New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-24
A VOICE FROM MISSOURI.

On the 9th of April, 1862, The people a
Franklin County, Missouri, gave their espous
to the Emancipation Message Of the President
ia the following resolutions:
The people of Franklin County, Missouri, h
mass meeting assembled, spprscistins the bessirrOf Liberty
a. we have enjoyed and received them under the Cons.
ton and Government OF the United States. 90 resolves
Ths. will neither vote nor give our innaence ~
for any oftcs. who we Know or believe Is nov esw
Las been favor Of dissolution nor who has not been
oil times of unsbsken and outspoken loyalty nor who hN
heatsed 10 scinowedes the supremacy Of tho utony
u and the duty u allegiance to the Federal
paramount to all other suhority or aegsncs nor MI ~
submit untl We have exhausted our and lssa
OF resistance 10 the exercise OF civil authority oyerw
by any man who has couuseled. aided ab ted
crime OF treason szaus the Conu,ion and Goverpneos
the United states. or resistance to The exercise Of hsf4
nuhorty by the Ptesdenl or other ohees legally ilyead
Nth authority, under tho Constitution aid LsS ofthe Uht
H. That the people of Missouri the sole judge. Of wAa
Local and institutions they reqore Tor their
happiness and prosperity ~ people aud In the eree f
tps; Tigbt We De clare solemn conviction MT Sgs
SiqreyV 10 d,strzetite Of al thee t<siog. We hs-s
W n, g,eai emGncrpG,on and c6t1,.sica Of the slsvss
now in ssour which may be- jus. sDd ff toward the prrs
eat LOYAL owners and which the law makers of State msy
h. a 10 devise In harmony with the policy Of Pre-idst
ncoln announced in his snHosl and recent Msssssss
CoEgrest- -. $780,. Ia s, q,
Nis.onf "a sa ent for all loyal citizens 70 opps
the perpeus ion o the latter with the se vsof Aey set
ne eIallr
,.lys onr pos,e.ty and the Of Free Doysmentu
demand such legal ensctents will place the nsteuSaa
Slavery hissoor footing that see puoe "a sa
rs.t ii.fed OF ts gradual extinction.
~ Ihst we viii neither vote nor give our influence M
suy man for Governor for tue Lrgsia'ufe, "bS -
pied ed he support ola propo 'i9n HAVING .1 'J -
erection of legal TO ths further as,es
tbs stats, nor who Is not pledged 20 to support d
nrses ,D., ard fair prop ,sDn Tor ths euanci aon d
colonisaion outside OF tie Uni'n o. ~ 'ne slaves 70
Tbs. he doctrines and policy enuncsed by Pfedsa
Lncon in and annual messages io ,oe Pcsssrs
ton Of tho Union meet our hearty and undivided pgoni
d while we derrcs;e civil war, and desire tie sue
., .a 4, uane cur country sgAin .ee that the Cnoa
must be preery and the war should not cesss unsD ~
nat; ,nal authority "a practically re-scknowledsed
VI That 30 recommend samuel l. Glover eco, OF ~
, 20 he loYa people Of the State candidate for Gov.
erno- end invite them join with us IN solciins him 70
become a candiiate
Which we're sdopted upanmOuiy .lid shouts Of 'pprov
Franklin County, Mo., is situated about
twenty miles from the Mississippi and tho
Western boundary of st. Louis and Jefferson
Counties 1t s one of the largest and msss
iourishing Counties in the State, and has pcpu'
lation of $4,000 (beius an increase OF 7,0W
since 195O), of whom about one-teath arr
slace,. At the last Presidential election, Ons-
fourth of the votes of this County were csa
for Mr.. Lincoln. Hermann ia within ih
limits. The population is largely composed Of
Germans. Union, the County To"u, "a AZ
miles southwest Of st. Louis.
Let Free Speech cross tie Border, and
Slavery will fall before it like the harvest r'Ps
for the sickle.