The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-11

and State Uian their Puritan enemies. But in
one essential particular they remain IN
changed, and until they have changed in this,
turitanism VIII never cease TO make war upon
them. They are still gentlemen, and that to a
Roandhead liz an objectionable sin They
have improved in many respects upon the
original stock; are better men physically and
morally, and are mt the same time equally en-
cmpt from religions ultraisn and from tShas Of
every kind The Rouudhesd has more reason
than ever to feel that the Cavalier is his SUI
perior, and. even il slavery had never existed
that CALLING fact eating into his very bones
would have rendered perpetual peace between
the TWO impossible.
President LINCOLN AND Gov MAGoFFlS.
The efforts of Kentucky to preserve AN atti
tnde of neutrality are attended with great diff
6c8)ties and bitter humliations. The Federal
Government has never stipulated to observe
The much desired neutrality On the contrary.
that Government was very prompt 10 give
Kentucky to understand that il would .spit
upon the idea. The Kentucky Legislature
resolved soiemnly to maintain the strictest
nentraiity between the contendug sections ;
and her Governor issued a loud proclamation
10 thc woTid announcing that as the position of
D.e CpmmonWcdlta. But what are State Lcgis-
| iaures and Governors, State laws and procla-
| nations, to the powers AT Washington! They
| arg treated a. no more than the orders of "a
county meeting. The Washington Cabinet
| Istercd TO the Kentucky resolves. and de
/
| scarcely, under any circumstances recognize
! ~ distinct political existence ota state; much
| leos aehno>, .ougv it Tor any such purpose as
HAT OF refusing 10 Take part IN their present
Wholesale onslaught upon State-lishts, soye-
rcIgnJy and independence.
Inc Kentucky Governor and Legislature
| failed TO eXtolt any verbal response from
" assliI5ton 10 iheir protestatlons otneutrlity.
response, however, did come promptly III IA
| most concrete and insulting form. Arms
| poured into the State, and distributed them
selves 81 ,nhcantly throughout all its localities
| Onion COMPANIES and regiments Were re-
| crlited iudustrionsy; and, at last, Union
| encampment was formed IN the heart of the
| state not yer VGis,ant from the Capital, where
| the uneasy Governor frctted out /; most UNI
| haprv existence \ Brigadier General, the
very Major ANDERSON whom the South had
| generously refused to hold as prisoner at
| Charleston, or to lock up in a Southern Fort
Lafayette, WAS appointed, and assigned by
| LINCOLN to the command Of neutral Ken
tucky's LINcoLS troops.
| Nay, more Kentucky was coolly called
upon for her quota Of regiments for the Fede-
raj service. even in the teeth of the resolves
| Of her Legislature, and Of the energetic prOcla
nation of her Governor. And, as if this were
not insult enough, neutral Kentucky was rs
sessed with her quota Of the direct tax which
the loyal States We're required TO pay towards
! the expenses of the LINCOLN war-asscssedi1
| the round sum Of 81 ,G10,5i3.
! Somewhat surprised at these repeated mani
| ieeations OF design TO ignore the neutrality
! Of Kentucky, Governor MAGoFFIV lately con
! Guided to address a letter to President LIN
| coin. The letter, doubtless for prudential
reasons, is confined TO the single subject of the
! distribution of arms, the enlistment of men
| and the establishment of a camp. II detail, a,
! length what has been going on for some time
! in this behalf, and concludes by "urssing -
| upon LINCuLN the removal from the limits Of
! kentucky of the military force now organized
| and cncamped within that State" For an Off.
! ci&i paper, the letter is one of the most defer
enjlal aud cautiously dcprccatory ever written
Not sentence or a word Is used that could bv
| possibility rutile the temper excite the ire OF
! the DoGBEREy in the White House
The reply of the Washington potentate is
| characteristic. 1t confesses without a word
| Of explanation or palliation the truth of the
| allegations of the Governor in regard 10 the
| distribution of arms, the enlistment of men
and the establishment Of the camp, Itignores
/ the action of tie Legislature and tie proca
nation Of the Cove rnor; and to that officer
! protestatIons Of the desire OF the people OF
| Kentucky 10 take no part i'll the conflict thai
Ii raging, ii callously and contemptuously re
plies, that all that has been done bv its author
has been done at the solicitation of eminent
citizens Of Kentucky, who are implicitly as
serted TO know fully as much of the wishes o.
the people Of the State as Governor MAGoF
| FIX himself. In fact, L!NcoLS treats the legis
| h4liye voice aud the gabernatorial proclama
ton as but the expressions Of 30 many mere
citizens and offsets them by asserting that /;
| larger number of citizens have urged upon hin
the warlike measures which he has thought fl
| to take within the limits OF the State
! He reminds the Governor that Kentucky i,
his own native State, which gives him a CLAIM
to know her sentiments; and expressing the
opinion that II is mo- the popular wish of Ken
lucky that the troops shall be removed. the
| Governors official statement to the contrar,
notwithstanding, he declines TO order thei,
removal He winds up his letter by pointed
| lntmation that the Governor is a Z" rebel ;
and, whereas the Governor had signed limsel
Every respectfully yourobedient servant h,
omlts the every respectfully" and sign,
himself without it, your obedient servant
4. lincoln
1t Is thus that the once proud and honoree
! State Of Kentucky finds her efforts 10 main
! tam peace with the enemies of her own sec
| non re@lprocated by the vulgar officials a
Washington. Subjected 10 every humiliation
| that a proud State could endure, she is about
TO be launched, after all her pains to avoid it
INTO ten-fold more bloody fate than she
would have had to encounter if she has
promptly and gallantly cast her lot with the
South, We contemplate the scenes that await
| her IN the next few months with sorrow; but
bloody as they may be, they will be infinitely
more honorable to her than her attitude in tn,
/ siX months just past,
PRESIDENT DAvIs.~-The New York HerolF,
late funeral Grafton upon President DAVIS
contains some of the few truths which have
ever been uttered by that most mendacio,h