Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-05-27
This Congressional District.

we supposed 10 be fact, that a candidate
for Congress was to be put upon the track
in tavor of slavery Emancipation. We still
suppose there will be such a candidate
though we have as yet seen no intima,ior
as to who is TO be the man.
In viewof this state Of affairs, we urged
the propriety of running an American can
didate, and briefly gave our reasons. AS
we anticipated, the National agitation or
gans are bowling most wOfully, and in Off
ferent keys. We shall attend to them,
specially, and pointedly, hereafter; mean
time, we desire more fully 10 state our own
position, and the position of the American
party.
Slavery agitation we have atrsnuouslv,
(and honestly, ifnot sbly,) opposed, since
its inauguration, some ten years since, by
Gen. Clark, who now represents this Dis
trict in Congress. The Power of Con-
gress" was then the pretext. Then the
Nebraska Bill. Next Buchanan's election
and the Kansas business, and now, Eman.
cipation.
All these prstexts are of democratic ORR
gin, and as we conceive, got up for poli,l-
cal purposes, and not for the benefit Of the
South, or if for her benefit, calculated, BY
agitation, to injure her. All who would
not act with the democratic party were de-
nounced as unfriendly to the South-free
Observation-Disclosures, Sc.
EMANCIPATION is now the hobby, and
we are called upon to join the party that
makes the issue-the party that has fur
nished twenty-four out of every twenty FIVE
Emancipaiionists now in the State, and tina,
will continue TO furnish them in about the
same ratio, should that party increase.
Where EmancipatiOnists now prevail,
democracy, with its foreign allies, formerly
prevailed; and where these allies are now
found, will be the strong holds of the Eman-
cipationists, even in this District. Native
democracy will run after numerical strength,
and thus the democracy Of St. Louis be-
came abolitionized. And thus it will be
elsewhere, if the .7mericans ulA stand by
their o,rn platform and candidates, and
leare the northern and southern agitators 10
fight their orn battles.
In doing this, the Americans occupy no
neutral ground. They simply stand on
their own platform, oppose agitation, either
for or against slavery. Oppose Emanci-
patton, oppose Propagandism, oppose Con-
gressiOnal Intervention, stand BY the Con-
stitu,ion and Laws, State and National,
throwing slavery out of politics. thus giving
quiet 10 the country, and peace to the slave
holder, leaving him in the safe and quiet
possession Of his slave, as we'll as other
property.
But, we have Enancipstionists, and it is
necessary to put them down, say the agita-
tors. How? Join the agi,ators, and thus
put Goals on the burn, TO cure it? We say
not. There is no formidable exhibition Of
Emancipation, at least in this District. Let
them bring out their candidate; let their able
stumpers take the field, and at the close Of
the canvass we shall then know phere they
are, from uhsnce they came, phO they are,
and their strength; and if it shall prove SO
formidable as to require an abandonment of
party organization OH the part Of slave hold
ers, then will be time enough for consuta-
tion-a new organization, and new men.
Americans. Wings, and Union Demo-
Gratis, cannot be scared from their princi-
pies and propriety, and into the support of
such political prostitute as Gen. Clark, 10
break down q faction that the course of him
and his party has built up, and that must
draw The bulk of its strength from that party. |
1.-THE movement should draw of enough /
to defeat him, and elect sound man, occu- |
plying the position above indicated, goOn wiA
be the result. We fear it will not, but there
being chance, even, we are for embracing
it, and will give cordial support to such
candidate
These are our views, and the views OF
Americans and Wings, so far as we have
had an opportunity of ascertainlng them
We are free to give them, believing them TO
bs correct, and believing their general adop
lion would prove beneficial to the country.
The Democratic and Republican parties are
going 10 pieces; moderate men Of both par
lies cannot, and will not much longer follow
freedom shriekers" or "fire-eaters. -
There i, enough sound sense, enlarged pa
riotism and conservative feeling abroad TO
AXE the lead. 1t is now gathering, and Will
continue to gather, until both Of the sectional
parties will be over.rode and born DOWN
The American party is the nneclu' Of this