The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-07-25

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what he may propose not 10 do. That
response has made Tor Kentucky record
that has already brought burning blush
10 Il cheek Of mary Of her sons, and is
destined to bring It 10 the cheek Of many
more in the years which are to come. It,
is a shame. indeed crying shame, that
a State with so illustrious a past should
have written for her by her own chief ma
gistrste, page OF history SO utterly hu-
initiating as this, But your Legislature
have determined that the present unhap.
py war the attitude Of the State shall be
that OF strict mentality, and it is upon
this determination thai | wish respectful.
ly, but frankly tocommert A the mo.
tives which governed the Legislature
were doubtless patriotic and conservative,
the conclusion arrived It cannot be con.
demr ed as dishonorable, still, in view Of
the manifest duty Of the State and Of pos
sihle results, cannot but regard it as
mistaken and false, and one which may
have fatal consequences, Strictly and le'
gslly speaking, Kentucky must 60 out
of the Union before she can he neutral.
Within it she is necessarily either faith.
ful 10 the Government of the UnitedStates,
or she is disloyal to it. If this crulch Of
neutrality upon which Ler wellmsanipg
but ili.juding politicians are baltirg, can
find any middle ground oil which to rest,
it has escaped my researches though |
rhave diligently sought it. Neutrality, in
the sense of those who now use The term,
however palrioically designed, is, in Of
feet. but snake in the grass Of rel elhon
and those who handle it, will sooner or
later feel its faDgs SAID one who spake
as man never spake. che who is not with
US is against us" and OF none of the con-
flicts which have arisen between men or
between nations, could this be more truth.
fully said, than Of which we are now in.
yolved. Neutrality necessarily implies in
Indifference. Is Kentucky Indifferent 10
the issues Of this contest? Has she. in.
deed nothing at stake? Has she no com
pact with Ler sister States TO keep, no
Iplighted faith to uphold, no renown to
sustain, no glory to win? Has she nc
horror Of that crime Of crimes now com
mited against us by that stupendous re-
bellion which has arisen like a tempest
cloud in the South We lejoce to know
that she is still 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 poigna'd d
whose point is aimed a, tie heart. 1t is
her house that is on FIRE; has she no in
, interest in distinguishing the confsgra
ton? Will she stand acof and Announce
herself neutral between tie raging fame
and the brave men who are periling thei
lives tosubdue them? Hundreds of thou
, sands of citizens of other Statesmen o
, culture and character, of thought ant
of toll; men who have deep stake in lif'
, & an intense appreciation Of its duties ant
responsibilities; s;who know the worth Of thi'
! blessed Government OF ours, and do no
E prize even their own blood above it.
' say, hundreds Of thousands Of such mel
have left their homes, their workshops
t their offices, their counlirg-houses, ant
/ their fields, and are row rallyug alb u
e our flag. freely offering their all to sus
tain it, and, since the days that crusad
n ing Europe threw IFS hosts upon the EN-
batled plains of Asia. no deeper or NOR
S earnest or grander spirit has stirred th'
n souls Of men, than that which now sway
those mighty masses whose cleaning
s banners are destined ere long to max
i bright again the earth and sky OF the dis
n ractcd South, Can Kentucky look uPol
d this sublime spectacle of patriotism un
s moved, and then say 10 herself: Il will
d spend neither blood nor treasure, but
!, will shrink away while the battle RACES
;. and after it has been fought and won,
ir will return to the camp, well assured tha
n if cannot claim the laurels, | will Q
c leasl enjoy the blessings of the victory?
q Is this all thatremains of her chivalry?-
j. of the chivalry of the land Of Shelbys
IS the Johnsons, the Aliens, the Clays, Nh
At Adairs, and the Davisses? Is there
% Kenluckian within the sound Of my voIc
t. tonight, who can hear the angulshed or
I'd Of his country, as she wresles an
m writhes in the folds Of this gigantic tres
,r son, and then lay himsell down upon b
ID pillow with this thought OF neutrllit,
Of without feeling that he has something
ID his bosom which stihgs him worss ina
be would and adder? Have we. within tt
10 brief period Of eighty years, descended
an far from the mountain nights on whic
m our fathers stood, that alreOdy,in our d
I'd generacy, we proclaim our blond too pr
at cious, our treasure TOO valuable to be d
IN voted to the preservation of sucha 20
he ernment as this? They fought through
ly seven years war with the greatest pow
so &C on earth fort hope, for the bare hol
as of being able to found this Republic, al
is. now that it is no longer hope nor an {.
,rs perimnnt, but glorious reality which b
n,t excited the admiration and the homage,
Of the nations, and has covered nsw'Ill bic
NJ. SINGS as .the waters cover the channe
allI Of he sea- have we, their Children
he wears of toll, Of sacrihces. and OF bait
ne even, if need be, to give to save it from a
to solute destruction at the hands of M
,se who, stepped in guilt. are ,PerPetrel'
m. against us and humanity q crime,
". which, / verify believe, the blacklist pa
- of the history of the worlds darkest
Rod furnishes no parallel? Can It be pos
bic that in The history of the Amerie
9w people, we have already reached apot
ne Of degenercy so low. that the work
m Washington and franklin, Of Adams a
as Jefferson, of Hancock and Henry, is TO
m OVERTHROW by the morally b'grimed a
ay piemieI consprators who are now tu