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QATIDS OP GOLD '
c v, V TT t' h "H" If
wpescll oi Hon. Josepn. xLOlu
Fellow-Citizens: A few weeks
Pinee, in another form, I ventured freely
to express my vies upon thee tragic e -
vents which have brought Borrow to eve-
ry hearthstone aud to every heart in our
detracted oouutry, and it is not my pur -
pose on uija view-, u u ,uKa- ,u ..uj,
extended (wussion of the question then
examined. It is not nccestary that I
should do so bince the argument ia is
hausted, and the popular mind is perfect
ly familiar with it iu all its bearings. I
will, however, with your permission, sub
mit a few brief observations upon tho ab
sorbmg topics of the day, and I.Jo so
with an oaroestness and emphasis due a-
like to siucontj of my convictions and to
thfl magnitude of the interests involved.
it is tru.-tcd that none will to oflended,
not even tboo who may mo,t widely dif-
fer from mo.
Gould one, an entire stranger to our hi
tory, now look down upou the South, and
tec there a hundred or a hundred and faf-"
tv thouanu men marcuinj 10 DO-tue ar-,
ray, threatening the capture of the Capi
tal and tho riiJincmbermeot of the terri
tory of the Republic; aui could he look
a-'ain and see lhat this army marshal
led nnd directed by officers recently oc-
capjinc iis!in- ui?l.cc ptccs in lac civu
sod military seivice of the country; and,fidcdand hom ,h had mogt boDOre3
further, that, tho states from which ihu . tnen wicked enough, cither secretly to be
army has been drawn appear to be one j tra. thl.m ULt0 deatb or openj tQ seck
vast set-thing caldron of ferocious pasMon, lu.ir overtbrow bj lawiC3s vioienco. The
lie would very naturally ooucluac that the jll bIioof EDg!ami bad is Monk. tbe
Government of the UartVJi States had f Hepubiic of Franoe had its Bonaparte; the
Tiomraitted som- gvc at crime against jR.ipubjc of Rome bad it, Cassar aDd it,
people, and that this uprising wa-. in re- j Gatiiiuo aod tbe Saviour of the world
biatance to wron and outrages which had T ,
t , .m j l had its Juda Iscanot. It cannot ue ne-
been borne until eudurauce was no Jon T , .
ner no
lDle. And yet no conclusion
1.1 1.., r,.t. r ,i, tr-r-tu t,nt.;a
fit i iu 1117 1 11 I 1 lit: i 1 1 u m 11 tilll iiiu 11 1 u 1 1
. . tt jo. . t 1
1 n i-rnrnrnir.pnr. 01 Tn umiEii i;"s uus -
maintained ttc national nonor at IjosjC
-
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msttce. has eiven to th'.-title ct an Amcr i
scan citiz- n an elevation asiong the na
tions of the earth which the citizens of no
republic bare enjoyed since Rome was
unstress of the world. Under its admin
ivtration the national domain has stretch
cd away to the PaciQc, and that constel
lation which announced our birth as a
people, has expanded from thirteen to
tbirty-fbur utars, all, until recently, mo
Tiuir undisturbed and undiaiuied iu their
orbs of li;jht and grandeur.
Th(
riaht?
of no
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f J. , -
j i. i:r I
, . 3 b, ' - ;, - the ticr pnu-s upon hi prey. Ihc
lr KopartfiZ'.'d bv tbe action 01 this gov- . .3 . T, . Ct r i ,
J J rT ,3 . , . -a ! Presioont of the United States is heroic
ernment. Under its b-nign lufluenee, , d lriotioal struggling to baffle
the nils of public P"eP;opeM;tboanchiuatio3 of thesfmost wicked
w w
Hints into rivers
ever brimiuiuj iu
their
fullness, and everywhere, and at all pc-
rioU ot its history, its unmstrations have i
fallen as gently ou the people of the Uui
. , . c j . , j 1c . i
teu estates as ao me aewe oi a smuuici i
fcutes as ao ine aewd oi a summer t j ou& pf th(j wboje C0UD)rj anJ j ground a3 Hublimo as that on which our
i6ht on tho flower s and gress of tho gar-, j. M without offeDCO tbat be j fathers stood wbeu they fought tbe bat
ons and fields. ' -jj rectjvo tbe support of all who justly ' ties of tbo Involution. I am for throw-
Ul
den
Whence, then, this revolutionary out
tuiarevo:uuu.UJ,J'""n
the secret spring of tbw
brrak ? Whence
t-ii?antic cousDiraey.whieh, like home huge
boa, had completely coiled itself around
the limbs and body of tho liepublio, be
fore a single band was lifted to resist it?
