, 1861-04-12

Extracts from a Recent Letter of
Hon. q. q: Nicholas.
4 sKNSIBLE VKEW,

| with an expedition Of hfs 7tsWs OF the exlstin
crisis, and Of ths duty Of the Border Slater. j
In 10 much more sensible and patriotic thu.
most OF the political essays which havs latsl
come from that quartar, that wa cannot II
falu from printing parts Of 1t for the baneA
Of our readers in Chicago. Were the viaws c
Judge Nicholas generally entertained in Ksr
tueky, Virginia, Tsnnessee, Maryland and Nil
souri,, this miserable business Of Secession
would be played ont IN thirty days. We cop
from the Loalsville Journal: :.
THE PoslEoa Ind Fo1toX OF KENTUCKY.
= Until recently there was no difference q
opinion among her sonR, that the preservation
Of the Union was the great paramount pollti
cal interest Of Kentucky. Nome Of her son
were ever more deeply committed or pledge,
to that opinion than our present Goyerno
and those leaders Of his party who aided hin
In our last Gnbernatorfaf canvass. They fulI
corroborated the inculcat1ons Of all our otte
political teachers, that disunion on. the slay
line is s7setTieuaNe ruin 10 Kentucky. -
No H1*n has ever been ingenious enough t,
point onta single; benefit that Kentucky ca
derive from disunion. "a
benefits that Kentucky has received, aud mus
continue to receive, from the Union.
No man can point out q slngle injury o
wrong that Kentucky has ever received from
the National Government.
No man eau honestly deny that the Unio,
we noW have is the very best confederacy tIa
can be devised for the vital permanent inter
ests Of Kentucky.
No man can honestly deny that the grea
body Of the people Of Kentucky, four-f[fths 0
them at Least, are Loyalty devoted to the Union
and that its destruction would call from Their
a prolonged Wail OF distress, such as proceed.
only from the violation Of the most cherished
feelings Of the human heart.
The teaching Of al our statesmen has here
tofote been that q severance Of the Union viii
be inevitably accompanied or soon followed
by a bitter continued warfare between tht
severed parts. As incident to the warfare
they taught us to expect the sacking and burn
ipg Of al our river towns, and the interior o
Kentucky being rendered the batlefield of con
tending armies: Mr.: Clay said" War and tht
dissolution Of the Union are Identical and in
sepera51e # we were to separate bY agree
ment, war would soon break out betTeen It's
severed portions.n This war would be wared
with the chances OF success for the South tla1
there is in fight Of eight men against eigh
teen; or rather, Of eight men against forty, d
we properly consider the military advantage
OF the North in Its greater condensation ol
population, it's greater railroad facilities, it,
larger purse, and its exclusive laval power.
Every Intelligent man knows, that after dis-
union on the slnye line the loss of our fugitive
slaves would be increased from ten to twenty.
fold, that this Woulu cause such insubordinate
restlessness among the slaves, with such dis
quiet among their owners, that most Of them
would be carried from Kentucky: Their fore.
ed sale In our oyerstocked market, with such
sudden depreciation of their labor, before a
substitute could be supplied, would Cause i'm
mense injury to their owners and the great
agricultural interest Of the State.
Consfderate men look to civil war among
ourselves in our own State as the possible re-
suit Of an effort to drag Kentucky out Of the
Union for existing causes. # attempted byH-
legal means, intimidation and precipitation,
they deem that result inevitable.
All this being so, there seems scarce room
for difference OF opinion among her sons as to
the trna policy Of Kentucky in this crisis OF
her fate. It cannot be better expressed than
in the language Of her patriot Crittenden !:
t'Let Kentucky stand BY that Union which
has conferred upon her SO much honor. 50 SO
much glory, so much liberty, SO much pros
perity, SO much happiness
+" Take care Of the Union, compromise for it !;
do anything for it !; take care Of it, and it will
take care Of you. Yes, sir, let us take care Of
the Union and it will take care Of u.s."
