Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-05-24
Kentucky and Tennessee.


No one can doubt that an overwhelm
ing majority of the people of Kentucky
are in favor of maintaining the integrity
of the Union. The issue was sought to
be made by the Union men on the recent
voting for delegates to a Border State
Convention, but the secessionists, fore
seeing the result and the lesson that would
be drawn from it, Significantly withdreY
from the contest. Still the Union men
turned out magnifcently. But it is I'M
deniable that the Governor of the state
has strong secession procivitities, and
there is an active band of conspirators
who are bent upon taking advantage of
every circumstance which promises to
betray the state into a disloyal stand to-
ward the government. A few weeks ago
these mischiefmakers appeared likely to
be successful. But we are now inclined
TO think that their opportunity has gone
by, and that through the surrounding
food-tide of patriotism which is daily
rising higher and higher, and through
the devotion of her own brave sons, Ken
lucky will be saved to the Union, and
viii become one of the most efficient in
struments il restoring the reign of order
and loyalty farther south.
The case is somewhat different in Ten
nessee. Not only is that State locally
more within the sphere of secession man
ayers, but it is largely cotton state, with
a community of interests with those which
border on the Gulf This applies par
ticularly to Western Tennessee, and par
TALLY to the central portion of that state.
Eastern Tennessee, however, is distinct
locality, physically, economically, and po-
litically. Cut off from the rest of the
state by a chain Of mountains, running
from Kentucky to Georgia, high, bro
ken, and well watered country, adapted
particularly to mining and manufactures,
II, inhabitants have neither the habits
nor IDEAS which prevail in the planting
GI-uiet- Here lives the heroic Andrew
johnson, and here fourishes the Knox
vile Ihig with It's trencbant parson ed
iDor Intb- region. therefore, the seces-
sion infection la. not taken--the Union
sentiment remains hearty, iudomitable,
and overwhelming.
VIVA; The result viii be if the majority
OF the State shah ratify the secession or
finance passed by the legislature, cannot
be definitely predicted at present But
well informed men report that johnson
md bis patriotic citizens Of East Tennes-
zee will not submit to this decision
they will follow the course of Western
Virginia and have the state sundered, be-
one they viii bow their uecks one mo-
nent to the yoke Of the Southern Con-
ederacy. Their firm stand may take
With them a part of Central Tennesse
whose policy is not yet decided. 1t is
lot improbable, also, that the northern
mountain regions Of Alabama and Geor-
ia, which border upon East Tennessee
nd are known to have yielded to the
ecession of their respective states with
ullen reluctance, may join in a combined
]nion movement, which, rising up in the
cry heart of the slaveholding section,
lany become the beacon of hope to 10y
/ citizens throughout the South. At
ny rate, We may rely upon it that such
len as Andrew johnson, and E'heridge,
nd Nelson, and Brownlow are not going
own easily in this contest; whatever
an be done for their country they will DO
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