Strange uSd, indeed, startling, as the
snoanoomtnt mu-l appear when it falls on
ippear wnen it la.ia ou
the car, of the next gfe. T'BtaUnV,
tioual tragedy, in whose httdo"e Btan
to-night, has come bc ,
November last, John G Brec
" Pre8'!el,t ,off lhUnvMVatbe !
and Abraham Lincoln wa
.whole story And I would Q ,
:inow ou what was Joan C rd8
fed that be has grow n so r grot, t?at a ,
.republic founded by nd .
.cemented by the best blood that
er coursed in humjn veins, to be over-,
thrown because forsoot
its Pro-idcntI Had he been o on. we ,
well know tbat we should not have beard .
r .i.s., -i.iKn for flip Ipvpt with whlcb
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it is being moved would have been , want-,
it is being moved wouia nave UBU
ing to the bands f"
Even after bis defeat could it have been
guaranteed, beyond all poradventure.that.
Jeff. Davis or some other kindred f pint
tuak m,0 uuvw -h
would be suceresor of Mr- Lincoln, I pre- when an.iyiea s.mpiy ,. . j anticipation wo are doomed
,ume we hazard nothing in assuming that no phyaio. I force Bb to disappointment; if tho people of the U-
.u:. ninv.nn.nl gainst the Dbved in execattng the laws or upholding A n.n .n
government would not have been set on tnegovc.uu,--H. ----- - degenerate may I not nay ao craven
foot. This great crime, then, with which practical administration sucn u Joup.o ,
as to Burren-
cd .ui profligate .WU.?- b. eh batgiUtna o roarod tbo .taodard of rcolf agab.t ,,
that "would rotber reign in bell tbJQ o vou woow Know woo. A , h , , ,h ,u o( Amer can bis-
lttz
The conspirators of the South read in
il. -ii r: i . J.nlnrotinn
that the democratic party had been pros-
trated if not finally destroyed by tbe sel-
fish intrigues and corruptions of its lead-
ers? they read, too, that the vieious, cma-
ciatct flD( sPa?iued bobby of the slave-
ry agitation, on which they had so often
roue into power, could no longer carry
them hoyond a given geographical line of
our territory, atid that in truth this faj -
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tious and treasonable agiUtion, on which
P0 a,an of. them U8d Srown gat by de-
bauching and denationalizing the roiud of
' a PeoPle naturally generous and patriotic,
had run its course, and hence, that from
the uational di-eur.t for this demagogue-
the uational di-gut for this demagogue-
! int and from the inexorahln lnw of non.
, ,. ,, , , ,, r,
ulatton, the timo had no other political
capital than this, would have to prepare
!or retirement t0 private life, to far, at
t least, as the bighe.-t offices of the country,
j were concerned. Uuder the influence of .
j these grim discouragements they resolved
t0 conrUffilriato at once what our politi-
oal bisjtorj sbows to bavQ beeQ a jong.
( ehcriabed purposethe dismemberment
of tbo government. They said to them-
,HeUc9 . .,Sinoe WQ oaQ UQ IoQer moDOp.
