The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-30
KENTUCKY AND the SOUTH.


Kentucky, though now gasping for breath,
and Kentuckians, though scattere in exile
all over the South, have neither cause, nor
g rhyme nor reason for dependency
much less despair and it is the duty Of
every true SON of the South to encourage
aud cheer. the heart Of those who have sacE
ri6ced 50 much FOR abstract principles of
patriotism and duty. We give no countet
nance whatever to the cold blooded ideas Of
those who speak Of 4letting Kentucky co.
and making peace treaty with our sister
State left out in the cold. Would these same
men Be willing to letthe noble KentucKiAnE
who are in our service got Would there
not be as much reason in Gems Breckin+
ridge, Marshall, BnoknAr, Helm and their
brave followers to let the South 60 for SINH
lar motives? And yet we see no officers
NOR any soldiers more thoroughly enlisted
patient, hopeful or successful Let Ken
lucky go indeed Never shall Crittenden,
Prentice & Co., lay that fattering unetiol
to their soul. WeIare as surely pledged to
Kentucky as to South Carolina, and at the
same rate We should hear men say, g let
Tennessee CO." whenever we happen, if that
sad day shoHld ever come, to be more over
run than now To forsake a land and
people because they are unfortunate il q
code of morals which we hope will ne yer
be recognized in the South The misfortune
of kentucky can not be said to be alto |
gether her fault, although We certainly felt
some reason in the expectation Of receiving
greater aid from her than is to be found ih
our ranks. But this must be borne in mind-H
the best and only representatives of 8 Pm
Kentucky" are with US. The lsnded iIH
tercst, the wealth, intelligence and substh1-
iial worth are to be seen in every quartet
striving and struggling for the South, whilst
it's only q new Kentucky" the YANKEE
cmigrants aud Dutch foaters, who have
given the preponderence to the schemes Of
the corrupt State politicians, led ty'
tho mcahrst OF all Yankees, George lp.T
Prentice, and the weakest of dotards, SIF
Crittcnden The tine for defamation dn
the SUBJECTS certainly over nut ho1estl
sympathy and true principle contain a Bab il
sionatc glow er sincerity worth all the b$u II
i asst and rhetoric in. the world We are
commanded, both by sympathy and ~
principle, as we'll as by memorable and in eFal
liable reasons of interest, to adhere to our
Kentucky friends, as they adhere to Us, and
to repossess Kentucky at all hazards. The
South, especially the Southern border. re-
quires nothing short of; all the territory
within the embraces of the Ohio river. Il
is our necessity. Moreover, it is our right
And lastly, it is our duty. We can never
give up Kentucky with honor, and we must
remember always that in nations, as in PR
sons, sacrifice of life itself is preferable 10
an abandonment of those true and lofty
principles of equity and honor, upon vllish
alone are founded true nobility and true
success. Kentucky is. twin necessitytp
Tennessee in point Of interest. In synHa-
thy she is bone Of our bone and flesh ofohr
flesh. Tennessee can neverconsent to part
with her. 1t is useless to preach any suHh
doctrine in the ear of Tennesseans. Ill !