Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-11

gallant soldiers IN the Confederate army and eE-
lies from your county and district, would seem to
require some explanation at my hands.
First: By our Kentucky soldiers and cEiles
/ was unanimously elected oTcaoseu 20 represent
the county of Nicholas In the convention held at
it~usSelVllla on the 18th inst, for the purpose Of
establishing "a provisional government. Z at
tended that convention, and with many of 0ur
able and prominent citizens took bold ground
Tor the immediate establishment of such q gov
eminent l did not hesitate or doubt for q mo-
ment as to the necessity and Propriety of the
movement, and hence cOucUrTed fully with them
in their deliberations.
My course seems TO have been unconditi0nauy
appreciated by my friends in that convention,
aud the result was, / was nominated by the
unanimous concurrence OF the members from our
district, and elected by the unanimous voice of
the convention as one of the ten Legislative
CUuncilmen (there being one chosen from each
Congressional District to the Governor. ] can
only say that while / undertake the duties of
this responsible position with misgiviugs and
distnlst as TO my ability to do Justice 20 you, yet
l will labor earnestly and faithfully for the pro
motion OF the interests OF the whole people OF
ouT district and state. And just here pardoume
for saying that, since all Constitutional Govern
ment has been set aside 10y the Federal G0rcgn-
mCat, in Kentucky, ] have no doubt but this
Provisional Government viii be the one uuiver-
sally recognized by the whole State la less than
twelve months. I cannot give You all the raa-
sons why I think so i'm this comguuuicauou-
suffice il TO say for the present tha5 have now
been IN the South near a year-lsycr since the
Declaration of Independence was made by the
Soutn)-haye Witnessed the progress of the re-
belliou, sas the Federal Government is pleased
TO call it, and must beg You to take my jUdg-
meut and say to the timid and doubling Of our
Southern friends, be Of good cheer.
You 1ou be relieved ofyour present tyranuical
bondage by your natural and friendly allies of
the Syuth-they are fighting for goa and 5oH
continue until your perfect and complete redemp-
ton shall have been accomplished. and noie,
lsince by tins act we commit you to lhe South,
and necessarily commit the Confederate States
to Kentucky the Confederate States never can
OF viii desire to lay down arms until our proud
Old State is allowed 10 unite her destiny with
her true and legitimate sisters of the South, even
IIt they could ever have consented % entertain
propositions for peace without including Ken
lucky in the Confederate government. have
said to your southern brethren that Kentucky
would vote tg-day 90 Join the Confederate States
by "a majority Of my h0Hsaad Indeed / believe
the vote would almost be unanimous now, eX-
cept those holding commissions, and their de-
ceived followers, since even the Union men have
given up all hope of s~u9jugating the South, and
also Of reconstruction of the Union, all such
hopes are futile, and no one but mailman can
entertain a proposition so ridiculous, If the vote
could be taken free from the roereioa Of Liacoia's
bayoaeS.
/ cannot doubt but that you viii make good
my Judgment and assertion on the FIRST occasion
you can SO vote. I earnestly hope and believe
the time viii not be distant. ] also have reason
TO believe that we shall 80 once form au alliance
with the Confederate government on such terms
rs will make as part auI parcel oil her, and there
tore eutiJ.e SOU t1 complete projection, and H o
very short lale that kentucky viii be admitted
on an equal footing with the otlsr States.
That viii be the pgouIa>. DAY Of my life, cspeci-
ally II my humble efforts shall ia any degree
facilitate SO glorious % contamination.
The large armies which Lincoln has now in
Kentucky and Is daily augmeutiug, have no
terror Co the southern pg1p.g-iD not even cause
them any uue8siuess-Gs thC~ are prepared 90
meet any army be can send, and when sent. Is
will be routed and driven across the DHiU. If
anything can De- anticipated by reflections upon
the past, ! have only go point 70 the glorious
victories ut Bethel, Oak Hills, Lexington. Ma
nassas, L~eesburg and Belmont, as conclusive
evidence Of the inevitable and certain result
whenever they meet thc d]astardiy foe.
