St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-11-14

Der Of the Washington cabinet. sad to
prominent citizen OF kc",ucky that tht
position Of the State should not be main.
iAi,.t. that The Government prcfcrr.d
hostility 70 neutrality. and that KENTUCKY
must be eompci,r.i to support the feisra'
Gf.svernm~i,t In the war. Your wishes.
fellow citisens. had been spurned and you
have been thrown Into this vortex BY tue
G.vern,nent At Washington. aided b.
their K-ntssky synpashiss,rs. q.
Inc pretended rcsson for the military
occupation Ut the State. founded q" the
occupation Of Columbus hy Confc'lcrate
truops, is uncaudid and false. For be-
sides the fact that the Invasion Of Hen
lucky Wa. "a forcgone conclusion at Wash
ingto,i, and that camps Of soldiers were
uudvr arms in our midst to Invade TEN
mes,ee, it is notorious that General Grant
left Cairo to seize I'aiucah before the
occupation of Columbus, while in taking
the latter place he Confederate troops an-
,i.lpatci the F,'icri troop. by less than
an hour. For further proof of the insin-
ceri,y OF the false ella nor about the inva-
sion from Tennessee. the Confederate com
manler announced 10 Your authorities tina,
h. occupied Columbus purely Ill sclt-dc-
fenrc. And stood really a, any momcnt to
with raw simultaneously with the F.dcr-
al forces T. s.,y that the Washington
u ,s-.nnent had RICH, to invade tho
Stat" is'alsay that you hid no right to
!, nv an
from t,..I which has cfTAccl every
vc>ti,- OF III: Constitution. 'uid be to
bow IN tn lu>t an! sIrrcn ltr to sim
pie Ir>pp,i-m.
/ i not nccc,>sr, to say much alb u.
tn l. g;.!a'urc y maj"'rty Of thtu iu-
>tca! of protecting the rights aud persons
of the citizens, have either voluntarily
or under durtss been eng 'scl in sustain
ing til. u.urpations of tn Federal Crow
,rutncnt. i'll passing bills Of pain aud pen
allics 10 terrify spirited people lit"
scrvituIc, in Icprivins the Governor "i
his just constitutional authority AMI in alb
dlcaiing their share of the government
by t,rlnally inviting i Ed raj military
force to take Possession of tn. St,tc. wei,
knowing as they ii 'hn. this li,ary force
" ,uli supcr>c'!c the Safe Government
d. that ,dy nearly uac-tourth hive re-
tire! because OF tn: military occupati"n of
the State al! the s.i.u.:. imprisonm ut.
pursuit and exile of many vi tn: III ,st
eminent and patriot: citizens of tlr State
by that military force. The voice Of
these mcluocrs Can no longer be- beard in
the councils of the State. nor their Votes
De taken The Legislature is thus. to
say the least of it. mutilat ID Department
OF the State Government.
1t is true tlAt there remains sufficient
nu nb,r tor - quorum. but arc they free
For when the Federal q ,v>rlm.nt takes
military possession Of Il State its L>g!.la-
ture must crutprn to the will OK The mill
tasy chief or be suppressed, as " have
recently seen i'll the case Of Missouri,
whose State Govcrnn,u, was Dispersed
aud martial law proclaimed; and still Ia
ter, in the case Of Maryland. when thirty
eight members Of the Legislature We're
seiz..,l and impl isone'l Oh the mer: su~pi-
cion Of intending to legislate. at varianc.'
with the will Of the military e vcrnncnt
We cannot, therefore, know tn It tn pub
lie resol ltions. or pretended Laws of tn"
Two bodies, are the i clarations Of th:ir
active will. because We have the strongest
reason to believe that, il not in accordance
with the will of the Government at " ash
ington, they would meet the fate Of the
legislature of Missouri and Maryland.
On the other hani, We know that these
resolutions AMI laws are in conflict with
their public pledge, and with the ex2tc-
tation> of the people.
1t is more charitable 20 b.licvc that the
members at Frankfort, or majority of
them, arc ac.uatcl by Il fear of military
force rather than by pcrvcrsc design t"
violate the will o. their co ,>ti ucnts, and
degrade the State to the condition to which
it is attempted to bring down Missouri
and Marylanl Ifany,hing were wanting
to strengthen this view. it will be found
in attendant, events The resolutions they
adopted on the Sth Of September, sane
tioninc the entrance OF Cen. Anderson :
forces, wcrt accompanied by one dcclar-
ing tirt no person Shouli be touched in his
life, liberty or property on account OF hi,
political opinions. Yet, OH the very day
I believe. that these resolutions passed
the agents of the Federal Government
seized the printing establishment Of the
Louisville "Couricr,' the only offence Of
whose proprietor WAS. that he criticised
with freedom the usurpations of the Gov
crnmcnt at Washington. At the same
time, and ever since. citizens OF Kcntucky
have been imprisoned or compelled to Ay
from their homes and families, against
whom there was no accusation bu: Of hold.
ing opinions either uniricndly to Mr.. Lin.
coin ; Government or friendly to ncutrali,
ty. 1t is impossible to suppose that fro.
Kentucky !" gi>la,urc. in view Of recent
proceedings i'll other States, would hav,
turned this State over to the possession O
Federal military force. Or betrayed tn,
people by throwing the State into the arm.
of Mr.. Liucoln, to be used for Southern
subjugatiun, or consented to thu suppress
sion of the press. or suffered. without an
cutlery that would have pierced the skies
the indignities and outrages which hav,
h.on inH,ntol L.. l.