1 oHze tbo Rrcat officos of tho ilepublic as
wc bave bcen accustomed t0 d0j w0 wm
dustrov jt aDA build unoa its ruius an em-
1 C5
pire that shall be all our own, and whose sonable guarantee for the safety of South
spoils ueither the North, nor the Eat, j era institutions, which the 'honest coovio
nor ihe West, shall .-haro with us.'' De- ' tions of the people not the conspirators
piorable and humiliating cs this certainly j
i tt t V.nt ;i rplinfirM.fi nf llio cr1 coil
story of the pst. We had, indeed, sup-
cd ,hat under our Christian civiliza-
tjon W(J L.i(1 rt.acuej a poiut in uumarj
progrcgS wi,(,u a ref.ublio could exist
witbout haviRg its j;fe gou ht bj ia 0.vn
offspring; but the Catilinos of the South
hav0 piQved tb.u Ke fferc Uli;,ukcU- Lot
no maD iagjju. i Lnt because this robel-
Hon haS bet.u raadc b mi.n rcnovvDe(J 5a
olirci,n aod mury history, that it U,
lhvrefori.f tbe t,,s guiUj or ,be leg8 Cour-
n,rt,.vi ,n k r.;,f..,? It r.r..nlBnlc
this class of mon who have subverted tho
best governments that have ever existed.
Tbe purost spirits that have lived in the
tide of times, the noblest institutions that
hnve arisen to bless our race, hove found
!axu00 tbo5e ia whom tbeT had ,nosl C0Q
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J W M CaUWV lltliUt MIly T LJ U IWJ Ul U H IIU.W
tuUH 1
Darncidal sworua are now unsncatned a
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gainst the Republic of the United States.
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jThvir names are inscribed upon a .-croU
of infamy that can n- vcr psnsh
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The
most tli-tinguished of them were educated
by tho bouuty of the government on which
they are now c aking war. For 'long
yeara they were fed from its table, aud
clothed froai its wardrobe, and had tbc-ir
brows garlauied by itj honors. They arc
the ungrateful sons of a 'oud. mother, vrho
daudled them upon her knee, who lavish
ed upou them the gu-hing love of her no
ble and devoted nature, and who nurtuc-
led them from the very bosom of her life;
and now frenzied execscs of a licentious
and battled ambition, they are stabbing at
that boso:
that bosom with the ferocity with which
I hi .i .i nr.AttfiWult tt y r 1 j f t 1 1 n ri in L" t n t n rr
'that he has the courage to look
p.
.q q di,cb j thc
duies of ho ,
traitors
. . r
of hi-? ie
He is entitled to the zeal- j
ar.
appreciate the boundless blessings of
illstitut:ona j
our
If this rebellion succeeds, it will in
volve necessarily tbe destruction of our
nationality, the division of our territory,
nationality, ioo..iv.o
tbe permanent di.rap
It niurt rapidly dry nr
linn nf KnmihMA
H, c.nrna nf nnr
-f
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shall grow more and more impoverished,
moreud more revolutionary, enfeebled, .
and debaBfid. Bach rctnrDing oleotioo (
grounds for new civil
eoaiotion, and prepared to strike at 1
th countrv'that has rejected theirclaims !
J , J QD eye 6ide
DlsPunion once begun will go on and on i
fluence of the fatal 1
doctrine of'sece.siou, not only will states '
from ge. ,
j
C0DSUmni'eted in each individual
"uu . . K . s .
f Q tbc r, ht t0 def tbe
J
O0MrDIDCBt. Thus w0 should have
back to us the days of the rob-,
fc theJr mQated cMieg
rctaiDer8. This doctrine
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courts of justice closed; public and pri
otfl Arfldit destroyed: commerce anuihl
lated; debts repudiated; conGscations and
spoliations everywhere prevailing; every
cbeek blanched with fear, and every hjart
frozen with despair; and all over that dea -
j olated land the had of infuriated passion
1 and crime is waving, with a vulture'
scream for blood , the sword of civil war.
And this is the Panddemonium which
1 6ome would have transferred to Ken-
tucky.
But I am not here to discuss this prop-
osition to-night. I wish solomnly to de-
olaro heforo you and the world, that lam
for this Union without conditions, one
and indivitiblo, now and forever.
and indivitiblo, now and forever. Iam
for its nrnap.rvrcrion nr. nnu nnrl nvprc onsr.
