Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-06-14
emy TO our institutions, and as forleiung al
claim TO our support or confidence.

emy TO our institutions, and rs FORGETTING al
CLAIM 10 our support or confidence.
T. That whilst we do not sanction acts OF
violence, whether perpetroted by citizens of
the North or South, 50 long as The law af-
lords protection and redress; and whilst we
regard Abolitionism, Nulliicaiion.and Free
soili>m alike dangerous TO the peace and
permuncy Of this Uuou, we are ready ia
pledge "our lives our fortunes and our SIT
cred honor" to protect at all hazards by lie.
gal and honorable means the institutions Of
| the South, against encroacIm-nt and inva-
sion from without and sedItUn and treach-
cry from within.
| &. That the recent decision OF the Su.
preme Court of Wisconsin. declaring the
| Fugitive Slave law unconstitutional and OF
no binding force within the limits of that
/ State, and the passage Of the Personal Lib.
| erty Bill, in defiance Of the Governors veto.
! by the Legislature OF Massachusetts, where
by the Fugitive Slave Law is practically
nullified within the limits Of that common.
wealth, arc alarming evidences Of ianalicism,
notification ana treason, calculated 10 TO.
ment drscord among the people Of The States,
and ultimately TO dissolve the Union.
| 9. That the refusal Of the Aboltionists
and Freesoilers to execute the laws of Con-
gress, conslitufionaly made-their attempts
| 10 remove officers for executing those laws;
! their acts Of notification and avowal o!
/ '..higher law" doctrines, are outrages at
! which the South may and does Justly COM
plain, and their continuance is wholly in
compatible with the spirit Of the Union; and
| IL the Union is TO be preserved, it becomes
The conservative, law-abiding people of the
North to d>avow and repudiate these in.
cendary, ruthless attacks upon the laws o.
the land and the guarantees OF the constitu
ton.
! 10. That we regard the Union rs Tho
/ Palladium Of our Liberties. and all acts tend
| ing to weaken the confidence Of the peo
| pie in its stability, to abate their apprecia
ton OF IFS priceless value and patriotic low,
for its integrily-al' acts designed to exas
! perale one section Of the Union against an
other, thereby tending to its dissolution, W.
regard as the baseSt treason, mcri,ing til,
eXecration OF every true lover OF his coun
try.
\ IL. That if it be true, as it has been re
peal edy charged, that Governor Rceder i
an enemy to the institutions of the South
that he has sought aud is still seeking t
aboltiorizp the territory Of Kansas, and tha
he gave the Emigraut Aid Society notice q
, the recent election previous TO notifying III
people Of said Territory, his appointment t
the Office he holds aud the failure Of Presi
dent Pierce to remove him therelrom, meet
: with our unqualified condemnation
) II. That the charge Of Abortionism an
: FreesoiIi>m against loyal citizens Of Mis-
souri, made without evidence and oue
against evidence, is not only well calcn'a
; ted 10 give Aholiionism undue respectable
ity, but also to disturb our peace and Toner
insurrectiun and INSTRUMENTATION among o.,
I slaves, and therefore merits the severee,
condemnation Of all good citizens.