Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-05-09

Wndt process lnls result VIII De dtiaineu, ~ HUI
know. Time win work out the result. Our in
reference in their favor ty unconstitutional
means will probably neither hasten nor retard it,
but it may bring upon us much greater evils than
any which have or can befsll the Southern people.
The war at the South will be only the attack and
defence of forts. It's evils will fall only upon
those who seek it. With us It would be different.
A state of war would invite bands of plunderers
on all our borders, and such would spring up even
among us. 1t would be an invitation TO the law
less eyerywheret to scenes where they could indulge
their evil propensities. The scenes in Kansas
would be reacted throughout our State. Why
should we bring these things upon us2 We are
not in any degree responsible for the present state
Of things. We have not approved of the action of
the parties who have brought it on the country
Why should we bear the evils, and that, too, in
greater degree than can befall those who have
caused the troubles of the country?
Why shall we incur for others what we had new
er been willing TO incur on our own account.
Missouri, in the lastten years, has nearly doubled
her popl lation; her wealth has increased still more
rapidly. Her situation and advantages are such
that if she does nothing to mar her prosperity she
must rapidly become one of the wealthest States
Of the Union. Independent Of her fertility and
her mineral wealth, she must become if she re-
mains in the Union, the highway through which
will pass the trade and travel of California and
shall be completed across the continent. She be-
ing near the western limits of cultivation in the
Mississippi valley viii have advantages over any
other State, in disposing of her productions adap
ted TO those regions. A trade so vast unjust neces-
sariy enrich any country through which it passes,
and st. Louis must become the distributing point
for the great Mississippi valley, of the commodi-
Ties brought from those regions, one of the most
fourishing cities in the world.
Shall we east from rs all The ADVANTAGES of our
position, isolate ourselves from the prosperity of
the country, make our country region to be a.
voided 1t Is for the people Of MISSOURI to deter
mine. The people of Howard Comfy will have
great weight In determing the course Of Misssu-
ri One of the Oldest counties, the mother of nu-
merous progeny Of counties, one of the wealhiest,
the largest savehodng county in the State in pro-
portion to her population, decided expression
from her will have controlling influence upon
many. IL she speaks for the Union l have no
fear OF Missouri. And if Missouri takes firm
stand for the Union Ihave no fear of Kentucky
Some tell me that if all the border States should
secede, then they want Missouri TO go too. Ken
lucky will net abandon Missouri. South Carroll
ma by taking bold stand against the Union, led
out six more States thatwere undecided. Shall we
not dare as much for the Union as South Carolina
did againstit. Shall men in good cause shrink
from doing what bad men dared do in bad cause?
l have now presented to you the considerations
which should determine the action of Missouri.
As citizens of Missouri, it is your duty to con-
slider her interest, and hers alone, in determining
your action. You have no right to sacrifice her
interests, through sympathy for others.
Those for whom you are called upon to make
these sacrifices, the people of the Southern Con-
have not regarded your interests, nor
consulted your wishes in their action, and have
no claims upon you.
| have considered how your interests will be eff
fected BY secession; have endeavored to present
all the consequences; have considered every ar
gument have heard from the advocates of Sc
cession, and can see nothing but ruin to result
from it.
t1srare that those who favor secession resort to
They make infammatory appeals to
you TO excite your passions and mislead your
Judgment.
They tell you that those who warn you of the
evils Of war appeal to your cowardice. II is not
cowardce TO avert ruin from your country, to Sc
cure for Yourselves the Accommodations of your
lives, for your fimilies the peace and security you
have always enjoyed under this government -
Were these assailed, these boosters would find that
those who love good order and peace, the Union
men, would fight as bravely to preserve, as our
fathers did TO establish our government.
They say this is war by the Black Republican
party on the South, This is not true, the present
war was begun by the South, without provoca-
lion, on our government.
They had no right 10 Fort Sumter; the ground |
on which the Fort stands was ceded TO the Gener-
al Government before the Fort was erected. II
was built by the Federal Government, and her
property placed in il.
Mr.. HoLr, Secretary Of War 10 Mr.. Buchan-
IN, democratic President friendly TO the South,
wrote thus to the commissioner from South Car
slna on the 9th Of February last: '.If, with all
he multiplied proofs which exist of the Presi-
DENTS anxiety for peace, and Of the earnestness
with which he has pursued it, the authorities of
that State shall assault Fort Sumter, and peril the
lives Of the handful of brave and loyal men shut
up in its walls. and thus plunge our country into
he horrors of civil war, then upon them, and
hose they represent must rest the responsibility
Yet with this warning have the Southern people
attacked and taken Fort Su inter, and now threat
en- Fort Pickens, and through their Secretary Of
War lid threaten Washington.
They ask you, how you can fight against those,
with whom you have so many ties? You will
never be called upon TO do it. The President has
given positive assurances, that YOU will not be
agaiD. He has said that if the border States will
not take arms against the Government, no hostile
foot shall touch their soil Your feelings are res
pected. The last calls by government are for VOL
unteers and not militia.
a war you do not approve OF. You viii pay that
tax whether you secede or not. II is paid at the
custom houses in the eastern cities. II you en-
gage in war with the Federal Government, you
will still have to pay the tax TO support that Gov
eminent.
This IS a necessary consequence Of your situa-
lion. The cheapest route by which TO get your
foreign goods, on which the duty is laid which
supports the government. is through the cities in
the east, which will continue under the Federal
Government. Direct taxation has long been
abandoned by the Federal Government; If the du-
lies fall short, loans are resorted TO.
The course Missouri has thus far pursued, has
commanded the admiration of the intelligent and
patriotic throughout our country.
OF the action of the Convention will only say
this. that for wisdom and moderation .under try
inc circumstances, II will compare well with any
ever held. The report is the most able and mas
erly document that has appeared during the pres
snt disturbed period. 1t places its author, Judge
GAMBLE in the front rank of the intellects of the
,ge.
The resolutions are based on the positions have
his day advocated.
Could you realize the Importance of your pres
mt action on the future destiny of your country
md mankind. you would NOT shrink from any
sacrifice of feeling which the discharge of your :,
iuty to your country msy call upen you to malle
For 1t is not only your prosperity which is in
,olved now, but the question whether your free
Institutions shall continue. The r..yoliltIons and
vars which will inevitably follow this first sten
n the downward road will Re fatal to liberty. II
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