Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-01-31
From the Citizen.
The Buff Game.

1
We hear it said, IL the South will pre-
sent an undivided front, they can get al
they want. But suppose they do nos sue
coed, what thsn7 Are we TO give all W.
have under the Union, il We faiIi In oul
situation SO dsplorable, than We can affort
to hazard our all 10 improve il? Desper.
ate gamesters will sometimes hazard ev
er thing on Bluff. But, 10 that game
to be played by . peaceful community, who
are to put their lives, their fortunes, thei,
families at s.skes Who are to play chi.
game for US? How do we know what will
please the South? When we make com.
mon cause with them the terms Of adjust
ment must be satisfactory TO them as well
as 10 US. Persons who talk about forcing
an adjustment by the South acting in con-
cert, seem to suppose that all men North
and South desire reconciliation. They
should recollect that there is a class Of men
who profit by revolution, and who always
oppose their termination. There is class
larger than is generally supposed, inpa.
tient Of the restraints OF law, eager for dis
turbances which will enable them 10 in-
dulge their lawless dispositions With impu-
nifty. There are desperate men who have
every thing to gain and nothing TO lose, by
disturbing the existing order of things
There are visionaries who expect torsalise
favorite theories in the new order of things;
there are politicians profting by excite
ment, and stimulating the passions Of the
people to make themselves popular.
Il is rare that those who staff revolu.
tions can control them. 1t is rare that in
times excitement, the people can be induced
to listen to the advice Of the prudent. The
French Revolution was started by the pur-
est, ablest, and best men Of the nation
They were swept away by the torrent, and
their own blood when they attempted TO
stay its progress, attoned for their error
Had not Gen. Washington the unbsunded
confidence of the American people, and the
army at the:close Of the war, the infsma-
tory appeals made 10 them, and the noble
manner in which be soothed and suppressed
them.
If all with whom we must act were
honest. prudent and patriotic, and all a.
gainst whom we are 10 act were actuated by
the same disposition, we might safely en-
gage in this concert. But if all were actu-
sted by these principles, we should never
have had any troubls. We have not only
men at the South who do not desire, but
will oppose reconciliation, but their are
many at the North actuatsd by the same
motives. The men on both sides who have
brought about This stale # things, will
seek to keep it up, for to it they ows thsir
importance and without it they will sink
into insighihoanes.
Do not let US trust to sectional action for
relief; it 10 the cause OF all the mischief
Let us appeal 10 the conservative men, the
patriotic feeling Of the country North and
South. Do not let US draw a line which
will separate Us from the true men Of any
section, and compel US to act with and be
controlled BY violent and dangerous men,
who may. be willing for selfish purposes, or
visionary schemes to hazard all the sdvan-
tsges We now enjoy.
We have too much at stake to venture ii
oil on Bluff Game. This talk Of the
South acting in concert, Is bait 10 draw
the psople unconsciOusly into q position
where they may have 10 choose either &.
nal destruction Of thsii country, or reeede
from thsir demands. II is to enlist their
pride in dissolution Of the Union.
MISSOURI.