The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-09-26
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The Legislature Of Kentuck y, have been
faitbIess 70 the win Of The people; thsy
have endeavored to. make your gallant
State a fortress, in which, under the guiss
of. neutrality stbs armed forces Of the ~ ,
Dited States might securely prepare to
subjugate alike the people Of Kentucky
and The Southern States! ,.f,r4 fs,ensI.
1t was not until af,er months Of covert
and open violation cf your neutrality, with
large encampmens Of Federal troops 'oE
your territory, and a recent official decla,
ration Of the President Of the United
States not toregard your neutral position,
coupled with a well prepared scheme 10
seize 40 additional point Of your territory,
which was of vital importance to the
safety and defense. Of Tennessee. that the
troops Of the Confederacy, on the invita-
tion of the people Of Kentucky, occupied
a defensive post in your State. s'aa-, Z. y
Ia doing SO, the commander announced
his purpose TO evacuate your territory
simultaneously with a similar movement
with the Federal forces whenever the
Legislature Of Kentucky shall undertake
to enforce against the Beiligerents, tue
Otrict neutrality which they have SO often
declafsdA ! eBEHgf8G9ff2 slrt'G
return among you. citizens of Ken
tueky, at lheb head of force. the advance
Of which, is composed entirely of Ken,
tuckians We do not come 10 modest any
person, whatever may be his political
opip IONS. Unlike tbs agent of the Nor.
,hern despotsm, who seeks to reduce US
to the cobdition of dependent vassals. we
believe that the rec gbition Of the civil
rights of citizens is the foundation of con.
stiluional liberty, and thai the claim of
the President of the United States TO de-.
clare martial law. to suspend the privi-
lege Of the writ of -habeas corpus and to
convert every barrack and every prison 10
tile land into a Blstile is nothing but the
claim which other tyrants have assumed
to subjugate a free people.
The Confederates S.at+s occupy Bowling
Green as defensive position. renew
the pledges ef the commanders Of other
columns Of Confederate troops, to retire
from the territory of Kentucky on the
same condition which will govern their
movements, and further give you my own
assurance that the force under my command
will be used as aid TO the Government of
Kentucky in carrying out the. strict neu-
trality desired by the people, whenever
they undertake 10 enforce it against the
two belligerehts alike.
(Sigusd) s'a S. B. BuoKNER,
/ Brigadier General G. S A.
Bowling Green, SeptQt8. lS6iab d
Governor M agotfin has also ISSUED his
proclamation, ofdering General, Thomas
| L. Crittenden 10 execute the purposes
contemplated by the recent resolutions Of
the Kentucky Legislature in reference to
the expulsion of invaders, and General
Critteadsn has ordered the militia to be
mustered into service forthwith. -
Hamilton Pops, Brigadier General Of
the Home Guards, also calls upon the
people of each Ward in Louisville to meet
this afternoon and organize into cOmpa-
MES for Tie prOtt ctiOn 5fthe city .;a Z; 4. +
/ The evening Bulletin says seven to
eight thousand Confederate troops, with
81 cannon, arrived at Bowling Green op
Wednesday,, taking a. cannon and 100
,stand of arms belonging to the Bowling
Green Home Guards, and sent g. cannon
and 5000, ,meh ID General RogerW Han
son, Confederate commander on Green
River. @,S, saei5ei i, iisri fl,es,iGl @,5.
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