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of blood and treasure against all its aa-
Bailants. I know no neutrality between
my country and its foes, whether they bo
foreign or domestic; no neutrality between
that glorious flag which now floats over
us, and the ingrates and traitors who
would trample it in the dust. My prayer
ig for violory COIDpleto, enduring and o-
vcrwbclming, to the armies of the Kopub-
lie over all its enemies. I am against
aoy and every compromise that may be
proposed to be made under the guns of
the rebel?, while, at the same time, I am
decidedly in favor of affording every rea-
of the South may demand, whenever
lhpnjtli.n11.1nii rlmnii thpir nvir,: 1iiit.iint.iin. .
til then. The arbitrament of the sword
has been defiantly thrust into the face of;
the government and country, and thero is j
no honorable escape from it. All guar-,
antees and all attempts at adjustment by
amendments to tho Constitution-are now j
scornfully rejected, and the leaders of tho
rebelliou openly proclaim that they are
fighting for their independence. In this
contemptuous rejection of guarantees, and
iu this avowal of tbe objects of the rebel
lion now 60 audaciously made, wo have
a complete exposure of that fraud which,
through the. slavery agitation, has been '
practiced upon the public credulity for
the last fifteen or twenty years. In the
light of this revelation, we feel as one a
wakcued from tho suffocating torturos of
a nightmare, and realize what a baseless
dream our apprehensions have been, and
of what a traitorous swindle we have been
mado the vittjms. They ore fighting for
their independence 1 Independence of
what ? Independence of those laws which
they themselves aided in enacting; inde
pendence of that Constitution which their
fathers framed, and to which they are
parties and subject to inheritance; inde
pendence of that beneficent government
on whose treasury and honors they bave
grown strong and illustrious. When a
man commits a robbery on the highway,
or murder in the dark, bo thereby de
clares his independence of the laws under
which be lives, and of the society of which
he is a member. Should he, when ar
raigned, avow and justify thereby be
comes the advocate of the independence
he baa thus declared; and, if he resists by
force of arms the officer, when dragging
him to the prison, the penitentiary, or the
gallows, he ia thereby fighting for tbo in
dependence lie has thus declared and ad
vocated, and such is the condition of the
conspirators of tbe South at this moment.
It is no longer a question of Southern
rights, which have never been violated,
nor of security of Southern institutions
which we know perfectly well bave never
been interfered with by tbe general gov
ernment, but it is purely with ua a ques
tion ol national existence. In meeting
this terrible issue which rebellion bas
made up with thc lojal mcn of the coun.
trj stand upon ground infinit8ly above
all party Hues and party platforms
iog into the contest thus forced upon us
ail thc material aud moral resources and
energies of the nation, in order that the
struggle may be brief and as little san
guinary as possible. It is hoped that we
shall soon see iu field half a million of
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PalrlOtlO VOlUUlCCrS, UiarcuiIIZ IU CU1UUJU8
wj.jcu w be Derfeotly irresistible, and,
borne in their handa-for no purpose of
eonquest or subjugation, but of protection
ooly-wo may expect within nine months
to sec the Stars and Strifes floating in
every Southern breeze, and hear going up
wild as the storm, the exultant sbout of
that Cfn;iU3ipated people over their dehv;
erance from the revolutionary terror and
despotism, by which they are now tormen
ted and oppressed. The war, conducted
0Q Bucb a scal0) wi nofc cost exceeding
qt fivQ hundr(jd EnuJions 0f dollars;
flnd DOoe uccd be startled at the vast-
ness of this expenditure. The debt thus
bufc sIj ht, Qn . lt
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w,u ne paia, ana giaaiy paiu, ujr
h
terity, who wi
which has b
.( tbfiy
iu its integrit
been made since tne worm
can secure to themselves,
ntegnty
and blessings, such a
UltCU Diaies uavu uncauj
r . . . I 1 . .1 r.
some name bav
in" no relation to tho past, no relation to
our w
v0 thei
me morale
1 alty and their glory.
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But with tho ourled lip of scorn we afo ' illustrious a pat should have written for' tenderness of their hearts say: "The ef
told by tho disunionists, that in thus sup-1 her, by her own chiof magistrate, a page fa9 of b,ood sick? us." Then do all"
porting a republican administration in its of history so utterly humiliating as this.D your Power t0 bring it to an end. Let
endeavors to uphold the Constitiou and . But yoor Legislature have determined tue wu0e strength of this oommonweaUh
the laws, wo aro "submisaionists and that during the present unhappy war the be put forth in support of the governaent,
when they have pronounoed this word, , attitude of tho state shall be that of strict ln ordcr that tQe war m37 be terminated
they suppose they have imputed to UBthe neutrality, and it is upon this determiua- s prompt suppression of the rebellion,
sum of all human abasement. Well, let tion that I wish respectfully but frankly Tbo ,onger tho strng5l0 tootinatt, fco
it booonfepsod; we aro 'subsnissionists," to oommet. As tho motives which go- fiercer will bo its spirit, and tho oro
and, weak and spiritless as it may be verned the legislature were doubtless pa- fearful tha waste of life attending it.
