Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-05-08
Letter from DR.. Atwood.

article q presume editorial) in which that
contemplate specimen of humanity, Hand
Cock, INDUCES in exulhng strains over r. D.
Rays letter Of assgination, the theme of
which is best described by borrowing the
following sentiment:
''Here, Democrats give myself away,
IT'S all that Lean do.''
Sir, never should have noticed this man
Hdnd-cock, for his favorable notice of r.
d. Rays letter, had he not at the close of
his lucubrations, taken my name in connec-
tion with the American party, in his sin de.
filed and polluted lips. So far as Mr.. r.
d. Ray is concerned, l hope he is honest,
and charity induces me to think him more
tickle than vicious, and presume he thinks
he is doing Gods, or the Democrats SER
vice in prosecuting the American party, but
if l am not mistaken light will shine round
about him in August and November, and
he will hear a voice crying, Bob Bob! it is
hard for thee to kick against the priclls; ard
about that time, fear, more men than Gen.
Clark, will come to the conclusion that they
will have to thirst for office long after the
Wandering Jew has found his father.
And now, Mr. Hand. cock, you of tester
memory, you who have been lashcd ont of
party, and again lashed into it, you who are
now holding on TO the tail end of a portion
of political corruption, you who fer years
have been Handbook for draining off the
dirty waters Of political demagOgues, when
you Sis, presume to insinuate that l am a
man Of northern proclivities, presume to
tell you that you are fool or knave. You
say my northern procIivities are shown by
my votes in the Legislature. If you do not
know that no such issue was before the
Legislature, you are a fool; if your assertion
was broad, nnfounded statement, for the
purpose Of creating false impressions, you
are knave, with heart backer than the
ter of spades, which is nine times blacker
than the ace.
l hold Sir, that that issue was never be-
fore the people of Missouri until it sprung
from the unholy embrace of the NJ ssourl
Democracy and the foreign free soil anita
merican party of St. Louis; it is known to
every intelligent man that St. Louis has a
majority Of foreign population, and that nine
tenths Of the foreign population of our coun-
ty are opposed to the institution of slavery.
Born and bred under the influence Of anti
slavery sentiments, they bring hem here
with them; and being born and educated
thus, it is no more than reasonable to up
pose they will seek to carry them ont in this
country, and it was Cor the purpose of Sc
curing the foreign, iree-soiI influence for the
purpose OF carrying the election in St, Lou
is, that the Democracy sold themselves un-
der the act. Sir, your check would blush
with shame, il was not already too deeply
dyed from the effects Of more ardent vice,
when you presume 10 accuse honest men Of
northern proclivities, men who know nd
North' no South, men who occupy the only
true conservative ground on which the North
and South can unite, men who are driven
TO the South by the attacks oil Black Repub-
ltcans IN the North, ond from thence driven
back again by Southern nullitiers' and thus
buiieted upon both cheeks by Northern ant
Southern dlsunlonists who seek to keep uE
slavery agitation until they can make it
preteXt for dissolution OF the Union.
And now one word in regard to so-called
Democracy Democracy take to be ge'
neric term, in which is included, and from
which has sprung all the isms that has evel
cursed our country II had time to ex'
tend this article, would anayze this com
pound called Democracy but at present vii
only say that strip 1t OF all Its factions arc
isms ana as uen' A'chlSon lately remarked
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