Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-05-02
THE TIMES.
rERMs OF ApvERrIsIHa.
TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI:

TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI:
Ths time has arrived when every man
who has any influence in the community il
called upon 10 exercise it. Few men are
50 obscure that their voice, If well direct
ed, may not reach neighborhoods, counties
and even the State, and it is in this spirit
that we address you. We have no other
feeling than that which may be supposed
to animate every right-minded man when
he sees the psrils which surround the na-
tion, the divisions and disssnsions through.
out the State, and what Is verse still, the
want and terrible suffering which is fast
ceming upon the psople. For more than a
generation, we have bsen accustomed to
con!municats with you-io take an active
part in ell public affairi-to discuss boldly
and independently the various questions
springing up, year after year, and diu-
ding the people. In all that time, We have
found just cons; ;deration for everything We
bad to say ct the hands OF Aissourians. -
II Of times our counsel has been disrsear.
ded and set aside, we have the satisfaction
Of knowing that sooner or later it was in.
dorsed BY the people, and now, though We
may differ from some Of those with whom
we may have acted, We feel assured that we
shall have q hearing in the few remarks
ws propose 10 make on public affairs. a.d
Fellow -eitixens-H there ever was .
tins when feeling, passion, prejudics,
should give way to cool judgment, reassn
and real patriotism. that Time is no.. One
false step taken, may precipi.ate US int
unending strife, without even the consola.
tion of knowing that we were controlled
BY pure motives and justifable snds. Are
we prepared, now, to abandon the position
which we, in common with the Border
States, have occupied all along abandon
the Stars and Stripes Of the Union-to sep
arate ourselves from all the rich and hon.
orable history Of the United Statss-and
this without any further effort tG reconcile
and settle existing differences between the
Northern and Southern sections Of the
Union? Are the people Of Missouri pre-
pared for anything Of this kind9 or what
advantage is it to be 10 them il, at the end
of series of years. the North should lay
waste and desolate the South, or that the
South should prove TO the world the i'm
possibility Of the subjugaiion Of any enc
Of the States now in revolt, and compel an
acknowledgment Of their independsnce?-
Once again, in what can Kentucky, or Mis-.
souri,, or Tennessee profit, il BY passing an
act of secession they should Secoms the
sattle-fslds Of the present belligerent par
ties, albeit they have had no hand in bring
ing on this unchristian, cruel, and uunaiu-
raj war? These are questions proper for
the serious consideration Of The peo-
pie Of Missouri, and we invoke their al.
tention 10 them. We declare our belief,
that the true pslicy Of this State sonsists in
the preservation of an attitude of Armed
Neutrality. We do not believe that any
step ought TO be taken now which admits Of
secession, er::ths possibility of any ultimate
with the Nsrth on any tsrms.-
We think il is the duty Of Missouri to re.
main just whore she is, ready to act a. me-
diator between the hostile sections whsn.
ever mediation can be in,srpossd with ei.
feet. If other argument, were wanting,
The dsfsnssless condition Of The Suite
without an etssnixsd military force, with
'ut arms, animunition, artillery, Or a solita-
~ appliance Of war-conssituts the hes,
grounds for neutrality. Good men ss well
rs numbsrless denagogues, talk about 81. |
Missouri taking herself out
II the union-as if it were q mere frolic; |
IS II she would not from the very START be
'enpsilsd to encounter hostile armies, to
'nrSil large bodies Of men herself, 70 arm
md provision them, and II strsnr enough,
o "carry the wat into Africa, . and al tbi.
Without dollar in the Treasury. snd 4
'redii which is unfortunately. at a very
ow sbb. Can We borrow msney III the
East, sven surprising secession TO be ju,si-
isbleP No. Can We get it at hsns, TO
my sxisntp No. Can we hope for ifI
rom the South, OF the Confederate Stslssat
No-ihey are ~ poor % we are, snd win !
'equirs sll the wealth which they have b