Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-01-11
Whig Platform.

JEFFERSON CRY, Dec 26th, 1854.
The Wings improved the evening 0!
Christmas day very protitably, by meeting
in caucus in one Of the rooms Of the Capitol,
totalk over, and consult about their pres
ent and future political course of action
There was full attendance, and a free dis
cussion Of political topics, and while each
man felt at liberty TO unburthen himself of
his peculiar views, the whole meeting was
characterized by good feeling, and ter,nina-
ted in most harmonious manner.
In ncrder that The proceedings may be placed
permanently on record, send the following
official account Of them, handed 10 me by the
Secretary.
At meeting of the Wing members of
the General Assembly, held last evening, in
the Senate Chamber, Of which meeting Capt
Carson. Of Marion, acted as Chairman, and
James NJ. Bean Of Monroe, as Secretary,
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted and ordered TO be published in the
Republican, with the request that all papers
in the State copy the same, viz:
Reso1red, That the Wing members Of the
General Assembly owe tito themselves and
their constituents, as citizens Of Slave
State, to discountcnance, in every way, The
efforts Of the Free Sellers and Abolitlonists
TO continue the agitation ofthe slavery ques-
ton, in Congress or out Of i; and that they
will not vote for any person for Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives or Senator in
Congress, who is not known TO be Of these
views, and pledged to sustain them.
Resolrcd, That we will vote for no man,
for Speaker or Senator, who is not in favor
Of acque>cing in the bill passed at the last
session of Congress, known as the Kansas
Nebraska bill, and who will not with all his
influence, oppose a repeal Of that bill-par-
ticularly the section which repeals the Mis-
souri, Compromise, and that part of the bill
which provides for the rendition Of fugitive
slaves.
This meeting was participated in by the
following gentlemen-and | record their
names with great pleasure, because be-
licve they cmbody as much talent and pat
rotiSm as can be found in the State. The
Senators present were-Me ,srs. Cars, T.,
Wilson, Sharp, Zcigcr, Kitchen, Dunlap,
Mayo, Blow, Ranneis and Holmes. Alb
sent-Irvine and Grover.
entatives-Burnett, Wyatt, Quit
ar, Cunningham, Houghton, Hardin. Doni-
phan. of Clay, Hughes, Harrison, Ewing,
Tucker, Boyd Neville, Williams, Davis,
Brown, Neal, Field, Fc0gan, Gentry, Ro-
bards, Moore, Bean, Drake, Rollins, BIZ
ker. Bradford, Mosely, Smith Of Pet,is,
Doniphan of Platte, Newland, Bohaunon,
Breckenridge, Patrick, Goode, Yates, Lew
is of S.. Louis, nardeman, Darncs, McCar-
tv and Shelton. Absent-BlakeyC Clipnard
McMurfry, Lewis of Clark, Harding, Smell
son. Todd and McMahan.
Here, then. the country will see the plat
! form of the Wings Of Missouri, and the
names of those who have given their sane
ton to it. II was done after full discussion,
and will not be departed from, either by
those who adopted it, or by the Wings Of
the State. If there are those who oppose
il, let them show their hands and make the
issue and If our political enemies are dis
posed to take any other ground, all they
have to dois 10 make it known.
THE foregoing is from the Editorial Cor
respondence of the Republican. Notwith-
standing the writer's hopes, there were
some members who participated in making
the platform, that did not get upright on it
before they bolted. Such fastidious gentle
men ought TO be 'bolted out" of the Wing
party, without ceremony, and not left 10
hunt such shallow rretexis -.. ....