, 1862-05-28

ating, it Is to find, after performing diff
cult operation, that through the careless
ness or incompetence Of some one else, the
work will have to be. done over again.
This has been the lot Of OUT troops in
Western Kentucky. They have driven the
rebels out several times; they have re-
peatedly given the professedly loyal men
the upper band; and they have come back
again only to find the rebels in complete
possession. The Union men in this in
tcnse1y pro-Glavery region do not seem to
possess the fighting stamina Of g flock Of
sheep Almost without resistance, they
allow Themselves to be bulIied, brow-
beaten, and robbed, by rowing bands Of
starve]ling gaerrillas. They cannot be
true men. Much they have to say about
the "aggressions Of Abolitionists," and
the constitutional rights of the
South )" but on the first appearance
Of danger they call piteously On the same
"AbolitioDists' to come and save them.
They are men who love their ease aud
their dollars, who are averBe to fighting,
and who cling to the Union because they
expect it to do their fighting for them, and
to secure them in quiet possession of their
slaves Genuine loyalty they do not seem
to understand. They consider every North
ern man under constitutional obligations
to shed his blood for the Union as it 4cas i;
but they are not ashamed to shirk their
share Of the duty under the plea Of "pecu-
liar circumstances" So long as they can
make black men work for them for moth
ing, they will expect white meR to fight
for them at the same wages.
The rebels Of Western Kentucky are an
other sort Of men. They comprise the ad-
venturous, the reckless and the desperate
Their ranks are filed up with young rep
rebates and old sinners; with blacklegs,
thieves, politicians and soldiers Of fortune;
with men opposed to honest labor, and op-
posed to paying their debts; with men who
hayc everything to gain and nothing to
lose by social anarchy and political dis
rupfon. Commanding these two extremes
the aristocracy and the scum Of society,
the esnobbish and the dangerous classes
treason has enrolled under its banner most
Of the fighting material.
A recent plot Of the rebels to capture
Paducah barely faiIed- The withdrawal o.
Northern troops to reinforced GET. Halleck, ,af
forded the loyal" people Of Western Ken
tueky On opportunityt show what stuff they
were made Of. They improved the oppor
t,unity. Some Of them played the men
but there was 50 much st1rking and back
ing down that the rebels were soon in
fair way to recover their lost footbold
Federal bayonets had to be increased
Painting "loyalty" had again to be hclt
up by the strong arm Of the Government
It was soon discovered that pro-sla7ery con
ecrvatism was An easy prey for armed re
bels, But men who will not fight for thei
country are proverbia1ly fertile in their de
vices to cover uear cowazdiee. The tele
graph informs us number Of Kentuck
ians have g6ne to Washington in order t
; lay before Congress the disastrous effect q
their State Of Emancipation in the District
10 protest against Emancipation, and t
. prevent, if possible, the liberation of til
slaves Of rebels. These men will have th
assurance to charge the poltroonery {
their people On the Abo1itionists, and I
l insist that the demands Of this age, the col
scientious convictions Of the loyal Mort
the peace and safety Of the Republic, ar
the sacred rights Of humanity shall all I
set aside to accommodate the barbara,
prejudices Of a few people in Kentuck
r who will not raise hand for the Unio
except on conditions which would lead
IL its shame and disruption. Now, this IS
i tolerable. If these people will not be 10y
le unless they can have everything their ov
} way, how much better a1e they than t
Is traitors Of South Carolina? 1t is time t.
II facts were made known, that the Fedel
ID Government does not belong to the sen
ut secessionists Of Western Kentucky.