The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-26
IKENFUcKY LEeIsIAFuRB.

In THE HOUSE,. Mr.. jCopklin, offered the
following preamble and resolutions, which
were referred to the Committee on Federal
Rslatiops: u awrE@
WHzREAs, We have sssn-witi, profound
regret and astonishment that bill has pass
ed the lower House Of Congress PROPOSING
to raise three hundred regimeptsy of African
slaves, TO be mustered into the service as
soldiers, and become thecom panions in arms
of our brave soldiers now inthe field, there
fore, on =. fiffffs-l trJ- Ys-;8DAS +
ReSoloed, That, in the opinion Of the Gem
eral Assembly of the Com monwealth OF
Kentucky, such an act would be degrading
to the nation. an insult to our brave soldiers
calculated to change the character ofthe war
from that of SURPRISING the rebellion and
enforcing the laws as originally avowed to
servile war-s war Of rapine and murder.
ReSolved, That we condemn it as ill-sd-
vised and impolitic as war measure, and as
measure fraught with such atrocities as
civilization condemns and revolts at.
At II o'clock the House resolved itself
into a Committee of the Whole to consider
furth er the reports and resolutions on Feder-
al Affairs, Mr.. Tevis in the Chair.
r. Mr.. Proctor had the floor He would not
have Kentucky give up the Union, but be
would not have her aid the Government in
prosecuting the war for conquest and sub
| jugation. If Kentucky would preserve her
! liberty, she should speak out--not with .
reasonable voice but as become freemen,
! fearlessly, and boldly He would speak of
Mr.. Lincoln as a public servant, and not as
master of the people. He would resist the
policy of the President in turning loose the
negroes of the South, if need be, by the pow
of the sword. Slavery was part and parcel
of the Constitution, and iflyou. stfike down
one, you destroy the other; and he was for
preserving both. He. would prosecute the
war for the purpose Of restoring tia, Union
and preserving the rights of the S. ates un-
impaired. He believed the, peoplh cof the
South were tired of the spotismthat was
overriding them, and he believed, if we
would prosecute the war with the sword in
one hand and in the other extend ov err the m
the shield of the Constitution, the Union
could be restored. He favored the holding
of Mississippi Valley Convention.
Mr.. h eady followed. He did not believe
in the policy of quietly submitting, when
aggressions were committed on us; 1t only
/ invited their repetition. 1t becomes the
/ Legislatur of Kentucky, in the strong
/ language consistent with politeness, to de-
nanG that the party at Washington give up
their present policy; and If Kentucky shou d
be striker down thereby, let her fall with
/ her face upwards and her feet to her foes.
/ declaring for the laws. The policy of the
! party in power does not give the people of
the South chance to come back into the
! Union, and has made their struggle a strug-
gle for liberty. This war has;idsgenerated
into war against institutions of the people
! of the South, and, if persisted in, the Union
was gone forever. He denounced any rev.
olutionary action on part of Kentucky as he
denounced the re evolutionary acts of the
| President; but if compensated emancipation
was to be forced upon Kentucky, be wonld
not only raise his voice. but in 40 other place
| heAwould raise bis right arm against it. =,
In THE SENATE. Mr.. Fisk, by general
consent, offered a preamble and resolution,
which were ordered to be printed, and re-
| ferred TO the Committee on Federal Rela-
/ tions. 60 - q ... q