Democracy of Howard county met
Today, in the Court House in this place,
for the purpose of having Qualification
over the passage of the Nebraska bill. A
committee of 10, all staunch anti-Benton
democrats were appointed to draft resolu-
lions expressive of the sense Of the meet
ing, and while they were absent Gen. ]. B.
Clark addressed the meeting, with even an
unusual amount of bomhast and self-glori-
fcation, in which he lauded Douglas and
other democrats who supported the bill,
while all democrats who opposed it, together
with the Wings who advocated it, were de-
nounced as abolitionists and free sellers, and
after manglng their unfortunate bodies Ito
gether with the kings English, for you
must knew the General is death upon the
latter, in shocking manner, cast them out
to rot upon the dunghill; being killed with
ont The benefit of clergy they were denied
the right of CHRISTIAN burial. The General
deserves patent right for his logic in prov
ing the the Wings and Benton men were
freesoilers. Having given his definition Of
free-soiler, which was, man who admitted
the power of Congress to legislate over the
subject of slavery in the Territories, and
,cas in favor of The exercise of that right
He proved that the Wings and Benton men
were free-soilers because they admitted the
power, and therefore they must be In favor
of its exercise. Let us try this logic:-
All honest men agree that that man is a
knave who believes that he could prove a
renegade to his party, and should do so for
ofice;--the General has proven his ability to
perform the best, and therefore endorses the
motive. A rogue is man who believes
his neighbors horse could be stolen, and is
willing to steal it;-the General believes in
the practicabiity of the thing, but is he
therefore in favor of doing i!p
The General having concluded his gascon-
aiding, the committee on resolutions report
ed. The preamble and some of the resolu-
tons having duly apotheosized Douglas,
Atchison & Co., wound up with resolution
of rather ambiguous import, but in which
the denial of the power Of Congress to le-
gislate on the subject of slavery in the Ter
ritories, was made test of democracy.
This resolution on account of the honied
coat upon, with some evidence of nausea was
gulped down. John w. Henry, man well
known in these parts, who had denounced
in 1850 the coalition which elected General
Clark to the Legislature, and voted in pre-
ference at that time for Thomas Jackson, q
simon pure democrat, and who has ever
since been consistent in supporting demo-
Gratis in preference to Wings for Office, in
troduced resolution denouncing the test
This resolution he supported with great
ability, stating that there was not State or
National Democratic platform extant which
made it test, instancing the Baltimore and
Jefferson City platforms, in neither Of which
YVES il allowed to make plank, having beer
voted down or kicked under the table by
both these conventions as unworthy to en-
ter into the principles Of SO great a party
and further that the democracy of Ole
Howard did not make it test, ss there
were only % democrats, Gen. Clark being
one of them, who scratched their ticket il
lS52-all the others voting for Gardenhirt
and the Richardson's, who admitted tht
power, and advocated the reelection o
Benton 10 the Z. S. Senate. The Baltimor,
platform had elected President Pierce, de-
mocrat good and true, who had, in accord
ance with the principles of that platform
divided the offices of the government be
tween the free-soilers and pro-slavery men
as he was in justice bound TO do. The JEFF
, ierson City platform had elected the entir
democratic ticket by triumphant majority
and would, il its principles were adhere'
: to, elect Worries and Flournoy, the forme
admitting the power, and the latter scout
ing the test. He was in favor of abiding
by these articles Of treaty, and after til
Benton men had assisted them in electin
; State officers, he thought it both unkind an
ungraieful in them to kick both the platiorr
and the Benton men in the ditch. He state
these to be not only his opinions, togethe
with many of the oldest and best democrat
y in this county, but also of Mr.. Flournoy
who expected to get to Congress by Bento
), votes, and that he was opposed to openin
afresh the wounds of the democracy and $,
them again to the unholy work of olsen
" boweling one another, by which suicide