Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-06-15

For the Times.
A Lie Nailed to the Counter-Mr. Bell
indicated.

Mr.. EDrToR:--On last Saturday Mr.. Bell COM
menced the canvass by speech of some two
hours length, in the town of Westve. Quite
large turnout was present, and great attention was
paid 10 Mr.. Bell's speech, which, by the way,
was one of his happiest efforts. He adverted to
the charges against him of being sectional candi-
date-that he had favored the removal Of the
county seat &c., in very happy and satisfactory
manner. He said that against no man could such
charge be more unjustly alledged than against
himself. Al the time the effort was made to re-
move the county seat, he was a citizen of Keytes-
vile, and did everything in his power to prevent
such removal. That he never signed any petition,
nor was there man living who could say he ia
vored it.
In regard to the Court of Common Pleas, he had
signed petition for such a court in Brunswick,
but as the bill showed it wa, Of a limited juris-
diction. With regard, however, TO this court,
there was now no move in Brunswick upon the
subject, and he supposed would not be. Be that
as it may, if he was favored with seat in the Le-
gisature, he would be the representative of the
people of Charlton county, and would counte-
nance no move from any quarter which would
have a sectional bearing, to the prejudice of other
portions of the county. He was for Charlton
county as it was.
He thought the effort to prejudice him in this
respect was very unjust, and that it emanated from
a source he had not expected. II came from those
whom he had favored, and for whom every act Of
his life, while in the county, had been to build up.
He had opposed the storm against Keytesville
when it was raging in its widest fury, and now
70 be accused of being against it, he thought ex-
ceedingly unkind.
He said it was true that he lived in Brunswick,
but if that fact disqualified him from holding an
Office in the county, and that was 10 be made a
test in this race he thought that the prosperity Of
our county would soon fail into decay. He did
not believe, however, hat such narrow-hearted
sefshness existed TO a great extent in the county
| He believed there was enough of the good and
virtuous in the county to spurn and trample al
such pusillanimous and puny efforts in the dust
He said he had lived IN the county, and been some.
! what of public man with them, for years. Hi:
heart and his interests were all identified witt
Charlton, and he hoped that good men of all par
ties would rally around him, upon the standard Of
opposition to this sectional feeling, which was a
work against him. His cause and his election
would be triumph over factions, and again place
our county upon higher and nobler PLATFORM
platform that is wide enough and broad enough e
every man and every section of the county-bu
too narrow to hold the narrow-hearted and selfsi
feelings of sectional chickering's and strife.
The address of Mr.. Bell was well received, an,
will tell on the first Monday in August. Men O.
all Dartes are for him, and determined TO frowl
down the effort for sectional prejudices.
Mr. Herryford was there and also made speecf
but it was coldly received by all. His effert tc
cut off part of Charlton to Howard, the people
had not forgot, and no explanation would satisfy
them. Cap. is doomed man.
HARMONY.