Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-03-14

is war measure. | consider that thi,
is a test question, and that il will have thst
effect upes'the people Of The country, it we
vote to lay the proposition on the table
to make them infer that we have sssuredly
decided that Lihco,n is to make war upon
them. Iagres with tbs gsptishian from
Clay-I believe this message is pesce
measure, and do not wish my conslitu-
en.s 10 hear thai. i have voted against it.
Mn. SHAcxEtfoRp, OF Howard: When
Isyol ed yesterday and the day before, against
committing this thing to Committee OF the
Whole, II did itIbedevine We were fore
staline Or eudeavoring to forestalli public
opinion in advance Of The report of the Com
ni,tee on Federal relations. Believing so,
/ voted against considering 1t, and am un-
willing now 10 consider Il, and inasmuch
as ] think the vote amounts 10 nothing, and
because beliese my constituents can con
'strus t. for themselves Just a. well as /
Ican.' IbeiIeSe IL williforestsll the action
lof' the COMMITTEES, sad as there win BE op-
fpor,anity osered every member 1of ahis
house to make speeches upon questions
(which that committee will elaborate, after
,hst COMMITTEES has reported and as am
Unwilling TO be placed in the Inconsistent
position Of doing enc thing one day aud
backing down the next, ! therefore vote
ave. Es'iaiE'I9 YEA .sd Il .oIsts =!
Mr.. TURNER. Without giving any ex-
PLANTATION Of my opinions as TO the nesssgs
of Mr.. Lincoln, propose;to give a few
reasons why shall vote no; / say the
people Of Missouri are looking upon this
Convention, and awaiting with brea,hless
anxieiyothe action of this body. = This Con-,
ven,ioh may be for the. veal or woe Of the
whole nation, and think. sir, that we are
sitting here and Doing nothing but favofing
the week knees and tender toes ortlie dis
unionis,s Of Missouriwho are WORKING in
every possible way to make The people Of
Mis- souri, believe that Mr.; Lincoln has
made q declaration ofwar upon The States
that have seeded. Think we should face
the nuIic and give the peoplsof Missouri
an expression Of our views as 10 whether
Mr.. Lincoln has made war or peace mes.
sage. I shall, therefore, vote no. So
Mr.. WooMFoLK. II seems, sir. that there
are different views in regard 10 the Inau-
gural. Some regard II as peace measure,
snd some as war measure. Reports from
The seeding States show that they regard
it asa declaration Of war. I,myseli, individ-
u,lly, regard it as peace: neasure, / do not
wish The Convention TO hastily indorse the
and, IN my opinion we had best
10 take no action al all in regard to it until
we are satisfied as 10 its real character.
II it is peace measure, l indorss it. ia
war mesure shall oppose it, but DO not
iesire this Convention 10 indicate 10 the Sc
,eoing States that we intend TO indorse
that they consider indicates coer-
zion or a declaration Of war. For these
reasons l do not desire an expression OF
,pibietl as TO The inaugural, and | shall vote
rye. 49,. ae
Mr.. DoNIpHAS. l will state while The |
Clerk is casting up the vote that / have
,sen requested BY the Chair can of the
Committee on Federal relations to inform
he House that we have got through with
'ur business, and that Judge G, nble win
present report TO- morrow. at ii o'clock !
md therefore il 10 unnecessary 10 offer any
'esolations 10 be referred 10 that Commit.
ee. -r
The vote wa, then announced as fol.
ows: .'f'H7- fgH
ATEs-Mes,rs. Allen, Bartlett, Bass,
3ast, Bogy, Brown, Calhoun, Caycc; Chen.
ult, Collier. Comingo, Crawford, Doni-
,han. Donpell, Drake, Dunn, Frayser,
flood, Givens, CORN, Gravelly, Hardin,
Hatcher, Hill, Holt, Hongh. Howell, Hud.
ms, Irwin, Jamison, Marmaduke, Mo-
Jormack, Mcdowell, NOEL, Philips, Pc.
neroy, Rankin, Reid, Riichey, Sawyer,
'ayer, Stackelford Of St. Louis, Shackel.
ord of Howard, Shelley, Waller, Watkins,
Wilson, Voolfolk, Vanbuskirk, thinner.
nan, Mr.. Prssident-52.
Nors- Messrs. Breckenridge, Broadhsad,
3ridge, Bush. Ehzen, Foster. CAN'T, Hen
|erson, Hendricks, Hitchcock. Holmes,
How, Isbell, jackson, johnson, Kidd, Lee
YER, Linton, Long, Marvin, Maupin, Me-
5iurg, McFerran, Meyer, Morrow, Moss,
horton, Orr, Ray, Rowland, Scott, Smith
{ Linn, Smith Of St. Louis, Turner,
Felch, Woodson, Wright-37.
And the resolution was laid on the table.
TIE SuaAh Caop.-Ths folllowing 70
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