The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-07
LETTER OF COLONEL METCALFE
To the Editors of the Cincinnati; Gazette:

The raid, or rather the horse stealing ad
venture just accomplished by NJ organ with
the ad vice and consent of the sympathizing
thieves in our midst. is all the talk here, and
l suppose you have been duly inform ed OF
all the particulars. I can now inform you,
and this I have from "unquestionably rei-
able authority "that Le1inQton is safe Now
just think Of it-all Kentucky acting on the
defensive against one regiment of thieves.
Collecting up the men to Lexington and
Frankfort. and waiting there for an attack
Morgan did not COM here to fight; his mis-
sion was in the horse business. He had no
time to waste on fighting. The men were
nearly all ordered away from Cynthiana, and
their horses left there. Of course nothing
could have suited Morgan better, aid accord
ingly he went there and attacked the small
force that was left and took up the horses
| suppose strays. But be it remembered
to the credit of the little band that were at
Cynth lana, they fought the enemy, who
mum bered four or i've to one, for four hours.
under the leadership of the gallant Colonel
Landrum, Major w. o. Smith, Capt. Rogers,
and others, the enemy losing the most men,
The enemy passed through Harrodsburg,
Versailles, Midway, Georgetown. Leesburg
to Cynthiana, passing within twelve miles of
Lexington. Yet can positively assure you
that Lexington is safe. The enemy then
went to Paris, and the next morning early
Gen. G.. G. Smith appeared before the town
to give him battle; but the valiant horse
trader, with all his forces and horses too
skedaddled with most terrific speed. Smith
following close after his with sharp stick,
but could not get near enough to punch him,
and by this time he is at Mobile if he kept
on at the same rate that he left Paris.
/ But will quit that subject for my private
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of the whole thing, and no promotions will
be made at present on account of the master
ly management displayed. Like the cele-
brated gentleman IN harvest, we are always
a little behind. am told that Morgan left
Kentucky greatly disgusted with his friends,
and said that he had got two thousand let
ters inviting him there and promising a
general uprising If he would come; that they
wou Id flock to his standard by the thou nd,
but he took away fewer len tn an he brought
with him. But all his mares foaled, aud he
will of course get back with more horse
stock.
Is there anybody in America simple enough
to be fooled again by the sympathiZing
scoundre!s in Kentucky that profess to do
nothing2 But 1 tell you they are constantly
plotting and planning the destruction of
avery Union man. They invite in these
ILicN % d-iL iObOSiSi " ~ JO- dto WIN
rob and murder our friends and still expect
that we must protect their lives and proper. j..
ty. Will Kentuckia ians never, never learn
common sense? Will you calmly stand and
look on, and your State invaded by
band of murderers, who are invited to your
door by the Scound relS in your midst, and
calmly look on while they murder your ia
ther. vonr h-othar ord J'o,,- s"r9 " Vr'' 'rH y
are thus bereaved know full we'll who are
l. l. J
son whose blood now is upon the hands of
these fiends in your own neighborhood. have
nobly fallen defending your homes and fire.
sides. and now stand at the gates of heaven,
guarding it against the entrance of the
cowardlv relatives left behind who will not
avenge their unjust death. Kind policy has
been tried protecting their property has
been tried. We have protected tn cir fami
lies, while they went to war against US. We
have protected their property while they
robbed u.s. We have tried to argue consti-
tutional laws while they cut our throats.-
Will experience teach you nothing? Rise
and subdue them by any means in your
power. If it requires the taking of their
lives, you must do it a sad necessity
Your country and your life and liberty are
at stake. Fight them by any means in your
power, as long as they have arms in their
hands, or sympathizlng with the enemy.
They can make peace in twenty-four hours,
if hey wish. But you must conquer it =
You have voted, and they are trying to whip
you out of your allegiance to your country
and your own decision, and place over you
rulers you have rejected You have done
your duty at the ballot box. Now try the
bayonet. The rich men in your own coun-
try who have lent their aid and influence to
the enemy ,,are the men for your especial at
teution. At the beginning of this rebellion
they were simple enough to believe that
they were to be made the lords over you;
that the laws of South Carolina would soon
be extended over Kentucky, and all of you
who did not own ten negroes would be de-
prived of legisla tive powers. and all who
were not "nigger'' owners would be entirely
deprived of a vote, and they would be the
lords of our land. Down with them. boys
Take that property from them Deprive
them of the means by which they expect to
put you down. Teach them that you are
their superiors as and freemeu, if not
in property. They lid wantonly burn the
dwelling houses of our friends Mr.. V. and
Capt. X, now would it be but simple justice
for them to move into the finest house Of
svmpathizer in their neigh borhood and drive
them out? call upon you. gentlemen. to
set the example. Let them feel the anarchy
they have produced, give them some prac-
teal demonstration, so that they can COM
pare anarchy with the good old way it was
when they commenced this war. But, h alt.
Let US see If we cannot find remedy that
will do away with the sad necessity of kill
ing our own race snd devastating our love-
ly land. Yes, we can. That is, to remove
the cause of this war. If there had been no
slaves, there would have been no war. Why
did our people turn fllibusters and attempt
to take by force Cube Central America, Yu-
catan, &c? They said at the time that the
object was to extend the slave power, and
give the balance of power to the slave States.
Then il js a nlain case tn at If there h ad hean