Neither has LiueoIu's great .Amala" any
tar0g5 TO our southern br.lleu on the coast.
They may succeed iu taking a few uuimVortaut
forts, but al shat tbe Sourh desires IS That they
may make a landing a- SONS. ~. lhe principal
towns or cities on the coast, when they viii not
only De whipped, but sr'arHi4atrf, unless their
aHDtibi0Rg dispositions and Hqtqrss shall have
become iuaes-rueIble Aud jus, bore let me
ask our Union friends, (ne.Ehbors and r~elstives)
If they believe that that able and pure mlu.
Geo. W. Johnson, of Scott, and Ell those who
are cooperating with him, would ever have
established this government until they had al
most q positive certainty that tle Confederate
States are able 10 sustain th.ir Independence
beyond Ue p0ss5i'sg Of a1E1t We have arrived
at this CoucIusiou AFTER mature deliHeratiuu, and
careful investigation OF the resources of the
Confederate States government as 70 ord
uauCos of all sorts, provisions. and tie Ulcyn-
g@UCr1j{s determination of her peaplg-leuce /
beg 20 offer 10 Won the gentle admUuiti0u, or
rather suggestion, whether it would not be bet
tet for your future chat you should treat our
southern rights friends with more consideration
aor, and put q stop. al once TO the UHJrlaled
arrests wi len have been made in many cases at
your instauee-iJy ( assure YoU as certain as
a lust God re.gns and controls the dtstinies Of
men, Just so sura win our relative positions
chauge-aud sou pIl then be IN tie power OF
the men whom yga have SO severely prosecuted
and while / bOpO Tor the sake eft humanity
full retaliation viii never be made, yet you know
revenge is sweet! to poor human nature, and
] you idl ANA h.L.'A ID -A '' ltNEA. iA A"s AN
eyitablc change. Ii you could only drop in
some drearv evening at tae places OF rendezvous
( OF ALI our exiled h-utuckiaus, and bear them
speak Of the absent and loved ones at nome,
| from whom they have been ruthIcssiy separated
Husbands Of wives, fathers oi children, SONS
of their parents. brothers Of sisters, and see the
tears stream down the cheeks of these stern
men, your checks would mantle with shame Tor
he part yOu have taken Ia inducing tho tJraut
] 1 f.u.tg 40 zanh his r1aHf .rrn.a4. into EavffrfrV
to subiBgate us and ALLEVIATE her from her legiti-
mate sisters OF the South. But thank God, we
are iu d condition TO defy any imported army,
even when combined with the few cOwardiy
Ecutuckiaus who have been bought By LincOlu's
gold. mule and beef contracts. and military com
missions, 90 aid these imported EaGdals ia this
unholy war which has driven Us from our homes
and all we hold dear on earth, and for no crime
but merely for plesumiug 30 think tOI our
selves, as the men now in Liucoln's dungeons
viii testify, who have done nothing save think
against h5 infamous acts
In the twenty to twenty-five counties which
are under the influence aud in possession of the
Confederate army, the people are all couten cd
and satisfied, and would, if required, swear ale
Glance TO our government most cheeIiully, aad
the voluntary change 50 far as our army las PEN
etratedi is most marked and satisfactory. Hence,
we will have M difficulty i'm executing all the
provisional laws in these counties, and prevent
the banks from roLbing the private stockholders,
AS has been done by the forced loans made 20
Lincoln to purchase guns, cannon, powder, etc,
10 subjugate Kentucky, which viii never be paid
except through our sequesTaton laws.
We are determined to enforce our government
in these counties, aud will continue to do so as
our armies advance, until every infamous iuya-
der is driven from the sacred soil of Kentucky,
when every act viii De submitted 30 lic people