Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18
KsnineI.y sentiment and Hnmor--The

Kentucky Sentiment and HnmOr-The
r- % er state True TO the Unlan.
The Louisville Journal has these para
graphs p E9e'
When John @. Breckenridge was some.
what younger than he is, be emigrated to
Iowa, notoriously free soil State, and
opened a law Office, He hes since come back
TO Kentucky, and is now advocating policy
that would make Kentucky as much free
soil State as Iowa is. John @. Breckenridge
and his political followers are practical Abo-
I litionists.
Now that the roar of war is out of South
Cardinals hearing, her people seem to be
trying to take things easy. Out of nine
hundred Charleston volunteers for the war,
six hundred, it is published, have refused TO
leave the State. The Sumter Guards refuse,
and their Captain has resigned. They as
sumo the name of "Gsme Cocks,n but they
are evidently breed of "Cocks' that choose
TO fight nowhere but on their own dung hill.
The Louisville Courier calls a certain gem
tleman an Ex-Abolitionist. We wish our
neighbor of the Courier were nothing worse;
but, judged by the tendency Of the measures
be proposes, he is an Abolitiohist; an Abo
litionist without the eT; an Abolitiouist of
deeper type than Wendell Phillips. he is
the remorseless advocate of policy that
would make Kentucky free State even
quicker far quicker, than he proposed max
ing it free soil State in ls49 aud every
man Of sense knows it. ...
We suggested, the other day, strong wish
that Governor Ma2ofins patriotic sister,
who headed the list of eight hundred female
petitioners, in Mercer County, against the
Secession of Kentucky, were Governor, and
that her brother Beriah were at home in pet.
ticoats. A lady writes to us that, if his dis
union Excellency adopts that garment the
Kentucky women will discard it and adopt
some other kind of integument in its place.
The Arkansas State Convention passed
the ordinance of Secession by a vote, we
believe, of siXty-nine to one. The vote in
opposition was cast by Isaac Murphy of
Madison County. Some of the papers there
| demand his immediate banishment from the
State. Well, come to Kentucky, Isaac Muir
ply, but be sure you bring no Arkansas dust
upon your shoes.
From the Louisville Democrat we make
these extracts:
The Southern Confederscy calls JEFF. Davis
one of the brightest military geniuses" of
| the day. Ifnot be will receive an extra
polish from brush with General Scott.
The New Orleans True Delta is delighted
with the prospect that Kentucky is going to
! join the Southern Confederacy, and the
| reason is, 1T secures Louisiana from any
| danger at home. He is much mistaken about
| Kentucky. She has never been less disposed
! TO join the Southern Confederacy than she
| is to. day. She condemned the disunion
movement at the start, and every day con.
/ films her in the justice of her original verdict
on the subject. Louisiana has made war,
and can have the honor of fighting all to
herself
There was rumor current yesterday that
an attempt would be made to insult Major
Anderson if he came here. IL was an idle
I Iumor. Nothing of the sort would be at.
tempted, much less tolerated in this city.
Those fond OF babbliDg had better not in
dulge in threats of this kind. This is a free
city; but not free for lawless deeds; and not
over much free for threats.
Colonel Duncan threatened to disband, 80
that they would return to Kentucky. We
entreat him not to do it. Louisville doesn't
want them. This latitude would be un-
healthy. There have been such things as
indictments for treason, and we don't desire
the expense and trouble of them.
The New Orleans True Ds5tcs says of Ken.
lucky, Missouri and Maryland, that they
are falling in" 1t is O serious mistake.
If ever we do join with the Southern Con-
federacy it will be just the contrary-a
terrible falling out Of our neighbors and
ourselves.