Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-25
The Invasion OF Missouri,

Under the above /. .ad that ST. anch and
influential Unicn Democratic paper, st. Louis
Republican. commments as follows upon the
proclamation of Gideon j Pillow. Since the
article was WI itten. the State has actually
been invaded, and the invading horjes of
Texas and Arkansas have achieved tempo
ry success. Says the Republican:
We confess to some misgivings as to the
authentic character of the proclamation said
to have been issued by Gen. Gideon j. Pill
low, of Tennessee, the contents of which
were published by us yesterday There is a
uyaisembianec about it which marks it Pill
lows own, but then we can hardly suppose
that the people of tennessee would he wiling
to engage 10 fooIish and unnecessary Il
foray, upon no better representations than
those Of Governor jackson and his ser,ilors.
General Gideon j. Pillow prufesses to come to
Missouri solely from the most generous con
siderations. He can find nothing to do in
Tennessee or Virginia, to which State all
other brave troops have made their way. and
he volunteers to come TO Missouri on the i'm
vitation of refugee Governor, and will
help to expel" "Me population "hostile to
your our rights and Institutions treating
all such as enemies if found under arms"
Our mission" says this generous Tennes-
seean, Z" is to place our down trodden sister
on her feet, and enable her to breathe, after
the heavy tread of the tyrant's foot Then
by her own brave sons she will maintain her
rights and protect her own hir women from
the foe whose forces march under banners
inscribed with beauty or booty as the re-
ward of victory. In victory the brave are
always meFeiluI, but no quarter will be shown
to troops marching under such a banner
General Gideon J. Pillow is said to he
lawyer. 1t may be presumed, in con.idera
tion Of this TACT that he also knows that the
people of Missouri, 10y their Convention, re-
fused to DO any act which had the most re-
mote reseinhlince to "A dissolution of her
connection with the Union. They published
this fact to the world and adjourned This
convention was the only body having uu-
thority to speak for Missouri, and when Gov
ernor Jackson, fleeing from the Capital and
taking refuge in Arkansas, and then in Ten
nessee, asked protection and assistapce, Cen
eral Pillow ought to have known that Gov
ernor jackson, out of the State, was iust as
weak as any other man. He was nothing
but renegade, and no appeal made by him !
ought to have been considered by any man |
of common sense. When, therefore, General |
Pillow puts his foot on the soil of Missouri. |
he comes as an invader aud as an enemy of |
the State and he will he treated accordingly. |
Neither the Governor of the State nor the
Legislature, had the right to invite these
strangers to ovcrrun our State--to come here
avowedly to give mo quarter General
Fremont will justified in prosecuting the war
against him to the entire destruction of the
invaders.
The Convention has declared It's purpose
to stand 10y the Union. Exercising the au-
thority given to it, it has deposed Goyernor
Jackson, Lieutenant Governor Reynolds, and
the Secretary of state, Massey, and has put
the best men in the State at the head of the
new Government