Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-22
kentucky upd Missouri.

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present residents of each are descendants Of
Southern people. Kentucky and Missouri
,donted Southern institutions in The organizl
t;on of their respective State Governments, and
b,ve adherad to them ever since. From these
facts. a foreign journal deduccs the conclusion
that Kentucky and Missouri will both ultl
mately join the Southern Confederacy; or, in
other words, it assumes that they will co oper.
ate with their friends and brethren in a meas
ure Of self preservation against their common
enemy.
We repeat tue opinion which wc have OK
messed on several occasions, that Kentucky and
Missouri piN be with their Southern sisters at
an early day. True, they have been SLOW in fall.
ing into line, and the reports of the nnmbers OF
traitors in each State are calculated to NOR
tify and astound the honest and patriotic Of our
~oeoplc. But wo still rely with confidence upon
Kentucky and Missouri. Napoleon, when told
that one OF his ~farorite legions had given way
on the field Of battle, replied, "it is impossi.
bic! They don't know how to d>honor them
selves" We do not believe that either Ken
lucky or Missouri knows how 10 d%isAonor her
self by cowardice OF treason; and such, we
think, mus. be the opinion Of every ore who
is familiar with the history Of the two States.
Tho demonstrations against .Aboiit:ouism
have, heretofore. been overwhelming. both in
Kentucky and Missouri. In Kentucky, the
Abolitionists organ zed their forces, some zen
Or twelve years since, under The lead CT Cassiu'
II. Clay, with a vicw 10 the election Of dele.
gates to the Reform Convention OF tie State.
Their defeat was perfectly crushing; almost
every county in the State voting the pro sla-
very ticker, and most Of them with a near mp
proach 10 unanilnity. The reader will also
~recolsec. that the said Cassius u. Clay was
compelled to give up the publication Of his
newspapcrin Kentucky TO sars kisOen 'iJtS and
tant Of his friends.
The expulsion Of L number oe Abositionists
from Madison and other counties OF Kentucky
in 1860, by pro.slsvery u,obs, as the Black
Republican papers had it, is, VI suppose, with
in the recollection Of all. The Abolitioris;s
could not ii I'd 4 resting p!ac: fr the sole Of
their feet anywhere on Kentucky soil twelve
months since, us was then understood.
The late Legislature Of K:ntucky Did not
worlhi!y sustain tho proud character Of Their
State. Their last session seems to hlvo been
convened chiefly for the purpose Ct "~sg0ing'
the Federal Union, which wa: evtn lhun s:,iv.
cred into Il d@zsn pieces. They refused to pass
an appropriation for the purchase ofarms 'or the
defence Of the Sla:c, Gvcwedly upon the
ground, tina. the; did not ash 10 give th=-Lin-
coin Governments. any reason 10 suspect them
of hostile designs. The Legislature, however,
declared most cmpt ~a!icaiiy, ard, we briicT",
Nth entire unanilnity, against cctrcioh every
member ~plcdgjrg himsc!f 10 resist the Federal
authority rpou lku very contingency which
happened shortly afterwards!
10 our minds, the solution ii this ,itnii,
| non ccIn:ni;ial policy, on the part Of the pres.
ent ruling spirits Of Kentucky. is quite Oh
vious. Two prominent citizens Of the Stale
one from each Of the great parties that former.
II existed in the co~untry--harc, inr Il number
Of years, had their longing eyes upon tho Pre-
sidency Of the United States. and n~r!t!,er Of
them could rel!!z. the great fact that the
union eli The North and South was dissolved
beyond the power Of any PAD tica.or' to re.
construct it Hence their long continued Ct
forts at reconstruction" through a ''peGce
conference" aHa other c@paiiea,s alike i! sL
yiscd and mi.c.:cvnuS.
S1me {; tie leading ,,fe$se, y! kentucky, J
too, a;e ,ndrr The cnniroi ~ tic nngs: nacom /
promising aaG bit;cr eligible: .: ta= ,;,'!,Iarn
cause. Tie Lou!sri!is j ,uTi:al aHh fr.:.htort
Commonwealth, ara edited by well karrn IAn-
kels; and the Louisville Uei!ocrst, f1:mally c
paper of great iGGuencs, is conducted hya Ken
tuckian, who hates the Southtrn Cor f.dsracy
rs his Satanic naj=sty 10 said to loa!he holy
water. Under these combined Influences, the
cause CT free government las been retarded IL
Kentucky; the people have delayed their re-
s.stance to the tyranny aud usurpatlou" u!
Lincoln and Seward. Kentucky is now as z
s!umbering giant, but nc are assured that she
will soon arise and bring al! her energies and
power to bear upon tie N1rlEern fee. The
neutrality policy" OF which Crittendea. Guih-
RE, aud other Eentuckians speak with SO much
earnestness, is u.lc,ly diSrcgarded by The Lin.
coin Government, and ridiculed By the Black
Republican press. Kentucky, like every Other
State, must fight either .Er or against the Yam
kee Government, and there cannot be 4 Goub!
as to the side she will take
In his official report Of the battle Of Ne"
Orleans, General Jackson stated that the hcn
lucky militia, on tho sd, Of the river opposite
to his quarters, "lngloriously fed from the field"
This report was read with mort: htaticn and
surprise" by Mr. Clay-to use his OVID Ian
guage--and with the deepest Indignation by
every impetuous kentuckian. The reputation
Of Kentucky did not suffer, however, by The
inputation upon q portion Of her militia at
New Orleans; for General Jackson, himself
was among the first 10 acknowledge the cou.
rage and chi7alry CT that Siats. But the '1n-
glorious DISCRETION OF her Southern sisters by
Kentucky, would FIX upon her esca!clrcon 4
stain which time could never cf,ce. The
thing is, therefore. impossible. Kentucky, we
again repeat, does not know now to dinhonoT
h.rself by cowG,dlce or treason.
Missouri, we nag assert With a full regard to
The truth Of history, has heretofore acted in ad-
vance Of the c.her bo,d,r slave States in support
Of the Southern cause. Moro than Ten years az"
she expelled from her councils her ablrst and
most experienced statesman Use a:iutc, 81
course, to Tiin,nas Il. Brii!nn) beca;sse sac sis.
pcc:ci his iidsli'y i" the institutions oi his
v SECTION. subsequently, Missouri, By her
arr, and patriotic course, received L cotnpli