New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-09
ADDRESS 10 kENIU CKlANS.

ADDRESS 10 KESIUCKiANs.
Accomrauyine the above document il au address 70
the reop. Of Kentucky which says that Kentucky is
right in standing neutral We quote the more import
ant paragraph:
Kentucky was right in taking potition-becau-e,
from tie commencement OF is del controversy,
her voice for reconciliation, conTronise and peace
She lad no cause Of complaint against the General
Government, and made none. Tie injuries she sus-
tanned in her property from failure 10 execute lwt
passed for its protection. in consequence Of Illegal inter
terence by wicked aud delad"d citizens in the Free
States she considered wholly insufficient 10 iu-iiy
disnamhcrrei,t of the Union. That, shc re esardrd ~
remedy for existing evils, bnt an eggH'ation 0.
them all.
She is still, thank God, member of the Union,
owing constitutional allegiance 70 it--an allegiance
voluntarily given, long maintained, aid from WA'h
she has derived countless benefits Can shc. by ncI
own act toeit this allegiance and by the ex'rcse Of
any constitutional power sever berseh from that Gov
enimenti In Gun opinion, the statement o the plopo-
iiion insures its rejection ii II o 70 more r opal
force ;han the argument Of the suicide 70 commit self
slaughter. Secession is not right.
Under the Natioral Government she bar night 70
the protection Oi thnty-tbIee great States, ana Uiil
them thus protected can DEFY the world in arms Un-
der ahe h. De ONE prOaL and happy. Deprived
II it she finds herself exposed TO immlHon. danger.
She has border on On the Ohio Riger Of neG seven
hundred miles, with three powerful Staie' that bor
der. She has four hundred miles the South, by
which she is eerar8led from Tennessee by a merely
conventional line. Her eastern front i Virginia,
and part Of heI western Ola NIs0urlihns making her
anita yonistic, Ia 'hc event u collision, 10 Virginia,
wi ich is orr uo,Ler, and to Missouri, which il oar
daughter. hcmmed Ill thus on every size by poae.s
each OF which is equal to her own, her situation
and her Of loyalty 10 the Union impersyely de-
inand al her nsist the integrity Of the Union IT.
Constitution, and Government Peace il Of Vital con-
sequence her and only I ured 70 her by pre-
serving the Union inyiolate. Kentucky has no canse
OF ua rel with the ConstituiiOn and no wish 10 quar-
rel with ner neighbors but abundant reason TO love
both.
Kentuckv in 80 grave matter a. this passes by
mere legal technicalles and discussion oi tbeoIei'
cal difficulties OF Government poises herself npon her
right 10 do what the necessities Of her condition mpcr
aiyey demanded Of her, and relies upon the good sense
and magnanity Of her sister States, seeing that there
IA no parallel in her condition and theirs 10 do her n
tce In all things she IL az loyal az ever 10 the
constitutional administration OF the Government.
She will follow the Stars and Stripes 20 the Vi
mos, regions OF The EARTH and defend il from foreign
insult She Teuses alliance with any who would de-
strOy the Union. Al she asks If permission 10 keep
on, Of this unnatural strife. When called 10 take pant
in it, she believes that there rs Dore honor IA Inc
breach than in the Observance OF any supposed duty 10
perform IT, Feeling that she y clearly iight IN ihn
and having announced her intention 70 refrain from az
gresson upon others, she must protest against her soil
being made the theaier OF military operations oy any
belgereDt. The war must not DO transferred by the
warning sections from their Own 10 her border SDch
unfriendly action cannot beyiewed with indifference
by Kentucky. So -.
Ii is not now question Of party poiicf, although
II NAV be the interest OF TO make u The day
of pere party platforms has we trust, gone forever
Ii has passed from being mere struggle for place thai
may crafty personal ambition 70 one for the present
and future welfare Of whole people. Ior The safety ci
homes and fresides Whatever divislons have hereto
fore existed should cease. In times past, In our
elections the questions which divided men related to
mere party differences, and the memberr o. All paihes
Iivaled each other In their expression of deyoop TO
the Union, and were equally ciamorons for their nights
10 the Union and not out of IT, Now these patty d-