The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-21
Rirbmonn Dispatrb.
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPT. q. 1851

SATURDAY MORNING. SEPT. q, 1851
kEsTUCKY.-" Beware of demagogues, -
said WAsHISGToS, in that Farewell Address
to his eountrymen, whose wisdom has elected
the warm appreciation of even snch tory as
ALISON, and whose patriotism it would be i'm.
possible to question The Father of his Coun-
| try was, i'll our humble judgment, one of the
wlsest nniaspired men that the world ever
saw. He read few books. but one of those
which be dad read was the great volume OF
human nature. He knew man well-the whole
race of nlan-but especially man as he is found
In America. 1t needed no deep acquaintance
with the history of ancient repubics-no Gre
elan or Roman lore-no examples of the dead
and buried past-to teach him what man was
and what he might become under peculiar cir
euInstances. Above all, he understood the
character of the animal which goes by the
name of demagogne He had had experience
OF 1t In the army, and at the council board
lie knew that the demagogue was the most
dangerous of all enemies to the cause of popu
lar freedom and human rights He had no
hes which bad fallen before their Vaccinations
He knew the demagogue, and he knew wha,
he would do if he We're allowed Time has
proved that bis anticipatious were but too cor
rect Not quite sixty-two years have passed
since the whole nation was stricken down bv
the news of his death The great republic, OF
which he was the father, has already been
overthrown. The demagogue worked his way
into the very heart of the tree of Liberty, tha,
while he WAS living spread abroad its branches
like the eedars of Lebanon, and invited all
the oppressed of the earth to take shelter be
meath its shade. Its leaves first began to grow
yellow, it's branches began to decay, it's trunk
became sapless, Everything gave token o1
the deadly worms that had fastened on its heart
At last it fell, and the sound Of the fall startled
| the remotest nation of the earth. Itfell not be
fore the cannon shot of the enemy, or the
axe of the pioneer. Its fate was destined te
The creatures eoiled around its vitals-ths
meanest and most contemplate of Gods crea
tlon-the demagogues it nourished with it,
sap.
Nowhere has the Influence of the dema
gogue been 80 fatal as in Kentucky. Nowhere
has the soil produced so many of the breed
Nowhere have the ravages of the insect beer
SO destructive of the vital principle. The
demagogue rules Kentucky as his own specia
province. Sold himself, body and soul, he ha
managed to sell her, too. He has brought he
into position from which she can neither ad
vance nor retreat She is tied to the stake
and must stand the bruut of a civil war
The impudence of the demagogues who ar,
feeding on the lifeblood of Kentucky, cx
| eeeds in boldness anything of the kind it wa
ever our fortune to witness They proclaime,
at first that she was to be neutral They at
tempted to carry out their idea of neutralt,
by allowing Federal troops to take possession
of all the strong points in the State. Wher
they found that the occupation of "A portion o
the State By the Yankees was about to pro
duce corresponding movement by the Con
federates, they raised howl that could be
heard beyond the Rocky Mountains The,
were great advocates of neutrality, as long a.
ii did not interfere with the military opera
tons of the Yankees As soon az the Con
iC"OA"too ihoNtu, tHtS tdistu tHeiT unlteC
voices against it, II was no violation of nen
trality for the Yankees to establish camp o.
10000 men on the soil, preparatory to invad
ing Tennessee. 1t is a paIpable violation Of
neutrality for the Tennesseeans to enter anC
attack these men.
There can be no doubt of the result. There
will be civil war i'll Kentucky, and a very
bloody one. The descendants of the old Vir
gina settlers, with a very few exceptions
will stand by the South, But unfortunately
Kentucky is cursed with heavy Yankee
population, chiefly residing along the Ohio
River. These will not only resist, themselves
but they will bring over their brother Yam
KEGS from Ohio to help them. Our friends
will prevail in the end, and when they do, we
hope they will drive every Yankee off the sol
of the State.