Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-11-29

unfortunate difficulty. Il is inevitable I'M
less one party or the other backs squarely
out from the position il has taken. There
can be no objection 10 the Governor inquir.
ing into these facts, and If they exist, as we
are informed they do, to avert them. These
are briefly the reasons that operate upon me.
and for these re sons, sir, vote-NO.
Mr.. Tom said that his opinions upon
slavery were the same at the present time
that they were thirty years ago upon the
hill OF New England. The question be-
fore the House was, if It should act in the
manner demanded and on the information
before the House. He was not prepared to
say, that the time might not come, when the
House should take action upon the matter.
He opposed that resolution, because no ac
ton which the House could take could in
nuence the Executive in that matter. He
was commander in chief of the militia, and
was invested with certain powers by the
the constitution, which it was for himself to
exercise. How would it look for Congress
to act toward the President, to whose posi-
ton that of the Governor was analogous in
this case, as the House proposed 10 act
The Governor was the conservator Of the
peace, and not the legislature, and the only
remedy it had was TO proceed by mpeach-
ment against him if he failed to perform his
duty. The passage Of the resolution by
the House would be an act irregular and
nugatory, and presumption that the Gov
ernor would be faithess TO his duty, and for
those reasons he would vote for laying il
on the table. Affairs in St. Louis had beer
alluded to, and that representatives from ST
Louis had been sent here by riot and VIC.
lence. Such was not the fact. The elec.
ton by which they were sent here, was as
calm and peaceable as a May m, rning.-
But when riot and scenes of violence come
unexpectedly, they cannot be prevented
but vigence is placed upon the alert ant
quickened. Thus it was that the election
preceding the last in St. Louis, was aten.
ded by blood-shed and violence, which
warned the authorities 10 take precautionary
measures. Believing that the unfortunate
eof things at Platte county should frs
reach The Governor.
The question being upon the motion t
lay Mr.. Blair's resolution on the table stool
as follows:
Yeas -Acock, Alexander, Barrett, Baker
Bean, Blakey, Bogy, Bohannan, Bolts, Boyd
Britton, Brown, of Nodaway, Buford, Bul
lock, Burnet, Burns, Chiffon. CIippard
Crook, Cravens, Donelan, Darby, barnes
Davis, Dodson, Doniphan Of Clay, Doniphal
Of Platte, Drake, Davis, Dyer, Everett, Ew
ing, Fagin, Field, Gentry, Gilstrap, Graves
Green of L. Guitar, Harrison, Harding
Hardeman, Hardin, Hereford. Hickox, Hill
Holmes, Howell Hughes, jackson, Jones
Lewis of Clarke, McAfee, McCarey, Nc
Cartey, McLain Of St. CLAIR, McCullocl<
mcfarland, McMahan, Mcbride, McSpad
den, Needy, Minor, Monroe, Mothershead
Murray, Neil, Parcels, Phillips, Reid, Rob
erts, Shambaugh, Shelton, Smith of Sullivan
Snyder, Todd, Tucker, Turner, Wall, Web
Whitaker, Williams of D., Williams of H.
Yeates and Mr. Speaker SO.
Nays-Atwood, Blair, Breckenridge
Brown of Jefferson, Brown of St. Louis
Clark, Fagg, FAINT, Farrar, Green oPFrank
lin. She'll. Jennings, Kelly, King L ghtner
McFau', Moore, Morgan, Morrow, Pat
rick, Powers, Sitton, Smith of Pettis, Smit
Of st. Louis-24.
4 " Mr.. HARDEmAN offered a resolution, tina
the Governor be requested 10 furnish tn
House with any information he might have
relative to aledged outbreaks in Plat
county, and if he required any additional ali
to preserve law and order. Pending tn
disposition of Mr.. Hardeman's amendment
the House adjourned.