Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-23

The message of Governor Magofin to The leg
islatnre Of Kentucky, in extra session is pub
lished. 1t is quite long document. He con
demns MoRGANs raid, and laments his want Of
authority to prevent them. He dwells at length
on ''the interference, by the military, with the
civil authorities and the arrest of citizens with
out authority Of law" He grieves over the i'm
prisonment of citizens of Kentucky. He wants
Kentucky to be a peace e-maker, and says;
She has had nothing to do with bringing on this
war, and will suffer more, probably, than aay
other State, if it continue long Her institutions,
interests, manners, customs, associations and
sympathieS have been mainly with the South,
but her loyalty to the Union of ur fathers is IN
questionable. She had common eomplginEs and
wrongs with her Southern sisters, but widely diff
fered with them in the remedy they adopted
Regarding abolition es worse than secession, by
condemning, in unmistaksble language, the
change OF policy in the government, you will
strengthen, in my opinion, the cause Of the
Union, give assurance to its vast armies in the
field, and greatly encourage enlistments at
home.
The governor thus concludes:
"For myself have endeavored to do my duty
under the Constitution and laws, no matter how
much it may have been nay misfortune, perhaps,
to differ from you, painful as it has been to me-
some of my dearest friends belonging to the op-
posite party. My intentions have been upright
and honest :. No one can charge me,
truthfally, with doing privately anything incon-
sistent with my public declarations and course.
What pledge have l disregaTded2
What law have I failed to execute when had
the power to do itl La what have attempted to
thwart the will of the majority, expressed accord
ing to the Constitution, and under the forms of
lawl What word of treason have / uttered?
What act have | done to aid the rebellion? What
motive could have to assist in breaking up the
Union-the government of our fatheTs2
In what have l offended so grieVous-
~ as to justify the Legislature in depriving me
Of the power given the governor Of the State by
the Constitution for its own preservation, the
enforcement OF the laws, and the protection of
the people in the full enjoyment of their rightsi
Threats are made that ! am watched and am to
be held to a terrible accountability Is it be-
cause recognize no government but thai which
s embodied in the Constitution and laws} Al
egiauce (loyalty) to government is obedience to
law Is it because ] believe the
Federal government the creature Of the sovereign
States of this Union, and can exercise no powers
except those delegated by them in the Constitu-
ionl that | am for a strict construction Of the
Constitution, and State rights man, belonging
o the strictest of the straightest scot of Demo
'rats2 Is it because / believe the best interests
If the people have been always secured in the
uccess of that party7
hazard nothing in saying 1 have been more
Intiring in my honest efforts to preserve, and |
ave made more propositions to prevent dis |
Olution of the Union, and which promised to |
'e successful if they had been adopted in time, !
han all of my busy, brawling calumniators, |
ghe had their vile purposes 10 serve.