Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-09-09
An Extraordinary Letter.
Waco, Texas, Aug. IL, 1856

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Hon. John B. Clark:
SrR;-Permit me to congratulate yot.
upon your reelection 10 Congress. You
came 10 the Democracy in her darkest hour;
went foot and spelled up, honorably. But
not so with Anderson and Woodson; they
are Americans by profession, "SOuh finer
icans.'' Elected by the American party,
these gentlemen attempt 10 walk, square
over, from the head Of one class 10 the head
OF The other; or rather, TO stand head OF
both. classes at the same time. You re-
member sixteen Wings were taken in at
the last Legislature, endorsed by nthe JEFF
ferson Clique; we gave one the Speaker
ship, another Foreign Mission, and made
friend Ziegler conspicuous generally
Somebody was cheated then, and somebody
viii be cheated again. ' ID "
When did any other party hold of for a
Democrat I? Never! After the Democracy
elected Geyer 10 The Senate, could the
Wing party be brought 20 tie support ofa
Deiocrat? Not BY any means! In The
issue between Stewart and Rollins, where
did the vote oil the strong slave counties go?
Along with Blair ard the Freesoil party
for Rollins These cciinties were largely
Whis and American. SO inveterate is the
prejudice of all opposition elements against
Democracy, that the impending destruction
Of slavery in Missouri, has but little influ-
ence with that opposition IN strong, slave
holding counties. But, 1.-The cohesive bond
of public plunder' is found TO be more po-
tent. Implied bargain and sale, as hereto
fore, is still the order Of the day. 60.
Let us, review the action of our leaders,
for. the last few years. And firstly, we
will notice the Phelps and Lamb bargain
and sale; BY which these gentlemen lost
their Benton dinner. In this transaction.
many veteran Democrats, of the Old Guard,
whose services had won many hard CON
tested fed, and whose qualifications had
stood the scrutiny Of past experience, were
turned off, and had their noses snubbed by
the dozen, TO make room FOR the Phelps and
Lamb, rscrdiis. These men were support
ers of Bent on, until il was ascertained that
he had no public plumber to give them
Then they discovered all at once, that Ben
ton was wrong! They had been asleep
for a,whole year, for they went back be-,
yond that period, 10 find the errors Of Ben
ton. This fraud was ecncoc,ed in Wash
'ugton, by men from Missouri, in Congress
ana out Of it, three weeks before any action
was taken by The Cabinet, Next 70 ibis,
,,yas The, attempt 10 elect TO. the United
States Senate, the Hon. David R. Atehison,
the Know Nothing, in full fellowship with
that ''Dark Lantern Party" To dowhieh,l
a dark lantern caucus was held inJeEersQpi
City, composed iof AiehisoD and DoniPl'ans
Know Nolhihgs, at which these at~o7 mem
were proposed for nomination. Nearly all
our, prominent men, were in that secret
caucus, then and there trying ia sell The
whole party Ito dheI Know Nothings--I
HdsM Two years sf,erHshis 3'eones The
immortal sixteen" Old LINE Wings, beaded
BY C. C. Zeigler, Of which we have spoken.
Where il friend ZeisleT now2s L "A
And lastly, come. dds Anderson and
Woodson fraud. This was business