Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-05-15


thinks that "when the Court dismisses q
man from Office, petition ought to appear
in the Clerks Office signed by respectable
number of citizens, that they desired the
dismissal OF the incumbent, and the appoint.
inent Of another man" by which, il the sense
is TO be gathered from the sound or the or
binary Interpretation put upon the words
employed in this elegant sentence, we are
TO understand that petition must walk in
10 the Clerks Office Of its own free will and
accord just at the moment of Mr.. Salton-
stalls dismissal, duly "signed by respect
able number Of citizens" But what would
constitute, in this gentleman's opinion, "re-
spectacle number" he does not say, but
leaves us as much in the dark as he has
done concerning the dismissal and the walk
ing petition. If he means by the words ''re-
spectacle number" a majority of all the cit
lzens Of the county then we comprehend
him'-he becomes democratic again. But
ii we are TO construe him as meaning
number of respectable citizens, as is not at
all improbable from the heller skelter use
he makes of verbs, adiectives, and pronouns
we should most likely disagree as to what
constitutes responsibility in the signers Of
his self-propelling document. But we are
told that "this course has not been taken
the public should know why it has been
taken in the case OF Mr.. Saltonstall." Still
harping on my doughter!--still in the foe!-
He tells US in one breath that this course has
not been taken, and, in the next, that the
public should know why it has been taken.
Talleyrand has said that language was de-
signed to conceal ideas and, we think that
''friend to Justice" at some time during his
long life, must have been pupil OF that
cunning Frenchman, Provided we could
only get to the bottom Of his meaning, doubt
less mine Of oracular wisdom would be
discovered entirely hidden to the common
OF casual observer. But as we are not bless
ed, like Swedenborg, with the faculty of
spiritual Interpretation, nor capable of read
ing riddles harder of solution than that of
the Egyptian Sphynx, we will not attempt
any farther to bring TO light the recondite
beauties Of the Banners enigmatic cores
pendent.
Before concluding will state that the
Court did not act unadvisedly in this affair.
A lawyer of good standing was consulted,
and his opinion in regard to the proper in
depreciation Of the law, conceded with that
of Judge Sweatnam and myself and Judge
Brown, after investigating it himself, came
to the same conclusion, and voted for Mr..
Hendrix as Mr.. Saltonstall's successor.-
Ard though he was not so fortunate as TO
elect his man, yet he was as much instru-
mental in the removal of Mr.. s. as any sim
gle member of the Court. OF this fact the
man with the uncomfortable name who,
nominally, presides over the "Bunner" was
well aware when he published the article
III which he ventures to suppose that the
Court will be SO ''intimidated" by Mr.. Da-
Wis communication as to "remand tie dpau-
ietS back into the hands of the proper chan
nel"-just as though all men were of the
same sheep.livered composition as himself,
and as if any other "channel' ever had
hand to it save that kind Of a channel. of
which, both in function and in name, he
stands forth as the proper and undisputed
representative. f. w. DIGGES.