The national Republican., 1861-06-19

had always professed to be, loyal to the Con.
stitution OF his country, under which the nation
had been so prosperous, the people so free and
happy, and the blessings Of which are priceless
and innumerRble.
Mr.. Crittenden declared that, in his judg.
ment every means should be resorted TO to re.
store the blessings Of peace, to preserve the
Union, and to hand down, unimpaired, the
noble institutions which have come down to us
hsllowed by the sanction Of our revolutionary
fathers. To that end he declared, first, that
the Southern States should present to Congress,
when it meets, o fair statement of the griev.
snces under which they labor that, when pre-.
sented, the Congress Of the United States should
promptly grant full measure of redress for
those grievances; and that If Congress should
not do so, he would not vote one dollar to the
prosecution Of the war. In the next place, If
the South should fail to present their griev.
ances with view to adjustment, then that the
North should promptly concede such assurances
ofredress and security as were just to the South !;
and that besides these, all other possible means
should be employed that would have the effect
Of maintaining the Union, preserving the Gov.
eminent, and putting period 70 the unnatural
war in which the country Is involved. In the
event that oil the means employed for this pa.
triotic and noble purpose should fail and the
war should still rage Oh, then he was Of the
opinion that Kentucky, posing herself upon
herproud position Of neutrality, should summon
all her judgment and reason. and, discarding all
passion AND prejudice, should decide for herself
what position she should assume. He declared
that sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof;
and that while he was not now, under the con.
tnually shifting scenes Of the political drama,
prepared to say what position Kentucky should
occupy in the contingency mentioned, he would
be prepared, as native and loyal son Of Ken.
tucky, to follow her destiny, be it what it
might. IT.. iF... iu.. gpiaa7
The germ Of treason seeks to conceal itself
in Mr.. Crittenden's speech, but in vain. Like
murder, it will out. When he says that as q
"native and loyal son Of Kentucky" he is 4pre-
pared to follow her destiny, be what it might
be discloses the fatal error which has precipi-
tated the country into war, and, psrchance, may
redden the soil Of his State with the blood of
brave, misguided men. ~ = -5-,-a.,.
In our nation, as in our theology, there is
but one God, one faith, one baptism. Our
liberties were won for the nation, for all the
people of the land. There is but one loyalty.
&c Nobody knows this better than Mr.. Critten.
den. His error is not Of the head, but of the
heart. We will not believe that any miserable
ambition to be mediator has led him astray.
He, with so many other men in the South who
know the fallacy throughout Of the doctrines Of
the leaders Of the rebellion, lack the stamina
to stand up against them, and, asserting their
manhood, save their region from the horrors of
war. s..t.. ..rE .. .. a.,
To such whitelivered friends of the Uniou,"
more than to the fierce and desperate men who
lead the councils Of the Confederacy," is
owing the state OF affairs which is now desola-
ting the more exposed States of the South.
If it shall be Kentucky's fate to see the blood
of her children, noble, brave men, poured out
on the side of anarchy and misrule, she will
one day take thought that all her woes, and the
grief Of mothers weeping for their children, will
be due to pusillanimous men, proclaiming them
selves "native and loyal" who had it in their
power, by being brave and true, to crush rebel
lion in her midst and drive war from her bor-
ders.