Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-02-01

JEFFERSON CRY, Jan. 81.
Mr.. GREEN: On this day the Joint Ses-
sion was again formed in the Hall of the
House oil Representatives to continue the
effort 10 elect an U. S. Senator. On the
call Of the roll, Mr.. Carr, the Senator from
Pike county, asked the indulgence of the
Joint Session till he could make some re-
marks, in which he took pretty extended
view Of the present divisions Of parties in
Missouri and the Union, characterising Mr..
Benton as the ireesoil leader, and as the
particular friend of Van Buren,, pointing TO
the acts and policy of these men in oppose
ticn TO the institution of slavery. He spoke
of Atchison as consistently devoted TO the
institutions Of the south and west, and
placed him in association with Cass and 9TH
er distinguished men of The day. Passed
handsome encomiums upon COL Donphan
for his distinguished galantry in the Mexi-
can war, but thought the honors now at
tempted 10 be bestowed upon that gentle
man for the glory of his achievements in
that war, came with an i'll grace from par
ty who had gone into the war with protest.
Mr.. Blair replied 10 him till noon, at
which time a motion was made 10 proceed
and complete the ballot that had been com.
nenced, and then take recess, with the
understanding that the gentleman from St.
Louis he entitled TO the floor TO conclude his
remarks in the afternoon session; agreed to.
The ballot being taken was as follows:-
Atcllson SO; Doniphan So; Benton 81.
In the afternoon session Blair proceeded,
stating that the course of Atchison as a Sc
naor 'row This State had been very incon-
sistent-that while he denied the power of
Congress over Slavery in the Territories I'M
der the constitution, lie voted for the Ore
gon government bill with the Wlnot Pro-
uiso--that he [ Atchison was either guilty
of wilful falsehood or of perjury, and there
was no escape for him--and that in his adj
vocacy of the Kansas Nebraska BILL the
future historian would look upon him as
having disgraced himself by breach of
public faith, in opening again the agitalions
of the country, when all parties had endors-
ed their settlement by the Compromise
measures.
Blair avowed the freesoil doctrines undis-
guisedly-went into comparison of the
relative population and progress of the free
and slave States-contrasted the States Of
Arkansas and Michigan, Florida and Wis
consin.
Harrison, Of Cooper county, said that he
felt called upon as a wing 10 make few
remarks in reply to the assertions cast upon
the wing party by the Senator from Pike:
that the wing party did not protest against
the late war: they did protest against the
acts of President Polk in either ignorantly
or Intentionally plunging the country into an
unnecessary war by causing General Taylor
TO march with an armed force into disputed
territory, and thus, without constitutional
authority, brought on the war. He could
tell the gentleman that it was not alone
wings who complained that President Polk
had transcribed his duty and his rights in
that regard-and by the indulgence of the
Joint Session he would read portion of
Calhoun's speech in the Senate OF the U. S.
(Here the gentleman read from Calhoun's
remarks, TO the effect that the President had
assumed to himself the right of deciding
questions Of boundary, and had inconside-
rately plunged the country in war by di-
recting Gen. Taylor to march his army
from Corpus Christi TO the Rio Grande. !
Harrison said he had also letter from the
late Vice President, w. r. King, to the
same effect but would not trespass on the
time of the Joint Session by reading it,
when cries of read it, read it, res0unded
through the Hall, The gentleman then read
from the letter referred to, condemning in
the most decided manner the impmdence of
Polk in directing the invasion by the Amer
lean army, of Mexican territory; and, said
he, here are protests against the President
for making the war by the most distinguish
ed democrats; one OF whom, if he was not
mistaken, the Senator from Pike had voted
fr not three years ago, TO fill the second
office in the gift of the people. So far
from the wing, as party, protesting against
that war, they had voted material aid for
carrying on the war; more of the general
officers in command were wings than of
any other party; and that some of the best
blood of America, ever split in her battles,
was wing blood, split in that war.
Harrison then replied TO some of the ar