Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-15

that m GIT sscspe IRON Kentucky. and cone 70 eth
or OF hIs enc&Dpmsuts There vas SONS oshe= con.
versetnn. bat this smbrso,s according to my REQ.
oilectlon what wa said upon the points alluded 70
Before thu interview / Understood trim General
Buekner thar G. neral Il .Clelsn had agreed on the
lon ultm al u cinnati 0aie 20 respect the neu
an, very respectfully, your % dent seryaut
II. B GGsk
On the 18th day of J a.ie. 1861, We the dndersign
"a were IN company with I'm Ia, knsF. IN the
p IVA roam OF Gsn Mcclellan, in Csic0, Hin is
We had g0Ae 10 Cairo ia Consequence Of q landing
made az COuHDus. Ky. by some OF the Federal
troops from CsirOOn TIE previous d. y. la con
versatiOn 0etween Gen. Mcclellan aud ourselves
mess and great courtesy, on his part he did dis
tinety state that be snd Gen Buekner, =
few days prev Us, had skreed upon terms
tor the mutual gJvernance Of each in respect OF
The Neutral POsiIiOa Of sntueky. Hs did say thai
he had agreed that net solder shoul1 nos touch
Rtucsy soil; that be bad 80 expressly issued his
| orders 20 Gsu. PreRtis he dad say that Keolucky
vas 20 be lets TO take chsrgs Of her own eiissns,
aud positively stated to us, that il any 81 iostioa
was made 70 INN for SIS 70 snee from any Of the
eitz as OF Kentucky, and extend no all hinself-
aud ne id ssy that the agreement was tbas While
the Federal fO,ce was by hIm 70 be kept out Of KY
ne would not elf stiempt, or clam the right 90
expel any Confederate fore but that il soy such
SEco uu ooter t0o STATE, that UeE. Eucx0er vas 10
be looked 20 TO eKpel them, sad that the army un-
! der his (1en. MoCieliaL'sJ command, vas 70 oJme
10 the assistance Of Gen. Buokuer, only when cs.d
for and 70 De withdrawn IS they had acccm-
p ished heir purpose.
Gen. MeC ellan desired as 70 hass this agreement
Impressed upon She PeOrle Of Kenueky, AID re-
marked that he had betseF guarantees 20 Of r Us
for The faithful discharge Of his portion OF the
agreement, than Gen. B1skner. who had known
him 80 long. E. BULLOCK.
Given st Columbus, June 18th 1851
| LEARNED when in Washington from some of the
friends Of the President that he was exceedingly
| tenderfooted on the meaning Of certain terms. He
was not wiling 70 respect the neutral position OF
| Kentucky, for that would be to scknoWltd dye her
right 70 assume 1t but he was entirely willing o
:" OoseTUe It To me the discovery was of interest,
| Tor Il had not prev ousiy occurred TO me that
would fad such hiee discrimination of terms in n
official who had not appsreaty discovered the lines
| which divide constitutional republic from an al
soiute military despOtism and who classes party
| platform above the Constitution which be Is sworn
70 support
| had very friendly interview with the Presi-
/ dent justited the attitude of Kentucky on the
ground that the President had himself cOnfessedly
VUl4ted me Constitution, snd therefore had right
to call upon Kentucky to aid him in this violation
and that even It his justified as he cl4mec
by necessity, the same cause, when il vas a QRes
ion OF internal peace in Kentucky, would justify
the aItiinde she had assumed
The Pres ident succeeded in impressing uDOn me
the belief, that long there roads around
Kentucky" % reach the rebellion, il was his Dur
pJse leave her unmOested, not yiedlI her right
the position she occupied. but ObserUusq il as q
matter OF policy. So fully | impressed with /
this purpose on his part, t0at suggested that if he
WOUlI axe 10 me definite stat OF his policy
would tax pleasure 10 announcing it the public
assuring him that IN my opinion &c wOulI tend |
greatly % allay pubic iIement aud 10 preserve
tue peace OF the state.
