Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-07-05
FRIDAY, JULY S, 1861.

tnht may uoat away Tom tuc Wrcck' i"e
effect is to degrade us to q level with the
military bandits Of Mexico and South Amer.
lea, who, when beaten a, an election, ny TO
arms, and seek to master BY the sword what
they have been unable to control by tho bal.
lot.box. Tho atrocious acts enumerated
werc acts OF war, and might oil ha'o been
treated as snsb by the late Administration (;
but tho President periodically cultivated
pcaee-Low nnxiously and how patiently
the country we'll knows While. however,
the revolutionary leaders greeted him with
oil halls to his face, they did not the les.
diligently continue to whet their swords be-
hind his back. Immense military prepara-
tions were made. 80 that when the moment
for striking at the government OF the United
States arrived. tho revolutionary States
leaped into the contest clad in full armor.
Appeal 10 Kentucky.
I. Kentucky willing to link her nams in
history with the eIcessss and crimes which
have sullicd this revolution at every step Of
is proere.s' Can she soil her pure hands
with its boo,y' She pOs.es'c. the mobiles,
heritage that God has granted TO his chill.
dren Is shc prepared to barter IL away for
that miserable mess OF po,tase which the
qualification OF the unholy ambition Of her
public men would bring to her lip.7 Can
she. without LAYING her face in the very
dust for shame. become q participant in the
.pOlia,ion oi the commercs OF her neishbors
and friends, by contributing her star, hi,h.
erto 50 stainless in i,s glory, to light the
corsair on his way Has the warwhoop.
which used to startlc the sleep OF our from
tiers. 80 died away IN her ears that she Is
willing to take the rci.handed savage to her
bosom a' the champion OF her rights and the
representative Of her sprIt' Mus, she moi,
fr-, forge, her own heroic sons who perish
ed, bu,chered and scalpcd. upon the di'as'
,rous field OF Raisin7
object Of the Revolution.
Tho objcc, Of the revolution, a' arowed
by oil who arc pressing /, forward. Is the
permanent iismembCrment OF the Confedcr.
acy. The dream Of northumberland
during the last winter ~ a lure % draw the
he-i,a,ins or the horeful into the movement
has been formally abandoned. II Ken.
tucky separates herself from the Union, il,
mus, b. upon the basis ,ha, the separation
il 10 be FINAL and eternal. I. there augb,
in tho organization or administration Of the
Government Of the United States 20 justify.
on her part. an act 50 solemn and 80 peril.
ou.' Could tho wiscst OF her lawyers. II
called upon. find material for an indic,men,
in any, or in all, the pages OF the history o.
the Republc' Could tho mos, lcprous lip
ped Of IL, calumniators poin, 90 single
State or territory. or community or citizen.
,ha, !, ha. wronsed or opprc-sed' !, would
bo impossible. 80 far as tho slave State.
are concerned, their protection has been
complete. ard II it has no, been. IL has been
the !aul, Of their statesman. who have had
the control Of the government since its foun-
dation. The census returns show that dur
Jog the year 1850, the Fusi,ive Slave Law
was eIecu,ed more faithfully and success
fully than /, had been during the preceding
ten years. Since the installation OF Presi.
dent Lincoln. no, q case has arisen in which
the fugitive has not been returned, and
that, too, without any opposition from the
people. Indeed, the fidelity with which II,
was understood - be the policy OF the I'D.
mini.,ration to enforce the provisions Of
this law. has caused perfect panic among
tho runaway slaves in the iree s,ate-. and
they have been escaping in multitudes to
Canada. uupursued aud unreclaimej by
their masters. l. there found IN this. rea.
-on for dissolution OF the Union?