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REILLY or PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
WAsHGNGroN, Aug. a, 1851

you urge the removal from the limits of Ken
rocky of the military tJrCe now organized and in
camp within that ~t,te,' is received.
may not possess full and uTerisav accurate know
ledge upon this subject but | believe il is true
thar there is a military force ia camp ygithia Ken
tucky, acting by Authority Of the United States
which force is not very large, and is not now be-
ing augmented
also believe that some arms have been furnish
go to this force by the United States
also believe this force consists exclusively of
hentuckIsns, having their camp in the immediate
vicinity ct their own homes, and not assailing or
mnnac!ng any o. the good people of kentucky.
In AL have done in the premises | have acted
upon urgent solicitation Of many Kentuckaus, and
in accordance with what | believed, and still be-
lieve, to be the wish OF majority of all the Union
loving people of Kentucky.
" While have c0uversad on this subject with
many eminent men of Kentucky, including n large
ma jorty OF her members of Congress, | do not re-
member that any one of them, or any other person,
cXcept your EXcell-ncy AND the bearers of your
ExceiiencY's letter, has urged me to remove the
military force from Kentucky to disband it.
One other very worthy citizen Of Kentucky did
solicit me to have the augmentiDg Of the force
suspended for a time.
Taking all the means within my reach TO form a
Judgment, do not believe it is the popular wish
"i heniuG6T that this force shall ha removed be-
yond her limits; and, with this impression, | must
respectfully decline 10 remove it.
most cordially sympathize with your ExcelIencY
IN the wish to preserve the peace of my own native
state, Kentucky. 1t is with regret | search, and
cannot ind in your not very short letter, any de-
caration or intimatinn that you entertain any de-
sire for the prescrva ion of the Federal Union.
our obadjgnt servant,
a. LINCOLN.
The following is the correspondence between
President Davis and Governor Alagofin on the
same subject
LETTER or GOVERNOR NAGoFFlN.
CoMMoNwEALrH OF KENTUCKY,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Egk ry
Hon. Jefferson Darts, Richmond, "a:
SIR: Since the commencement of the unhappy
difficulties yet pending in the country, the people
of Kentucky have indicated a steadfast desire and
purpose to maintain position Of strict neutrality
between the baIligerent parties. They have ear
neStly sriven by their policy, to avert from them
selves the calamity of war, and protect their own
soil from the presence OF contending armies Un
to this period they have enjoyed comparative tran
quiility and entire domestic peace.
Recently military force has been enlisted and
quartered by the United States authorities within
this State have this day addressed a communi-
cation and dispatched Commissioners to the Presi-
dent ot the United States, urging the removal of
these troops from the soil Of Kentucky, and thus
ezerting myself to carry out the will OF the people
Ia the maintenance OF a neutral position. The
people ol this State desire to be free from tho
presence of the soldiers of either bagerent, and
TO that end my Efforts are now directed.
Although have reason presume the Gov
ernment OF the Confederate States contemplate, or
have ever proposed apy violation of the neutral
attitude thus assumed by Kentucky, there seems
10 be some uneasncSS felt among the people of
some portions of the State, accustomed by the coll
lection of bodies Of troops along their southern
frontier In order to quiet this apprehension, an d
to secure to the people their cherished object of
peace, this communication il to represent these
lacts, and elicit authoritative assurance that
the Government OF the Confederate States will
continue to respect and observe the position indi-
Gated assumed by Kentucky.
Very respectfully, your Ghedent servant,
b. MAGoFFIN.
REPLY or PRESIDENT DAVIS.
RIcHvoyp, August 28, 1861.
To The Hon. b. Nago4ig, Gocernor of Kentucky, dc.
SIH: l have received your letter informing mo
that "sincc tho commsncement of the unhappy
difficulties yet pending in the country, the people
OF Kentucky have indicated a steadisst desire aud
purpose to maintain position Of strict neutrality
between the be!ligecent parties" In the same
communication, You express vcur desire to elicit
''an authoritative assurance that the Governments
of the Confederate States will caurr.ue to respect
aud observe the neutral 1,tion OF keatucky."
In reply to this request lose time in assuring
you that the Government OF the Conede rate States
of America neither iatends nor desires t" disturb
the neutrality of kentuCKv. The assrmblage f
troops in Tennessee to which yau refer had no 9TH
OBJECT than TO repe the lawess invasion OF thai
State by the forces of the United States, should
their Government seek to approach it through Ken
lucky without respec, far its position OF neutrality.
That such appreheDsiOns not grouadIess has
been proved bv the course Of that Government, in
the States Of Maryland and Nilsson i, ard more re-
Gently IN hentucKF lssIf, IN Wllcn, as you II '0rm
me, "a military force has been enlisted and quar-
tered BY the United States au horities."
The Government Of the Confederate States has
not Only respected most scrupuOusly the neutrality
of Kentucky. but has continued TO maintain the
friendly relations of trade and intercourse which it
has suspended with the people of the United States
generally.
In view of the history of the past it can scarcely
be necessary to your Excellency that the
Government of the Confederate States will con-
tinue to respect the neutrality of Kentucky so long
as her people will maintain it themselves.
But neutrality, to be entitled to respect, must be
strictly IN aintaned between both parties; or il the
door be opened on the side for the aggressions
OF of the belligerent powers upon the other, it
ought not to be shut to the assaied when they seek
to enter it for purposes of self-defence.
! do not, however, for moment believe that
your gallant State will suffer its soil to be used for
the purpose OF giving an advantage to those who
violate its neutrality and disregard its rights over
Others who respect them both.
In conclusion, tender to your Excellency the
assurance fmy high consideration and regard.
And am, sir, very respectfully, yours, &c,
JEFF'N DAVIS.
The EMPEROR OF FRANCE AND THE PoPE-A Paris
letter in the Independence of Brussels gives the fol-
lowing the substance of an autograph letter
addressed by the Emperor of the French to the
Pope:
'His Majesty points out to the Sovereign Pontitt
the sentiments of respect which he feels towards
the chief of the Church, and then gong on TO emu
merate the services which the FTench government
had been happily able to render to the Pontihcal
government be adds that his strongest wish is to
continue the protection OF his soldiers to the per
son of the Pope Nevertheless, the letter concudes
h., no;nIng out to his Holiness the intrigues and
;ntolerabIe state of things which prevail at Rome,
avidentIv without his knowledge, and by which
public opinion in France is much excited The
Emperor then expresses the hope that Plus IN will
| know how to put end to state of things which
ia incompatible with the presence of the French
flag at Rome, and him, on those conditions,
the maintenance of the present status quo. This
letter may be interpreted in different ways by party
| men, but it is evident that, Notwithstanding the
form and expressions of devotedness and respect or
the Head of the Church, it has character exces-
| sivey menacing for the temporal autnorlly Oh tae
| Pope, and that it constitutes real summons TO
yield to the remoustran of the French govern
men if the Court of Rome wishes to retain the pro"