Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-03
JOURNAL OF THE CITY.
UFPORTANT MOVEMENT IN KEN
TUCKX.

AMP0RAANA
The telegraph yesterday, brought US e OF
An important political movement in Kentucky.
On Monday last a conference Of prominent cit
:.ens from all parts Of the State, but principally
from Southern Kentucky, was held at Russell
vile. The object Of the conferenee was to
consult and agree upon some plan by which to
rescue their proud Commonwealth from the
clutches of a cruel and tyrannical usurPation,
which seeks 70 crush out every sentiment OF
liberty from the popular heart and to obliterate
the last vestge of constitutional freedom The
neople of Kentucky have been made the We
tins of one Of most a~trocious eonspiraeies the
history Of the world has exhibited. When the
fun details of this insidious plot shall be laid
bare 10 the gaze Of the outraged people-when
tbev shall know how those, in whose honor and
fidelity they trusted, and upon whose counsels
they relied. acting in accordance with a secret
understanding with the LincOlnites- have pro
ceeded cautiously, and step by step, to bind the
hands Of their victims, and deliver them over
IA their enemies, Il will excite against the au-
tb,rs and abettors of the outrage, a storm Of
popular fury, whose peltings they viii be glad
10 escape
Kentucky has been deliberately sold to the
Abolitionists. If there ever existed a doubt on
the subject, the recent exposures Of the C0aTieT
leave no room for its continued existence. The
editor of that paper proves, beyond question,
that long before the meeting Of the Legislature
or the occupation of Columbus by the Confed-
crates. the Union leaders Of Kentucky, while
preaching neutrality and protesting to desire
peace, were cOncertng and actively engaged IN
carrying out measures to force Kentucky into
the war as an ally Of the North. That it was q
par. Of their plan to raise an armed force, TO be
q~uarteTed upon the people, for the purpose Of IN
timidating them into submission TO the abolition
rule. That long before the meeting Of the lie
g~islature. or the election even Of its members,
troops were being secretly raised for the Federal
army, officers were being commissioned by the
administration and that the government had
pledged itself to send troops below Bowling
Green more than SIX weeks before Gen. BUCKNER
took possession Of that place, and more than
4 month before Gen. PoLK's movement on Co
lumbus.
The convention at R~usseIlyille, composed Of
many Of TIE best men of the State, with q full
knowledge Of these facts before them, met for
the purpose Of taking steps to counteract the
influence OF the corrupt scheme Of the conspra-
tors. and to arouse the people Of Kentucky to
the importance Of placing that once proud State
in her rue position of friendship and alliance
with those Of this Confederscv, to whose people
her citizens are naturally bound by so many
ties Of kindred. comm0a interest and identity OF
feeling. That the pask0dc9 endeavors Of those
who participated in tie convention may be
crowned with suc5ssJssSe know, the united
sentiment Of the southern people. There are
thousands of native Kentuckians- ms
.-Hg1ng eyes 20 tn
dear. loved land oftheir birth, 10 witness the first
movement that should indicate a an attempt to- throw
Of the yoke of the tyraut. To them the apathy
and Indifference hitherto manifested by the great
bob Of kentuckians have been q source Of con-
tinued chagrin and modification. They have
felt that the high character for chivaTy and
manly daring, so long maintained by her people,
was being ieoparded by the course she was pur-
suing. They have longed to see the proud old
Commonwealth occupying a position, the men
ton Of which could no longer mantle the cheeks
Of her sons with the bllsh Of shame.
We learn that about forty counties, or nearly
one-half the State, were represented in the con-
ference. II. c.. BURNETT was called to the
chair, and RoBr. MCKEE and 7. S. BRYAN,
acted as secretaries. A series of resolutions, re-
ported by Hon. G. W. JOHNSON, were adopted.
They reeite the unconstitutional and oppressive
acts Of the Legislature; proclaim revolutions
provide for a Sovereignty Convention at Rus
s~ellville, on the 18th Of the present month;
recommend the organization OF county guards
70 be placed in the service Of and paid by the
Confederate States government and pledge re-
sistsnce TO al Federal and State taxes for the
prosecution Of the war on the part of the United
States.
A committee, consisting OF Bobt. Mckee,
Jno. c. Breckenridge, Humphrey Marshall, Geo.
W. Ewing, H. W. Bruce, Geo. P. Hodge, Wm
Preston, George W. johnson, Blanton Duncan,
and P B.. Thompson, were appointed 70 carry
into effect the resolutions adopted by the con
ference.
We hail this as an important move in the
right direction. If Kentucky Is 10 be liberated
from the thraldom in which she is now placed,
the sooner It is done the better. Let the work,
then, be pushed forward with all diligence let
public sentiment throughout the State be aroused.
and soon the healthy reaction which has already
commenced in the Southern part, will commuui
cate its influence to other portions Of the State,
until the last vestige Of Lincolnism viii disap-
pear, order be restored, and peace again visit her
distracted borders.