Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-03-28
The Convention.

wi '"e convention, aud consequently when
1. met they had nothing to do. They did
oil they could do, and that I'm. IN r. as.,.,s
'he position Of the State, as the people had
declared 1t initheif election. That position,
as sci forth in the resolutions adopted, Brief
ly is:- @
LIST. That there now exists no ADEQUATE
cause for Missouri to rsvslutionize, and
separate from the Government.
"a. That the people are attached to the
GoTsrhment, and the Union, and desire to
restore The one and peipetuate the ether.
Srd. That the propositions of the Hon.
Ino. j. Crittenden, TO amend the Cons,i,u-
'ion' emoody proper busts 10 effect these
desirable ends; and the Legislature is asked
to move in this direction. ...-
4th. That coercion on the part Of the
General Government toward the Withdrawn
States, would lead to civil war, which
should by all means be avoided: and 10
avoid this great calamity the Federal Gov.
eminent and the Government Of the Seed
ing States are appealed to-and the Fed.
eral Government is specially invoked to
withdraw the troops from all points in the
seeding States, where o Collision might
arise by them remaining. F.
These resolutions clearly, and ws be-
lieve, truly state the position OF Missouri
But, says the unthinking, or if thinking,
unscrupulOusly secessiOnist, they have not
laid down an ultimatum. Grarted. Nor
should they. They have stated, clearly
and explicitly the position Of the S,ate-iis
attachment 10 the Union, the Constitution
and the Laws-our rights" under them,
if you please-and il the one be over.run,
broken down and disregarded, and the other
tranpled on, then the reuerse Of the propo-
sitions becomes the position Of Missouri,
and she mil feuoA, and will 70 I'M such new
associations as her position and interest may
dictate. Whether her position and interest
will lead her TO engage in the Construction
of Central Coniederaey, independent of
the Cotton States, and which the New
England States will neither Join or be So.
licited 10 join) or attach herself TO The
Southern Confederacy, she will take ample
time, at the proper time, 10 determine.
Ii is not always wise 10 anticipate. 1t is
pot courageou, to bully. The truly wise
and courageous man or nation, in critical
times, is content with declaration of prln-
oiples and position, according with the at
tending circumstances. Looking at the is
sue as between Northern and Southern
Confederacy, the people of Missouri would
have no hesitation in taking their stand
with the South. And had this been the
question before the Convention, We beleave
at least ninety of the ninety-nine members
who composed that body, would have read
lily gave the vote 10 attach Missouri 10 the
South. But was this the question:? No
sane man will so affirm. The originators
OF The Convention project desired the Con-
vsntion 10 do this thing. but their masters
the people, when they chose delegates, de-
clared, with great unanimity, that the time
for revolution had not arrived. The Con-
vention embodied and have sent forth this
declaration, in authoritative form, and now
await events.
The secessiopists managed TO smuggle q
few Of their number into the Convention,
who, with outside assistance, created some
trouble, by introducing lest, and ultimatum
resolutions, simply TO disturb the proceed
ings, aud make platform upon which 10
go before the people, and continue The agi-
tation. The Governor Of the State, Con.
gressmen. and members of the Legislature
were engaged in this disreputable business,
bu, the Convention saw through their tricks,
and with singular unaninity and crsditable
frmness, pursued the even tenor of their
way.
The "Bast amendment" was one OF these
moves, as the rawlings of the State Journal
very clearly showed. 1t was thrsat-an
ultima,um. The Convention, in rejecting
that amendment, by no means declared that,
in case the Border Slave States should 60
out, Missouri would NOT join them. They
simply rebuked the psstilent, braegart spir'
it that secessionism thrust upon them, with
mischievous intent. So with other propo-
sitions, aad before men take position, they
should inform themselves as 10 the entire
action of the Convention. ssl
For ourselves, Though we attach no i'm
portancs to our own position, and presume
our readers care less) we fully endorse the
action of the Convention. The resolutions
adopted are wise. and meet The exigencie'
of the case. We adopt them as Our plat.
form, and shall uphold and defend them.