New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-05
FIem Our Special Correspondent

FTem Our sIeetl Coriespond"nt q. 81. So,
! The most trusty Gov. Magofhn favored us to-day
with veto the bill 70 raise forty thousand yolun
teers TO repel invasion. II was passed Immediately
by large maortes in both Houses and the Governor
was then treated 10 supplemental act, which pro-
hibs the State from being cut up into military dis
tricts, so tina, MajorGeHeral might be elected TO
supersede Big-Ge Cri'teBden, arranges the gen.
ea distribution Of the volunteer forces, as to the
spectiye arms and their proportions, and provides
that to increase their efficiency they shall all be
tered int, tue service Of the United States with all
possible &c. This will enable many of our loyal
Union men now holding legislative and judicial
offices in the State 10 join me grand army Of deliver
ance, without FORGETTING their positions under the
constitutional prohibition of holding State and Fed
eral Offices at the same time. Senators Alexander,
Fisk, Garrard, Pennebaker, Speed, aud Whitaker,
will all be in the field at the head of regiments as
soon as their duties here discharged, and Messn
Boone Finnell, Heady, Jacob, and others Of the
House will be in the very van Of the war the moment
the security of the State guarded against the action
Of the Governor.
Senator Whitaker to-day offered series Of reso-
lutions, requesting Breckenridge and Powell to re-
sign as they did not represent the will Of the people
Of Kentucky, and requesting the United States Sem
ate in they refuse TO resign, TO investigate their
10y atty to the Federal Government and # they are
found disloya to expel them The first clause passed
20 to s. and the second II 10 H. These revolutions
went 10 the House late this afternoon, where sus
pension of the rules in order to take them up
fused There were different reasons for this refueali
some thought the resolutions not strong epoughi
oil % boz tho racuaau, Cenators ougl G-4, IN be in
structed to conform their action to the spirit Of the
present legislature some thought the request ten
dered to the United States Senate was an interfer-
ence with that body, while others, God help their
silly simple souls fea'ful Of acting precipitae-
ny, or Of doing something not precisely decorous
Ihe ast species of fossils fortunately Is almost ex
tinct and will soon be classed with the other paeono-
logical curiosites of this State; but Kentucky is
State of mammoth caves, mammoth precipces, and
mammoth trees and also seems TO aspire 10 arepua-
ton for mammoth stupidity. Why, Breckenridge has
run away, and was hast heard Of scampering across
corn-feldl lie is, no doubt by this time, route
for Richmond, with Mr.. Preston to importune JEFF
Davis to send reenforcements into Kentucky, and
make this State the great Winter battle-ground.
That was the object Of bis leaving, and IL was the
result Of caucus held by the Sseessionsts in Lex
ingtCn. If he was guiitless why did he flee when
no one pursued Was conscience on his track, that
he did not dare to stand up and face such accusation
as Ugh. have been made against hint If he fled from
mere cowald,ce and want OF moral irmneSs, then
he certainly is not fitting representative Of
Kentucky. The fact is this Legislature il disposed
10 be too lenient and cannot realize that
gagged in life and death struggle; that pistols and
daggers have been prepared for every Union man;
that the prominent patriots Of their body have been
"pricked oiI' ina CONSUMPTION as ruthless as that
practicod by the Roman riunyirate in the civil wars
after the murder OF Caesar The questions now are
Union or no Union, Government or no Governments
Polk In the West. and ZollicOder in the East, and