-deemed by some, we glory in the position triotio and conservative, the conclusion You therefore only aggravate the aUia
we occupy. For example, the law sajB, arrived at cannot be condemned as dia- tJ Joa deplore by landing aloof fro
"Thou shalt not steal;" wo submit to this honorable; still, in view of tho manifest tho comi)at. Bat again they aay, "Wf
law, and would not for the world's worth duty of tho state and of possible results, oanQt -fight our bretborn." Indeei.--rob
our neighbor of his forts, his arsenals I cannot but regard it as mistaken and Kut Jour brethern ,can fijjhi y, aid
his arms, his munitions of war, hia honpi-1 fUe, and one which may have fatal con-! with a 8ood wilI t0- Wioktdl ad
tal Btores or anything that is his. In-' soquences. Strictly and legally spoak- wantonly have they commeneed ll
deed, so impressed are we with the obli- ing, Kentucky must go out of the Union 'agamBt Jou and yur institutions, and li
gations of this law, that we would no
more th'iuk of plundering from our nei;h-
bor half a million of dollars, because ernment of tbo United States, or she is
found in his unprotected mints, than wo disloyal to it. If this crutch of neutrali
would think of filching a purse from his ty upon which hor well meaning but ill-
nooket in a crnwdfld t.liornnihfnrft Writn iudiriT nnlirininrm nr finltinn
us down, therefore, "subroissionists."
Again: The law says, "Thou shalt not
swear falsely;" we submit to this law,
and while in the civil or military service
of tho country, with an oath to support
the Constitution of tbe United States res
ting upon our consciences, wo would not
for any earthly consideration
the formation or execution
Epiraoy to subvert that very
tion and with it the government to which
it has given birth. Whrite us down,
therefore, again "submissionists." Yet,
again: When a president has been elec
ted in strict accordance with tbe form and
spirit of tho Constitution, and has been
regularly installed into office, and is hon
estly striving to dischargo iris duty by
snatching tbe Republic from tbe jaws of
a gigantio treason which threatens to
crush it, we care not what his namo may
or may not be, or what the designation of
his political party, or what the platform
on which he stood during the Presiden
tial canvass; we believe we fulfill in tbe
sight of earth and heaven our highest ob
ligations to our country, in giving to bim
an earnest and loyal support in the strug
gle which he is engaged.
Nor are we at all disturbed by tho
disturbed by the
flippant taunt that in thus submitting to
me autuoriry 01 our govcrnmeni;
we are
necessarily cowards. Wo know
whence
this taunt comes, and
wo pqtimntn ir if
we estimate it at
unA iht iiinro
its true value. . V o
is a higher courage in
the performance
nf Ant (lion in rnr unTHHNninn nfcrimn
ot duty tnan m tne commission or crime.
age in which the revolutionists .pf the day
make their efipecial boast; tbe angels of
God, and the spirits of just men made
perfect, have had, and have, that cour-
age which submits to the laws. Lucifer
was a non-submissionist, and tbe first so-
oessionist of whom history has given us
anv account, and tne cnains wnion ne
wears ntiy express tue rate aue to an
who openly defy the laws of their Crea
tor and of their country. He rebelled be
cause the Almighty would not yield bim
tho throne of Heaven. The principle of
the Southern rebellion is the same. In
deed, in this submission to the laws is
found tbe chief distinction between good
men and devils. A good man obeys the
laws of truth, of honesty, of mortality,
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and at! those laws wnicn nave been en
acted by competent authority for the gov
ernment and protection of the country in
whicb be lives; a devil obeys his own fe
rocious and profligate passions. The
principle on which this rebellion pro
ceeds, tbat laws bave in themselves no
sanctions, no binding force upon the oon-
A l.f nr. nnn t
n..c nf inf.-o-f nr nnBSinn nr
X ' 1 a
prioo, may, at will, and honorably, too,
bim. is one of utter demoralization, and
should bo trodden out, as JOu would
tread on a spark that bas fallen on the
roof of your dwelling. Its unchecked
prevalence would resolve society into
u. :,i.i. .i. -i;i,f.
nar nrntV for life, libertv or nronertv.
