Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-28

KENTUCKY NEUTRALITY
Every recent indication goes to show that
the pretended attitude Of eneutralitY," as as
sumsd at the beginning of the war BY the
Union party Of Kentucky, was a sham and a
cheat-a mere deceptive mask that was
snatched I'D amid the excitement of the times
to conceal the hideous features Of lurking
treason, trembling with a cowsrdly timidity
lest its cloven foot should be exposed. In
fact. such is the shameless confession Of the
leaders Of the LINCOLN clique, who now boldly
intimate-with a mock vsior that derives its
vitality from the p~rOfersd assistance Of fede-
raj bayonets-that neutrality was a ''temPo-
rary expedient'' Only, and that for the future
kentucky should be "~GetiUely loyal" This
when properly interpreted, simply means that
she should fly to the standard of the tyrant
LIvooLx, and with Der own men and money,
asgls. in The hopeless, but brutal scheme OF
F0bugatiag her sister States of the South.
This treason is rendered the more Infamous
from the fact that the Confederate states have
been very particular to respect the sovereignty
Of Kentuckv, and to have regard FOR any position
which she desired to assume; while, on the con-
trary. the Washington government, represented
in the person Of that immaculate specimen Of the
model statesman, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, de-
nouDcss neutrality as a heresy utterly untena-
bic, branding it as secession complete " No
protest being ELECTED from the partof the sub
missive Unionists, By this disappearing man
ifesto, q series OF outrsges have been since
perpetrated upon their State, v~iolative
bsyOad all cayil of her proclaimed attitude.
Several months since, a raid was made upon
Columbus BY abolition trOOPsfrom Gen. PREM
TIss' command at Cairo. More recently, the
steamer Tern was seized at Paducab, and two
unofsndiRg citizens in Ballard county kidnaP-
ped BIZ armed r~uf3ans, who invaded the State
for the purpose, and carried them thence to be
thrown upon the mercy of FREMONT and his
Hessian followers in Illinois. LINCOLN camps
are also known to be located in Gsrrard and
other adjacent counties, where men are drilled
for the federal service and ammunition AID
guns, in any numbers, placed in their hands 10
be used for the svowed purpose Of invading
the soil Of Tennessee, and ~inauguEating civil
war among our own loyal and peaceful masses.
With the view Of efectiBg this design, Geh.
AEDERsoS has been assigned command by
LFSeOLE over the imaginary department ef
Kennedy and Tennessee, (the latter being in
cluded through mere formality,) and is now On
his way to obey the bshests Of his illegal
msster.7'
Should this man be allowed By the authori-
ties Of Kentucky to enter that State, and
placing letters of BlacksRepublican servitude
upon her, drsgoon her people into The support
Of the atEoeious war upon Us, we can, Of
course, no longer think Of having any further
respect for the "sacrednessD Of her soil, but
nnst place Der in tbs category Of other abOli-
tion States, and treat her accordingly. Il viii
b the boundsn duty of Gov. MAeOFFIE, so
soon as Gea. ANDERSON may to
rally tie elements Of treason about Louisville,
to give him due notice to "dispsrse" within a
specified time and "return quietly to bis home;"
and in the event OF his disobedieGce, then to
follow the example Of the intrepid and loyal
Jackson, Of Missouri, and issue an official
proclamation, summoniBg at least frsm forty
to City thousand volunteers to arms, with the
unconcssled purpose Of driving him out. In
this good work be can doubtless receive the
expeditions cooperation Of the Confederate
government, and particularly Of this State,
whose stalwart sons are eager to aveDge the
wrongs Of their country upon the heads of the
base and dlsreputabls southern traitors, whose
cowardice has done more than all else to en-
courage the enemy in the execution Of his
fell purpose.
It lie quite evident that the presence Of fede-
raj troops in Kentucky will precipitate war-
civil and fratricidal war into her limits; but #
the invaders are unmolssted By the State au-
thorities, a just regard FOR our own preserva-
ten viii imperatiyely demand a speedy and
timely interference at our hands. We can
obtain the assistance Of thousands Of loyal
Kentuekians, and al -he same moment that we
defend ourselves, redeem them from the degTa-
5stiOn Of a worse than Egyptian bondage.