Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-03-22
The Legislature Bank Mobs-The Free
Negro Bill.
SATURDAY, March II.


Mr.. DARnEs FELT that such a bill was
nothing more nor less than a reflection upon
the character Of MissOurians; and he, az
representing portion Of the great State Of
Missouri, Of which he was proud, profess
ted against such measure being passed.
Mr.. SITroN said that as there had been
an exhibition of mob violence regarding q
certain bank, that it was well that such a
bill as the present be passed.
Mr.. Davis, OF Buchanan, deprecated the
idea of Passing such a measure as this,
which certainly, as regarded The people be
represented, was a vile lnsinuaiion.
FREE NEGRO BILL VETOED.
A message from the Governor has been
announced and read. In the message he
gives his reasons at length for returning the
bill without hi, signature. Among others
he states that he entertains doubts of the
eonstiiutionality Of The measure, and is Of
the opinion that it would &C: prejudiciaily
to the interests sought 10 be sustained, and
that it was uncaIled FOR, and calculated 10
tend TO political discord.
Mr.. DAVIS moved TO ley the message on
the table, and that 2 600 copies be printed,
which, upon a division prevailed-ayes SO,
nces 81.
MIR. DRAKE then remarked upon the bill
which he had presented, and denied that
there was more insinualion against the
character Of the people of any State than
there was against them by the existing law
for Furnishing horse stealing. Mr.. Drake
then handed up . document to the Clerk,
and requested it 10 be read.
Mr.. DARyEs objsclsd. Hs coneaded that
no gentleman had right to :.rsad doou-
ment unless he ceuld vouoh for its accuracy.
The SPEAKER ruled the gentleman from
81. Louis to be in order.
Mr.. DARNEs took an appeal against the
decision of the Chair, which, upon a diyis-
ion, was sustained, and Mr.. Drake proceed
ed 10 read the document, which consisted
Of The declaration of The parties who pre-
scented The paper at the Chil!icoths Bank,
when the mob prevented the officials Of tn,
Bank from paying specie for said paper.
hir. DRAKE then proceeded 10 say, thai
as this statement had never been denied,
and he believed that it disclosed a stale Of
afIairs which called Tor a legislative enact
nent 10 prevent a recurrence Of such .
high-hsnded ouragei end he was surprised
TO find any gentleman on that hoor 10 ooun-
tsaGnce such conduct. He cared not where
the refusal was made, wbslhsrin St. Louis
or any part Of the State VIVA, would BIS
thought of 81, Louis if q mob assembled
around the banks in that city 10 prevent The
payment in specie Of aRy Of It's notes? He
avow ed that bis intention in Introducing
this bill was to test whether that Democrat
ic House wsuld, while they had The power,
pass an act for the protection Of the people
of the State.
Mr.. AyDrRsos said that his objeoiitn to
The bill was that the existing law regard.
ing mob interference was sufficient.
The member from Pike then proceeded
% read from The revised statutes, vol. /, p.
els, which contains a stringent provision
FOR parsons meeting FOR an Illegal purpose.
He knew nothing Of the characters of the
persons who made The affidavit, but as it
animated, as had been stated, from mass
meeting, he denied that his law proposed
could be enforced in Chillicohe. He OBJ.
jected tina, such a bhl should, casting an
imputation upon the whole Of The State, be-
cause, iorsooth, in this one instance, ihsrc
had beer a violation Of the laws of the land,
which, he insisted, were sufficient TO pro-
tect the people.
Mr. DAREEs conceived that the docu-
ment read was SANDER on the whole pee
pie OF The State. Now. he Mr.. barnes
was authorized 20 say, that the Cashier Of
the Boaiman's Institution was offered east
ern exchange for the paper at one-half be-
low the price it was then selling for. The
same gentleman advised the parties not 10
go TO Chilicothe, because the people there
were Ender the impression that there was
an attempt TO make run upon them. He
{ Mr.. D. believed that the present attempt
to introduce this biHwas FOR The purpose
of deprsciating the currency of the State
outside Of ST. Louis. end he could tell the
eentlem,n from St. Louis that, in his part
of the couniry so soon as The notes were pre-
scented, they got it in specie, dollar for dol
lar, and be knew it for q fact that when
they approached 81. Louis they gave ono
hundred dollars TO ths captain to fire gun.
Mr. DR.KE did not believe one word Of
this story, but even supposiug it to be ;rus,
it only went 10 prove that two or more fool
ish men paid ore hundred dollars to Cap