Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-11

receiving additions evary day, and that they de-
signed the invasion Of Tennessee They have ex.
eelIent arms and three batteries OF artillery. They
are composed mostly Of the ignorant and deluded
mountain men Of Est Tennessee and Kentucky,
and have been enlisted upon the idea Of cOmmuns
ism. or a reduction of AL classes to level with
themselves This camp, authorized, armed. and
otherwise appointed by Lincoln has excited the
intense indignation Of the masses Of Kentucky. ie
is rightly considered violation Of her neutrality
and is the prime cause Of impending war IN that
State.
Gov. Magofan sent two commissioners 10 Wash.
in9tSn to demand the removal of said and smil6r
camps. They had returned, and it was sald that
Mr.. Lincoln refused to disoand them, and declared
that they would be sustained by $4,000 additional
troops If necessary. While Mcclellan. Fremont
and Roseerans and sH calling for aid, it is matter
of conjecture as to where the fifty thousand are TO
come from. The Legislature met on Monday. The
Governor in his message, will report the result Of
the visit Of the Washington commissioners. He
will. it is believed, afterwards issue proclamation
calling on the Lincoln camps 10 disbsnd. This will
be followed by another calling cut the Kentucky
State Guard aud other military forces Of the STATE.
The Guard is completely Southern organization,
and numbered 500 men, well drilled and armed.
This corps IS going into camp In Owen county, and
also near Glasgow, Kentucky, where hundreds Of
Stste Rights citizsas are i0ining them.
The citizens the Kentucky Central Railroad re-
fuse the transmission of Yankee troops znd arms
over Lnat AuOfoERMaFtr AuQ nave Already OufneQ
two Of its bridges to defeat shs purpose. The track
on the Louisville and Lexington road had also been
torn no twice, and the company now decline the
transportation OF the Yankee munitions Of war
Tie State Guard (one regmentl parsded the streets
of Louisville last week 20 the tunes OF tine Ndrssa
laiss and Dixie On Third street, while passing the
large United States flag. they marched by with
reversed. This exeitedlthe indignation Of the
UDionists.
s nee the Kentucky election the greater. revOlu
ton has been in progress in sentiment. / know of
hundreds that have openly declared for the South
who have hitherto rallied beneath the "Stars and
Stripes." They say We hsye been Union neutrals
because we desired to have peace at home If war
we must have. we will battle for the South against
the su5verters Of constitutional liberty. Three
fOuFths Of the fighting men of Kentucky for the
South
This young men generally are secessiOnists.-
George q Prentice, JnO. J. CrittendeH, Garrett
Davis and Rev. RObt. Breckinridge, the influential
Union leaders, all have sons in the Confederate
Army. One third Of the soldiers ct Camps B60ne
and Burnett Confederate States trOops) are the
sons Of Union men in Kentucky. In one month af-
ter the Governors proclamation fifty thousand true
KeDtuckians have responded. The largest mass
meetings ever known are being held all over
the State. They are addressed by Hon. John
Breckenridge VIM. Preston, late Minister TO Spain
and Gov. Chas. Morehead and Roger Hanson, late
Union leaders. The effect of these meetings Is
highly gratifying to the Southern!heart. The @tri
banded banner lsts over the stand and masses
and deafening cheers split the air for JEFF Davis
and the Southern COnfederacy. The Cincinnatians
have become alarmed at the threatening aspect Of
affairs in Kentucky. and terrifying the city
The hills on the Kentucky side command "POrkOpO-
lis" city that has fattened on the trade Of the
South deserves 20 be reduced to ashes for having
turned her atrenO arm against her benefactOrs.