Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-06-25


the dispeasure Of the nullifer and the
abolitionist, professed to consider the main
tenance Of the Missouri compromise as the
panacea for the evils which had grown out
Of The slavery agitation AN agitation which
he was amongst the first to start. lie was
so sensitive on this subject that he felt him.
self aggrieved when his name happened 10 .
be placed in the same list with the patriots
who sustained the measures of 1850. He |
desired it to be understood that the line Of
36 30 was his measure and that it was al
most as sacred as the constitution itself. II |
was in this attitude that he made terms
with alien squatter sovereignty, throwing
overheard his sacred 36 80; as he had pre-
viousy done his "a 40 and suddenly be-
came the medium through which the Buffalo
plattormiSts, the Nashville Hartford con-
ventionst, and all the other ultraists that
have disturbed the peace OF the country for
the last seven years, have gained momen-
tary triumph and have now potential voice
in the Federal Administration.
We are indebted to Mr.. Buchanan and
this alien squatter-sovereignty for the com
inc national. and which can do nothing ma
tiona, and which can do nothing but re-
ward the ultra partisans who were The most
active in urrHyins ore section ct the COIN
try against uuother. We see i'll one OF the
Departments Secretary who but short
period since denounced in terms OF the
coorsest billinssgate the whole States
RIGHTS party of the South. declaring their
doctrines and designs false and traitorous
to the Union. By the side Of this Secretary
sits one of the most notorious of the leaders
of this Southern rights party. There TOO
sits the man who declared that his heart
would break sooner than approve OF the
COMPROMISE of 1850; and he is in cordial
fellow.hip with the Cabinet Minister whose
chief pretension to pubIic favor rests on
the fact that lie united with Messrs. Clay
and Webster in giving that compromise a
cordial support. The natural result of such
a compound of contradictions is, that every
corrupt faction in the land looks to the Ad-
lninistration for protection and countenance.
Hence, like the preceding Administration,
it has Northern and Southern face on the
slavery question, and is provided with Cab
met Ministers TO sneak with (orked tongues
to both sections.
Let it be our purpose TO hold up to public
scorn this shameful feature of party degen.
eracv and corruption. Let us constantly
contrast it with the ennobling example.
i left us bv the early founders Of the Repub
, lie.
! There is no longer room for humbugger,
= on the slavery question. This "ShanI De
= n1ocrrcy" with the blood which it has shet
!. in Kansas has lost this portion Of its capi
,al; and it is now Obliged to submit 10 th
4 tests it has provoked in numerous othe
! intrigues equally fatal to the true and last
u ing interests ofthe pco,le.
Are aliens, without naturalization, st
!. to be recognized as squatter.soyereigns, an
in this character to decide what shall b
our organic laws and who shall be orr pub
e lie officers? Are the public lands 10 cease
n be treated as the common fund Of the Uu
n ion, and TO be hereafter given away in Ut
; ter disregard of the principle of equalit
= which entities all the States to share aliL
J. in this great inheritance of wealth? Is tn
!, question of internal Improvement to be SCI
Is lied according to the views Of sectionalsr
% which have formed the cabinet, or accorl
=. ing 10 the practice and recommendation
Is those patriots who have looked to the prt
r servation of the Union as our greatest poll
ut ical blessing? Are we TO have new a
,e tempts at fiiibnsterism in Cuba and the ctl
n er West India islands, in accordance wit
~ the sentiments Of the O,tend Conrerenct
&c Are Americans to be still prescribed fl
'n daring to uphold the doctrines of Washin,
p. ton, Jefferson. Madison. aad Jackson. ~
re for repeatiug their admonitions against Il
, dangers of foreign influence and the cou
! sells of those demagugues who would less,
Ne the attachment of the people to the Const
ne tuition and the Union?
d, The priucples INVOKED in these cue
go tions are forced upon orr serious attenti
~ bv the rractices OF the modern ..siam I
a., a., mocracg." Their discussion will shc
ell that the American party occupies the on