Elizabeth Town Gazette

THE MISSOURI QUESTION.

Mr. Holmes, in his speech on the Missouri question, with his characteristic decorum, attributed the excitement on the subject to "jugglers behind the scenes."

Mr. Cook, a native of Kentucky, and a representative from Illinois, in his speech in favor of the restriction, frankly avowed his belief, that the measure "originated in the best and noblest of motives— motives, dictated by humanity, and the ultimate happiness of this nation." The following is one of the concluding paragraphs of Mr. Cook's speech:

"Missouri, therefore, may come, as the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Holmes) has so pathetically described, from the wilderness, with her locks wet with the dews of the night, and knock, and knock, and knock, at your door for admittance, till she falls with weakness, and unless she comes in the white robes of freedom, and a pledge against the future evils of slavery, with my consent, she shall not be admitted. No, sir, she may take up her march and return to the land from whence she came. And the gentleman from Massachusetts may escort her, and aid in forming his favorite connexion between her and Mexico:—that they may set up for themselves, when he will have a fit theatre upon which to display his abilities, and gratify his ambition."