St. Mary's beacon., 1861-10-17
KRHTUcKY AND MARYLAND.

Sta,e Vi Kentucky IL one of the Iuost
painful Of all the distressing circun,stan-
rrs that have marked tue progress Of the
present unnatural and devastating war
for. although the internal struggles il
Missouri base proceeded to a greater and
floodier extent. q conflict there Vas more
L" he expected, bccaus. it was well known
there was a more decided difference among
it, u,ixrd POI fulasicn aud fae,ious Iivi-
siSn that c-'.,d not possibly be bridget
ever. But chat the people Of Kentucky
fhould tcc.nme divided even unto battle,
~ n fact which Would have been ,lccmrd
un inpossibility If it had not sctuslly come
TO pass. That the State which. of all
others, stood forward with the creates,
popular uhanin.i,y for crn. promise. aud
preferred settlement even after hostili,ics
bad began; which Indignantly refused to
furni-h troops I" the Federal Government
to prosecute the war: which repeated;
wssked her hands Of the whole strife.
rrnclain,ing herself neutral and declaring
that she would maintaiu that p,si,io,,--
tina: kentucky should. sttcr pursuing this
essfse. be plugged into she h"rrible abyss
cf . civil war among her own people, is n
mu,,cr we'll cslcaluted TO excite surprise,
until We observe the steps by which she
has desc~ndcd into such dreadful posi-
tim. And the mauner in which such IL
r-.ul, has been prrcipitated is Of the high
IS, importane. to us in Maryland. for the
r.as..n that the course NOW pursuing hy
thu Uuion party in this State. heing pre-
ciscly analogous. bids tair to lead here T..
the ssmc melancholy result.
Kentucky was the prop"ser and the
chief defender Of the principles Of Com
pr,,aisc. when the trouble began iu Com
rrrss. Through her Senator she offered
the fsssous C,itt~udsu adjustment. which
Though indicating ,u-rely arbitrary st,-
s!rmcnt aud not one Of principle was
heartily acceptable to the whole South
Though earnestly pressed. it eventually
failed. She warmly eutcred into the
Psaos Congress. which ALSO was failure
Even after the war began. she called a
Peace Conference Of the Border States,
which wss still greater failure. breause
coming too late. When LINCOLN .na.lc
his dcn,and for troops. her Governor in-
dignantly refused to make the levy. saying
tha, Kentucky woulG furnish no troops
E9 'sshe unconstitutional object Of eubju-
gssiag the South" Her Legislature rati-
I'D THE position. Through both the-e
sources she repeatedly declared that she
would occupy neautaa position. and
would take 10 part nor lot ia the matter;
that no troops should occupy her territory,
aud sAae il should not be scene of hos
Ailiti~~; and ~ long ss she occupied this
Sorision, her neutrality was fully respected
i.y the Cosfederates, Mho recognized her
right to Be ncutrai, upon States Rights
principles. No one can donht>that tho
peace and prosperity which Kentucky Ell
lyed dari~g her neutrality would have
been long continued. If she had not been
betrayed into throwing it uif. aud ranging
heesslf On the side of one Of the belligcr-
eats In proccss Of time. what with the
depertuss Of Ssnthern ineu FROM the State
.sua oshcr eascs. aud ,hes deception of
shc pcepie By the cry Of .'Cnion,"s Leg
i<laturc was elected containing u majority
.f .E,isn ,sen." but who were supposed
co. Be fsisIdly t. the existing status of,
kcatucay at that time. But no snouer
was il convened than the n.xjorisy turned
aui 70 be more friendly to L,NcoLS than
% shs.s Union. Th.y promptly showed
,issivthsua The Felcrais having occu-
pied Kcusucky. in violatioa Of her neu-
inGfy, With the evident design of max
ing her ssrritory = basis of operations
assipsG the South, the Confedcrates were
f'rccd by the principles Of common sense
and of military nccessity" 70 d" tue same
.Ains. .teF sclf.lsfence. The Legislature.
hcrevcr. xxsumed 10 order off the Com
fcdersts treepe. snd invited the Felcrals
t~sssss bregsA Gsss AssHxsos to take
commasd; called out the State foiccs to
repsl he gcwfsderstss; sequesfed her
staset nleAtsi S<nssors' TO resign; and.
gsasssaly,c hs essnly' placed .hs State.
- e. sssix ~ il. on the side Of the
Federal Government. The result is seen
iu the fact that st this time there are large
srnics iu the 6cld, compoacd chiefly os