Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-11
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NuMnnR III.

sitting. Nefoiuuons WY ~ NnaA hho
adopted with great unanimity, advising
and requesting" the President Of the United
States 70 pursue q course Of policy which, II
complied with, would have been no more nor
less than derelictiOn Of sworn duty, .
cOwardly surrender Of governmental au-
thority, vanton betrayal Of sacred trust
reposed IN him hy the people, the virtual
recognition Of a reasonable couspiracy--
as q legitimate and successful revolution
aud death blow at popular government
for ceniuries TO come. Subsequently, the
reouisition OF the President ppon the several
States--not in open and armed rebellion-for
aid in the maintenance Of the Government,
against usurpation, treason and active war,
was met by o fiat refusal upon the part Of
the border slave States, the Governors Of
most Of them embodying in their replies
rank insolehee and unblushing falsehood,
smong whom no one stood forth more prom
inently than the Governor of our neighbor
State, Kentucky. As a consistent sequel "
this impudent disloyalty on the part cJl the
States authoritative representative, armed
bodies of men were permitted, without let or
hindrance, to march from her soil to ioin
hands with those who are waring againS:
the Government, "a wnicn sne Sill claims
to be q member. Again, throughout the
winter and TO the present time, the Border
slaves States Kentucky included have
been and still are engaged actively, in sup.
plying the rebellious States with provisions;
and when, in view Of threatened invasion
of the North, and conquest Of the Nations
Capitol, the truly loyal States proposed to
cut of supplies which might reach the re.
bellious region, directly or Indirectly;
howl comes forth from these border slave
States-threatening retaliation and border
collision When the people of this city
manifested determination no longer to
supply with food those who were bent on
our destruction, a delegation of intelligent
and prominent gentlemen of Louisville
made us visit, and among other matters,
desired to know if we intended to deny feod
to HeRtuckyP
Some of our worthy citizens-the mellow
nees of whose hearts was only eQualed BY
their credulity and weakness Of back. bone,
seemed to think it a great hardship that
Louisville should be permitted to stdrVe,
while within such easy reach of this great
provision depot of the Northwest Human
ity overcame the dictates of wars stern
necessities, and these kind hearted, weak
backed, fraternal citizens cdved, under the
pressure of the impending famine in the
Roodly city of Louisville. They were in
favor of an immediate removal of the en-
" ",
which promise would doubtless have been
fulfilled, had it not been for the emphatic
protest which came forth the next day from
a large and earnest meeting of sovereigns-
the cultivation of whose humanitarian sem
sibilities had been sadly neglected
Our loyal Kentucky friends and brethren
returned to their famishing city. Scarcely
had our relenting, lachrymose fellow. citizens
time to wipe away their tears of compassion,
when there appeared in the Louisville papers
the report Of a "close inventory" of provi-
sions contained within the corporate bounds
OF that city, which had been taken in re-
sponse to apprehensive inquiries as to the
probable consequences of the continued
large shipments of provisions southward
The investigation brought to light fabulous
number of barrels of -four, pork, casks oI
bacon, &c, of whose existence our worthy
Louisville visitors were, of course entirely
| ignorant while on their mission here. In
view of this highly satisfactory development,
taken in connection with the supposed sue.
cessful result of the Cincinnati fraternal
mission, the editors of said papers were OF
| the opinion that the citizens of that loyal
| city might still go on serving as commissa-
ries in behalf of the Confederate rebel forces
Thstour Kentucky friends may labor un.
| der no misapprehension as to the views
| feelings and purposes of those States that
are truly loyal to the Government, the fol-
lowing reasons may be presented in justifica-
tion of their course, in arresting transporta-
ton beyond the boundaries of those States
that have given unnistakable evidences Of
loyalty not only of implements and muni-
tiODs of war, but proVisions als6i l. Seven
States have been, for several months, in a
state of armed rebellion against the Govern
ment-settiDg at defiance its authority. 2.
Since the llth of April they have been
wsging an aggressive warfare upon said
Observation-Disclosures upon its over
throw. 3. The President made lawful and
necessary requisition upon the several States
in aid of it Representation and maintenance,
to which the border slave States responded
by refusal, insult, duplicity and false
hood; leaving to the free States alone the
honor and glory of cheerfully, heartily
sustaining Government whose fostering
care and protection, they could only in that
way hOnoTGbLy requite. 4. Kentucky is
largely a stock raising, grain growing State.
For months past she has been transmitting
large quantities of provisions TO the South
II, in her eagerness to sustain those who are
in arms for the avowed purpose of over
throwing that Government at whose hands
she still claims protection, she has exhausted
not only her surplusage, but has brought
herself into condition Of destitutiOn and
dependence, it is not her misfortune, but her
fault, for which she would deserve TO suffer,
as just penalty for her disloyalty or un-
worthy avarice. If on the other hand, she
demands food from those States upon whom
she has thrown the whole burden of this con-
test-haviDg plenty at home for her own
waBts-that she may sell it to those who are
at war with US, thereby pocketing handsome
profit, we may, under the circumstances, de-
cline compliance, and safely hold ourselves
exempt from merited censuro
If the border slave States are de.
termined to try the experiment of a con-
tinuance in their assumed position Of alleged
neutrality armed or otherwise while the
free States are waring against formidable
treason, pouring out blood and treasure in
defense of the Government and the Union,
battling for the heritage of freedom in behalf
of future generations, sacrificing their ma
terial interests without stint or limit, upon
the altar of their country; they, the Border
Slave States, already bankrupt In loyalty,
must expect to share, in some degree, the
consequences of the damnable crusade now
being wsged against the best Government
the world ever saw, and whose only fault
has been a too great indulgence, in times
past, of those who are carrying on this cru
sads. II, while the brave and loyal people
ofthe uncorrupted free States are rushing to
the standard of their country, willing aud
eager 10 plunge into the hottest of the battle
in behalf of SO righteous cause, let come
what will; they, the people Of the Border
slave States, are determined to 'stand out
in the cold" then let them suffer its rigors,
and the difference between burning and
freezing may not prove very great after all.
The next article will discuss the PROPOSE
tion as to whether Kentucky is for or against
the Union. B. F. r.