Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-01-31
From the Republican.
The Convention. ..t...


Nominations Of persons who are sup
posed to BE- well qualified for the import.
ant position Of Members Of the Convsr-
tish, flow in upon Us. We publish them
all when they are accompanied with res
ponsibls name, but some persons have for
gotten this prerequisite, and we have
their nominations aside. If they can't trust
us, we won't trust them.
So far as we are concerned. this is as good
q time as any 10 make known our views.
In the canvass which is 10 come, we do not
intend to support anv man who is not 4
friend Of the Union a. il is-disregsrding,
as we do altogether, the partial secession Of
Eve States from the Confederscy. We
say partial, because they confess their ina
bility to walk alone, BY retaining the pos!
tai system Of ths Federal Governmsnt.-
We say that, as things now stand, the Bor:
der States have duty 10 performs duty
which they owe to themselves as well al
10 other sections Of the country. We say
that while the Northern States have been
guilty of gross oiitrages upon the Border
and the Southern States, the people of the
latter States, and the Senators from those
States. have manifested studied detefmi-
nation not to consult States Of larger popu.
Iaiion, having more at stake and suffering
greater losses than any 10 which they can
lay claim. We say ihsi::ssthey have beer
neglected and condemned, with the insult
ing stigma that they would be dragged"
into secession, and be made TO follow South
CAROLINA and other States, at all hazards
The people will recOllect that, for Twelve
months. past, . Senatorial cabal has been
laboring to secure precisely this condition
sion recently Senators were guilty Of
degree of moral cowsdice which ought ID
damn them foreyer in the public estimation.
When questions affecting the whole Union
were pending, in pursuance of long chez
ished plot TO destroy that Union, they alb
stained from voting or absented thenselves
altogether, and latterly, without rssignins
their commissions, they have left their
seats, content TO await the mischief uhich
this act was calculated TO produce, Ter
members of the Senate (lhe South Carolius
Senators have resigned) have thus left that
body, fearing, perhaps. II they remained
there, that terms might be offered which
the border States and the Republican
States could agree upon, and this they did
not want to see. notwithstanding we hops
to see such perfect understanding as will
bring about this result-such an under-
standing as will satisfy Virginia, MARYLAND,
Kentucky, North Carolina, Delaware, Ten:
.nsssee, Arksnsas and Missouri; and this
being done, that the Union will stand uu=
til sach time as the seeeeding States may
Be ready TO confess that they have made i
great mistake, and will come back on fair
and honorable terms.
In regard to the present canvass, We say
it is not our intention, nor do we suppose
it is the intention Of the Union men in any
part Of The State, to support the election Of
any Sscessionist or any Black Republican
for the Conventions and We now give
word of caution 10 all Union men to bewars
how they sign any paper hssihg fof its obs
leCt 10 COnIuit tiiciu W eiy liHS OF pOiIcy.-
lf :he Secessionists-if the Black Repub.
Iicans-wish to test this question with ths
Union men, let them do it fairly ard openly:
Il it be desirable TO impose an additionai
tax Of one half or two millions of dollars
per annum on the people, for no other reg.
son than TO follow South Carolina in het
mad prank Of Southern Confedetac4,
from which we are 10 derive no special
benefit, and before il can be known whetE-
er the Northern States will do justice of
not-those who advocate Secession ought
to prevail. This is the point blank, prac<
teal question presented to the people in
the election of members of the Convention;
and to this point should the attention Of ev-
ery voter be directed. We do no, believe
that Missouri is ready for q dissolution Of
the Uuion yet-certsinly not until all means
for a settlement Of existing differences. up
10 time entirely disregarded BY the fepres
sentatives Of the seeding States, have been
shown TO be unavsiling. Ell ave
Special Dispatch 10 the Cincinnati Gazette
WAsHIsoros, an. 22.-Faulknsr, Min-
lister to France, writes homo that Louis Ma.
polson officially stated to him his dissp-
proval Of the secession movement i'd this
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