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It is time tbat, in their majesty, tho peo
ple of-the United States should make
known to the world that this government,
in its dignity and power, is something
more than a moot court, aud tbat the cit
izen who makes war upou it ia a traitor,
not only in theory but in fact, and should
have meted out to him a traitor s doom.
Tbo country wants no bloody sacrifices,
but it must and will have peaoo, cost
what it may.
Before closing, I desiro to say a few
words on tbe relations of Kentucky to
the pending rebellion; and, as we are all
Kentuckians here together to-night, and
as this is purely a family matter, which
concerns the honor of us all, I hope we
may be permitted to Bpeak to each other
upon it which entire freedom. I shall
not detain you with observations on the
hostilo and defiant position assumed by
the Governor of your state. In his reply
to tho requisition mado upou him for vol
teers uuder tbo proclamation of the
President, he has, in my judgment, writ-
ten and finished nis own uisiory, uia epi
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taph included and t i. ' P" ,
future tbo worm win inuo uouooiu it0O.i
as to what his exoellency may propose to
do. or as to what he may propose not to
An Tha resnonse uas made lor lien
onse uas maue lor iven-
that has already brought
i to the cheek of many of
tucky a record
a burning blusn to tne oneen oi many o.
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her sons and is 'destined to bring it t
the cheek of many more in he , years
which aro to oomo. it is a Buam, u
dee4 a crying shame,
that a state wnu b
befbro sho can be neutral. Within it she'
, is necessarily either faithful to tho Gov-
, any middle ground on which to rest, it685100. u ,a nevertheless true that every
has ecaped my researches, though I have treo people that have existed have been
' diligently sought it. Neutrality, in the ?hficd at onL Penod ?rtbc! of 'r1
i sense of thoo who now use tho term, - htory, to fight for their liberties against
, however patriotically designed, is, in ef-, traitors within their own bosoms, and-
feet, but a snake in the grass of rebellion,
and those who hand o if trill snnnnr nr
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arisen hntwnnn mnn or hptapnn nntlnn.o
engage in later feel its fangs. Said One who spake, t0? le. nor d "eJ derve to do so.
of a con- j 'He who is not with us is against u;" 1Ue,re 13 not tber,e e"not !
nii... Unrl nf nnn. nf u nAnfl;n, i,;k u0Q neutral ground for a loyal people be-
could this be more truthfully said than who at tho hcad of armiea, are Kenaemg
of that in which we are now involved.-!,ts d"truction. Your iDwhoi is no
Neutrality neco-sarily implies indiffcr- j neutrality though you may delude yowr
ence. Is Kentucky indifferent to the is- ef!ve3 lJhQ be,,fef tb.ttt 11 18 B0- , Wl b
sue of this contest? Hub sh indncd. no'1"3 rebebllion confronting you, refuse to
thing at stake?
, i
with her sister states
fr.Jfri tn iirvfinlrl nr
Has hho no compact ;aia. BUllU,J
glorpto win! Has she no horror of that antagonism. r u.m
or mo. of crimes now being committed a- i J ?Jrtual indorsement of the rcbolhoD,
u .i . i . ii- and if vou do not thereby give to tne re
gamst us by that stupendos rebellion j, , . , ,l i ii -j i r.
i : . u - ... . j bels precisely that "aid snd comfort"
which has ariseu like a tempest cloud m , , "'"J ,
i o .19 nr 4 1 l 4 i BDokcn of intho Constitution, you cer
the South? We rejoice to know that she 7. , , . ' J , ,
u .u- tt j tamly afford them a most powerful en
is still a member of thir Union, and as J . L m. .
such she has tbe same interest in resist- .couragement and support. That they
ing thin rebellion, that each limb of the ' rcgad .Qr Prese"' PUion a. friendly
j 1 . . .. . , , . to them, is proved by the fact that, in v
body has in resisting a poniard whose ! lu i ' ,jr, " ' n
point is aimed at the heart. It is her,
hoSP. thnf U on fir,, K,. shr, rm inrPrnt.
