The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-17
Interesting Article on II aEg's Ken
tucEY Camp IGN.

N"S"S lamp 'iEhs
The Montgomery AdVe Rssr copies the
following paragraph from BRAGG'o OH ial
Report of the battle of Perryville, and
and takes issue with it:
1.-THE campaign here was predicated on
belief that the people Of The country
would rise en- mds,e IT, assert their indie
prudence. No people ever had TO favor
able an oppor unity, but / am dis,r ssed
10 add, there is little or no disposition 10
avail themselves OF f.. Willing, perhaps
to assert their independence, they are
neither disposed nor willing TO risk
their lives or their property Ia its schev-
ment. With ample means Ia arm 20 900
men, and force with that, fully able to
re- deem the State, we have not yet issued
half the arms left US by the casualties
incidents to the campaign"
Upon this the Mobile. Register thus
comments in leading article:
"Ths AdVs,tiser reiterates what has
been so often asserted by the enemies Of
Gen Brsg that the tai ure of the cam
paisn was not owing TO ihe apathy ~
he Kentuckisps;' that the people d d
not have so favorable an opportunity o
Use as Gen. Bragg believed; thai the
advance and retreat Of The COnfederaIes
was 80 rapid that they had NO time TO
arm and organize, &C., g."
I'VE have some VIII II ch anR ed onr opinion
about the "spathy Of the Kentucki ,nr,
az one of The causes Of the failure OF the
Keutu ky campaign. The apathy TO.
ward the Southern army was manifest
enough, except from the noble women
out there was abundant evidrDce OF
warmth toward the Federals. The true
southern bl cd of Kentucky, we now
believe, has lift the State, ana fed fir m
tyranny and white slavery to the South
ern COnfederacy. This is the cream Of
Keniucky's ohivslry and patriotism
What is left is but the SKINNED milk, il
We may jude from the tame submission,
or, at leas', a full and feeble resistance, 10
the degrading wythes which Lincoln is
daily hiding around their once free and
manly liu b. Men who require more
than Il rec months 10 leap to arms 10 re-
sIst dishOnor aud despOtism, with dis
cipliped army Of thirty thousand men on
The spot to rally TO, could not have very
keeny ia The dishonpr the desputism.
la May ii was known Brsgg as coming.
la July, Kirby smith, with the advance,
arrived. la September Bragg followed,
and in the latter art of October the army
d. Here were nolice of advance and
presence of force for over five months.
60 l." says the Advertiser, had the
Coniedera'es remained for six weeks
longer ia Kentucky and manifested IN
the meantime disposition aud an ability
t. hold the State, not less than 80 UOO
go 900 y men would have lined the ar
my" We have not doubt of it, 1t
the OOnfcderales could have whipped the
Yankees out Of the State vi bout the aid
II the people, and become masters Of the
situation, Generrl Bragg would have had
many TO d ok 10 his standard. But that
vas not lhe programme nor the propo-
ii"n These acre ~ come frsi 10 our
standard, and let as together expel the
'Irants. The simple truth is, the pen
ct hrntu'kg would not d. j. and be-
cause they did not, General Bragg had
10 fall bachelor he could not, by his
own strength, hold the ate against
ButlPs oyerwhelD log forces,
| a few thousand gallant sons of Ken
lucky armed and Joined the Cnnfedrra Q
army. but the masses of the X, ntucky
male population were either dead 10 a
sense of the crisis, Ut were hostile Union
men.
ave are very much afraid that the
! Kentucky heart now, since its noblest
aud best have come 10 the South, is with
or enemies, that poll ct its votes would
show IL,
1.-THE following official military figure
are dangerously significant OF the true
feelings VI Kentucky;
KENTUCKY TROOPS.
"The repurts of the Adjutant. General
Of Kentucky, show that Sta'e to have
sent forty -ioug regiments of infantry,
numbering % 470 men into the held;
| aueen regiments Of cavalry, numbering
hap; two batteries OF arullrry. 100
men; total Of 49 009 men, which tue
State has gwen to the military service
Of the country. In closing this report
General FInnell says, that il illustrates
lar better than mrre words Of tulugy
can do, ihs courage aBd adslity Of he
loyal people Of KeutIcky. The State
IA IS given 10 The army Of he Uuion fully
one half Of all the loyal men Of lhr
Common wealth capable of beat log arms
Sixty nine Kentucky regim, u Is raised
for the Aholitiouisl Llncolnl Just think
! OF il when you speak OF the 'auatbyt n