The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-27
Letter feSm Kentucky Union Man.

LIIts5TOs, KY Aug rs 1851 Il arrived IN
tnls city Oh last Monday, a1tsT several weeks
absence On visit 10 tho State af strviria,
w hen my rstu:n was known, vas invited
ny large number Of nav feli3vv-citt sns to
address thsu upon the sub lest OF rne war T
Declined 10 do so at first bacause / was no
candidate ana Md not intend . t,a ssI: giid
not WISH 10 thrust my humble Oniuiou N .,,,;
tne cC1nmanlty however, finally consented
" speak, eno, In rly humble cav Caudidty
"a ye my opinion as 70 tae result OF ti,a yiEt-
| ing war ANA tha ooufse kentucky should
pursue.
The positions / assumed on IT'S occasion
nave been greatly nisrerra=ent,sd, aud I
wish through the columns OF yonr yaner 70
define shepa.
do not faVor ths iruioatiiata se,,sss,ou m
ine state, -oT an ! FOR ioiniug lhe North ia
the prosecution OF Lnis war of subiu.fatipp.-
/ stand now jos; where ICON for months
Az Waefe ths tnion party 0noe stood, ann
Wnsre 1 Deiievs the people OF tte EStGbs noty
sIanf-sC f.ToT Of tne autrzI!tY # qur Sta-a
l do not ias al u dctifious. a delusivs eY5 n
fraudulent neutrality hat Bl-ag Il reGi a..
tuatf anh 30?ld q 1s Neutrality. Rgn not SOr
ueu tTality tLaL furnishes men and money y
wage hopeless war upon the 5onth aza
nor IoI neu tTnlity that permits the crgeniga.
tion ana encam p1aent OF troops IN our midst
70 establish here, al 1t hae oeaH elsewhere, Il
military despotisHi. ! am not TOR peu tra;ity
that permits, by means "a 9 nal: tar f1r3a hi.
cc1apiete blockade Of oUr entire Southern
iron tier; cutting OK .he SCGtasrA 1nsTRet
and suejecting cur protucts-~hcrs, oqttis'
n.1!1s, hsmP, Weosf 1nt c)rn--.o the sup
ply or the North aI3I-, At their own
prices, and for tbs parpose Of sEbiusat,
ing the South. ain nat for a aau +ralitv thai
permits tne or@aGis9t:CE oG tr- cra - or
ynihst, 10 Interfere with the Z d tlrs OF Neigh
CCrlns > tatS, Gy sporting ar7- - tse de
an sctsd portion OF the ps0ple, thereby aaces-
sariiy involving uz n ws- with our neigh
trfs ana IL war 2IaOag OU Ursa.-Sa : am
for neutrality thai furnishes 40 men ana,
money ! am Tor u nsu tT,lIt;y tb8: fortsos the
organic alton Of tTuops IL Gas h,.atA--Ihat y.li
banisn the last sodisT rom orr Siata rot an
thori ssn NJ ;aW Tor the dafecoe OF the St3tA-a
ns q trdlity tnni Will aY3TE toe reyoltfDg scenes
OF oppFes sion that have foiiovy7,i ma military
OCcc pa lion OF other Sta l am for & chy-
trality tnst viii kesp Us eE Ieacs ut borae and
With our nsi-hbcrirg SLates--rks. y7i!F kaeu
opeI our Southern markets. and aaanIe us 10
sell our products &c, those wnu gyjsn "a hnx
either - orth or Sourn.
This was saa neutrality lnnt rsscar,; th.
state rToIa Secession %hsn it ss6Ine0 nevitit-
Die, and II my opinion il is the Cai- policy
that can rescue the State nov f-5ga h5 other
equally t8La! xtremS. lhs proposition then
WAS 10 ei.:cacc III the war for ghe s>Outn. il eu-
t0cky preferred psaCa, refused 10 do L--snd
Secession tailed. the propositi0u now IL 10
engage ii the war for the y ortn. J. for one
fight, !es rs rghs Sl.use v-p0 disturb ogr pehce
by VtoLsttnE our ueUi TalIiy.
ans not only 1or tina peacs o: fnls State
but IN for ths psaC Ce Of ell l1s y ii La5 ] am
for stopping tbe war. oaca thought tdst tha
Government CouiEs tRDpre-s ma t-3amlo2--I
was an xio1G that {. shcUld he done. hacauss 1
believed tnap aud believe nov that ire Gov
srnni~EI Eri3- tHs Gt1 Eatcl was N hest
that was ever devised, aad better Ia. any
tha: wtll follow Il; nat I have become salts
ne1 by recent aTenJs and pgne& I daxe lately
sesn. that II is utterly imp JssIple 20 n1Einta
the Union ny prose c1tirg las XG. Toa cna7
ton i-shali shc var 5s Gtopr..: before or at
ter hundred thousand II. have been killed 2.
am ioi' stopping ths war before another iif@
is !cst Or 9nori!ey dollar scsut-tt IL e va: q.
most exclusively ~ the %cTt- against the
South
That is, ms SoAi1s-s oTl one slt = gIe I7-1l f5s
ooataera Stasass sac c1' ne otoeT. el-1ost Oh.
ttrelT from the Nc : 81. ScS--S Tna North
2RDnos sah.ggate he aou.A, ami i- 10 fol . "a
nth u- tor St g. Pc End l. vV1t II - rEss
than msdDasS ior r6DtNckY II ha ir-1cs6 or
driven into contest 50 TiG5laIH47.l--ac hiulgf7
and 80 hCPslass. Tsio~sa havs al1oagY
Doen 2i,.s.. and tt9 vrRr tbs 9.r ioe.<ttl- ars,
thousands and tsns ~ thou ssncE VIII yer in!l
long before single State ia suttngagsi TNs
great loss on h"Sh si1e8 TIL d.7 - i7y In
crease, aud eAaspeTat.' lae sP-callty- - v.eeu
the two sections. unLii t;le difficulties, III ffat
small, will become in SRpaI Die; and 1-otn the
oarh n.an ma. IL Ih.s war is killed tas no.s
on reconciliation and ceCopEsTuG sioa ,rcas
less.
say, stop the war. sEd let rs have uegca
End leave 70 frovltepce eld 10 tiL1a - "a.
atafs, II II TIA 2osaibia, tie Union OF al the
States.
MIR. Editor, for the u.5acau . ~ 4 private
citizen o. such sentiments a. thg6t ! have
been mnoR abused 9rofn irres srcnsibIe sources
l Euppose l shou-a not complsin; u e bat
Ioretaste Of that intolerance, end mat q! al
Or mast saIte1 ychsn IRE military occupation
by the Stale Ia completed which has been be-
gun Uy the est25lish Laens OF two camps in
this State. X ". RASsoF.