Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-24

April c, 1862.

April &, 1862.
My Dear =: You asl,
me to tell you something about affairs in
Kentucky. As / am in the midst OF seces-
sionists I can probably tell yon something
This is next TO the strongest secession dis
trict in the State. do not know of a
family that is not somewhat divided
There are four brothers, friends of ours,
one captain and another a colonel in the
Federal army, the third is "a surgeon in
Prices army. and the fourth WAS with
Buckner in Tennessee. In spite of this,
there is Rrea; bitterness of feeling here,
aud families and friends are aIieuated,
never to be friends again. There are
great many secessiOnists in Kentucky. /
believe majority of the wealthier classes
are seCessionists. You know the opinion
That SOuiherners have of Yankees as u
class, and even now you hear them say with
heartfelt indignation, 'hoW dreadful that
our young men should be killed by such a
horde
AT one time we thought surely Buckuer
would be down upon US in week. Hun
dreds of men. knowing that the UniOnists
would protect their property, then turned
iseceSh,' so As to be safe when he got here.
Nearly every farmer in this part of the
State trades with the South. principally in
mules, and they have great deal of money
owing them in the South They too, as a
class, are seLf-pTotectiUe. a great many be-
lieve, from injurious misrepresentation,
that Republicans and ADolitionists are the
same; and that the northern power intends
TO take all our slaves and eoHfsedts gensr-
ally. That, of course, is ignorance, and
they are the hardest TO convince. Think 1t
very plain 20 avery enc that there is but
little naRFiofi=trV TtRaHa11,- IL
us, and the people are Influenced in this
thing by passion or self-interest. There
are, however, some noble instances here OF
great sacrifices made for our country by
men whose estates are ia the South, and
therefore confscated as belonging to uon-
residents. Was ever more infamo us bill
passed?
Since the army came to Kentucky.
know Of bu: one slave having made his
escape by their assistance. In not one
single instance has the property of seces-
siOnists been taken. Some of Buckuer's
was sold only to pay taxes. Men are living
in sight of US. Who are known to have sent
men and money to fight for JEFF. Davis, aud
they sit by their fre-sides, sell to the Gov
eminent, claim all the protection of the
laws which they denounce as of no effect,
as the Government is no longer anything
but farce, and then to hear them talk
It is amazingl I do not believe the Vcne.
tians or Poles can harangue as Vehemently
about 'despOtism, iron-heel of military
power, poor oppressed people, ground
down to DUST &c. II you say that JEFF,
Davis has suspended the hdbeds corpus, and
constantly arrests men for opinions sake,
they say it is only done in retaliation,
- went to Columbia, Kentucky, and
says that the people there are perfectly des.
titute, the Confederate army taking ali their
Produce, cattle, wagons and generally their
clothing, and paying them in Confederate
scrip to be redeemed six months after their
independence is acknowledged" Now what
isto be done for these poor homeless people?
Must the Union party give to them, or the
secessionists who invited the Confederate
army into the State and made Kentucky the
theatre of operations? Thy feel that thew
ought TO do it, as they were unsuccessful,
and that is one thing that makes them so
exceedingly bitter. -
''The Legislature passed laws that a..
who had gone OF to the Southern Confed.
eracy should not be mOlested if they would
lay down their arms and return in thirty
days. otherwise they were expatriated.-
To this generous offer they say that every
man of that legislature ought to be tarred
Auu te'AtueEeuS anu at Iue next elections
men must go to the polls loaded down with
arms in the event of their votes being chal-
lenged; and some say that any man who
challenges vote will be shot down as he
stands. This is no hearsay, but tell you
what / know and hear myself. All my
friends around here are secessionists, and /
have not a relative on our side who is not
'secesh' also"
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