The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-08

The Kentucky Eiscsaon.
The result of the recent elections in the
State of Kentucky is just now occupying to .
great extent the attention Of the party press.
The niggerhead journals are doing their utmost
to convince their readers that the success Of the
Union ticket In that State Is q complete triumph
of the administration, with all its isms and radi-
cal plans. On this, however, they are wide of
the mark. The State of Kentucky 'is one of
the most positive States in the Union. 1t never
was republican and abolition, nor is it seces-
sion. It's citizens are firm supporters Of the
constitution, and in the recent election they
have declared in favor of that bulwark of our
liberties more strongly and emphatically than
ever before. The result is the reputation Of
both radical republication and copperheadism
Those persons classed as copperheads in Ken
lucky mean simply rebels The election Of
the ticket run by that faction would therefore
be simply declaration in favor of secession
and rebellion. The result was that all opposed
to the rebellion united on the common ticket,
resulting in glorious triumph for the Union
and renewed pledge on the part Of the people
Of that State for the suppression Of the rebellion.
It is complete reputation Of the copperheads
and declaration that Kentucky still stands firm
for the immediate crushing out of the rebellion
by force Of arms, and nothing more or less.
Nor is there the slightest evidence for the
fanatic radicals to claim the least approval, d.
rectly or indirectly, Of their schemes It has
been admitted by some Of their journals that
Brutus J. Clay, the successor Of the lamented
Crittenden, is the only administration man
elected to Congress. We publish elsewhere q
remarkable and outspoken letter from Mr.
Clay, that gives in plain, decided and un-
equivocA language the position that he &C.
cupies on the present issues, which we COM
II am says Clay, "and always have been,
for the preservation Of the constitution and the
Union, and for the vigorous prosecution of the
war to subdue the rebellion which threatens
their overthrow. At the same time am OPP
posed to tn, policy Of the administration as to
the abolition Of slavery and the enlstig Of SLAVES
as soldiers" This is conclusive that Mr. Clay
is not in favor of the extreme measures of the
radicals, who are now all potent in admin
istration circles at Washington The views of
Clay are PROFESSIONALLY those of the majority
of the people Of Kentucky. 1t was that doc
trine that they declared in favor Of in voting
for the Union ticket. It is therefore clear that,
while they repudiated copperheadism, secession
and rebellion in all its phases, they spoke in
the same decided tones against the heresies Of
the fanatical radicals.
This position of the people Of Kentucky is
precisely the same as that of majority of the
people in all the loyal States Of the North. ex
cept it may be some of the extreme abolition
States Of New England. 1t was on just such
a platform that the conservative party was
carried into power in this State in the
fail Of 1852 This result is additional
evidence of the extreme folly of those
men elected to Congress on the conservative
ticket in this city last year taking the position
Of opposition to the war the moment that they
were elected. In doing so they declared in
favor of the rebellion. The republicans were
successful in the States of New Hampshire and
Connecticut last spring simply for the reason
that the opposition announced their pro-
gramme Is being opposed to the crushing out
of the rebellion by force Of arms, and in favor
Of an armistice and peace on any terms. A
majority Of the people are in favor Of crushing
out the rebellion and no dodge of the poll
ticians will prevent them from expressing
their sentiments at the ballot box. At the
same time they do not approve Of the doc
trines Of the niggerheads. The folly Of the
copperheads in claiming that the elections last
fall were in favor Of their secession notions,
and of the niggerheads that the recent
election in Kentucky is an endorsement of
their incendinry schemes, is therefore silly in
the extreme. II is simply reputation OF the
rebellion and declaration in favor Of restor-
ing the Union, with the constitution unim-
raired