The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-07
Our Southern Rebellion n War of SubJu-
gntion-The Case OF Kentucky.
The upshOt Of the late expermental neutrality

gntiOn-The Case OF Kentucky.
The upshot Of the late experimental neutrality
OF Kentucky will serve to open the eyes OF the
most crcdulous believers in compromises 20 the
TACT that compromises have been utterly ssper-
seaed in our revoiied States by the war rse.icy
OF conquest and subjugaton.
Starting out upon the convenient pretext Of
state sovereignty, the rebel authorities OF our
robei'ious States insisted upon the sovereign
right OF the people of any ore of the United
States, at any time to abandon or adhere to
our General government. Upon this pretence
Of State sovereignty, by trlckery, terrorism and
lalsc appliances, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, louisiana and Texas were chained
to the chario, wheels Of South Carolina, and
with Ter were proclaimed new and independ-
cnt coniedcracy. Iut the conspirators in this
racy, unsupported by other States, would
speedily be crushed by the strong arm of the
federal government What then? The Southern
sympathies Of the people of TIE two tiers Of the
border slave States We're brought into play
against 'coercion;" and these border States
secession Legislatures, that any attempt on the
part of our government at coercion" even
against South Carolina would be regarded %
an act of war upon State rights and State sovc-
reignty
Tie next step on the part of South Carolina
and her original cotton conlcdera'cs was. by an
act Of open war against tie United States, to
bring our government to the inevitable alterna-
tive of coercion. This was done in the bonn
bardment OF Fort SUMTER and instantly acting
upon their prcconccrtcd plans the rebel con
spirators in North Carolina, Virginia Tennessee
and Arkansas dragged those States headIorg
into the humiliating and disastrous service Of
rcbellious South Carolina.
What next! |, was still evident that the
relcilous States would be no match for
the loyal States, with the established ma,
tional government at Washington, and all its
vast resources and facilities military, naval and
financial. Accordingly through the late trail
torous Governor and Legislature Of Missouri,
through the traiiorous Governor and his fellow
conspiratOrs in Kentucky and through the late
INSCRIPTIONS, plotting and desperate secession
Legislature of Maryland. every possible expe.
dent was tried to drag these States also, by the
neck and heels, into tie unwelcome revolution
airy service Of South Carolina. But the people
of Missouri, in their political elections, still ad.
hered to the Union; and the people of Kentucky,
by nearly seventy thousand majority. even after
the battle of Bull run. declared their purpose
to stand or fall with the government founded
by Washington aud his associates. The rebel
conspirators of Maryland knew that the people
OF that State were opposed to this rebellion and
so it was resolved to carry Maryland out OF the
Union without consulting her people. This
would have been done by a convenient rebel
Legislature month ago, but for Ike seizure and
Of those legislative conspirators
by TIE government
Thus the rebel programme in Maryland was
seized by the throat and strarglcd. Eut what
of Missouri and kentucky. The people in tie
one State having expelled . traitorous Lcgisla,
iurc and Governor. and Layirg substituted "a
Union State government the rebels Of the re-
VOTED States scolntully kick to the dogs their
original Lumbug OF State sovereignty. and send
up an army OF banditt from Arkansas, L0uisi-
ana, Mississippi and Tennessee, to subiugate
Missouri, and TO attach it to tho rebel States by
right Of conquest.
Next: the Sta;c Of Kentucky, conserving in
;rality, as between the government and this
South Carolina rebellion, but positively rrfus-
ing to be Lumbugccd. caiolcd or bnllei into
submission to JEFF. Eavis, is surprised By The
al med Eordcs Of rebel invasion, impuslcntly
that Kentucky is Indispensable to
gated.
Thus vanishcs that himsy secession iE,posturc
Of State rights and State sovereignty; and thus,
in its horria dcfoTmity of an irresponsible, ull-
:snd reckless dcspo.sm Of Conferle-
rate Gemagogucs. II lfians and vagabond consri-
rators, s,ends the spurious government Of this
Soutle rebellion. Now comes tie question
if. with atF tic sacrifices OF neutrality which
Kentucky has made to save her soil FROM rebel
.orays, her neutrality has been violated amd her
soil has been polluted hya rebel invasion, wha;
hope will there be even for New York should
the rebels, by he chances and accidents OF war,
make good their campaign for Che SUBJ uga.ion
OF the border slave States?
This shameless rebel invasion Of Kentucky,
with tie Haunting declaration that she BARS. be
sn5jugatcd because she is necessary 10 theSouth-
ern confelcracy, makes the issue ci his war as
clear az the light OF the sun. Tie spurious aud
despotic government of Jea,. Davis or the right
full and beneicent government OF the United
States ono or the other must and vii. be put
down absolutely put down. This is the issue !;
and ii five hundred thousand men shall prove
Incompetent for an early decision in favor of the
Union the government can have, and should
prepare to bring, million OF armed men into
thu field. A million will surely suffice, and if
needed million let il be-
FROM WHAT QUARTER Fissr'-T,iE WEST or
THE SoyTH!-Wc are in momcntary expecta-
ton of stirring news from tie West and the
South; but we cannot tell whether i; will come
first from the South or thc West. The rebels on