Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-13
70 THE NATIVE KENTUCKIANS
RESIDENT IN THE CONEEDEHAIE a.

STATES.
At meeting of native Keutuckians held in
Memphis, Tennessee, for the purpose of devils
ing such plane for the aid of Kentucky as her
necessities might requ re, and our abilt, enab e
AS to furnish, in the fearful struggle with Fed
eraT usurpation which awaits her atno distant
hour, it was resolved to raise, among the ma
tive Kentuckians and their sons, now citizens
of the Confederate States and not already en-
gagged in the Confederate service, such troops
as might be willing to offer themselves for mil
itary duty in Kentucky, and organize them
iato battallons, regiments or brigade accord
ing to the numbers Offering themselves for tais
generous and noble work In execution of
this project it was ordered that an address be
published to all native Ksntuckians, aud their
sons, fit for a soldiers work, resident in the
Confederate States, inviting them to enroll their
names and organize themselves into compa-
nies, prepared to move whenever the opPortune
moment for the rescue of their native State
from the tbraldom Of Federal usurpHtiOn and
northern despotism shal! arrive.
Resident Kenturkiaus of the Confederate
on behalf OF the old commonwealth, where
the bones Of your ancestry are entombed, and
where the coDsecrated ashes OF your kindred
minsls with her fertile soil. In the archives
Of her history is recorded whatever Of gallant
achievement on the battle field, or OF inteilec-
tuai power in the cabinet or forum, that may
have attached TO your families ought OF dis
tfnctfon, or emblszoned her escutcheon With
that glory in whicl all her children, whether
high or low, poor or rica, have participated as
in a common Inheritance. spiR her bor-
ders, on her fruitful plsins, fh IleFsgreenest
valleys, under her grand old forests, hSsR been
achieved in the past, those deeds OF hfstorie
val0r In a thousand fierce conflicts wittfffhe
savage foe, fixing IN bap ism OF blood EeF
well-earned title Of " the dark and bloe1T8
ground.o True to the brave lineage OF 84seIr
pioneer fathers, her sons on almosssVery stFiek-
en- field, from the Msumse aHd theSakes to the
City OF Mexico, have gathered va rTesner
aursls and reoped with their Net rich
er harves's Of glory. The past seeAs to,sv-
ery Ken uckisn 4 Just pride in The Apnals of
his nEtive State, and without 6rfogs snce en-
iovs bin with more than the NoFm8n's right
70 bosst Of bis birthplace and lineage. Ssall
the future dishOnor LsT history and blast her
heraIaic giories by base submission 10 tyrsn-
nv, when freemen should strike? Shall her
sons vet breathing the aspirations Of her
former great liseTty, and inspired By her his
toric grandeur, be compelled 10 90 forth from
her borders, and in exile, seek that freedom
which they have enjoyed a birth-right on
her soil, Inherited from a brave and chivalric
ancestry, leaving behind humiliation and
Shame as the future heritage OF the common
wealth The strong right arms Of her sons,
and God forbid
Yet, il cannot be concluded that Kentucky,
from her geogra phical position, and the unfOr-
10 - knr bsF~a
divided by recreant leaders, in whom they
rep0sed IN Inflated and undeseTyeG confidence,
must achieve the preservation Of her liberties
amid great difficulties, and must pass through
terrific ordeal IL she would be free. She has
witnessed the leading and fundamental prin-
ciplss Of republican government, and the car
diusl rights Of free citizenship, one by one
stricken down by the ruthless usurpatioas Of
Federal authority, backed by the North aud
in their stead inaugurated acts Of adminstTs-
tion and clsims of despotic power that would
shame even the vilest establishment Of Orien-
tai tyranny; yet she has been charmed into
duiet and nou-resis ance by the oft-Tepeated
syTen song Of skjllful and INSCRIPTIONS be-
traveTs Of popular liberty that all would be
well With her. But the signs Of the times too
surely indicate that Kentucky is at last being
aroused from the stupid leth6rgY into which
she has been deluded, and under which it was
corrupted virtue might be composed into insen-
sibility, while the iyraut might approsch his
fair and unconscious victim to accomplish his
hateful purpose. Already the murnur of
resistance is ascending from indignant free
men within her borders, aGd ere long it will
swell into the battle slogan from bill to plain,
from molntsin to river. The people, despite
the chicanery Of the abandoned leaders, who,
by tue grossest and most deceptive articles,
- hrs-
fortunes, will srise in their might and begin
me struggle FOR Jusir homes and their priceless
liberties.
Situated as We are, far more secure from the
immediate raVages of the war than cur friends
and kindred in Kentucky, we can DO much to
aid them, when the conflict commences, in
men and money. We can organize troops for
service undislurbed bV the miHioHs Of the
usurper. For, thank God, be can lord l. no
longer within the freedom bound circuit Of the
Confederate States. The cap OF Gesler has
been stricken down in our market places, and
xe are free. Ksntuckians, to the rescue OF
your native State! Aid in extending over her
soil the ssme benignant rule OF constitutional
law, which We enjoy in our adopted homes. In
doing this you add most msteraily to the
strength OF the Confederate government, and
in no line OF action demanded by the eXigencIes
of the times, can you so efficiently sustain the
cause Of the South and Of freedom.
We, therefore, urge all Ksntuckians and their
sons, resident within the Confederate States,
and not engaged In the military service sf
those States, to report in person or by letter to
E. B. Bartlett, Esq, at Kentucky headquaT-
teIs, Memphis, Tenn, what aid, In men OF
money, they can furnish to this cause. Let
companies be organized, drilled and reported
al as early a day as possible.
z. B. BARTLETT, Pres't.
E. E. MCDowELL, Secretary.