Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-06-26

companies. He thought the American par
ty South was sound, and said nothing against
Fillmore.
| In the course Of his remarks he took oc-
casion to speak softly of Wings and Benton
democrats - the two parties he has OPP
posed all his life, and abused and misrepre-
scented as he did the American party. Mr..
R. said in the opening Of his speech, he was
not prepared for the canvass, having been
nominated unexpectedly. His speech proved
the truthfulness of this declaration, for no
one who is at all posted, and desires to deal
fairly by his opponents, would so misrepre-
sent their principles, organization and pur-
poses as he did.
Mr.. Henry replied, beginning where Mr..
Robinson left off, and clearing the Ameri
can party of the Misrepresentation that had
been heaped upon it. He showed from the
ritual of the party that Mr.. r. had misrep-
resented it, and said he must have known it,
for he had joined the party under that very
ritual. (This brought Mr.. R. to his feet,
as if bomb had exploded under him, to ex-
plain. He said Professor Swallow had in.
duced him @ join, but what oaths he took,
or what he, promised he had forgotten!) -I
Mr.. H. reud from the ritual and said now
that it was done away with, the men who
joined the party under it, and remained
members for months were abusing that same
ritual. He showed the federalism of Mr..
Buchanan, and commented on Mr.. RS apol-
ogy for Federalists. He then took up the
Test question, and showed that though the
democracy of Howard and Boone had made
denial Of the power of Congress over slave
ry in the Territories test Of democracy,yet
no State or National Convention had ever
adopted test resolution-on the contrary
they had refused to do so BY decided vote.
Mr.. R. was test man few years ago, but
was now for Polk and Sims, both power
men. To Mr.. RS assertion that the Amer
lean Party originated in the North, Mr..
Henry replied, among other things, that
l1dIlCt, tuO uulhOi Va VIC SihSAh-
natl Platform, was resident of Boston-a
free soier of the worst stamp-fxed upon
the record against slavery and slavery eX-
tension-and that he was member of the
Massachusetts Legislature and voted for
Sumner for United States senator-the same
Sumner who was cudgeled the other day by
II. L T. ~ r g L.
South.
Mr.. II. followed up Mr.. RS rambling
speech, and refuted it at every point, turn
- ing many of his assertions against him, with
great power and effect. On the early poll
- cy of the Government in reference to emf.
grafton, the doctrines of the fathers of the
Republic were read; facts and figures, the
acts Of foreigners, their organizations fol
political purposes, their anti-slavery princi
: an eloquent and powerful appeal TO native
born and adopted citizens to stop the evi
now; let the oppressed of all countries come
= but let us SO change our naturalization law
that we may perpetuate a Republican gov
he eminent for all time 10 come. At the con
K cusion, and frequently in the course of hi
remarks, he was enthusiastically cheered
: The American cause was strengthened b,
the discussion.
10 Mr.. Graves, democratic cadidate for tn
~ Legislature, next occupied the stand for
y short time. Mr.. G.. labored under cons;d
!. siderable excitement, and pitched into tn
Z" Know Nothing party, right and left. II
called them the Know Nothing party, be
:, cause TO call them American, argued he wa
:. :. not an American. He had no more love 70
:. foreigners than any body else, and the tall
81 = Of the X. Ms about foreigners was all non
" sense. The X. Ms presented no issue an
he could not meet nothing. He went int
y the American party assured he could hav
u, ~ an honorable discharge; others did the same
-, and now they were called renegades. Whe
:: he went in they had no platform, and conse
= qucntly he never left the democratic party
" He was no renegade, because he never LEI
>" his old party. The X. Ms were proscript
i've 10 foreigners and Catholics. Catholic
" asked nothing of government, but 800
~ New England clergymen had asked the re
% peal of the Fugitive Slave Law. Othe
az denominations besides Catholics neede
:" watching. The slavery question was. III
10 great one, and on this the X. Ms divide III
." South. The South is all sound on slavery
- and will be Americans when necessary
'', He then made few remarks on State pol
- icy.
VI We have Mr.. Graves own admission tht
~ he held membership with the America
y, party fce months, and that he joined in Je
ferson City. After he came home we kno,