Such indeed, seems to be her plain, and
should be her undoubting policy Preserve
~ 1a1- - ~ 49, 49," :. - r. eselse neulueAy'
no" TO DEAL WITH sECEssIoNIsTs.
+h;.-. ~; 20, tno essese4onsts na'e naa every
Ma;6r Anderson svarutt;no @ 10 80 Ae1p.lun "
has secmpd IN C1,ai1 haiora +5.,,, ~" Th1y 1ooay
was the enorrniir n ~ er;,ao a. ~ nsnei ~
Of the peril, the government and the nation
have seemed alike appalled,. Every solicitude
seems to have been directed to Keeping The
career Of the seceders unobstructed, and to
I,roner aVerainn Is III ~, = a nss91n ana
What tn far bos oo1,na5 n "",, S1tteu sol9e-
Iona ~ 1af] 1nsdona ~ o-o;5aJ usS.J ttn5 ~ be
Nh annrec;stineS ~ cor,r ~ ~ ~ eoHslon:
th;s temeTitv tav have .so;'ad ~ It6 4h oye VI
If With the most nnEcrnnnions arden;tS e ~ ~
arms IN tbsir hends @ M tba1 5saant1 ~ ssop. WIN
us as their conntrTmsn Fnr % raas9,a seaounce f t
nwn +haV hovo ,ssr-,,ona,+,o en1 iss4 ~. VI t1eH
deannerots 3ootinr Voantys4nt! .sas 10 W seeh
tbaT naasr .oao-,+ o,a 1871. - "AI
neTer nermit awaw ~ +bo, e1}+ sIh - ~ lucy VII
nnmanv sena;hiify 1rhi,,h hitM a. u4s n nawhlsn,
wastinr nnon them of - n,1n1 Has Saasea !ns
whom time mav SCOTIA and ras+nrg taotpeis ~ tha;s
sensee They are hnId ;naToroi1o g, ~ " tns4l s
are seel,in5 nur rnin +hnnnh tho-, ,1ea nsn' "no
comnlisb;no tha;r n1yn a7 tha ln5 @ 10y pe ac-
TheY ara tiose worst enep;as m ~. tbot s0no .ae'
try can possibly have TesnInte ID az tyaitra SHu
Ha sueh we Rhnu1d 7!o1u thar, o%1
deai with then " ''1'NtA' 01'u piopose 70
w.. 49,.
eoon hlopAScE TO soUTH CAROLINA.
A majority Of the slave States, including all
those interested IN those subjects s. vast ma
Sa;3pd tbat Ihera T. ~ ~ ouS sa4se e 9aVlng
cession, it would be the duty Of the secedinp
States 1T once to return, if the yindication of
Southern rights were the real motive for their
secession. But such not being the motive.
nor any part of the real motive Of the leaders'
those States will never return until their neo.
pie eau wrest the power from the hands of
those pernicious t1aitors. Til then We must
have pati6nce, but in the meantime, instead Of
wasting our sympathies upon those who have
we must by rational, reasonable adjustment
seek to consolidate the Union feeling in tha
border slave States, without regard to the ac
ceptability Of such adjustment to the secedinor
States. That once done we can adYisedlY de-
ternine what is due to ourselves in any final
can, without too much detriment to the1n-
selves, permit the Atlantic States and Ala.
bama to secede, why let them 20, we Of the
West shall not object With most Of M thc
final exit of South Carolina would be deemed
q happy riddance For parity Of reason
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North caro-
lima will permit Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis-
souri, and Arkansas to contest the same ones
ton as to Louisiana and Mississippi: As to
that hard bargain, the uIxratefui. perldons
Texas, nothing need besaid. But as to Louisi-
ana and Mississippi, much may well be said.
a. perchance much may have to be done.
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"akHE KENTUCKY sRAPA1H1zERs SHOULD he.
Let Us cease to waste our sympathies and
forbearance upon that gathering Of adrentur-
ers from all quarters, who have not and never
had any Of the elements Of national position.
but who having obtained control of Louisiana
renounce us as fellow citizens and repudiate
MI svu,nathv 3rit}, ma nr f.rr 7r+aroeta tULrr.