Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-10-17
Kentucky in Arms.

ded to by reused people" volunteers, by
thoueands are pouring into Louisville, Frank
fort, Camp Dick Robinson, Gen. Sherman's
Camp, New Haven and Henderson. Gene
raj Anderson, on the part of the United
States, and Gen. 7. l.. Crittendon, as the
State Commander, are enth usiastically at
work, and from every quarter their arms
sre strengthened. Thrilling war cries ring
through the columns of the loyal press, un-
til the perusal of the Louisville Journal and
its allies, is like standing on the battle field
and hearing the clarion voice of the hero of
Fort Sumter. Traitors are fleeing to their
rebel friends, and the armies approach each
other hourly. Every one ieels that the war
on '' the dark and bloody ground :" will be
desperate and sanquiuary to degree not
yet realized except in Missouri.
The course of events in Kentucky has
been most singular, One would have
thought that if there was spot from the
st. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico, where
white-winged Peace might rest, it would
have been Kentucky. The grave of Clay
should have been holy ground. The home
CT Crittendon should have been sacred. The
memory of the hosts of fraternal peace-mak-
ers should have shed around influences se-
rene and strife>dispelling. In Kentucky,
too, slavery presents its most patriarchal
aspect. Nowhere is life on The plantation
so easy, contented, happy. The chivalry Of
Kentucky has ever been real; the magnan-
unity, generosity, and honor of her sons
have been held as stainless. Some of the
warmest champions of free labor have been
proud to be natives Of her borders, and
there has always been latitute of opinion
on that question conceded by Kentucky,
whlth exists in no other Southern State,
save Delaware. Yet all this could not avert
the stroke from Kentucky! Sullen Mary
land with the blood of loyal soldiers crimson
ing the streets of her metropolis I; with ev
cry brand of treachery upon her forehead,
escapes the schock of arms, the torch of the
ineendiary, the ravages of :" cow boys" the
desolated fields and the ruined homes which
are the inevitable Accomplishments of civil
war; while old Kentucky, with her kindly
feelings, her love for the old flag, and her
longing for peace, is on the verge of desola-
ton. The hours may almost be numbered
which yet remain without terrible strife
There win not be time to gather the crops
which are uncut to day. With the realiza-
ton of her duty to herself and to the Gov
ernment, the pursuits of civil life are thrown
aside, and the entire force of the State is
concentrating to drive back the invader
No thought of peace now fills singles Ken
lucky breast, and it is only such appeals as
this from Prentice that have any power to
enter the ear and the heart of the reused
warriors:
g Kentuckians, it is Kentucsy that ad,
dresses you! 1t is her voice not ours thai
summons you to her defence in this hour of
sorrow and of peril. You could not if you
would resist the call of that magic voice ;
and you would not if you could. By the
renown you have inherited from your faith
ers, by the shining fame you have yourselves
won, by the liberty and independence which
constitutes the breath of your proud exist
ence, by the kindling traditions of the past,
and the bright realities of the present, and
the thrilling hopes of the future, by what
you are and what you aspire to be, by all
that is sacred and binding in obligation, and
all that is touching in sympathy and exciting
in ambition, you are bound to answer the
call with the whole might and ardor of your
fearless hearts. And you will do it. AS
well might sea or forest resist the wild spell
Of the tempest as Kentuckians resist the
call of Kentucky when her life and honor
are at stake"
In this crises of her fate old Kentucky
possesses claim on her sisters on the other
bank of the Ohio, which 1t gladdens us to
see they fully recognize. The volunteers of
Indiana and Ohio crowd to her cities and
her camps, and join their bright bayonets to
the arms now grasped in the stalwart hands
of the sons of Kentucky. We await the tri-
umph of their united forces with anxiety,
though inspired by cnnfdenee. May that
victory soon crown their standards, and
Peace and Union strike hands in Kentucky
over the grave of rebellion. into which no
sound shall ever pierce of the trump of res
surrection.
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