Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-06-13
From an Occasional Correspondent.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, June 4, 1861.

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this fearful crisis. The secession Of Mis-.
souri, would be the utter destruction Of her
property for years, and how any citizen
gwho will calmly reflect on this question
can come TO any other conclusion, is pass
ling strange.
The Union party of hi, State does no:
defend the acts of this Administration, or
lof IFS subordinate officers. deny the doc
trine Of secession; admit the right Of revo-
lulioh, and deny we have just cause to rev.
Oluiionize. Neutrality l advocate, and if
any Of our citizens are so warlike they must
fight, let them join which ever army they
plsase-Abe Lincoln's or JEFF. Davis
But in. Gods. name, do rot let these mad caps
drag the citizens of this, State who are not
inclined 10 fight, but who think peace is the
condition BEST adapted to the interests of
the State. into all the calami,ies of a civil
war. Ii it was fixed fact that our State
would occupy aneutral position, citizens of
the seeded States would now enigrats 10
the State, bringing with them their slaves
as place OF greater security to themselves,
their families. and their slave property.
Civil war will, in one year, drive from
our State three-fourths of the slaves now
in it. Since the war is raging in Virginia,
many of her slaves have taken up the line
Of march for a warmer cline, and as eastern
Virginia is 10 become battle field, the ex.
odus Of darkies TO the cotton States will be
rapid and increased. That is one Of the
beauties of secession.
Now, desire slavery shall continue in
this State, and have thus far done, and will
continue TO do. everything which is reason
able and right TO protect and perpetuate it.
The Union party in this part of the State
say in fifteen counties, is largely in the as
eendan; over the secessionists-in the pro-
portion Of five or six TO one. go
The legislation of tie called session of
OR Legislature, is unwise, oppressive to
the people, and tyrannical and causes more
dissatisfaction among the people, than any
legislation Of the General Government.
| Our Legislature has taught reputation
of State liability and Indebtedness. 1t has,
in an hour of unparalleled pecuniary dis
tress and embarrassment, increased the
taxes Of the State. 1t has deprived the
poor man of tie opportunity of educating
his children for two or three years, by d..
verting the school fund from its proper and
legitimate purpose. 1t has passed an &C,
for organizing the militia Of this State,
which will absorb the entire revenue OF
our Observation-Disclosures in many OF its
provisions -and designed to be used as the
lever 10 turn our State out Of the Union.-
Not an sct of the Legislature bears The
mark Of a statesman upon ii.
This letter gives US great encouragement
1t is from first rate source from man
possessing excellent means OF information,
and not likely 10 be led into the expression
of hasty opinion. II, as we have no doubt
is the ease, the Union party is in the ascen.
dant, in the Southwest, no other part Of the
State is likely TO give any trouble. True,
there is more excitement and i'll temper in
Lafayette, Saline, and perhaps few other
counties, than is desirable, but the good
sense Of the majority will yet satisfy them
that they are playing foolish. part, and
they will abandon their insane schemes for
an organization 10 take the State out of the
Union. Ii cannot and viii not be done.
We have looked over the whole State,
and we think We see exactly what ought
to be The policy Of Missouri. The Militia.
ry Law cannot he executed. II it be as
difficult to get up an organization under it
as is has been for Col. Blair 10 fill up his
regiment for three years service in the
Southland we believe it will .be-not reg
iment will be organized under It in the
State. Efforts will be made here and there
but they will be fruitless. The State
of Missouri holds position different
from that Of sny other Stale in the
Union, and il is her policy 10 take care
Of herself, if for no o!hsr reason than that
she has never been consulted in regard
TO secession of the Cotton States, or any
of the slaveholding stotes. Even were this
not SO, we are not ready, if it were expe-
dent; (and we question whether it ever
will be, to cut ourselves loose from the
Union. There is not a man in the State,
who has dime 10 risk, who will say that
it is the policy Of Missouri 10 abandon her
present acknow lodged position Of neutrali.
ty. To get up civil war nova thing
" hich, above all others, the ultra Black Re-
publicans would like see-#ould be 10 rem
der yaIueless more than one hundred thou