Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-02-13
Mas That ThlIntlcry


Was That Thundcry
The House Of Representative of
the Legislature of kentucky passed
by the unprecedented vote of cigh-
y s"voH against six, sesolutieps
plcdging the State 10 resist, "at all
hazards any "attcmpt whatever of
Il wnr.likc character against the
South" These resolutions were in
troduccd in response to the action
Of the Legislatures OF Northern
States, rendering men and money
to the General Government to wage
war of cocrcion-in other words,
OF determination. That the Senate
will concur in the decision of the
House, with equal unanimity, can
not be doubted, and that the State
now stands committed to the de-
fence of the South, in case of inva-
sion, must be regarded as n fixed
fact in estimating the probability
and the contingencies of war.
If less than frantic councils pre-
vail in the border free States, if the
viocc of reason can be heard in the
intervals of conflicting passions, the
attitude Of Kentucky will be dcci-
sivc of the question Of coercion. 1t
is fair 10 presume that Of the over
whclming majority which passed
these resolutions that not one in ten
hay, in twcnty-is disunonist,
il there be one indeed in the body
Of the Legislature. No State be:
tween the seas has been more loyal
to the Union, more faithful TO the
constitution, moro exact in perform
ing her whole duty to the Coniedcr-
acy, than Kentucky. No State has
suffered more. borne more, and was
ready to sacrifice more than she for
its preservation. In all times of
trouble, in every crisis of public
danger, at every approach Of ag-
grcssion, she has struggled to main
tain the Union and her rights with
ir il, and her GREAT statesman lean
cd upon her torsupport inhis career
of compromise and Cancellation rs
upon Il rock that could not be NOV
cd. Many Of her most patriotic
citizens, in the commencement Of
the present movement. considered
her aggrievcd by the 'rasicof the
Gulf States in prccipitating crisis
of which she was to bear the brunt,
for causes OF which she had moro
reason to complain. They thought
that her sister States should have
Joined with her in laying down a
programme of settlement and made
one last effort to obtain redress with
out breaking up the Contedcracy.-
They may yet think so, but be-
tween different modes OF securing
the same thing, we never for mo-
ment imagined that that gallant
State would be found tagging III m
glorious hcsitancy, when the ap-
peal was made to the ultimate arbl-
trament contemplated in her own
propositions, whether that appeal
be hastcncd by untimely zeal or the
better forecast Oh othcfS.
The Northwestern States, CT rrath-
cr LEGISLATURES, which have tulmi-
mated their anathemas against. the
extreme South, and proilered their
men and money to put down ''rc-
bellion" and crush q e'treason, may
we'll reconsider their truculcnt re-
soIcs in view of the attitude OF k n
lucky. Her boundaries arc cotcr-
minous with the Northwest for near
lv thousand miles; her intercourse
With Ohio river States has been
ncighborly, cordial and Constant
thoy have strengthened these rela-
tons of amity by daily traffic mu-
tually advantageous and the strong,
er ties of intermarrlage. Are all
Social 90 and commercial relations to
bc exchanged for the hazards and
horrors of war? Is the Ohio river,
whose placid surface is emblematic
Of peace. to be rutilcd by the blasts
of battle? Arc her hills, which
echo the voice Of industry, the low
ing of homc-bound herds, the even
inc song of cheerful thrift between
friendly and fraternal State, to re
vcrbcratc with the clash Of arms?
And are these blessings to be ex-
changed for these woes at the bid
ding Of tanaticism, which, for its
own selfish aggrandizcmcnt, would
sircw the garden of Eden with the
apples Of discord? =,
The sympathy and good-ncigh-
borhood of the border States on TIC
Ohio river, especially of Indiana
md Illinois. with Kentucky, are
fbe natural consequences OF the
traditions which belong to them
TLc generation has nearly passed
AWAY which witnessed the conquest
of those States from the tomahawk
and scalping knife, by the proves
of Kentucky. The bones OF her
sons lie bleaching up IL every battle
field in which the liberties of those
States were won. Whilst the Raisin
runs water, and Fort Harrison
prairie bushes under its sheen ro.
ses. the deeds of Kentucky will
scarcely be forgotten nor will they
be whilst Tippccanoc and Nincen-
los and Kaskasl>ia and the plains
which groan under the burden OF
agricultural wealth sha'l be the hab-
ifations of civilized men. 1t was IN
those fields that Clark and Harrison
and Tavlor won Immortality in the
Indian and British wars, and the
the last two laid the foundation of
a national reputation which bore
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