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ex inguisn.ng tne connagra noai v in
calm ctnnrl filnnf on1 onnrnnin 1 n 1: a! f noil.
tral bfitwPP.n Mm rin, flftm-s nnd rhfi
, . -ii- .1 i-
brave men who are perilling their lives
v o
to subdue them? Hundreds of bouaanaa
e i
or cut -
cf citizens of other states men
3 . , . .. .. ,
IUrO and OUarBCter, 01 tnOUgOC &Qu 01
. . rf
ton men mu uavu u ueep biauc iu
and an mtenso appreciation of its duties
"s , i , i
! ana responsiouuies, wno Know tne wor
, 01 tn,s. D,C8Sca government 01 our, ana ao
, uol Pr,ze even lQeir 0WD D100,Q aove
j 1 saJ. hundreds of thousands of such
! meD bave left tbelr their work-
8UOP9; tbe3r offices their counting-houses,
and their fields, and are now rallying a-
-j
sustain it, and since tbe days thatcrusad
ing Europe threw its host upon tbe em
battled plains of Asia, no deeper or more
earnest or grander spirit has stirred the
souls of men, than that which now swayB
those mighty masses whose gleaming ban
ners are destined ere long to make bright
again the earth and sky of the dis
tracted South. Can Kentucky look upon
Bublime spectacle of patriotism an
- tr A nnrl (Knn anxr tn hnrdnlt I tDl I
moved, and then say to herself: "I will
spend neither blood nor treasure, but I
will shrink away while tho battle rages,
and after it has been fought and won, I
will return to the camp, well assured tbat
if I cannot claim tho laurels, I will at
least enjoy tho blessings of tho victory?"
Is this all tbat remains of her ohivalry
01 IUO OUIVBirV Ol lUfl lUi Ul IUO OUU
f 1 I I I. IU I . 1 WA
Shol-
i bys, the Johnsons, the Aliens, the Clays,
the Adairs, and the Davisea? is tbero a
Kentuokian within the sound of my voioe
'to-night, who can hear the anguished cry
! of his country as sbe wrest.es ana writnes
! in the i folds of tbu .gigantic treason, .and
! then lay himself down upon his pillow
j Jth ib thought of neutrality, without
! feeling that he has something in his bos-
om which stings him worse than would an
UUUDli UOTC IT V., TIIVU1U lllivi j, . . -
of eighty years, descended so far from
the mountain heights on which our fath
ers stood, that already, in our degonera
cy, we proclaim our blood too precious,
our treasure too valuable, to be devoted
to the preservation of such a government
as this? Thoy fought through a seven
years' war with tho greatest power on
'earth for tho hope, tho bare hope, of bo-
ing able to found this llepubho, and now ; bundance, to be trampled boueath tbe
that it ia no longer a hope nor an experi- feet of hostile soldiery, as a flower gar
ment? but a glorious reality, which has! den is trampled boneath the threshings of.
excited the admiration and the homage! the tempest if "bo wiuhea, the homes
of tbc nations, aod has covered us with WQero her lovod ones are now gathered
blessings as "the waters cover tho chan- jn poaoe, invaded by tbo proscriptivo Ju
nols of the sea," have we, their children, ry of 8 military despotism, sparing ncith
no years of toil, of sacrifice, and of battle, ler life nor proporty if she wishes tho
oven, if need bo, to give to save it from 8treetB of her towns and cities grown with
absolute destruction at tho hands of men grass, and the bteamboats of hor rivers
who, steeped in guilt, arc perpetrating a-jto lie rotting at her wharves then let
gainst us and humanity a crime, for ber joio the Southern Confederacy; but if
which I verily believe tbo blackest p&go'sbo would have tho bright watora of that
of tbe history of tho world's darkest po-'river flowoji in their gladncasr-if she
ried furnishes no parallel! 'Can it be would iiave.ftir harvests peacefully gsth
nncaihlA rhnr. in the history of the Ameri-'cred tafher Varnera if abo. would have
I ,
1 nnn nann n CPA
. t 1 : 1. ,1
! nnrnr n7.Weneracv so low, that the work
nave aircuuy ibusubu
TnnMin. of Adams
and Jefferson, of Haopook and Henry
f l.n overthrown by; tho morally bo
nd ud con9pirator who are an,i her shores once more vooal with the,,
tugging at its foundations! It would ;8teamera whistle, tbat anthem of a free
pow fa e a r a thAi j a nmmr thn W. t,-,.
