The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-15
our intellirence and .YourI FIDELITY Olthe best

are charged with the mana cement OF the analrs
of our State Agricultural Society," When
). Kentucky was invaded "a few months sinceI
by those who are in rebellion against the Gov
ernment, and who are bending all their ener-
! gies to its destruction, the Directory OF the
Society passed, by a unanimous vote,i Feso-
luton directing that the whole of the means
| then on hand, amounting to nearly ten thou.
/ sand dollars, Should be placed at the disposal
of the Executive for the defense Of the State;
and in accordance with hearesolution,t the ten
der was made, 1t is: trus the necessity for
the funds thus rendered did not arise; but the
act is none the less patriotic pralseworthyI
ard should not have discharged my duty
either to them OF to myself had j not brought
the subject to your. attention. and thus ex-
pressed nv grateful Obligations.
= The reports of the Keeper of the Penltentf-
ary and of the Board of Examiners OF that IN
stitution will fully advise you OF It's condltion'
and to them refer you. These reports, to-
eefher with the Investigations to be made by
your committees, will place you IN possession
of all the information necessary to an 1ntelll-
gent discharge of your duties IN references
thereto A change in the custodian OF the IN
stitution is to take place on the 1st OF March
next and YOU will, ofeeourse, view thereoti
take such action as may be necessary 80 sAe
interests of the Commonwealth III
have caused full statement OF the imam
cial condition of the Commonwealth to De
made out by the Auditor of Public Accounts,
which will be laid before you Ihls statemene
exhibits the condition Of the Treasury on the
10th daya of October last, and presents, In a
comprehensive and intelligible form, the exact
state of the public funds, under the different
heads for which money is raised by taxation
| in the State, 1t also presents the estimate re-
Fceipts and expenditures for the year 1903, the
amount of- the debt of the State, and the
amount of its assets; together with an exhibit
showing the amount of taxable property for
| the year 1862, as reported by the Commission
ers oftTax for the several counties OF the State,
with the exception of the counties OF Floyd,
Fulton, Leteher, Perry and PlFzei from wn1eh
counties no returns have been recelYed ana IN
those counties the valuation for 1861 is substl-
tuted By this paper the financial condition
| of the State is presentedin amanner perfectly.
clear and intelligible, and will prove "a most
valuable auxiliary to you IN the discharge OF
tyour duties.
After this cursory view of the condition of
the State as an independent member of the
| Republic and in the conduct of whose affairs
you, as the Legislative department, take the
initiative in what is directory IN the manage
ment of them, / proceed now to the consldera-
ton of the attitade WEIGH Kentucky has oceu-
cupied in the inauguration and prosecution
OF the unhappy civil war that conyulses the
\ nation, and In its consequences affects the CIV
lilized world And here let me premise that
Kentucky stands guiltless of all the blood
that has been shed in this deplorable contro'
IVerSV From the cOQnGlGSS UaeGle-Aetuj Oof-
cred with the bodies of the slaln none can
arise to arraign her as the cause. of theslaugh-
| ter. From the beginning her voice has been
for Peace In every concaivable-mode IN
which that voice could find utterance she was
heard begging and imploring for Peace. She
spoke to the nation through her Legislature
through her Representatives, In Congress
I through special delegation sent to the Peace
4 Convention at Washington; and, still more
recently and more emphatically, in the Border
State Convention held in this city. Z AND to
her. too, belongs the high honor OF proposing
to the Congress, through our distinguished and
i venerable Statesman and Patriot, eompr04
mise known as the '!Crittenden Resolutions,
which, if adopted, would have settled the con-
troversy upon terms fair, just and honorable
to all and which must, in the end be the
D basis of any satisfactory adjustment coHslstent
} with thespresent Constitution. Every sensf
BILE consideration, affecting either Nationals
j State, or individual welfare, prompted her so
Ito act. She regarded the integrity OF the
}, Nation as, her buckler against foreign inter-
ference, and her shield against internal DIS
turbance. She regarded the State as sovereign
within her chartered limits for all purposes
not specially committed to a Nationaf Constl-
tutional Government And looking beyond
4 mere Governmental regulations she consider
ed carefully the happiness. OF the lnqlVlduat
} citizen, and properly concluded that 1t codid
4 only be secured by q strict adherence TO the
lCOnStltutlOH OF the u nlCeO pbdtoS
tenance of the undelegated powers themselves
u In his latter view she had5 ut a very early
f period Of our national history, emlnently DIS
: tinguished herself and shown how sensitive
| she was upon even the appearance OF any en-
eroachment upon the rights of the States HI
in her zeal-in defense of those rights, she over
3 stepped the limits of State power, something
:, must be pardoned to the excitement OF lf9o'
e.; which in resisting encroachm eht Tell into an
error by constructiyely asserting forthe otatesf
f as antagonistic to National usurpatlon, powers
s equally inconsistent with the existence OF the
: stability Of the Republic. AT least such has
5 been the argument built upon; the virginia
It and Kentucky Resolutions OF that Perloo.0
|. But even then it was never contenoe9 gnst re-
d dress was to be sought for out of the Union ana
= not in Il While Modification was declared to
l. he the rightful remedy, it was, asexpaained by
:, Mr. Madison, only to hold in abeyaneefthe ex-
d arcise of mower until the question of jurisdlc-
l. Hon conld be settled by the arbiter provided
Il for in the National Constitution. Her whole
e history is that ola Union]oyin@s loyal people
,fI She has shown this in- Peace and in War
If The war of 1872 and the with Mexico
=, were signalized by Kentucky valor, and the
?, bones of her SONS were left snpon every battle
L field And when, too, the frsss germ OF TINS
II rebellion opened IN South Carolina upon tne
Q pretext Of an oppressive Tariff, no state was
It more severe in its denunelstfon and none more
Z efficient to suppress it., But whateFerp p glofy
d she NAV have achieved, either IN com oatting
n the foreign enemies OF the country, or IN iss
o dirlo1nacy or IN the National councils, 1t Will
ot ali be ecipsed by the manner IN whfeh she mas
d tho rlrnseub awful Crisis. IH6