Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-11-29
Eocne County Unioh ReselutionA

Eocne County Unioh ReselutiOnA
/. Thstewe fsgard the Consthutiou Of
the United States, whatever may be rs i'm
perfeclisBs, as. The best safeguard IF lber-
| ty and hun an rieht ever tes devised BY ha-
man wisdom; and that. in vie meof the good
it has secured, as>well as the evil it has
averted, we prefersit 10 any other form Of
government NJ hitherto suggested or adopted
among mahkipd.>
2. That we regard the Union Of the States
under that Constitution. Dot only as the
bsst means 10 our continued Prosperity, bal
tha, in the langdsge.of ths Father Of his
Country, 1--WE should cherish cordial, hsb-
i,uaI and immoyable attachment to it; ao-
| customing ourselves to think and speak Of
it as The palladium of eur political SAFETY
and prosperity; watching for its preserya-
! lion with Jealous saxiety, disceuntenane.
ing Whatever may suggest even IA susspe-
ion that it can in any event be abandoned,
and Indignantly frewning, upon ;ihe first
dawning of every attempt TO alienate, any
portion Of our country from the rest, or 10
enfeeble the sacred ties which now Ink
together the various parts.n5 20 aosssas
3. That NO enc sectien4 of the United
States more than another has the right 10
name and 10 elect any citizen 10 the Presi-
dency; and',herefore the election Of ,Abra-
ham Lincoln, as much as we W ere opposed
To- il and now deplorei the event.. affords no
just cause for dissolution Of the Union
4. That we have Sufficient confidence in
the people of the United States, in; their
love Of the Uuion and reverence for the
laws, to believe That they will, upon all
just-oecasions, oppose and resist Any clear
violation of the Constitution. wh ether at
tempted in wuntonness or under the forms
Of law; and that, in our judgment, a right
full remedy for either the one or the other
is anappeai TO the Supreme Court Of the
natlon.b !ai.I 6 v'i,IHs-a sFaT'-..-.- -.H- |
s., That this meeting most earnestly calls
upon the people of those noithern States
whose legislatures have passed laws TO
prevent or retard the execution of the act
OF Congress FOR the rendition Of fugitive
slaves, 10 repeal the same. because they are
against the plain reading Of the Constitu-
lion Of the Union, Inconsistent with, the
equality of the States, and insulting TO the
people. Of the South. 70 -9t--I - -
3. 6, That Missouri.in addi,ionto the great
national consider aliens which attach her
with unfinchiBg fidelity to the Union, has
d peculiar and local interest in its pressr-
walton which rs not fet by the Southern
States that.are situated with the Gulf on
side Of them and tierof slave Statss upsn
the other. Missouri occupying central
position in the confederacy, is shut out
from intercourse with the world except
through the surrounding States. She is
therefore dependent upon The Union for The
right Of expectation and importation, for the
right Of ingress apd egress; and being ex.
free State border, she il, dependent upon the
Union for security in the possession of her
slaves and for the prpteo,ionsof her people
rom civil war. Tha, in eur opinion the
permanent continuance Of slavery in Mis-
'ouri depends upon tne continuance Of the ,
Union and the ultimate peaceful and profit
able existence Of slavery in the Southern
States depends upon the continuance of the !
barrier which the border slave STATES now
afford them against Northern aggressioa.-f,
In view Of these great interests, Missouri
IS compelled to mountain the Union, and she
appeals olhe South as brave and chivai.
rou, people to stand by the Union as the
only hope for the preservation Of our great ,
national prosperity and the preservation in !,
peace Of our Southern institutions. ...
4. That any step on the part Of any OF
The existing authorities of Missouri for the !
avowed or obvious purpose of committing T.
this State to the policy or fortunes of any of !
those States which desire dissolution Of
The Uniou, would be hsgrant and crimi-
nal abuse of their trusts that would call for
an immediate and vigorous Intervention of
The sovereign power of the Stats--waIcH
BESIDES ALONE IN THE PROFILE. and which
has never been delegated 10 those casual
functionaries, appointed for ordinary pur- e
poses Of public administration-to be per
vertsd to the illegitimats objects of rebel L
ION and civil war: no aa.ssl51, 70 lGs.t nd
8. That oursis Union Of affection and
interest and not Of force. and thai The idea
Of coercing State into good will i, absurd
and thatiwhile we depreeate secession we
will net adm any aggres sion upon aosister
Of the cenfsdeTacy which may take that
step. -..-
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