Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-02-21

sweat and thrubbed. 10 dismembered, ant
with that mute monitor, thy silent face be-
fore ihem-thou art invoked to sanction ih,
act. To The left Of the portrait of Wash.
ingten is also picture taken from life.
OF Andrew Jack son-what taste! Ant
next TO this 10 the Cstaline Of the South, il
all the bright freshness Of new paint ant
ross-tinted cheek, the disorganizer Yancey.
On the right Of the central portrait are
paintings Of J. Dixon Lewis, and Pinck'
ney, the historian. The, other adornmeni.
Of the room are liiographs Of Clay, Calhoun
and revolutionary Scenes, Lrtieh as Martens
dinner, and oliier .ehgrsvings familiar ever
TO childhood. | There rs Lentlre absence Of
any of the ensigns Of the sorereigntie.
represented on the floor. ,n.
The furniture of the Chamber is or The
simplest character. The desks Of The
members are Of on old pattern, mahogany
covered with black cloth exact counter.
parts Of those in thei old halls of the Unite
States Congress, before the construction OF
the new and more, fashy Chambers, which
have been The scenes Of disorganizaiior
and disrupiion. 5'aH' 2'i' Il '~''|'''N VA
,0nihe Clerks desk hes a heavy Russia
leather bound volume, entitled the 81. 7
journal OF TIRE Provisional C.soaEss
. SOUTHERN CoNrEDERAcY, s,.E
Held AT MoN1coNERY, FEB. ARA 1861. ,
It's pages are as yet blank. 1t is emphati.
cally The Register prepared 10 record the
~. NO IT ~ !. ,a,.. O.t;o,aI;ts .I,o,,t ~ ha
born among the nations iof' me 'wtarid.. 1872
To the left ofjheouP Presidents chair are
seated The South Carolina 4 Florida and
Mississippi delegates, The right is .occu.
pied BY the Georgians. Louisianians and
Mississippians.' The formal, ceremonious
Sonth Carulinean is easily recognized, the
pale, sickly locking Floridian, Vi the bluff.
hearty men Of Georgia and Alabampao che
polite Lopislanian and, The muscular Mis-.
sissippian, are all distinguishabIe BY . ma
tional characteristic. Os '''' 4 7'-"i
t The President addresses The Congress
returning thanks forahe 4 honor, conferred
upon him, then with his gayel rapping mp
on the desk, announces the Congress ready
to complete IFS orsanizaliton bv The election
of permanent Secretary.. This Is done,
and the unanimous choice falls apon Sne of
our brother -earlispe en-, Johnson JioH per.
editor Of The Montgomery Mall ,, With the
vestment Of power in the hands, of he
Pfesiaentao appoint an other minor officers
of the Convention; The body flashes IFS first
days session. and iadjOurns tdIto- morrow
Z. -. INSTRUMENTATION rs'!
In The hunt for: Office at sbis csnyenion'
| notice many old haDgers7op a. Washing
tom Truly,,fhe "rats flee a sinking ship"
The Union is virtually gone-plund.r must
somewhere be found. n IL is the curse of
our form Of government; it has killed the
grandest Republic the world has ever pro-
duced, and The warning should be needed
-by our Southern friends who are about to
set up for ihens elves Beware Fit. Take
oepsel IN time. al .5551oa5r gilsai'Is3GS
! believe everything necessary to consu-
male the formation of the Provisional, Gov.
eminent for the seeding States has already
been cut and dried. Alabama. in her gen.
crosby, as.'by act of Legislatures his day
$500 200 70 meet the present
wants of the Congress. Each State in the
Confederation, doubt not, will promptly
Initiate. her exam 2le--so that the siseus will
soon be we'll strung, and perhaps even be-
fore this resches yea, l shaii~see the sim
pie machinery ola new Republican Gosern.
ment, set in motion. s.l.5, 10 .!ouboy'u!
Ct, TIE SOUTHERN coNrrp.
~ -..,. rr- ERAcE,is 10 -afsatTsrD
The constitution of the provisional gov
Of the Southern Confederacy has
been printed and is now made public. The
preamble says: 7".a ~ d2ra-' = .s' Il i
Ne the deputies Of the sovereign and in.
dependent States OF South Carolina, Georgia
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louis
lana, invoking the favor Of Almighty God
do hereby, in behalf Of these States, ordain
and establish This constitution for The pro-
vlsional Government of the same, TO contin-
ne one year from the Inauguration of the
President, or until permanent consiipu-
lion OF, confederation, between, said States
shall be put in oper alton, whatsoever shall
fir st oceur,p. 2 - , Y .9eso sa' % {''E5
~ The seventh sectionof the frst, article
1~''N' - nv th poIlS1oH Oh htTloa0 ne
srees, from any foreign country other than
Inc slay.holding States Of the Uuhed States
d hereby forbidden, and Congress is re. |
luired 10 pass such laws as shalt eeffrctu.
ally prevent the sane.,h;aEa1o &c '9i'i.' Il
The second section provides congress
shall also have. power 10 prohibit the intro
duc'Ion OF slaves from any State, not mem
Der fthis confederacy." 80 Ia. s"'' Is
81 Article fourth, third clause, Of same sec
lion, provides: "A slave in one State e..
gaping TO another, shah be delivered upon
claim oil the party 10 whom said slave may
belong, by the executive authority of The
State in such slave may be found, and In
,ass ofany abduction or foroible rescue,
Jul, compensation including the value or |
he slave and all costs, and expenses, shall |
be made TO The party by The State in which |
'ush abduction or rescue shall take place.h
: Article sixth, second clause, provides: |
The government hereby, instituted shall
axe immediate steps-fo q settlement of
Ill matters between StatesI forming it and
heir other late confederstes OF ths .Unted
States OF N0rth America, in relation 10 pub
ic properly and The public debt at the lime
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