Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-07-11
GLAS GOW WEEKLY T IN S :.

ders TO go in peace,it is difficult 10 see what
we can 60 if others choose TO 60 or TO ex-
tort terms upon which they will premise to
remain. The eceders insis, that our con-
stiltien admits secession. They have as
sumed to make a .patIoual constitution of
their own, in which OF necessity they have
either discarded or refined the right Of Sc
cession, as they insist il exists in ours. If
thew have discarded it, they thersby admit
that, in principle, it ought not TO be ours.
If they have retained by their own con-
struction OF ours they show that to be con-
sIslent they must secede from one another
whenever they shall find it the easiest way
Of settling their debts, or effs citing any 9th
er selfish or unjust object. The principle
itself is one OF disintegraiion, and upon
which no government can possible endure
II all the States save one should assert the
power 10 drive that one out OF the Union,
it is presumed the whole class Of secession
politicians would al once deny The power
and dsnounce the act as the greatest out.
rage upon State rights. But suppose that
precisely the same act, instead Of being
called driving them out, should be called the
,ecediRg Of, the others from that ole, j,
would be exactly. what the secedsrs claim
to do, unless indeed, they make the point,
that the one because il is minority, NAV
rightldlly do what the others because they
are majority may not rightfuly do. These
politicians are subtle and profound on the
rights OF minorities, they are not partial te
that power which is in the Constitution,
and speaks from the preamble calling itself
I'VE, the people" Ii may well be ques-
TONED whether there is to day q majority
of the legality qualified voters of any State
except, perhaps, South Carolina, in favor
of disunion. There is much reason TO be.
lieve that the Union men are the majority
in many, il not in every other, of the So
called seeded States. The contrary has
not been demonstrated in any one oil them.
1t is ventured to affirm this even Of Vir-
ginia and Tennessee, for the result of an
election held in military camps, where the
baysnets are all on the side Of the question
yoled'upon can scarcely be considered as
demonstrating popular sentiment. A,
such en- election all that large class who
are at once for the Union and against cosr.
clop would be coereed 10 vote against the
Union. 1t may be assumed without ex.
travsganse that The free institutions we en-.
joy have developed the powers and i'm
proved the conditions of our people beyond
an example in the world. or this we now
have striking and an impressive illus,ra.
ton. So large an army as the government
has now on loot, was never before known
without soldier in il but xho had taken
his place there Of his own free choice
But more than this, there are many single
regiments whose members, one another,
possess full practical knowledge Of all the
arts, sciences, professions, and Whatever
else useful or elegant Is known in the
world, and there is scarcely one from which
there could not be selected a President, o
Cabinet, Congress. and perhaps Court,
aeundanlly competent 10 administer the
government itself. Nor do | saw lhi. is
not true, also, in the army of our late
friends, now adfersarles in this contest,
but il it is, SO much better the reason WHY
the government which has conferred such
benefits on both them and us, should not be
broken UP. Whoever in any section pro.
poses to abandon such government would
do well 10 consider in defence OF what
principle IT is that he does il; what better
he is likely 10 get in lis stead; whether
the substitute will give or be intended to
give SO much cl good 10 the people. There
are some foreshaodwing doi:bts on This sub
Jeot. Our adyersaries have adopted some
declaration Of independence, in which I'M
like the good old one penned by Jefferson
they omit the words all men are created
equal They have adopted a temporary
national constitution, in The preamble Of
which, unlike our good old one signed by
Washington. they omit 1--WE the people,
and substitute ''we, the deputies of the SOW
ereign and Independent Statss." Why this
deliberate pressing out Of view the rights
Of men and the authority of the people?-
This Is essentially peoples contest. On
the side Of the world, that form and sub
stance oil government whose leading object
is 10 elevate the condition of men; to lit
artificial weights frem all shoulders; to
clear the paths OF laudable pursuit for all;to
ehN'N 81. oH uhiSbhcicu slilIb ana idlT Cndnce
IN the race oil liIe,ylelding 10 The partial and
temporary departures from neoessiiy-this
Is the leading object Of the government for
whose existence we contend. | am mos,
happy to believe that the plain people W.
derstand and appreciate this.
Il is worthy OF note that while in this the
governments hour of peril, large numbers
OF those in the army and navy who have
been favored with the Offices, have re.
signed and proved false to the hand which
had pampsred them, not one common SOL
der or common sailor is known to have de.
serted his flag. Great honor is due to those
officers who remained true despite the ex.
ample Of their trsacherous associates. But
the greatest honor and most important fact
Of all, is the unaninity and frmness of The
common soldiers and common sailors. To
the last man, as far as known, they success!
fully resisted the traitorous efforts of those
whose commands but an hour before they
obeyed as absolute law. This is the patri.
otle action OF plain people; they under God
without argument, that the destroying the
government which was made by Washing.
ton means no good 10 them. 0ur nonular