New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-25
ReRDER-sTATE DrCTATEON.

Up to this hour, the aggregate of fighting, or
even arming to fight, the rebels, by the Union
lists of the Border Slave States, has not been
immense; but all that they have lacked in
deeds has been more than made good in words.
The Government has had more advice, instruc-
ton, and dictation from them than from all
the rest of its supporters. Kentucky, not con-
tent with proposing an army for her own spe-
cal defense-tO be clothed, armed, equipped
and paid by the Nation-has called loudly on
the President to cashier the Secretary of War,
because of his lack of fealty to :" the peculiar
institution" This is coming out pretty strong
for State that denounced the Presidents call
of Militia to defend the Capital as a usurpa-
ton, aud has hardly yet burst the swaddling
bands Of mi.traitOrous neutrality. And The
N. Y Express finds signal comfort in the fol-.
lowing exhibit of Kentucky Uaionism, extracted
from a Frankfort letter to The Cincinnati
Gazette
slave, affect you 4" asked
"A wore thing couldn't have happened u.s. II Is worse
pouring fy thousand more secession voters In among
. Hnt dorits
protected While they devote themselves uDdisuIbed 20 the
tssk Of destroying the Government" .
No. but do ask that the property Of loyal men shall at
let alone while thcyre lighting To support the Gov
.rnment talk about confscsting and emancipsng the
slave Of rebels. What's the result You render worthless
poab,il; bn grant H. The Government according to
Cseron proposition viii that the loyal men do not lose
It proposes to reimburse 1t isn't Reimbursement the
people want hight prong Mey rant their siares and the
system Of slavery untouched pay Tor depreciation or
Do you men, then, th.t Kentucky would rather plunge
into hs, anarchy and despotisu than give up SlsyeyP
In rers0n But Hete's reason about has matter
HGr. you learned yet that hd'nt ANYTHING 10 do run
ne niger decree OF general emancipation would ire
yokaby aud hopeessy plunge Kentucky into the rebellion
with the rest might be very foolish very insane bot that
doesn't alter tho fact In Kentucky ard still more IN every
other Southern State Csmeons policy would destroy the
Union party and fuse the whole people into one Homogeneous
friend; theoretically you Northern people may be right Ia
opposing savery-wel not discuss thstbut decree Of
The END Of republican insu,ioas Liberty would be gone
anarchy would be upon us, and 'duue qnipeu! ,
Would not be better than that to adopt me ofley htn
,aekv pansl hiek Out Cameron, drop the p,sytI Niger
gueo tell the armies just to LEI slaves sone have nothig
seize and them like ngsT chsrs keep them out Of
lines unless need them 70 work for you gut your ever
lasting bigger sgaon and Niger discussion and 90 ahead
with your fighting"
OF course, we shall not attempt to reason
with those who premise that their position is
one which defies all reason. The SlayeholdiDg
Interest is in rebellion against the Nation
even in Kentucky, the largely Slayeholdng por-
ton of the State is mainly rebel to-day. Her
Governor is q traitor at heart; her leading
Senator and other prominent politicians are
now in the rebel armies; she has sent many
more men into those armies than into ours;
yet Kentucky proposes that reason as well as
policy shall be ignored in her behalf-that we
must not declare the slaves OF rebels free be-
cause that would ''render worthless the prop
az rty of loyal men, 1t strikes us that,
though " reason" may have nothing to do with
this policy selfshness-the spirit which says
d" Let the country go to perdtion, but save
" me my niggerS"-is quite conspicuous in it.