Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-08-14
A Caustic Retort.
GLAssow, Aug. 2, 1856,

SrR--Other gentlemen together with my
self, few days ago, addressed a commune
cation to you, not for the purpose as you
clearly indicate) Of "deterring you from the
free expression of your opinions" but to
counteract and neutrallze as far as possible
that political capital sought to be made out
of communications Of Old Line Wings,
who avOw their intentions to support Mr..
Buchanan in preference to Mr.. Fillmore,
over which you seem to glOat with so much
gusto. This was distinctly stated-con-
Guiding with the request, ",hat you insert
this as coming from the other side of the
house," In order that you, at least, might
know that we were bona fde Old Line
Wings, not wolves in sleeps clothing, we
sent you the names only of subscribers to
the Republican.
We did not suppose that we would sub
ject ourselves to differences SO ilegitimately
drawn, 10 comments SO inconsistency and
illogically sustained.
If we had ga morbid anxiety to see our
names in print" as you say, we would have
selected more acceptable, and at least as
respectable journal. You say, tive (you)
have elected 10 support Mr.. Buchanan;
they, or portion Of these gentlemen, take
Mr.. Fillmore, who has abandoned the Wing
party. and connected himself with another
party, and those who still profess to be Old
Line Wings are willing, it would seem, to
sustain for the second Office in the govern
rhent, man, wool dyed Democrat, CA. J.
Donelson,) who has poured more abuse on
Mr.. Fillmore and his Administration, than
any man in the nation"
And the Editor of the Republican, is a.
mazed and Mortified at the Inconsistency
Of these Old Line Wings, who support A.
j. Donelson, a "wool-dyed Democrat" for
the second office in the government; who
according to his own showing, only reviled
Mr.. Fillmore politically, while we find him
day after day, with all the power and inhu-
ence of an extensively circulating journal,
"supporting" for the frs. and "second" Of
flee in the government, "wool-dyed Demo-
crafts" the first of whom not only reviled
the political, but traduced the moral and
consequently, personal character of Henry
Clay, the immortal leader of the Wing par
ty, thereby blasting his political reputation,
which forever prevented him from occupy.
ing that elevated position to which he now
aspires.
"Oh! consistency, thou art jewell"
We do not envy or covet the political OPP
tics of my Old Line Wing who thinks he
can descry in the distance, contingency
portending so much evil, as to induce him
to support Mr.. Buchanan, "who has done
more to destroy the Wing party than any
man in the nation" rather than Mr.. Fill
more, whose Administration was endorsed
as "next 10 that Of Washington" and re-
commended TO the support of the Wing par
ty, by the dying accents of its immortal lea
der. But the Editor of the Republican,, and
some few Old Line Wings, intimate that
they would support Mr.. Fillmore, but say
he is unavailable against Fremont, and re-
peat the stereotyped phrase, che can't be
elected"
| Now, when Mr. Fillmore was nominated
by the American Party, was the Editor Of
the Republican gifted with penetration so
deep-a political foresight so extensive, as
to know who would be the nominee of the
Black Republican and Democratic parties?
If not, how could he know that he would
not be available-why did he not raise the
Fillmore banner and keep it TO the breeze,
until he fully saw the dreadful contingency
which should induce him to abandon Fill
more, and support "wool-dyed Democrat"
(whose political record is anything but
Southorn) III order to defeat Black Re-
publican?
Would he not have supported Mr.. Pierce,
who was almost the Unanimous choice of
the South, or any other nominee of the Dem
ocratic party, rather than Mr.. Fillmore?
Now, if the Old Line Wings are as nu-
merous as he would have us believe, then
they hold the balance Of power, as between
the Americans AMI Democrats; and instead
of carping about his unavailability, if they,
and such journals as the Republican,, had
rallied to his support, his election would
have been secured without the shadow Of
doubt.
We cannot suppose that Mr.. Fillmore's
union with the American party is an insup-
cradle objection with the Republican; for we
find that journal, with zeal almost unpre-
cedented, advocating the election of Mr..
Kenneit, who is member of the American
Party Sin good Standing" Their is an in
consistency in the course pursued by the
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