Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-05-23
TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI.

tnen 3tatPufPose, Wv tbo' essP'Se<
pressions are caught up Is ifhlictNFe #
haired q ! sey ernnent HrasF shi6h Aihsy
were born and have prospsred upto the
present hour. Gradually but more psr''e-
ularly sunss the accession Of the present
administration. the liberty Of speech and Of
the press, has been undermined, and while
unlicensed freedom Of speech rs recognized
snSaoiesatedA onessrides itis marked snd
denounced If exercised BY olher parties :
This isanet confided 'uihe States Of the o.
-aian,- applies with iusi as much force
10 The Confederate States, and is one evil
aence. j. we had no, many others, Of The
decay Of real liberty all over this continent.
Ws-psopose 10 CAV "a. discuss the pulley
ssnd PIsns sadapted7 8s the teslsisoire Iof
Missouri. atc its-Sreeent~S session. sse~ea'y
with a siew 10 put The State IN condition
III defence against all hostile Sggr es.lsn;
and to show that the measures are wholly
impraciicable and cannot be made 10 answer
the purpose, intended. In regard TO the
most inportsnt Of these measures. our opin-
ions are already on REGARD. expressed before
and Of The lime Of their introduetiop,L and
much Of what we may say viii only be an
inieration Of what has already been PHb-
lished. o. IA ayF.S.yIEa a.
And, first, of,ihe Military bill, We have
said that that Bill could not, and will
not be enforced in Missouri, because some
2 Of lis pr oyisions must Be productive Of d.
vision and discomfort among the very men
! &ho are expected to be organized under
H.S A large majority Of the people Of Mis-
. souri, have always been loyal to the Hnion
ofthese States. This was demonstrated
In The election of members Of the State Con-
saention, that met in this city in March; and
the results Of whose deliberations have been
given 10 The world. j A more lnyal and pa
triotie set ef4msnneyef 1essembledJ in this
or any other State, sed though since that
time the. action has been condemned IN
particular sections, This is no evidence that
the real sentiment Of The State has been ma
rerialiy changed. The Military bill we
have said, c,nnot be enforced, because it
il in violation Of The Constitution oil The
the lStste, and o majority Of the volunteers
who are expected 10 be. enrolled under ",
never viii take the oath which is required
of,hem: Even il it contained no other OBJ
i-ciionabIe features, this is sufficient to set
lie the question Of It's impracticsbility.-
Whenever j. Is brought 70 The test, there
is not court in the S;sts which will not
declafe it a nulIliy, and Gov. jackson VII
ret discree,ly in declining 10 put into execa-
tion until the Legislature has iirneto rid 1t
Of all its obnoxious features. j Z
II lbe Military Bill was an unfortunate
ast Of Legislation, the measures adopted Tor
providing means TO arm the State were not
less so. Time and again we protected a.
gainst taking the funds set apart for the
psymen. Of the interest on the public debt
as wrong in principle, and calculated. il
carried out, 10 destroy the commercial credl
not only Of the State, but Of every county
and city, and indisidnsf init NE ssemp
ted 10 convince, the Legislature that j,
was an act of bad faith from which we could
MT recover for years, and thai il ought ne'
be committed. We argued that so far
rom i,s benefting the State. by having The
tuss ofhalf million Of dollars for q tempo
rary purpose; its eyitsbie effect must &c Il
prevent the sale u all other bonds, and par.
iicularIy:: til; Sc which they proposed to offer
10 thepeople of Missouri. the amount Of one
million Of dollars; for il hey deliberately
vio,sted faith. in one instance, what RICH,
had the people even our owa cilizens-to
expect that they would keep their faith in
this caseP A strange iniatuatior seems.
indeed, to have controlled the legislation Of
the session. and irlhey bad struggled with
all their might TO tender obortive and useless
all their scis they could not have been more
successful. aInpoverishing the people, by
destroying the State credit, By bringing up
on them great .pecuniaryl. embarras sments,
and BY de preciaiing the value Of their prop
.ry 10 the extent Of al least one hundred
millions n dollars, they hare startled the
whole State proposition 10 impose new
lax Of ST. Is on ahe ihousand, expecting
thereby TO realize some $500, 600 per an
nun. How could some men hope that this
Lex would be paid, with the full knowledge
OF the alarming delinquency IN The payment
% taxes during The present fcal year. II
.cAnno, be done This tax viii not be paid;
anl we advise Gov. jackson, and the fiscal
agents of the State, not 10 en5arrass them
selves by making contracts founded on, any
zach delusion. None eff these eonlingen,
sums will be-, or ought to be, awaited for the
lrnrpo.e for which they are Designated; and
the suspension Of the payment Of the School
Fund and its diversion 10 another object,
will bring such storm of indignation a.
round the ears oftthosewho have voted it,
as to drive every one of them into, political
sbscurity.s A. the end, then, Of all these
measures for providing means for the ARM
ing and defence Of the State, we say thai
they cannot in one single instance be made
Elective, The taxes cannot re solicited
from men who are unable 10 pay, the bonds
which are provided for cannot be sold, with
the positive deeiarstior that the State iss
bout 10 dishonor herself by refusing topaz
her obligation when she has the means ia
Ger hsnds; and the School Fund ought no
10 be diverted from lie legitimate, purpos,
when 30 fer as any salutsry object is con
csrned, II wall be worse than wasted. IL
our judgment. ills the true felicy Of tn.
State moi to undertake the execution OF eli
these acts of the Legislature Let them re
main in ohevance in Sem pteuber when the,