The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-03-12
MESSAGE or TIE ONION, GOVERNOR
OF KENTUCKY.

i ESS AGE or TIE ONION, GOVERNOR
OF KENTUCKY.
We have received = copy Of tho m.saags Of Gov.
Robinson, the uaion oovxuor OF K.ntuckv. Yhs
'ns part IL devoted to brief rsvkw Of tie oriaio
4 the rebellion. the course Kentucky hes pursued,
'nd III, aid sh0 has rendered 70 the ra.ienal Gov.
'rnmsnt. He approves Of the Grant made by Oon.
rssa for tbs eatahlishmsnt Of agricultural colleges
lad recommends the Legislature TO take steps 70
.onply with the conditions OF the grant, Tho ss.
md half q the message IL devoted to the slavery
l1sstIon In rels' ion to the Psssidsnt's rroclsms
non Of emaneil alton Il IL from this portion that
~s make the following extracts, showlnr Z what
hat unhappy State has 81 rsrsd at the hands Of
Yankee friends"
WHAT SHE HAS R,aHr TO cokptAIs OF.
has been denounced In the Halls Of Coneress q
either tfeasonabls cowardly or both This n .
Dost unkind return to those patrio,tc ara loyal
men, who. perfectly understanding the dfhcuitiss
in their path, sdopiss tho only line Of policy that
30 doing keep safsly to her m ,osings great State
wh.cn II is had been lost to the Union, would
greatly have weak eued the national strength II II
had not, indeed. charged the whole character OF
tns war Hut this, perhaps. Ia m cpl emeral wrong
which eventually may recoIl upon its perpetra.ors
and bs visited upon them with co:empor neous
and historic contempt.
She has right to complain that sines the occu.
pancy Of her country by the Federal troops the
rights Of property have not been duly respec.e ed.
Under the spscious plea Of military reces esst ~
farms have been laj wss!a, provisions have besn
sszsI forage has been collected, and, instead OF
being bsugnt in open market. whore the supply
would have bssn ample and the competition fair,
oommiss ssi.s have gone with teams and soldiers,
taking grain and other commodities from the farm
efs a whatever p.ice the commissaries choose to
FIX to them, and utterly regardless whether tie
farmers could spare them or not, aud, instead Of
prompt payment leaving In its stead cunbrous
certificates wh ch have TO paas through many hands
before they are properly audited, AID then to pass
into the general vortex Of Governmental claims
because unnecessary COL d ict many Of cur fa III
era have been deprived Of the means f subeisting
thsir stock during The present winter, aad he
dlret and qaeniiAl losses to them have been
iunous Ia the ex .rems. Yet even this ght have
and has been borne As enc Of the unpleasant con
comtsn:s that follow the marches or encam pments
OF Irocps but still |. 10 matter of wonder to Rem
tuck ians Why different rule prevails on tbs oppo-
site side OF the river. Why Is it that supplies
are bought and paid for In Ohio, the Government
coming In a any other purchaser while tho same
thinss are uoceremoDio ious)y seiZsd in Kentucky -
u I'D Kentucky lost any of her equality with other
lc yxl states; and, If not who IN responsible for
making disparAg'ng difference with herr
ABOLITIONIsTS.
Since the commencement Of this civil war there
has .uddenly grown MP theory outside Of and
above the Constitution and . new doctrice hss
been Introduced into practical exhioiiiou-that
military ntcsssity IL not 20 be measured By c0nAi
ta,,onai limits. out must be the jndse Of the ex.
.cscs Of its powsrs. AS an ffshoot ircm this po-
ltcai heresy there have Appeared among us not
only anti slavery prcpagandists but men who have
actually presumed to override our own State lava
md IN peuimArtQ hTOu oht hefA oHtacSihlu
protection into cities OF refuge for ruusway sl.ves
TO such an extent has this been carried that not
only have our citizens been driven from the camps
where they have traced theE property into the
been prevented from ssrving any process for their
recovery. This bish-hauded ard iniq 1itous cen.
due. Is daily aud hoally uesksning the Of
the Union and paralyzng the Efforts to SUPPRESS
the rebellion. And, In addition TO all this it il
putting the StsIe to imminent psril 1t is asking
too .cn Of the citizan to expect him to fclG his
a,ms in quiet submission when his p operty Ia
taken from him In his very presence, aud TO be
fudeiy thrust aside a. ths point Of the bayonet
when be attenpts 10 reclaim 1t. Your State lava
sre already ample for redress Of tffsuces aRaus.
the property of the citizen, as tbs same have been
ori i!uarily cou mttsd hut sugsest to you the PRO
pre,y Ct othsr aud more stringent laws against the
Infamous practice of abolition soldiers In this par
.cuisr and to do this tffactukiiY there should be-
soieraa affirmation Of the greA truth that in al
free Governments the military il and must be sub
give II q practical meaning by providing for its
mai,.tenAuce at all hazards.
