Newbern weekly progress., 1860-12-25
4 ss:,tr.o se yoscr sromn kentucky.

We find IN the kentucky journals an able and
patriotic letter from :ha pen of the Hon. GEORGE
ROBERTSON. of Lexington, IN that State address
| ed to committee of gentlemen who had request
ed him to attf nd and address the Unjon meeting
held in Louisville on the evening of the 2eah ub
timo From this letter cite the following ex-
tract in relation 20 .e mission of Kentucky in the
present crisis
Let her act a mediator between the NortT.
and the Sonth, and, throwing one arm around her
Northern and the other around her Southern sis
ters, leC AeI enieavor, by affectiouste
strance and prudent counsel, to draw their hea is
together once more around the altar of the Union
She cannot afford to give up the Union desert
its cause She cannot yet abandon the princi-
pies " hich have illustrated her name. She can
not be untrue 20 he" paramount interest and sa-
cred duty, unmindflll of the memories Of the
past. nor needless of the richer blessings of tho
future under the auspices of an unbroken Union.
And were [ permitted to speak for her, | would
say 10 the North, Repeal your offensive liberty
acts stand by your compromises. to threaten
Introduction of ofsavery in the Territories. faithfully
and fraternaily try to rebuke the abduction of
our slaves ! and to the South ] would say.
Stand by your compromises. make moro
threats of secession and do not longer suffer de-
magogues t" disturb your peace or preclpitate
you into fatal movement. If you mako 1T !
cannot GO with you if you will forbear will stand
by you and Vindlcate our common rights. by all
prudent and constitutional means, to the last; and
we will sink or swim together in the ark of the
Union. But if you desert me, and every other
Southern State shall follow IN your wake, L wlll
go neither North or South, but, then consider
ing the Union as hopeless without my fault,
will stand lone star i'll the American armament
uneclipsed by rebellion. undimmed by dishonor,
and NV fixed and still etfulgent orb shall be
styled the Republic Of Kentucky
Views of the Governor of Lsuisiann.
Governor Moore, of Louisiana, in his recent
message to the Legislature of that State, re-
commends conference Or convention Of tho
slaveholding States. but secession at all
hazards before LINCoLN's Inauguration, and
adds;
st may be said that when this Union was
formed it was intended to be perpetual. So
it was, so far as such term can be applied to
anything human but it was also intended to
be administered in the same spirit in which 1t
was made, with scrupulous regard to the
equality of the soveregntieS composing it
We certainly are not placed in the position OF
subjects of a European despotism, whose only
door of escape from tyranny is the right of rev.
oi,ltion. Inaasn tain the right Of each State
to sece0e FROM tie Union, and therefore what
ever course Louisiana may pursue now, If any
attempt should be made by the Federal Gov
ernment to coerce a sovereign State and COM
pei her submission to an authority which she
mas ceased to recognize, should unhesltating-
y recommend that Louisiana assist her sister
State withpthe same alacrity and courage that
he colonies assisted each other in their strug-
sle against the despotism of the Old World" :.
THE SMALLPOX STILL SPREADING IN
COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA, Dec. 20-There are eleven new
ases of smallpox here to day.