Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-07-30
Collins and Clark.

Huntsville, July 2Sth, 1857.
Mn. EDIToR: The candidates for Con-
gress in this district spoke here to-day TO
quite large crowd. Gen. Clark spoke
first. He commenced, as he always does,
believe, by stating that he had been mis-
represented since he had been here, by
some one who reported his speech when he
was here at the commencement Of the can
yass.
He then stated what he had said upon
the Utah Question, but was careful 10 omit
what he stated when he was here first, that
it was absurd talk about Territory being
ir state Of tutilage, and also, that he never
SAID word abought the right of Congress
to repeal the territorial act of Utah, but
low says he would vote to repeal their ter
ritorial government. He has actually
changed upon that subject, since he was here
| in June
He then talked about his course, and the
Cincinnati platform, and the abuse GER
tain Editor had heaped upon him--oontend-
ing that he stood now where he stood in
1910, when he was the wing candidate for
Governor, and in 1850 when he ran for the
legislature in Howard county, and that he
had great cause 10 be proud that every body
had come 10 him! wondered how demo-
Gratis, who had been sincere all their lives
in the advocacy Of their principles, could
vote for man who would get up and tell
them that he stood precisely where he did
in 1910, when he abused them without
stint, and apprehend there are many dem
scrats who have too much independence TO
do this.
He then told us about being member
of the American party, he was deceived into
it, and had received great abuse, and that
he deserved great deal of abuse for leav-
ing the democratic party, but that he de-
served some praise for leaving the Ameri-
can party. That he did not know whether
he made the speech in Columbia in The
Council, that, it is proven that he did make
, That those gentlemen who certify that he
made the speech, thought they would moi
, be believed, and got the certificate Of thu
county Clerk, Mr. Woodson, who was thu
meanest one amongst them. How weak thu
, man must be who has TO bolster up his OWL
political history by abusing such men a:
those who signed that certificate.
Clark then pitched into Rollins about hi
i
, sound; that he had never helped to MAKE
/ Kansas a Slave State. The Benton mel
. were supporting Rollins, he was therefore
. unsound.
! Mr.. Collins then took the stand, and 70
: "a hours engaged the attention OF the crow,
aud completely used up the gneral. l new
! er saw any one get worse political thrash
:. ing than Clark got, and it was received b,
the crowd with continued outbursts OF ap
pause, He told Clark Of his political som
mersets; that the reason he left the Amer
can party was that he saw more proininen
V men there than he was, and he found O.,
: that unless he left, he could never get eve
It chance for Congress. He then handled
, the Kansas question with great ability
showed that Clark lodged that questicr
and that Clark had to refuse 10 endorse I'll
l. Administration upon that subject, or 10 re
lie pudiate his State right principles. Ihave Mt
: time to give you in lull the mastery speec
10 of Collins-it is only sufficient 10 say tn,
i Clark was thoroughly used up: worse,
'e possible, than Jackson was when Linde
10 beat him for Congress, which was cearl
$ shown by Clark getting quite mad, and
L his rejoinder behaved very badly, both tt
IN ward Collins and Rollins, and as Collir
10 told him it was very cowardly 10 altac
o. Rollins when he was not present, and
e. think most of the democrats thought so To-
9, Is it possible that democrats will snppo
in Clark who was first wing, then TYlel
lie tie, then wing, then democrat, then
tn member of the American party, then den
be ocrat, and after abusing the germans
ly northumberland Dutch" turning rour
ut and declaring that he would vote against
as ny modification OF the naturalization law
* viii the democrats support such an unce
rk tain politician. | think there are mai
he that will not. RANDOLPH.
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