The national Republican., 1862-10-02
g'IIE FANS DEsI's PROCLAMATION
IN IL hANTUCKH.
A correspondent OF the New York IT.

correspondent Of the New York Tribune
vi ling iIom Louisvi'le, atys:
'Iu, nrs! eG.cl Of the President proclama
ton coming, as II did 20 utterly unexpected
uIc@ the pr slavery t-.ouio.s Of kentuoky
VI : trisuss CONSERVATION.
Bat = low grow is 8lrnady audible. and
an JersuAfed bat unless thr nesrhess oi the
sn4'a! sulrs express ons "f dissatisfaction Er
i!H present howl Cf Genuucatlun Will 0e
r. Sei iAInea. ateiy.'
Vel ie, tho K:ntuCkiaus hnw W. don't
.,. "iui tbnf eau ,Io abuur il, III, proclana.
{ - - cr.. 1t is an autboritstive ,npaT. |,
- a? - possible harm to tny loyal Union
per IL Kenmcky, or anywhere else. II Ken
~ ky IL disposed TO shield aud protect rsbsis
In tlsi: supposed rigat 10 hold slaves while
tacy are II T. o.lion against the very Govern
meat wbioh Ia now offending her soil, she can
do So. and warm in he- bosom the serpent tina,
l. slincina her to csath. This il q matter Of
b-r own choice. The Government, however
will not bulge en inch from it, declared pur-
poo.
so Louisville Journal gsts ot the follow
ing
" Enni lcEJ cannot t,t vii not acquiesGe IN
this measure, Never siidie y III shn allow
Il tu CONT her devotion tn tho cause thus
cruelty imperl led Huow. The Government oul
fathers framed Is one thing. and thing above
price Abraham Lincoln, The temporary occu
pant II The executive chair, Is another thing
aad \ thing Of comparatively little worth. The
one Ia an Individual, the sands Of whose offica
existence are running fast, and who, when bis
f1cinl existence shall end, will be no more or
lees than any c,hor individual. The other Is a
grand political structure, in which Ia contained
the treasures and tho energies OF civilization
aud upon whose lofty and shining dome, seer
from the shores Of all clinass, centre the eager
h pes Of mankind. What Abraham Lincoln, al
Pre5ioent, does or fails 10 do may exalt OF
IOTer our estimate of himself but not of the
grrat ard benedOent Government of which he
- bat the temporary servant. The temple Ia
not the less sacred and precious because the
priest lays an unlawful sacrifice upon the altar
Tho lOril,v Of Kentucky ID not To bG shaken
hy any mud act Of the President
TSiS, We conclude, 10 the fire. howl-not
very alarming however. II is somsthing Ia
kuow that Kentucky will remain loyal, not
withsandiug the putpoPe Of the Government
10 daprl'" traitors Of their property in slaves.
The lri5'ma remarks Hs follows, upon the
above quotation from the journal:
"lG'th loyalty of Kentucky Caa make any
! less credllable exhibition OF Itself than II hAs
| done durInG the John Morgan raid aud the pre-.
sent INVASION we would rather be spared the
con'emplsttNn Of II. Had Rhode Island been
set upon by such garg OF horse thieves as
Morgsn's, she would have cxaoted Il robbers
life for every horse taken; but when nRht 4,
TO be made for tho capital OF Kentucky, VIC
hear uf but one Kentucky regiment In Tho
| Union line Of battle. Ken urSy casts one hun
cred thousand v"Ies for ,he nioD; but when 4
comes tc hEhr'rg ber rebel INVADERS, her Union
lists stand back and let those of Indiana ant
Onto go IN.
| Wouldn't ii BE- woll IA an experiment TO arm
round with Bragg, Kirby Smith q Co.. At tn,
very worst, they could not make worst fgh
Of II than her white Unionists have dOne-be
tore the Presidents proclamation Of freedom
mind you'll