Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-10-04
Release Of State Lien.

N-'-''''-
myra District, recently addressed Letter
10 his constituents Informing th,m he would
vote for the release unless Otherwise in
struced. At the request of The meeting;
we publish the following proceedings at
Warren Marion county.
WHEREAS The proposition 10 release The
Eate lien ig monstrous III It's conception,
ard woii!I 6e looked upon hy lis as unr
worldly Of serious notice, we're Il not
from the roculia- tone CT Senator Car.
sons letter and the well known fact that
money, with some -nen, ii alE powerful
and less than ten millions or cellars have
before now, purchased whole legislative
bodies; therefore,
Resol1ed That the State, by leaning her
credit TO certain Railroads, and taking q
mortgage on The roads tnus being construct
ed with the means Of the State, to run
twenty years before foreclosed, has done for
the roads all that should be asked, all thai
the State can safely do and nothing but a
rotten or dishonest corporation -7cl2ld ask
for more.
Resolved, That every Railroad now TN
der construction in the State, having the
State credit thus extended TO them, can and
will be built as speedily as is necessary or
desirable for healthy action, and TO under
take TO prop them beyond this, would only
be attended with certain ruin in the end
Resolved, That tho proposition submitted
by those faTcring the release q! the State
lien on the several railroads, to substitute
other security, is a mere subterfuge 10 blind
the eyes of the people for the time being.-
They well know that a corporation can give
no other security except on the property OF
the corporation, and that the property Of
Railroad corporation is the railroad itself.
Resolved. That it is fully apparent from
the writings speeches ard savings Of those
favorng o release of the State lien OF the
several railroads, that they expect to ,lose
the whole sum advanced by Tie State To
each and every one, and while speaking to
intelligent men on this subject, they can
take nc ether ground consistent with reason
aud common SENSE.
Resolved, That the money power that
will be brought to bear upon the 2onscien-
cGs Of the members Of the newt Legislature
of our beloved State, will be with sorze Of
thcl1, we fear irresistible, ard tha. now is
the time for the people to rouse themselves,
meet IN county, township a"l city meeting,
and speak IL ,..em in voice Of thunGcg 10
resist the tempting bribes that may be Of
fTered to them TO betr.y the people by giving
to those corporations tie large sums asked
for by them.
Resolved, Thct well may we say that
we will marx the representative THAT would
thus Lctray his constituents, and bring ruin
upon our beloved State, for we suppose he
would expect to leave the peor,e ard ON
monwanllh Thus sold and BETRAYED TO ruin
by him.
Resolved, That tie pcop, OF our be-
loved State would lie under no moral oil.
cation to pay single dollar .s.led H. -ndl
BY the State authorities. ai,e- MS foul be-.
trnyal Of bargain and sale made BY . b..,cd
Legislature to corrupt rail:oaL comrnnics
and that we, as a portion Of tie q,oplc,
speak now TO all capitalists throughout the
worll, thn. we viii neither have The ability
nor inclination 10 Ray any bends that may be
issued after 50 foa! an act of BETRAYAL, and
warn them not to bny Missouri bonds should
this dreaded event take place, and that We
now advise cor2'y, township and city mass
meetinos 10 do the same; fer We viii be
compelled to rcpudiate the deUt OF pas it
To pay it we cannot, and retain our popua-
tion; they would be driven of in armies by
excessive taxation. To repudiate it as 4
fraud would bring reproach upon the State.
Resolved, That the magnitude Of the
) debt of our State has not been felt by the
t people thus far, because the railroad conpa-
nies have been paying tie interest by tLe
sale of bonds, thus making the debt larger
= each year.
a Resolved, That If Abolition hatrsI had
sought for scheme to destroy and ruin our
n fair and beloved commonwealth, they could
' not have devised better one than the
? plan proposed.
| Resolved, That the editors of newsra.
e pers in the State, not in the empty Of the
e railroad companies, and that 60 for the per.
= rctuaI prosperity Of our beloved State, are
e requested to publish the proceedings of thi.
= meeting. II. G. FEAGAN, Pres't.
Il r. II. WALKER, Secy'
Emancipation in Kentucky.