The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-24
War Intelligence.

THE CAMERON POLICY IN KENTUCKY.
A Frankfort correspondent Of the CISCiHSArl
| GAZETTE, writing on tho 9TH, says -
Arriving yesterday on the same train with
the Cincinnati papers which brought TO the log
islatOrs Of KcI lucky their first information of
the Secretary of Wars imbroglio with the Pre-
sdcnt, /. have had an excellent opportunity OF
observing the profound feeling with which the
subject was regarded. OF its intensity there
can be no doubt. The Presidents modification
was the theme Of conversation in every group
last night. and the voices were wonderfully
unanimous. On every hand heard congratu-
latOns over the good news" mingled only
with fears that it might 'be too good to DO all
true
"Confscation is right" thoy said "a m,n
Sho rebels against this GoyOrnmcnt has no right
20 own anything. But you can only conf cate
roperty. II You cnnti9'ate slaves, ss proper.
rs, which is perfectly right, we demand that
or shall continue 10 treat them as property
nj use them 10 assist in detraying the expenses
lf the war. How Is il that when you coniiscato
h'm they are property, while tbs moment af-
t,tward thoy erase TO he property Suppose
,,u were 10 CoblRclte all lands owned By rebels
70 kentucky, and instead Of selling them for
hu benefit Of tho Government at fair market
,a'uc, shoull throw them open 10 prc-cmp'ion,
I'D thus bring down the value Of all the land
in Kentucky to a dollar and quarter aH acre.
rebels, cutting our throats with the samo knife
you used on themI'
"Do YOU propose to inundate US with free
niggersl" demanded another; II woulI as lief
be in hell at once And the bystanicrH unto
very heartily in the somewhat emphatic expres-
zion.
at ia not tho value Of the slaves we care Tor, -
said a representative from one Of the southern
counties to me II, for one, have not seen my
home for five months. Il would be worth my
life to venture there | DO not suppose myself
today worth more than tho clothes in my trunk
up stairs. Everything had have sacrificed
| for my loyalty, and have therefore, some right
10 speak my mind. II is TO, the mere loss Of our
own slaves we caro- for. Freeing the slaves OF
secCssionists in our midst would reduce our 0 gn
| 20 mere nominsl value, as well AS destroy
their obedience and usefulness but il is not this
mere pccunilry loss 10 which we object. | be-
| love the Union men Of Kentucky would to- day
sacrifice every dollars worth OF slave propcrty
they own, II that would restore tho Union unl
cud the war But il is the prirciple So com
| llain of; the dIshonoring Of our word before
our constituon the spirit that would ruin
friends, and such friouds as we have proved our
selves TO strike an Intellectual blow at foes the
unendufablc modification Of having large free
negro population in our midst
The apprehensions on this subject for the las'
| few days are declared to have been intense. The
inHammatory articles Of the Louisville jour
NAL have helped to increase the excitement
hnd, though denounced as l-judged and uncall
cd for by the majority, have, nevertheless, re-
| vived the suspicious and rekindled the morbid
| excitement OF others. ~ hardly dared TO thinl
| what the result would be, said one Of the lead
ers, last night, "If the policy attributed u
Cameron should 60 before Congress In an au
thoritatiye shape. We have been waiting her
for Afew days, In tOrturing susPenis, AFRAID tha