The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-12-17
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miseries. andsnfferings of the Southsas if they
Were ayenging ange1sl AIh eySthank.God that
they are not as their Southern brethren, and
swell with the magnitude of their charities, as
they devote the property Of otherssto sacrifice
1.-The issue thus forced, and forlwhich these
two extremists and coTwOrke of evil are re-
sponsible, has nevertheless struck serious, il
not fatal blow, at the Institution in the re-
bellious States 1t may languish for years in
painful land uncertain, being in those rebelH-
Gus States or may, If the war is not soon
brought to a termination perish in the conyul-
sions of the rebellion. ,f7sro
70 tits not the fault Of the loyal Kentuckians,
that these evils have befallen, and these dan.
gers environ, an institution in which our own
interests participate. Holding, as we do that
the people alone are sovereign. and that the
Federal Governments represents the united SOW
tereienty of the people for national purposes
and that the State Governments represent their
sovereignty within the limits of the State and
for local purposes, we feel the more keenly
the wrong sinflicted upon as by those DENYING
the foundation theory of our Government, and
who make war upon its lprepetuity, the one as
sorting the supremacy of State rights, the 9TH
er ignoring the rights of the people within
State limits. BY the fat of the sovereign
people, the National Government exists: by
tina same fat, State Goyerhrnents exist, and
each is limited to its own sphere of action
Southern ambition strilses-at the national SOW
ereignty of the people, and Northern lanati
cism at the sovereignty which, BY hationaEfiat,
is reserved to them within the States. Each
would form n wland dilferen, Government
The truly loyal man as struggling to MAINTAIN
a GoUernnaeIA, not to make one. The Govern
ment we have is better than any which has
ever preceded it, and superior to any suggest
ed by revolutionists The secessiOnist, who
would destroy the Government by force and
the fanatic, who would destroy by innovation,
are alike the enemies Of our government. The
soldier, who bares the bosom to the storm of
WAR, does so under the conviction that he fights
to maintain the government which blessed his
fatherS and sheltered has youth. The rebel
fights to break up the government The pur-
pose of the fanatic is the same as the rebel
to make new, n different, government than
the one for VIII ch our fathers toiled and bled,
and to maintain which our own brave sons now
offer up their lives, willing and glorious sac-
ritice Each Is the common enemy of those
who adhere to tieConstitutional Union, form
ed by the wise men OF the revolution
Kentucky, with steadfast faith and invincible
loyalty, has constantly adhered to the true line
Of duty, bringing all her mental, moral and
physical forces to bear against rebellion: and
with calm judgment, and with unwavering pa
triotisln, with equal fidelity opposing the in
novations of fanaticism which undermines our
constitutional security and unity.
The Union is indispensable. to US, and we
indispensable to the Union. We cannot
therefore, separate, but must preserve our un
ity, which gives us our nationality. Neither
the preservation nor the destruction Of slavery
is essential to our State or national existence
The State and the Nation can exist with or
without slavery. The Government was not
formed for the purpose Of preserving or des
troying 1t, but to perpetrate to the latest time
the blessings of free Government to the Anglo
American. 1t is not therefore, opposition to
slavery which constitutes the danger to free
Government nor the advocacy of it, But the
danger lies in the effort of those who would
make the life of the Government subordinate
to the status of the negro 1t is revOutiona
ry and disoyal to subordinate the Government
To the question of his freedom, to the ques
ton of his ensayemeutsl True loyalty ubOr
dinates all these questions to the preservation
of the Government Our security to day is
because the people OF Kentucky, despite lea
ders ant. politicians, have all the while been
right They have never lost sight OF the par
amount object OF maintaining our Government,
and preserving our nationality Time ser,
vers, and those who court present applause,
have never yet kept apace with the loyalty OF
Kentucky. Fortunately for the good of our
people, and the cause Of liberty, all such have
fallen so far behind, that they are estimated
stragglers and deserters from the true patriot
ism. 1t is proud satisfaction to the truly 10y
al, to know that we have steadily and with liv-
ing lath, and indestructible loyalty, pursued
the lead of patri6tisIn, defending our faith
with fearless argument. and our loyalty with
dauntless deeds, while assailed by prosecuting
foes and di>trusted and abused by those who
should be our friends. -. .-..
can not close this communication without call
ing your attention to a subject which has drawn
largely upon my symPathies and sense of gratitude
and duty. Many of our noble have fallen in
our conflict with rebellion. Many have left wild
ows and orphans N destitute condition. Winter is
upon u.s. and they must suffer unless timely provis-
ion be made for them The poor men of our cOun-
try have made the first and greatest sacrifices IN
defense of birthright of fee government.
Those districts least blest with wOIlly goods have
opened up the richest mines of devoted patriotism.
The poor man has given his all-his life-for our
security Shall the widow and orphan children suf-
fer? Our gratitude and duty alike forbid it. Can
you not, in your wisdom, devise the plan by which
a bounty of fifty more dollars be paid to the
destitute and needy widows andOrphans of our de-
ceased soldiers?- IT has occurred to me, and
suggest it for your consideration, that capitaton
tax of ten cents to twenty cents levied upon each
male, over eighteen years of age, in the State-ex-
emptng the soldiers in the field, and the disabled
soldier at hOme-would constitute ample fund
for the relief of the destitute and needy widows
and orphans of our gallant dead, and meet our debt
of gratitude and duty. This fund should be enti
tied "bounty fund of the soldiers widow and orr
phan." To meet the present demand for relief,
you could appropriate out of your abundant treas
ury, to be reimbursed from the raised in the
revenues of the coming year. The small sum
levied upon each poll can Cypress no one, and viii
create fund for the bestowment of great benefits,
and for the partial payment of immense debt of
gratitude. Leaving the manner of raising fund I
for this purpose entirely to your wise and patriotic
and judgment, l most earnestly re-
commend that some efficient mode of prompt relief
De adopted.