Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-07-23
GEN. CIark,s Know Nothin gism

The certificate of sundry gentlemen Of Boone,
relative to Gen. Clark's advocacy Of the Doc
trines OF the American Party, published by us a
few weeks since, struck the entire anti-Bento
press, from the Republican" down to the Ban
ner," between s'wiud and WATER" and raised
such howl as TO lead TO the belief that they think
Clark is destined to defeat. Well may they feel
alarmed; for, when the sturdy yeomanry Of the
country hear Gen. Clark denouncing the Ameri-
can Party as anti-Republican, Sectional, and
Proscrptive TO the Foreigner and the Catholic and
Then are made acquainted with the fact, that but
a short time since he was member Of that party
himself, going at greater length than the more
prudent members would go-even TO applying OPP
probous epithets to foreigners and Catholics
they tciH ask thsmselres, If Gen. Clark be thus
shifty, have we any assurance that he will not in
a few months hence, join some other party, and
forsake us? This is natural question-and Q
forcible one. They know Gen. Clark was q
wing, as late as 1919; they know he then left the
wings and joined the democrats; they know he
left the dem ocrats and joined the Americans; and
they know he has left the Americans, ana now
processes to be democrat, ogain; they know
that this continual shifting shows a screw lose
some where, and who wonders that they look
upon him with distrust2 Well they may.
But Gen, Clark seeks 10 escape, by impeach-
ing the testimony Of the gentlemen who testify "a
gainst him. At Linneus, the other day, during his
speech, he is reported TO have said "thdt if any
man had stolen horse, he could proue himself
clear" by such witnesses as Moss Prewitt, James
Harris, John NJ Samuel, N. Schoolfeld, John
w. Rollins, and the other gentlemen whose names
were appended TO the certificate. And further
more, said Gen. Clark, he icould not beiieue these
gentlemen on oath. Now Gen. Clark is personally
acquainted with most Of these gentlemen, as are
numerous other persons in this county and Dis
trict, and they know them to be men of standing,
of the strictest integrity, and gentlemen, in the
full sense of the term. The General must be hard
up, when he SO ar forgsts himself as to thus
speak.
But we have coToborative testimony, as TO the
truth of Gen Clar rs speech at Columbia, certi-
fed to by as good men as could be found in the
State-and since Die General denies, we give it,
as follows:-
We, whose hames are hereto affixed, do hereby
certify, that, wetwerejh Taylor Council, on the
night of Monday, me 18th February, 1855, and
heard Gen. John B. Clark, of Howard county,
make speech, in which he spoke in the very
highest terms of the principles and policy of the
Rno1c Nothing, or .4merican Party. He abused
the foreigners IN the very hardest terms, particu-
larly the Germans, whom he called the icoode1l-
headed Dutch, and other very hard names. He
also abused the Catholics in very hard terms, de-
claring they were dangerous TO civil and religious
liberty, and unworthy of Office, under the gov
eminent. July, 1857.
! VIM. N. Beattie, M. G. Singleton,
! Alfred Keene, Alexander Keene,
| Richard Cromwell d. H. Hickman,
VIM. T. Hickman, William J. Gordon.
How will the General like these gentlemen?-
Will he assert that they, too, would forswear
themselves to clear horse-thief. Will he tell
the people that he would not believe them oil
oath? We shall see.