The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-07-31

lustrions past should have written
for her, by her own chief magistrate,
page OF history so utterly humiliating
az this. But your Legislature have
determined that during the present
unhappy war the attitude of the State
shall be that Of strict neutrality, and
1t is upon this determination that l
wish respectfully, bat frankly 10 COM
ment. AS the motives which govern
ed the Legislature were doubtless pat
riotic and Conservative, the conclusion
arrived at cannot be condemned as dis,
honorable still, in view of the man
ifest duty of the State and of possible
result; I cannot regard it as mistaken
and false, and one which may have
fatal consequences Strictly and le-
gally speaking, Kentucky must 90 out
of the Union before she can be neutral.
Within It she Is necessarily either faith
fnl to the Government of the United
States, or she Is disloyal to it. If this
crutch of neutrality upon which her
well-meanirg but ill-judg 'ne politicians
are hating car find any middle ground
on which TO rest, it has escaped my
researche though have diligently
sought It. Neutrality, in the sense of
those who now use the term, howcv.
err periodically designed, IS. in effect,
bnt snake in the grass of rebellion,
and those who handle it viii sooner or
later feel It's fangs. Sa one who spake
as man never spake, " he who Is not
with us IL against us;' and Of none
| of the conflicts which heve arisen be-
tween men or between nations, could
this be more truthfully said, than Of
that in which we ara now involved
Neutrality necessarily implies indifer-
ence. Is Kentucky indifferent to the
issues ofthis contest Has she indeed,
nothing at stake ? Has she no COM
pact with her sister States to keep, no
plighted faith to uphold, no renown to
hnstaiD, no glory to win 2 Has she
no horror of that crime of crimes now
being committed against as by that
stupendous rebellion which has arisen
like tempest cloud in the South l.
/ We rejoice to know that she is still o
member of this Union, and as such
she has the same Interest in resisting
this rebellion, that each limb of the
body has in resisting poignard whose
point is aimed at the heart. 1t is her
Ahouse that is on FIRE has she no in
terest in extingui, hing the eonfagra-
ton ? Will she stand aloof and an
nounce herself neutral between the
raging flames and the brave men who
are periling their lives to subdne
them Hundreds of thousands Of cit
liens of other Statesmen of culture
and character, of thought and of toll;
men who have deep stake in life and
an intense appreciation of its duti IS
and responsibilities who know the
worth of this blessed Government oil
onrs, and do not prize even their own
blood hove It'll say. hundreds OF
thousands of such men have left their
homes. their workshops, their Offices,
their counting houses, and their fields,
and are now rallying ahont cur flag.
freely Offering their all to sustain it,
and, since the days that cruSading
Eur ,pe threw it's hosts upon the en-
battled plains of Asia, no deeper OF
more earnest or grander spirit has
stirred the souls Of men. than that
which now ysthose mighty masses
who sc cleaning banners are destined
ere long to make bright again the
earth and sky of the distracted South.
| Can Kentucky look upon this snblime
spectacle of patriotism uamoyed, and
then say to herself: 81 vii spend
neither blood nor treasure, bat / vii
shrink away whils the battle RACES
and afterit has been fought and won
| I will return to the camp, well rs nred
that if cannot claim The laurels,
will at least enjoy the blessings Of the
victory 7" Is this all that remains o
her chivalry ? of the chivai.y of thG
land Of the Shelbys, the Johnsons. the
Aliens. tie Clays, the Adairs, aad the
Dayises 7 Is there q Kentnckiar
within the sourd of my voice to night
who can here the anguished cry OF MI
country. as she wrestles and writhes II
the folds Of this gigantic treason
and then lay himself down upon BIZ
pillow with this thought of neutrality
without feeling thai be has something
| Il his b,som that stings him worse
then would an adder Have we
within the brief period of eighty years
descended so far from the mountain
nights on which our fathers stood
tina. already, IN our degeneracy, W
! proclaim our blood too precious, on
treasure too valuable, to be devoted
to the preservation of such Gov
eminent as this They fought thro
ugh aleven years war with the grea
foot y,ovyer IN earth Ear fha hone fh;