Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-17
From the Hannibal Messenger.


THE NEcRo IssuE.-There is an evident
determination OH the part Of certain poliii.
clans in this State 10 enforce the everlasting
"nigger" question upon the people, in order
that they may profit thereby. As for The
thing itself, they care nothing about it. They
do not feel the least interest in slavery, alb
stractly considered. 1t is only as means OF
political advancement that the subject has
any charms to them. They are utterly selfish.
Were IT popular 10 advocate gradual Eman-
cipa,ion, they would advocate immediate
Abolition, without even remunerating slave
owners, they would rival the faEaticism Of
Garrison or Fred Douglas. Bot as these
things ere unpopular, and as il is popular TO
come down with forty-horse power upon
anything, and evry,bing, that is not rabidly
pro-slavery, these traders in politics think
they can make good thing out OF II, and so,
they throw themselves forward and cry out,
'qbe issue is Slavery or no Slavery"
Well, admit for the sake Of argument,
that that issue is now presented, whose fault
Is il? II is the fault Of the very men who
are now trying TO make capital out Of it. II
is the fault Of Slavery Agitators, Democrats,
Black Republicans. and lstterly o few ambi-
tious Americans. The men that favor lie
compton tests" and favor them for selfish
purposes, are clone responsible for this Is
sue. They have gotten il up under Inc
hypocritical garb Of devotion to The interests
Of The South. Devotion 10 the South, IN
deed! What care they for the interests oil
the Shareholder? As q general rule those
who are Ioudest in their professions OF 10y
sl,v 10 the South, are Northern men by
birth and by education, and at heart they
are Anti-SIavery! They never owned so
much as the Writings OF negro's thumb
nail, and they never will; for if they had the
inclination, they have not The pecunIary abil-
iiy TO buy negro! How disgusting to hear
such men pirate about the Slaye-interest Of
Missouri and the South, and even daring to
impeach the loyalty Of SOuthern.bOrn men.
"They are like sepulchres, white without,
but inward!y they are filled with dead mems
bones and all manner Of uncleonliness.
But we are told that the question must be
"se.tled." How old is that song? How
many times within the last eighteen years
have we been told that this question must
be "settled," and that il would be "settled?''
II was "settled" in The annexation Of Tex.
as: il was "se,tled" IN the election Of Polk;
il was "settled" By the Compromise Act Of
1850; it was "seitled" by the election Of
Pierce; it was Settled by the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise and passage Of the
Kansas. Nebraska Bill; it was "settled" BY
the election Of Buchanan; If was "settled'
by the disposition Of the Lecompton Consti
tuition; and now we are graveIy told that i
must be Settled" by agitation! Whoever
heard suggestion so insulting TO common
intelligence, s'settle it BY agitation"
In the name Of God, if there is man VIII
will permit himself to be gulled and vince
died by such knavish nonsense, let him ro
a iack.ass Of its ears and attach them TO hi
own head, and then he will appear in hi
true character! Does any body believe thes
men want Slavery Agitation "settled?"-
Why, they liue by keeping it unsettled ! ]
makes Legislators, Congressman, Cover
nors, Presidents; il fills all the salaried off
ces in the land Does Jim Lane want tn
question settled IN Kansas? Just as mucl
as the agitators in the States want it settle'
in the States; every whit. Their pclitica
existence depends upon agitation. just a
his, and they, at heart, would regret the set
Element of Slavery agitation as much as h
would, and no more. Mind, we are talking
about office-seekers, not the masses, VIII
are but too easily led away by the former
These ofice-seekers know, as well as the,
are conscious Of selfexistence, that the re
suit of agitation in this State must and viii
be Emancipation. 1t has not been eighteel
months since they so declared from the stuml
and in our Legislative halls!
We wash our hands Of this agitation. w
know what il would lead to, and we hav
had neither slot nor part in the matter.
People of Missouri! Shareholders Of Mari
on county! We have warned you against il
and again we warn you. Six months az
you denounced agitation and agitators a
dangerous TO the Slave interests, and in thi
YOU were encouraged and defended by you
present Representative in Congress. Tha
was always the policy Of the American par
~. We know no reason why that polio,
should be changed. We stand where w
have always stood, opposed TO agitation, an
for the same reason; and the future vii
vindicatethe wisdom of our course. Yet
il fhe issue is made, while we shall deplor
and protest against the mad infatIation tina
forces it upon the people, we as Southern
men, will stand or fall with those anon
whom we have always lived, and for who's
interests we have always labored, wit
whatever of ability we may have possessed
But once for all, we tell you that the onl
way 10 settle agitation faUorabty for the South
is 10 settle the agitatord Mark that, ant
profit by it while you may.