Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-19

Win hmtL ment tus sudden a00 TOTAL overtime n
OF Constitution which, IL respected might have been
the boast and safeguard Of the United States Tor mai
generations When the historian comes TO nyestga.e
the Of this result he will record the fact that no
department OF the Federal Government has eIhib.
ted OF aggression by the Southern States NJ
their Northern associates, and he will trace the dsmeuI.
berment the ignorance disregard upon the part
the later Of the uu, principles Of coniedeTGcy to To-
continued and Ierant violations Of the Constitution
svArice tauaIc aud ger ers corrupt Agailst aii
these usurpAtioHs protested in your name, u tie pr.
sane. of their authors and al tue OF their puwer
protested n 's aud never again will u e 10 cOuaeil
with the usuIpefs
And bor fellow eitiIens ! am sure YOU will pardon
me II sdt few words 10 reference To the condition
our State aud my The Constitution Of the
United Sates has been destroyed aud ty act OF Ke
lucky. The power she delegated in that nsrGmeGt
the Federal Government had vested to her, snd any
eieise Of power her by that Government without
ber consent is nsarpatiOn. 10 the wreck Of the Fede
raj system, she exists an indeptn ndent comnonwest',
with the right to choose her destiny. She may lu
the North She may join the South. She may pose
herself Oh her centre aud be neutrsl. In every
form by which yon could give dr,c. expression your
WILL you declared for neutrality. large msjGri'y Of
the people the May aud August esc ions voted for tho
neutrality aud peace Of Kentucky. The prts The pub.
lie speakers the candidates with p,ions 10 favor
the Government at Washington as not to need
MENTION planted themselves on this position You o.
ted for IT, aud you meant il. ou promised il, aud
you expected it. The minority acqui seed in good faith
aud home aud abroad this recognized the fixed
position Of the State i, taken the beginning Ct
hosttes and ii is but reasonable to infer that every
subsequent act Of outrage by the Washington Govern
ment has confirmed your original purpose. Look row
the condition Of Kentucky and how your expec,a.
tons haS baen realized how these promises had been
redeemed!
First, by the aid Of some cz,us of the State, arm.
belonging to the whole people were Illegally aud secretly
introduced by order OF the President aud d4ribu el
,l,sl OF our people upon the false pretence thai
thay needed them for protection against their fel
| low .ctz ms. This the first violation.
NeI' Federal military HI ,ers began to recruit col
diers aud establish camps in midst and Federal
money was vshly expended in the hope to demoral ~
aud corrupt the people studied eystsm OF decep ion
was prse.iced long as possible on the people For
time il denied that they Federal camps ald It
Kentuekians for their own protection, and that OF the
State. These monstous false hoods have since been
freely exposed. Is was the second violation.
Previous TO these events the State 10 a condition
OF tranquility and peace. No indications existed any
where OF internal disorder. But the people bect
ing alarmed at these proofs Of purpose force Ken
lucky into the war begun to assemble in great meet
logs and to demand loudly the promised neutrality The
Washington Government, however AID its abeuots IN
Kentucky slpposing their schemes to be ripe fer
tion resolved TO have what they called "scSe loJ
ats" Abou, this tina the legislature met and ia
drama then moved rapidly on. The camps avowej
to be Federal csmps The guas which had been clan
destury ard Illegally INTRODUCED, called out 10
maintain "actse loyalty" Federal officers begun to
swarm among us Every appInce Of corruption, every
alurement OF ambition brought into play. Pl.
ssnty Federal army in possession oi large POI
tons of the State aud the conspiracy stood fully reveal
ed while the peops whose only had been thrir
generous credulity, stood thoroughly betrayed. II
known 10 citz OF Louisville. OF all pirties that IS.
before the meeng OF the Legislature, member OF the
tn nf.ifi.
lucky that the position Of the State should not b. matt
tanned, That the Government preferred hostility to
traly aud that kenturky must be comp led 10 support
the Federal Government in the Your wishts tel-
lowc't'z.ns had been spurned and you have been
thrown into this by the Government as Washing
tou aided by their Kentucky sympath rs.
The pretended for the military occupation Ol
the STATE founded the occupation Of Columbus by Con-
federate troops urcandd aud false For besides the
fact that the Invasion OF Kentucky foregoue cou
cusion at Washington and that camps Of soldiers
under arms 10 midst to invade Tennessee it is noto
rious that General Grsnt left Cairo to size PadGcah be-
fore the occupation OF Columts while in taking the lat
ter pace the Confederate troops anticipated the Federal
troops by less than hour For Irrther proof OF the
iusnoerty OF the false clamor about the invasion from
Tennessee the Confederate command r announced tO
your authorities tba he occupied Columbus purely in
sell defense, and stood ready any moment TO Withdraw
with the Federal forces To say that the
Washington Government had right to Invade the State
I
init to the invasion from power which has s iced every
vestge OF the Constitution would be to bow 10 the dust
aud surrendlr 10 q staple despo;ism.
It is not n, y sary say mach about the Legislature
majority OF tn ~ instead Of protecting the hghts and
persons Of the cz ems have either voluntarily or ndeI
duress been engaged 10 sustaining the asurpaons OF the
Federal Government In passing bills OF pains and penal
ties TO ery spirited people into servitude, la iprs
log the Go .eruor Of his just constitutional authority and
10 abieatng their share Of the Government by formally
L.. La .f a.
ate well knosing they did that this military force
you'd supercede tho State Government. OF that body
nearly onecurth have retired because Of the military
occupation Of the State and The seizure, Imprisonment
pursuit aud exile oi maIy of the most eminent and pat
rioc citizens oil the State by that military force The
voice Of these members no longer be heard IN the
councils Of the State, their votes b. takens Tbar
Legislature is thus 10 say the least OF il, muiils
department Of the State GovernmeaL Il is true ti,4f>
there remains sufficient IDiaber for qnorun1 |r'
are they free For when tbs Federal Governmen
military possession Of State, its Legislature 1babt
conform TO the will Of the military chief or BE- suf-.
pressed have recently seen In the Of Nj
whose State government dispersed aud mar i sh~'
proclaimed aud still laer, 10 the case Ot Maryland.
when hirty-eg members Of the Leg litrexere sszd
aud imprsone the suspicion of intending ia.
egsale variance with the will oil the military Cover,
ment We cannot therefore, know that the pubic res
olutions pretended laws OF the two bodies, the
declarations Of their active will bspause have the
strongest to believe that not ascoIdancs with
the viii OF the Government al Washngton they would
meet the fate Of the L. gsa Of Missouri and Mary
land. 0n the other hand We know. that these resolu
tons aud laws are 10 ct with their public pledges
an with the expectations OF the people. L. is more
charitable to bslieve that the m mbers At Rrsnkor or
a M ,rity Of them are actuasd by lear OF military
force riter than by pervsrse design vio the
will Of their constituents AID degrade the State to the
condition 10 which is Is attempted to bring down Mis-
souri aud Marylasd 10 anything .annng to