Glasgow weekly times., 1859-02-24

any dulIoIIy spO"H1S d icCOSiiliOi ny tHc
founders Of The state government Of Sunday.
l may be wrong in my recollection Of it, but
if you will turn 10 our statutes, made by
those who framed the Constitution, you will
find laws prohibiting men from doing cer-
tain labor on Sunaay. Is not that true, sir?
We are 10 be told by the gentleman, Krib-
ben1 whose best recommendation is that he
comes from foreign land +, that we must give
UP the opinions of our fathers; we must blot
out all of that wisdom that has been hand
ed down 10 us bJ. patriotic men, and take
this foreign importation Of wi .dom and make
a retolution in this State; we are not only
told TO do this. but also TO heed this wisdom,
for it will make us wiser and better men.
We are told, sir, that everything IN Amer
lea is in effect borrowed from foreigners.
l thank the gentleman that he spoke upon
this question. would to God his sr eech
might go 10 every habitation in this State,
and that the people might und,rstand what
new doctrines are 10 be introduced here
We are to give up those principles, discard
those doctrines to take mp new dogmas Of
strangers in place Of that declaration OF
rights. Instead of regarding those great
principles promulgated by our fathers, who
shed their blood on hard fought grounds,
we are told to look TO Europe, to pattern
AFTER the great truths of the French revolu-
lion! Why, sir, the God Of wisdom who
superintends the nations Is dethroned by
that doctrine, and mate, iqliSm, the God of
the French, is TO be placed in his stead
Are we prepared 10 receive such doctrines?
trust | speak TO men who are Americans.
| care not whether they are Democrats or
Black Republicans, when we come TO this
great issue trust we will be found as a
unit Because certain class have obtained
privileges in St. Louis, under circumstan-
ces 10 which / have referred, it is no rea-
son why they should be given TO the pop
ulation of Cape Girardeau. The gentle
man Kribben1 says he has seen men cast
ing their vote against the passage of this
bill who have been dOdging in and out of
rum shops on Sunday. We'll, what of that?
He says again, that he has heard some votes
given here to-day that would disgrace the
Legislature of the State. ! conceive that
most remarkable speech Of hi, as far ezcee-
ding everything else that has ever been said
here disgusting. fApplause. Invoking,
as do, the sovereignty of the State of
Missouri TO stamp it with a seal of repu-
dlation, and consign IT TO grave that will
know no resurrection. Renewed ap-
plause.1 would ask, does the gentleman
come to this General Assembly ready to
force upon us such views? Does he pro-
pose 10 teach Americans the principles Of
liberty, and 10 understand the rules of con-
science as well a, he does himself9 Does
he come 10 our shores as an apostle after
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, TO show
that he is the greatest light that has ever
shone upon this little Denighied continent?
[Applause.] Does he come here and raise
his mighty voice TILL the capitol walls trern-
BILE ct the sound thereof, sand mute Won
der lurketh in mems ears" and in one
breath to blow away our laws, and with the
next 10 plant the institutions Of rotten Eu-
rope in our midst? All, because the State
# Missouri prohibits men from selling la
ger beer upon Sundsy! ..,
He grows particularly happy in casting
his shafts of sarcasm at the Pufitans. If he
knows it not, can tell him that those men
were driven from his beloved Europe be-
cause they demanded liberty Of conscience.
Gei me tell him something more: The little
light they have got in Germany upon the
subject Of conscience, was reflected back
from Plymouth Rock, (Applause.) His
theories are well enough. Germany has
theorzed. america has practiced. 1t
hes been said by the gentleman (Kribben)
on a iormer occasion that America has done
nothing great in his estimation, and that all
elements Of goodness sprung from Germany.
In regard TO our wisdom, all have 10 sayis
that is sufficient for ms, and We desire
not offcious gentlemen from foreign lands,
with noses turned up in scorh at our insig
nificance, TO instruct us in German freedom
or French red republicanism. (Great ap-
plause.) Why, sir, what would be the re-
suit should this gentleman's doctrines pre-
vail? The State Of Missouri would be en-
gulphed in sea Of lager. These "summer
institutions" as the gentleman (kribbcn)
calls them, would line the banks of the
Missouri; at every depot along the lines Of
our railroads; these "summer institutions"
would flourish in astonishing exuberance,
and the whole State would almost become
one vast "summerhonse institution. -
(Laughter.) He speaks Of the St. Louis
police reports as showing the advantage Of
these ''institutions.'' Can the gentleman
make me beliere the more liquor a man
drinks the less likely he is TO get drunk?-
He says the law allows Them TO sell more