Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-22
VOLUME V!
LARGE and Enthusiastic Union Meeting In
t-| KehturIty,

"A large ana entnuslhsIC SnlOu meebhB
was held in Louisville, KY, on Thursday
evening, when Hon. James Guthrie, Hon.
Archie Dixon and others addressed the as
semi bled crowd, and the following preamble
and resolutions we're unanimously adopted:
Events OF commanding importance to the
future safety and honor of Kentucky have
occurred which call for action on the part of
her citizens, and every consideration of self
interest and every dictate of wisdom and
patriotism must prompt our State 10 main-
tain most Tesolutely her position of loyalty.
Situated on the border OF the slave States,
with 700 miles of territory exposed to hostile
attack, should the Union be divided into two
separate soyereignties, and with but one
million of population TO oppose the four or
five millions of the States contiguous to her,
which might become unfriendly, Kentucky
owes it to herself to exercise wise pre-
caution before she pIecipitates any course of
action " hich may involve her in au interne-
cine war. She has no reason to distrust the
present kindly feelings Of the people who re-
side on the north bank of the Ohio River,
long her friendly neiRhbors, and connected
by a thousand ties OF business and consan-
gninity, but she must realize the fact that if
Kentucky separates from the Federal Union
and assumes her sovereign powers as an in
dependent State, that Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
nois, remaining loyal to the Federal Union,
must become her political antagonist
If Kentucky deserts the stars aud stripes,
and those States adhere to the flag of the
Union, it seems impossible to imagine con-
tinuance of our old friendly relations when
constantly recurring causes rof irritation
could not be avoided. 1t Is from no fear
that Kentucky would not always prove her
self equal to the exigencies of any new posi-.
ion hnr fuht fr nd
from no distrust of the bravery of her sons,
that these suggestions are made, but as
when in the course of human events IL be-
comes necessary for one people to dissolve
the political bands which have connected
them with another, decent respect for the
opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impel them
to the separations" so an equal necessity
exists that we should not dissolve those
bands with old friends and neighbors with
out calling to our aid every suggestion o.
prudence, and exhausting every effort tc
reconcile difficulties, before taking steps
which can not be retraced, and may lead tC
evaporation, collisions and eventual war
therefore be it .
ResolUed: l. That as the Confederate
| States have, by overt acts, commenced wal
| against the United States, without consulta-
| tion with Kentucky and their sister Southern
States, Kentucky reserves to herself thu
right to choose her own position, and that
| while her natural sympathies are with those
who have a common interest in the protec
ton of slavery, she still acknowledges he
| loyalty and fealty to the Government of thu
| United States, which she will cheerfully rem
| der until that Government becomes aggres
sive, tyrsnnical, and regardless of our right
10 slave property.
2. That the National Government SHOULD
be tried by its acts, and that the severa
States, at its peers in their appropriat
spheres, will hold it to rigid accountabilit,
and require that its acts should be fraterna
in their efforts to bring back the seeding
States, and not sanguinary or coercive.
3. That, as we oppose the call of tn
President for volunteers for the purpose 0
coercipg the seeding States, so we oppos
the raising of troops in this State to co
operate with the Southern Confederacy
when the acknowledged intention of tn
latter is to march upon the City of Washing
ton, and capture the Capital, and when, i
its march thither, it must pass through State
which have not yet renounced their allie
| glance to the Union.
! 4. That Secession is q remedy for no evils
real or imaginary, but an aggravation an
complication of existing difficulties.
8. That the memory of the past, the inter
ests of the present, and the solemn conviC
| tl0ps oil future DUTY anu usefulness IN Ln
hope of mediation, prevent Kentucky fror
taking part with the seeding States agains
the General Government. -.
6. That "the present duty of Kentucky
to maintain her present Independent posi-
ton, taking sides, not with the Administra
ton, and not with the seeding States, bu
with the Union against them both, declarin
her soil to be sacred from the hostile trea
of either, and, if necessary, to make tn
declaration good with her strong right arm.
7. That to the end that Kentucky may
fully prepared for any contingency, "w
would have her arm herself thoroughly 9
the earliest practicable moment" by reguls
legal action.
8. That we look to the young men of tb
Kentucky State Guard as the bulwarks (
the safety of our Commonwealth, and tbs
we coDjure them to remember that they al
pledged equally to fidelity to the Unite
States and TO Kentucky.
O.. That the Union and the Constitution
being mainly the work of Southern soldier
and statesmen, in our opinion furnishes
surer guaranty for Southern Rights" tina
can be found under any other system {
government yet devised by man.