Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-06-22
Stephen A. Douglas on the Test.

"narrow and illiberal' portion--who made
Test Of the Power question, at their recent
meeting in Fayette, took especial pains to
gloriiy Stephen A. Douglas. Look ho,c The
gentlemen ,crote Themselves down asses!
We quote from speech Of Senator Doug.
las, delivered in the United States Senate,
Gath February, ls46. Mr.. Doughlas then
and there said:
| Sir, do not hold the doctrine that 10 ex-
clude any species of property by law, from
any territory, is a violation Of any right to
property. Do you not exclude banks from
some of the Territoriesp Do you not ex.
clude whiskey from being introduced into
large portions of the Territories of the Uni
ted States? Do you not exclude gamblinp
tables, which are property, recognized as
such in the States where they are tolerated?
And has any one commended that the excu-
sion of ardent spirits was violation Of any
constitutional right or privilege? u
Why, sir, our laws now prevent tavern
keeper from going into some of the Terrific
ries of the United States and taking a bar
with him and using and selling spirits there.
The law also prohibits certain other descrip-
tons Of business from being carried on in
the Territories. am not, therefore. pre-
pared TO say that under the Constitution we
have not the power to pass laws excluding
negro slavery from the Territories. 1t in
wolves the same principle.
Verify the 'little Giant" is as great free
soiler as his Howard county eulogists are
what they wrote themselves down.
Again, on the 18th March, 1885, about
the time Gen. Clark was fixing up to join
Douglas party, because the wings were not
sound on the "nigger question''-ths "liltle
giant" directly in the teeth Of the "big gen.
eral," said
! 1t is no violation OF Southern rights to pro-
hibit slavery, nor of Northern rights 10 leave
to the people to decide The question for them
selves.
But we have another pill for Douglas glo.
rifying- Test-democracy, in the shape of a
letter, written oil the very subject under
discussion. 1t cuts TO the raw, and will
make the testers feel very blank, if they are
not devoid Of feeling. They could not vote
for Douglas himself were he candidate for
their suffrages, because, their resolutions
would exclude him from the benefit of DEM
ocratc communion. We give the letter en-
tire. 1t defends Col. Benton from the very
charge that the democracy now raise against
him and his friends, and for which they are
unchurched. We commend the letter to
the perusal Of all-and suggest that it be
read before opening the polls, in the differ
ent townships, next Saturday.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 10, 1850.
i GENTLEMEN: seldom correct the errors
into which the press frequently fall touching
my political course. trusting TO the people
to do me justice in all cases where the
sources Of information are equally open to
all. But l observe in late number of your
paper an article censuring my course in the
caucus which assembled to arrange the
Senate committees, and charging me with
having been actively instrumental in exclud-
ing Col. Benton from his former position as
Chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, on account of his opinions upon
the Slavery question. know not who your
correspondents are upon whose authority
this statement is made, MOI is it material, a.
the caucus was held with closed doors, and
the votes and speeches of each Senator could
have been witnessed only by the Senators
present. 1t is due to myself and my con-
stituents that l should make brief state
ment of the facts, SO far as they relate to my
action, although l feel great delicacy in
doing SO, inasmuch as the caucus, us is
usual in such cases, was held with closed
doors. But as most of our proceedings have
already found their way into the newspa-
pers and there can be no motive or desire for
concealment, will make the statement.
l was not present when the proposition
was made to drop the name of Col. Benton
from the Committee onEFereign Relations
but entered the room during the discussion
upon that question. Inferring from what
heard upon the OCCASION, that some Were in
favor of excluding Co. Bnntensfrom the
Committee on'sacoount OF his speeches on
The slavery question during the last season,
l arose for the purpose Of expressing nv
opinions upon the proprety of such a course.
| insisted that the caucus had nothing TO dc
with this local controversy in the State oil
Missouri-that the parties to it have ap.
pealcd to their own constituents for verdict
Of approval, each in his own favor against
the other, and that it was unwlse and i'm
proper for us to interfere one way or the
other. stated that my opinions upon this
vexed question wers usl knoun to all present
and remained unchanged, and that must be
permitted to act according to my own sense
Of duty, and settle the matter with my own
constituents, leaving each other Senator te
do the same thing
desired to know whether Col. Benton
was to be excluded merely because he believed
that Congress possessed The FoWer 10 legisiat,
, upon The subject Of slavery in The TsyTitorie.
when opposed to the exercise of the power
If so, TEE SAME RULE WOULDEX.
t CLUDE Me, and, indeed, e cry gentleman
I present who was a Senator in August, lS4S