- in nf tbfl Andes bv the'.n ,nronii commerce, then let bar
' IH IUU - lil " "o " J.
, w ti,os tbat are crawling in
at their base.
. mi :;... ;n
-puv our wwn
rocioasiy are tney proiecoun is. xaey
tako no account of tho fact that the mas
sacre-with which they hope tboir words
will ere long be clogged, auuat ie the
massacre of their brethero. However
muob we may bow our beads at tbo son-
Ith1 P,eoPle hon have DOt g"tnes
at enni rnna rr n.nr n ri n n r mnn nnnnn nr
V4 k3WWil fcW """i -uuwv iwu$
Jtween their own Government
, . . , .
RreB0. COnnsCatlOg lOe
debts due from
. . . 0f loyal states.
Kentucky
, are "preSSiy espectea.
Is Dot this eig-
UlUuuUU JUca lb icuvu u ivuiu tut
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; doubt that tbe Confederate Congress sup-
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poso they bavo discovered uuder tbo
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cuise of vour neutrality a lcrtmc aympa-
f. , ' . ,? , ...
tbv for their cause which entitles you to
A t, p an
i . , x
Drehensivo statesmen in placing
her
njf anomaloU3 oosit:OQ sho
now oo-
oupics, it cannot be denied tbat Ken
tucky, by her prosent attitude", ia ex
erting a potent influence in strengthening
the rebellion, and is, therefore false alike
to her loyalty and to her fame. You
may rest well assured that this estimate
of your neutrality is entertained by tho
true men of tbo country in all the-atate
which are now sustaining the Government.
Within the last few weekB how many of
thoao gallant volunteers who have left
home and kindred and all tbat is dear to
them, aro now under a southern sun, ex
posing themselves to death from disease
and to death from battle, and aro ac
counting their lives as nothing iu the of
fort they are making for the deliverance
of your Government and theirs; bow ma
ny of them havo said to mo, in sadness
and in longing, "Will not Kentucky help
mo?" How my soul would have leaped,
could I havo auawerod promptly, confi
dently, exultingly, "Yes, she will." But
.when I thought of this neutrality, y
heart oank within me, and I did not, and
I could not, look those brave taea in the
face. And yet I could not answer "'No.1
tt
I could not crush myself to the earth Hin
der the self abasement of such a reply.
I therefore said and ssay my oantry
sustain me "I hope, I trust, I pray, nay,
I believe Kentucky will yet do ber da
ty." If this Government ii to be destroyed,
ask yourselves, are you willing it shall be
recorded in history that Kentucky stood
by in the greatness other strength snd
lifted not a hand to stay thc catastrophe!
If it ia to be saved as I verily believo it
is are you willing it shall be -written
that in the immeasurable glory which
mIlst ,ten(1 the aehievement Kentucky
I had no panT j wiU ony add) if Ken.
jtQoky wifcbfll) tbo watQra of ber beautiful
j Qn- t0 bo dved blood if sho wishes
hor harvest fields, now waving in tboir -
a tne luemvlua si.uur, uiauiea auu iu juujb
., , if--0! - i L ,n J . ! -
of faeWofces unuivaded by tbe cries snd
'-mr, hf h9iH.;f .h wonld have tha
streets of her towns and cities again filled
- ;wJth tbo hum and throngs of busy trade,
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8tabd'fast by the Stars and Stripe?, and
do ber duty. nd her whole duty, as a
i'mhpr nf tills Uoioi. Let her brave
ana moso
to keep, no plighted oaaS J tnerooJ couae. tu
Uovernment, ana assume towara u &