Ii liz but Just to add that this cusation coes not
apDiy indiscr rminata'y to all ,te regin.snts that
ers Of many Of them oppose the prAc:.ce far as
they can co 70 consistently with wis. tcey boieyo
to be ,hsr duty subject TO the rules and articles
OF war and the proclamation OF the Pretident Of tho
United ctates, issued Gn the 22d of September
Last.
LIxCOLss EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
Az an operative edict In tbe Southern rebsllcus
Gtstes II can have other II tthan to strength
On them in their rebellion, and give to!ersbls pre-.
tex. to their cause. He night with es much reason
have issned a proclamation to them to lay do .n
their SINS. Both equsly expose hiu to a con-
s.mptuous r. ,clion Of his echems
BIZ, he makes distinction between slavery in
tie rebel Stctes and slavery In the loyaI States
and proposes to tie latter compensated epancipa
u,n as IN equivalent for sir nrrender Of the in
sti,usion itsef 1t ID probable that this proposition
w.a intended especially for Kentul Ky but how
vain i3 On Offer when there is no power to accept
IL. even IL th.re WAS q disposition to DO 3d. Eea
tuosys Constitution Gx.s She Institution part OF
her sotted policy, and u, question 10 q concluded
one, only to be reopsDed by the call Of Convsn
tion and the adoption OF new Constitution This
could not, owing to the provisions Of tbs iDstIg-
msnt be eff:csed until many years have elapsed
a eriod beftre Ihe arrival Of which, II is to 5s
hoped th's wretehsd war will have bssn brought
to q close.
NED. in tho way, his propo, i.ion would be ard
ought to Ls promptly rejected. Ksntueky under
stands her own in srests too we'll to be thankful
fJr grataitous advice a. tc ths m de In which she
saeuid manage them and wAeD she wants the as
sistsnee of any outside adm nstraio OF Eer afaieE
she eisras tts privilege Of originating tae sug.
aestion. would, therefore suggest the pTopsisty
OF yonr passing resolution, by way Of respcnte
TO the Presidents proposition, that Kentucky re-.
iects It, and ct the same time, in behalf OF her uwn
nnnuestioned rig ats AZ an independent power Ia
tina control of her own State polty protests Ainst
sy interference with II nnoaryaa.sd Ly the Con-.
Hituit4n NJ the United States.
A DIM RAY OF LIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
but by far tbs most alarming aspect in which
iEe proclamation presents itself IL Its occupations
Of the powers of tbs Govefr p snt upcn ths sp;cous
pr.tsxt thEt ths President "sinccseY b. i,ves i to
10 an act OF justice warranted By the Csnsstasica
upon military necessity" II military necessity il
rot to he meaaured by consti uiionai limits we are
no longer Q free people The sword has become
paramount xIa the civil authority subordinate. -
ihe moustrous dostT.ne has already received An
Indignant rebuke FRI Ia the people Themselves Z he
JsIssy snl II!r. y Ia thsir recent elsc.l0rg hsys
lu. their veto 6poa 1t apd later returns indicate
ina. Connecticut and other paris OF Nsw Eugisnd
will aeon add their emphatic condemnation In.
deed It IL apparent that the people are aroused 10
the sense of the danger that threst~ns their consti
tue Ssscue. Untii thst dy--whieh Is inquest .ona.
big ussr It Land-aTrlves. 1t becomes Kentucky 20
mk a.etn tho Eos:.o9 che hss hitherto occupied -
Let her MT a0Ats ooe jot OK little of hef oRsosstt
TO g. ,aEion or Abolition but lot her poise herself
upon the great truth that man 10 capsule Of self
governuent, ard that God Designs tbs country for
. great = free. and . happy people, and shape her
policy to that great end IN the meantime the lie.
4isIaiure would do we'll TO follow the exam. 10 Of
ocr Kentu, shy fathers and plsee uPon her records