Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-07-13
From the Lagrange Bulletin.
A Mountain in Labor, and 10! Mouse

n muuuVd1n III LhuoT, anu ~! mouse
Well, A. w. Flournoy, the Democratic
Ajax Telemon OF Linn county, has visited
Cant, n, Lagrange and Monticelo. and talked
to the people. His party were disagreea-
bly, disappointed and feel somewhat cha
grined TO think that party usage forces them
10 vote for such a nominee. Mr.. Flournoy
is undoubtedly the weakes, vessel that ever
launched Oh political sea; he has n surplus
oil physical ability, bat is most wofully de-
tended by nature for pondermis rail-sp;'-
ter, and it is unchariiable and ant-christian
10 take him from his manual vocation and
send him 10 an intellectual assembly -
1t would be really di>credit To The Dis
trict that such n mental pigmy as Mr.. Flour
noy should occupy the post now held by the
talented and gifted Lindley. But we will
hope for the better. wish for the best, and
trsist to the intelligent voters 10 decide so
important test.
Mr. Flournoy made The same hackneyed,
wishy- washy talk for there was no speech
about H. in this county that he has through
out the District--a commonplace, nonsen-
steal, heterogeneous mass Of non coinmitinl-
isms, demonstrations. buncombe and hum
buggery--repnte with childish garble and
grannyish phreseologies-such an effort as
a school boy would make in his oratorical
debut. Aside from the demonstrations
which Tourney applied 10 Lindley's speech
his harangue would deserve to pass unlto-
ticed. He urged that Lindiey's position
relative 10 the Badger proviso proved him
to be Benton man. Well, FOR this, the
Benton men can read the speech and form
their own conclusions, il is so plain that che
who runs may read" BY this expose oil
his shallow calibre, Mr.. Flonrnoy has show,
himself very feeble loscian and a wors:
scholar. The construction is so palpably
false. that intelligent men can readily sec
that Mr.. Flourny is abou, as we'll capaciia.
Ted 10 crticise Lindley's speech as a buffalo
would be 10 impersnnate the character of Il
gay lover in modern comedy.
The Democratic Ajax made more ride.
ulous faur pas in defining Lindley's posi-
lion on the subject Of granting lands for
building railroads, than he did on the Bad
ger proviso. He said that Lindley was il
favor of distributing the vacant lands in Mis-
souri, equally with the older States-givne
bare faced misconstructions that ever ema
mated from The flppant brain of a poltica
Jockey. But the rich part OF this sage con.
struction has yet to come. The man Flour
noy said that if the policy which he igno
ranlly presumed Lndley propaga,ed, wa.
10 be adopted, the lands going to the i're'
States would cons quently become free soil
and be under the legal dominion OF the State
to which they were donated; i. e., the land
given to Connecticut would be civilly con
trollcd by that State, slavery be exempted
therelrom, and The blue laws adopted to gov
ern its inhabitants, instead of those of Mis-
souri,! Was there ever such an ignoran
expression uttered by creature supposed
TO be bern of woman? Why. You stu pil ol'
bigot; the next Legislature should make al
appropriation 10 send yon 10 school nbou
twenty years.
On Internal Improvements Mr.. Flournn
took a narrow basis, aud proved that he wa
u colisummate old Iogy aud hated the sEril
whistle of a swift footed locomotive as
backwoods genius does city exquisite
He was down OH running the Pacific Rail
road through Missouri, because Benton wa
in favor Of it. He did not mention anyhin,
about his opposition TO the Canton and Bloom
field Road--so, next week, as a matter 0
accommodation, we shall have to do it 70
him.
Several efforts were made to induce hin
TO say what wing of the Democratic part,
he belonged, but in vain. Mum waS I'll
, arord. Some smart fellow had told him {,
: keep his mouth shut whenh was asked TIN
question, and he just had sense enough 10 d
= it. Bat the game won't win; the Bento
A Democrats OF this District are men OF TO
much honor and intelligence TO be duped b
such dough faced trickery. They won
: touch Flonrnoy with forty foot pole;
r they have not forgotten his vote for the Jack
a son resolutions, and how he reviled and ca
' Illuminated COL Benton; they know his bite
S hostility to the old Senator, and will give
scathing rebuke in due season.
Personally, we rather like Mr.. Flonrno
n he is "A clever, corpulent, ignorant, indus
, trious gentleman, and would be highly ella
z ted if the people of the District would sen
him to Congress to get eight dollars da
and make himself ridiculous.