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

to any other State, but looking to her own
true Interests. And, gentlemen il has been
well said by some philosopher, (Psley /
think J that nations do not act on notions Of
honor but upon consider ations Of their trus
interest. I shonld say h0wstsf. that that
rule 10 subject TO another condition., snS
that 10, that sometimes the fruest and best
interef Of nation Is 10 assert her honor.
While l an upon this subject another j..
dea suggests itself to me. 1t ais this, that
. great deal of the trouble now existing tn
the Northern mind is based on its blindnes:
to the true nature Of QUIZ institutions. The
Northern people forget that this Is not
consolidated government. They forget We
are Confederacy Of sovereign, Independent
States, and therefore, man living in Mas
sschusetts is apt TO feel his sonscisnes hurt
from the fact that slavery is existing in
Missouri or Arkansas. II they fully rec
ognized and acted upon the true theory and
principle Of our Governmeht as regards
Southern insiiiutions-if they were thor
ougnly imbued with the idea that each and
every State is entirely sovereign, they
would not be so sensitive with regard to
those institutions. do not understand that
the Northern minds is very much troubled
about the existence Of slavery in Turkey,
or, Russia, or Cuba, but il is troubled a:
bout it in the United States, because they
consider themselves partly responsible ,foi
its existence in the United States. Now
let them fully recognize the true theory
and principle of our Government, and they
can no more be responsible for slavery in
the United States than they can for slavery
in Japan. We all gentlemen have been so
much in the habit Of looking to our Gener'
al Government with pride and satisfaction,
(and it was right that we should, because
it has been grand and glorious Govern
nent, tha, We seem 10 forget that The, e,greai-
ness OF cur Union is not due 10 the e'rcun.
stances that we are one great people, but
that We are thirtY-thres great peoples. We
srs not one great people, but we are no.
.hir,y-fsur great peoples, and ths grea,psi'
results FROM the fact rhat the General Gov
ernment ac;i as the agent for thirty four
peoples. lie. Us fully recognize that fact
the feet that we srs composed Of sover-
eign peoples, ssch having It's oHh control
and think that our Government Is destined
to 70 on tremendously to the end Of time;
and gentlemen if that principle were fully
acted upon, believe the Southern States
would be satisfied, and we could ultimate:
ly hope 10 get them back. Those wise
men who framed our institutions, knew that
. consolidated government was not fit for
widely extended country, and by wise di-
vision Of power placing in the hands Of ons
central Federal agency the administrator
of such duties as were necessary to be ad-
ministered for the benene6t Of tho whole
and leaving in the hands or the several
States all those power necessary for their
independence and self control-I say they
framed . system Of government which
alone is competent to extend and secu.s
the blessings of freedom over, widely e3:
tended country. / can see only one hops. of.
recons,ructing this gosefhment, and That
is upon the basis OF an acknowledgment
of the true principles Of our government
l hope to see US come back to that yet.
Otherwise there will always be danger Of
being oppressed by msjoritiss,
and the strife between various sections Of
the country will never cease. do not
know tha, any good will result from the ac-
tion Of the Peace Congress. At any rate;
however, we whn mel together freely in.
tefchanged our opinions and understood
ourselves there; There wsrs gentlemen Of
frsnkness and sander from every part Of
the Union, and they expressed themselves
freely and iranaly. They vert no doubt
extremely desirsus Of having this matter
satisfactorily and amicably srrsnged. But
there were all those who did nos want ID
act promptly spon the matter. We were
met BY various abstract propositions, which
we had TO ward of, bsesase they would
have led 10 interninabls discussions. Que
Of these was that no State had right to So:
csde. We naturally asked, "Whst - the
use Of arguing such question as ihat?-
Here we sit down in solemn ceuelave and
consume hours and perhaps day sin trying ID
arrive at conclusion, and when we have
finally arrived at o conclusion, we look q
round ahd find that seven States have al:
ready seeded. What do We gain By the
Other abstract propositions
were offered to carry Us of from the true
purpose Of our meeting.
Gentlemen Of the Conveniien, have
thus hastily thrown before you few sug:
gsstisns which have oscuried 10 ne as the
result Of my experience in Wellington
CITY,. feell very thankful 10 ysu for the
attention with which You have listened I'd
me, and shall not srs.psss sny more or
your time at present, I may st some future
lime, present my views in connection with
The deliberations Of the Peace Conven.ion
to the citizens Of Missouri more fully id
writing. F
FWs understand the hemp crop in ihis