Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-02

Geveruor nIaaomn IN an Awkward Post
tien-ApParent Perndy Of that FanctIon-
Rrys -
Or. Luke Blackburn, Of Louisville. Ky,
having told the people Of New Orleans that
he Was an accredited representative Of Ken
lucky 10 lay before the people Of the South
the exact condition Of affairs in that State,
and 10 explain the motives governing her in
the course she has pursued as border State,
the Louisville Journal thinks the strong pre-.
sumption is that Gov. Magoffin accredited
DR.. Blackburn as Kentucky's representative
10 explain TO the South her acton and her
motives. And now see what De B., thus
accredited, said to the people of New Or
leans. He said that Kentucky would in a
.tti0 doys Be, IN act shoulder % shoulder Nth
the States IN the Southern Oonfderdcy.n Es-
cry one will be disposed to inquire by what
"dcf he expected that Kentucky would ain
a few days" be in the Southern Oonfed-
eracy. Certainly neither he nor the func.
tionary supposed to have accredited him can
have imagined that Kentucky weuld in a
few days be in the Soatbern Oonfederacy by
the act of State Convention, for no Con-
vention has been called; aud it can not have
been meant that she wtu' d be in the South
ern Confederacy by a vote of her people, for,
till a Convention shall have met, there will
be no opportunity for the people to vote at
all upon he subject: ..,
But The import cf the oracular anuuncia.
ton of Kentuckys accredited representative
is palpable and plain. He can have meant
nothing less than that the Legislature of the
State, to convene next Saturday, will vote
for Secession and for annexation to the
Southern Confederaoy, and that when the
Secession party, without awaiting any action
on the part of Convention or on the part Of
the people, and without giving the slightest
heed to constitutions or laws or customs or
any thing else except the promptings of wild
and reckless passion, will assume that Ken
lucky is to all inteDts and purposes one of
the Confederate States, and proceed to wage
immediate war in all possible forms and
shapes against the United States thinking to
overcome by the rife aud the rope all show
of opposition on the part Of loyal citizens.
This, according to all appearances, must be
the plan of operations. Let us watch aud
see what monster or monsters "a few days"
will bring forth. Let US watch, but let no
nerve in any true heart tremble.
And this was not all that Kentucky's ac-
credited representative announced to the
South. We take no heed of what he said
about the immense strengthening of the Se-
cession cause in Kentucky, for no matter
who may have accredited him to say it,
there was no foundation for it in fact. But
be was accredited, it seems, to appeal to the
GOutu lOI dIuus lOT hllb ust Vi hb0LuChy anu
TO proclaim that the people of Kentucky,
waiting only for arms, were ready and will
ing for the fray" Yes, in virtue of his Gre
dentials, he declared to the South that
Kentucky, did not care to delay "even for
the action OF her Legislature" but was ready
and willing, if only armed. to rush instantly
into the fray in behalf of the Confederate
States against the United States.
1t sppears, from DR.. Blackburn's remarks,
hat haa too Oh
| ply OF arms for Kentucky use, and that the
| Mayor Of New Orleans aud the citizens of
| Louisiana are expected to furnish an equally
| liberal supply, and We should like to kuo "
| where the Mississippi arms have been stored
and distributed, and where and when and
how the New Orleans and Louisiana arms
| are TO be disIributed-and under whose au-
| thority. I'd
However strong the appearances against
| Gov. MsPoffin in this matter may be, aud
| however decided our suspicious must be, we
! do earnestly hope that he did not, formally
| or informally, accredit DR.. Blackburn to
| say in New Orleans what that gentleman
| did soy.
! Assuredly many thousands of his Excel
lenCy's friends would be exceedingly startled
TO know that at the very time " hen he, as
be himself has published to the world was
| carrying on q correspondence with the Gov
|
and the Governor of Illinois, giving aud re-
ceiviDg profestations of the most fraternal
feelings and seeking to establish league or
compsct, guaranteeing perpetual peace aud
smity, ard when, as he tells u.s. he trembled
lest our indiscretion in laying before the pub
JIG the dispatch to him from the Montgom.
cry Government might lead the three neigh
boring Governors TO mistrust his good faith
and sincerity and in consequence break of
the pacific negotiations, he was accrediting
a Kentucky representative to go to the South
and proclsim it TO the Southern people tha
Kentucky would in few days be in th'
Southern Confederacy, and to appeal to then
for arms upon the ground that Kentucky
lros acilting and ready for the fray.
We do not charge, we will not charge, tha
Gov Msgoffin did this he can not havt
done it without being guilty of an act o.
stries of acts of the most stupendous an(
unparalleled peIfidity. Eue ..s
To our fellow-citizens of Kentucky, VI
have only 10 say, be steady, resolute, un
daunted. Go 10 the polls on Saturday mex
and show to the world the strength OF you
csuse. Whatever may occur 10 Frankfor
during the session of the Legislature or i
the State afterwaId, do your duty to your
selves and to your country, and trust to your
selves, to your country, and to God, for you
Vindicatiop aud protection