Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-03-22

.. mat we most cordlally approve tne
language and sentiments contained in the fol-
lowing extract of letter written by Thorn
as Jefferson TO Mr.. Sparks, pointing out
"a feasible scheme 10 rid our States of the
burden of slavery" and in which he de-
clares, ":hat the second object and the most
interesting 10 US, as eoming home to our
physical and moral characters, to our happi-
ness and safety, is TO provide an asylum,
to which we can by degrees, send the whole
of that population (the negroes, from a.
nong us, and establish them under our pat
ronage and protection as separate, free
and independent people in some country
and climate friendly 10 human life and hap
piness.
4. That the colonization Of the free blacks
thus distinctly pointed out by,,Mr. Jefferson
as the true solution of the slavery question
in this country, found amnos its defenders
the ilustrious Clay of Kentucky. among the
greatest of the second generation of states
men of the Republic. We bestow his elo-
quent language 10 rebuke those who. main
tain that our government was instituted fer
no other object that 10 perpetuate slavery;
"If (said this great statesman and patriot
Ic,) they would repress all TENDENCIES TO-
ward liberty and ultimate emancipation,
they must do more than put down the be-
neyolent efforts Of this society. They must
90 back TO the era Of our liberty end indie
pendence, and muzzle the cannon which
thunders its annual joyous return. They
must revive the slave trade, with all its
train of atrocities. They must repress the
workings Of British philanthropy seeking
to sneliorate the condition of the unfortu-
nate West India slaves. They must arrest
the career Of South American deliverance
from thraldom. They must blow out the
moral lights uaound us. and extinguish that
greatest torch Of all, which America pre-
sents to benighted world, pointing the
way to their rights, their liberties and
their happiness, and when they have achiev-
ed all these their work then will be incom-
plete, they must penetrate the human soul,
and eradicate the light sof reason and the
love of liberty. Then and not till then,
when universal despair and darkness pre-
vail, can you perpetuate slavery, and repress
all sympathies, and all humane and benev-
olent efforts among fresmen in behalf of the
unhappy portions Of our race who are
doomed tobOndage."
5. That the Republicans of Missouri,
knowing that Edward Bates has, throughout
his life, held the views and senti nents Of
the founders Ofthe Republic, upon this vi
tai subject, how the great and overshadow-
ing issue before the country and honoring
him for the courage and constancy with
which he has remained faithful to their
principles in the worst Of times, as well as
for the elevation and purity Ofhis character
hereby commend him. TO the great Repub-
lican party of the Union as one worthy to
bear their banner in the contest for the re-
storation of the government TO lis ancient
policy of honesty, humanity and freedom.
| 6. That the threats of the leaders Of a
corrupt party TO destroy the Government,
if the principles upon which the UDiOn was
formed shall again prevail in its administra
tion, should bs regarded with scorn and
contempt until an overt act shall be made to
put this treason into execution, when it
should be met in the spirit Of which our
fore-fathsrs set us an example by the pun
ishment Of the traitors, and an unreserved
pledge of "our lives, our fortunes, and our
most sacred honor" 10 the defense Of our
liberties and our country.
7. That the free citizens Of Missouri, in
reclaiming for themselves and their poster
ity the fields Of employment here dedicated
to the encouragement Of slavery, do recog
nize, in the fullest sense the irrepressible
character of the conflict between free and
slave labor, and announce themselves pre-
pared to maintain in that conflict the cause
of free labor.
s. That we recognize il as the duty Of
the Government Of the United States 10
protect the rights of free intercourse and
domicll between the citizens of the differ
ent States-at home, as fully as in foreign
countries, and to maintain in al respects
the equal rights of citizens Of all rativites
under the Constitution of the United States
and are opposed 10 any change OF the nat
uralization laws.
8. That as the ardent friends of free labor
and the developement of the West, we hail
with delight the action OF the Republican
party in Congress in favor Of the bill to
grant free homestead Of l60 acres Of the
public land to every person, who is of age
who shall settle upon and cultivate the same
knowing that the primary effects Of the
measure would be to attract immigration
to the West and to exclude slavery from the
Territories.
10. That the construction of a national
railroad across the continent TO the Pacific
Ocean upon the central route, BY way OF
Pixies Peak, is national necessity net less
than national duty, and that we are in ia
vor of lis immediate construction under the
inspection of the General Government.
The resolutions were read separately,
and adopted,
A resolution denouncins the free negro
bill, and the following was adopted:
Resolved, That Inc Hon. Francis P. Blair
Jr., in respect TO the thoughtfulness sand
resolve with which he has revived and ad-
vocated the views and plan Of Mr.. Jefferson
on the subject Of negro colonization-a
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