On my return by appointment, two days after /
wards, tue President wrOIe The presence of HOi
J. CrIteuden and my SELF, ana hand, me the fOi /
10 sing paper. IL bears all The marks OF the char
acterlsIic idIrect0ess of President LincUiAs mind
accounted for the absence Of his signature, Y \
say ING that he did not luteTi writ prUcsn ~
t''u, put to give NE a'psPer, on whIsn | cJui
Disc my staten -nts of ms policy, aud Ghlch wOu /
D my evidence hereafter, any dIfs euCe shout 1
arise relative that policy and he appealed o
Ar CrItts nden, who WAS present, 20 identify en-
paper III any way that he IhOu. ht proper. TIL. "
By THE latter gent em Al su IninS his initials
The iolloSlng Is the paPsC rei,rr 10
'IG is my duty. as | conceive, to suppress an In
surrscuO Existing WITHIN the United States ITkh
tU do this WIIh the least possible dIsIu bince OF
annoy ance 10 we'll dIspOsed people any where. S,
tar have nut rent an Ar@ fUrce into Kentucky;
NOR have any prescott purpose u do SO l-IncerslJ
desire that bece SHY Tor II mey be prtsrntsd |
bHG [ soy nUIhi,g which shall hereafter
emOArras me IN the performances Of What seem
10 be my duly" July 10 1861
(Slgnr,i) J J C.
This memorandum was handed ~ IN b. Pr, sltent
A. ncoln, IN he Executive Chamber, Wsshipgtop,
on the Ion duly. 1861, the press of H1u J J
Crit, ndeu. who &C the instance OF the President
witnessed It by marking It with his initials
S. B BJCKSER.
Though the psper is not general ebar. 9 srz d
sita 0Irreuous, there Is IL positive Statement
that no purpose existed in his mind 10 SEE troops
to Ksniuosy % this assertion, VII oh Eas bound
t. believe vas csudid. have, IN il recently, not
hest sted. to stsIe that | believed the Pres dent
,uld 90 tnue te ''observe" trs neutrality of Ksu-
tucsy un ess compelled to AXE different course
by a feW Q i'm men who woulJ be entirely willing
10 make every hesrth-stone desOlste il il would
suhservs their ambitious purposes
But there is every ress1n to believe that ct the
very time the Pre- ident gave me the psper, be med
itsted deception; for either the same day or he
previous day an officer entirely in bis eoB6denos |
on the sui ect Itft his presence and has since
been engaged in organizing troops in Ken ucky-
undsr the suih riiy Of the President, and vi his
approval.
This of course, is a clear violation Of ne utralty
As II troops had been ordered from another State
and could not conceive that the President would !
be guilty of such dsingenOusness to endeGVor 20
make any distinction between ordering troops from
another State and organizing without the desire of
The Governor the Legislature, revolutionary
force in the State, thus interpreting between the
Government of Kentucky and its people. Under
his authority the State has also been invaded by an
1rp aniz d Union Tegiment from East Tennessee.
The development Of these fsets renders it neces-
lsry that | should now make public, tbs paper
which was given me to justify the statements have
made. That paper and the other assurances of
he President induced me % believe he was sincere
md determined me. while would not give my &C
i've support to a Government that acting so
Lbsurdly aud so wickedly wrong in other respects
least 70 refrain from opposing it long there
vas enough of justice lett in its administration TO
aspect the attitude assumed BY my own State.
A.. IL
d sphere of my influence have been directed 70
Yards preserving peace amongst the people of
If war shOud be the result eff the vic
alton of neutraitymy Conscience is clear Of offence
S. B. BUCKNER =
RusselvilIe Ky, Sept. II, 1861.
CRUsHED 70 DEATH We learn that q brakeman
IN the Mobile and Ohio Railroad an Irishnap.
FAMED CoDneliy was crushed to death on Monday