St. Mary's beacon., 1861-10-10

LrsBY's Mill, Owen Co, Ky, Sept

LrsBY's Mill, Owen Co, Ky, Sept 2j.
Hon. JAMES PGYGE ijeur Sir: I hal
, the honor to receive last evening, through
Mr. Ellis, OF Carroll county. your letter
of thu 25ih, inclosing hot" to yuu from
tsyn. Robert Anderson, dated at head
quarters, at Louisville, on the 9th inst
Gen. Anderson evidently labors under y
total n..sconcrr,iun OF this whole stfai.
and has been msicd. doubtless, b. the
sr,isasi"na! paragraphs OF rrc>s which
seems bent upon mischief, Or by the lying
r-pnrts of cvll-di>posed persons, who de-
sire to set i'll motion collisions Of arms, in
which they will never be participates
Gcn. Anderson treats this assemblagc OF
u,cn in Owen, with arms in their hands, y
lis al unlawful proceeding, l cannot So
regard it.
Ii they have No unlawful object in view
the men of k"ntucky Lave constitution,
al right to assemble with arms in theil
hands. to bear them in their owa defence.
and to pa, AIDE with thcm So as to acquire
; efficiency as a military body in the use oi
arms. His memory must hc treacherou.
indeed who does pot rccollcct that thi:
right was insisted upon rs a basis Of hold
ing Camp Dick Robinson together, before
| MIR. Lincoln avowrd the fact that tho
were called together under his auspices al
thu urgent solicitation Of eminent Union
men of this State" IF General Andcr,
son may establish camps in Kentucky, s.
. may I, or others. Ii We may not, lie i.
master. and We are snijuyatcd 1t is
time this matter should bv a>certainel hl
the people of this State. | h"ll thar til,
people may form military organizations
may meet to drll-anu >huulI nc efficient
Is organized TO protect themselves in tn,
enjoyment oi ,u- r constitutional ri ght>
, and to pr"tect their families fr"'n ansu't
All, ,:ulynce. l. this right has bee.
wrostrd from them witt. TIC rest, they al,
no loager free; if they submit TO it, they
DO not desire freedom.
assure you and Gen. Anderson that
this usscn:b!agc of mcn with arlls IN THEN
! hands, contemplate no raid upon any
! town or upon a"ynoi y. | have hear
with profou..d establishment and regret tn.
rumor that contemplated q descent upor
Tie Capital, or upon the homestead Of The
Union men VII" might fall within tht
range of my power. assure y'" "";AinG
could be more false OF prelosel"u>; TOR II
| had 600 men assembled. evory tnio!
man in the county, or elsewhere, NIGH
sleep in perfect security. that | would m"
.nulcst him Oh his, but. Oh the contrary
would protect him i, the enjoyment of al
those rights which are his birth-right a'
well as mine.
1t is bad men, my dear sir. who dcsir,
to convulse society, who spread these r.
ports-men who would prccipitate tn
shock Of arms and civil strife, that they
may find opportunities for self-aegran,
lixrn:ent, amid the turmoil they excite
| saw a paragraph stating that was al
New Liberty, surrounded BY 500 seces.
sioaists to prevent MY arrest, when
pledge my honor that l have oo
with me any one but my son. q
youth Of twenty-une years. who accom-
panied me from home. You never saw
a crowd more pcaceab.e, or less inclined
to disturb others, than this which ha'
been assembled here for few day.
past, and if they have any Illegal pur-
poses in view l alu hot aware of ii, or
a participant in it. You may be aware
that in public speeches / have counseled
the Southern Ri ghts men Of Kentucky
to adop, in every neighborhood aud
community a military organization a:
the only political organization suited
to the times. l have advised them tc
form companies. bat'alions. regiments
and divisions to elect their officers. and
I" drill in the school of tic s,liier.