Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-08-22

udlon pIetebuIuS u SNhiLa'iohs h'S"
women, and children Of tender age. have
fallen victims to the unbridled license Of
his unieeiing soldiery. He has avowedly
undertaken to make the civil power subor
dinate 10 the military, and with the despi-
cable and cowardly design of thus project
ing himself and his accomplices. by binding
the conscences Of the unhappy victims Of
his tyranny, he has exacted from peaceful
citizens, guilty of no crime, an oath to sup
port his detestsble Government. To crush
out even peaceful and lawful opposition to
it, he has forcblY and uneonstltniionally
suspended the privilege Of the writ Of ha.
beas corpus, and abridged the freedom of
speech and Of the press, by subjec,ing in.
nocent citizens TO punishment for mere
opinions sake, and by preventing the pub.
lication of newspapers independent enough
10 expose his treason to liberty.
These manifold and human wrongs were
long submitted to in patience, and almost
in humility by the people Of Missouri, and
their authorities. Even when the conduct
of the Lincoln Government had culmina-
ted in an open war upon us; those authori-
ties offered 10 its military commander IN
Missouri 10 refer 10 the people Of the State
for decision The question Of our separation
from a Government and nation thus openly
hostile 10 US. Those authorities relied on
the principles consecrated in the declaration n
of Indepe ,dence Of the United States, that
to secure tie rights Of citizens, 'eovern-
iintents are instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from the consent Of the
governed, that, whenever any form of gov
erhmen, becomes destructive of these ends
it is the right Of The people TO alter or abol-
ish IT, and TO institute new government
laying its found alton on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form, as
10 them shall seem most likely 10 effect their
safety and happiness" Missouri having
an admitted equality with the original
States which had made this declaration, it
was hoped that the rights therein asserted
would not be denied 10 her people -
Her authorities also relied on the clause in
the very Constitution with which she was
admitted into the Union, asserting as one
Of the general, great and essential princi
pies OF liberty aud free government, 'thot
the people of this State have the inherent,
sole and exclusive right oi regulating the
internal government and pnlice Thereof: and
and OF altering ana "bol,shing their Consti-
tuition and form of Government whenever
it may be necessary TO their safety But
thi. military commander haughily refused
the consent Of his government 10 the exer-
else by us Of these rights, which our an.
cestors i'll the last century endured an
eight years war to vindicate. He but ex.
pressed, however, the deliberate purposes
Of his masters at Washington and the peo-
pie over which they rule; tor his predeces-
sor at ST. Louis had, few weeks before,
formally proclaimed to our people that our
equality with The other States would be
ignored, that we Should be neld in subiec-
tion TO the North, even though the indepen-
dencs Of our Southern sister States might
be acknowledged; that TO use his own
words, "whatever may be the termination
of the unfortunate condition Of things in, re-
spect TO the so. called Cotton States, Mis-.
souri, must share The destiny Of the Union;"
that the free, will of her people shall not
decide her future, but that the whole pow
er of the government Of The United States,
if necessary, will be exerted TO maintain
Missouri in the Union, in subjection to the
tyranny of the North.
The acts Of President Lincoln have been
indorsed BY the Congress and people Of The
Merit hern States; and the war thus com.
menced by him has been made the act Of
the government and the nation over which
he rules. They have only adopted ,hi.
war, but they have gone to the extreme of
melting portions Of our people to revolt a
esinst the State authorities; bY intimidation
they have obtained control oil the remnant
left Of a Convention deriving its powers
from those authorities, and using j, asa
tool, they have through it set an. insurrec-
tiopary government in open rebellion a.
gainst the State. No alternative is left us;
we must draw the sword and defend our
sacred rights.
BY the recognized universal public law
OF all the earth, war dissolves all political
coinpscts. Our forefathers gave as one Of
their grounds Of asserting their ihdepend-
encs, that the Ring of Great Britain had
..abaicated /. ooysrnmsut here bv declaring