New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-09-18
Gov. Magsfhn's Veto Message.


CoMHUSwsALTH CE KESTrCKY,
.. EseeHtiye Dep .rtmeni, September l3. id6l
GertleI1s4 Of the House s,f Re- resenat.yes: . q
A iGiat resolution in relation to the withdrawal
of Confederate troops from kentacky son,' which
passed both branches of the General Assembly on
the 10Th inst, was yesterday submitted to me for
my Official sanction. In view of all my RESPONSE
bili1ies to the people Of this Commonwealth, | am
compelled to withhold from tais resolution my ap-
probation. But desiring to occasion no unneces-
sary delay to your action, now promptly return
it to the House in which it originated, with my
veto and objections. .-.
The people Of Kentucky have, through their
Representatives in the General Assembly, and on
three several occasions at the polls distinctly as
sumed for the State a position of strict neutrality
between the belligerent parties to the pending
| war. That position have sincerely and faithfully
| endeavored to maintain The manifest advantage
of such an attitude, and the fatal results. OF its
| abandonment, / endeavored to exhibit in my re.
cent messages 10 you, wherein earnestly
recommended to the General Assembly the prompt
passage Of resolutions requiring both belligerents
to keep off our soil, and to respect, in good faith
the neutrality which the people of Kentucky, witt
unexampled ananimity, in good faith. desire tt
preserve" | regard the almost Simultaneous oc
cupation of Paducah by the Federal troops and o
| Columbus by the Confederate forces as equal,
| palpable and open violations Of the neutral right
| of Kentucky. Unless, therefore, it is the purpos
| of the General Assembly TO abandon entirely al
pretense of neutrality and to commit Kentucky t.
| active cooperation with the United States Govern
|
ing her soil to the unconditional occupation of tn
| Federal army, | cannot conceive why motto
should be given to one party and refused to tn
other. Manifesty, resolution requiring the with
drawal of the army of one belligerent from Ken
lucky soil and failing to demand a like Withdrawal
of the forces of the other, cannot be construe
otherwise than as an acquiescence on your part il
the occupation of the State by the other.
! In this acquiescence can not concur with you
but now take occasion again earnestly to recon-
mend the passage OF resolutions urging upon eacl
Government the withdrawal of their respective
forces and the future observance of the neutrat
of kentucky. I do not doubt that such actio
upon your part would be respected by both tn
belligerents. and thereby the peace of cur Stat
preserved.
Having determined conscientiously to act in az
cordance with just view of duty resulting fro
the neutrality of the State between the belligerent
) objecting solemnly to the occupation of kentuck
; soil by either aud believing that the abandonmel
of this position of the State, thrice chosen and
serted by the people, will not only result in ma kr
Kentucky the theater of long military operation
but will produce and be followed by civil war
home. ,"r cd .t,r .
respectfully return to you the resolutions, wi
this, my veto and objections, for your consider
tiou b. MAGOFFIN.