The Portland daily press., 1863-09-05
The Great Union victory in Kentucky

At the recent election in Kentucky, Judge
Bramlette was the Union candidate for Gov
ernor, supported by all unconditional Union
men, and G. A. Wickliffe, member of the last
Congress, was the Democratic candidate.
q Returns have been received mostly official,
from 80 of the ITO counties in Kentucky.
Bramlette has 66,270; Wicklfie l /, ,6l5; Bran
lette's majority, 1866. The II counties to
come in will bring it mp to somewhere near
$1,000.
As the Argus and other disloyal Copperhead
sheets have claimed the election of Bramlette
whom they opposed-as an anti-administra-
ton triumph, we copy the following from one
of his late speeches to show what kind of
comfort the Copperheads must derive from his
accession to the Executive chair of tue State.
ln addressing the partizan friends of Wickline,
he said:
"You object to negro soldiers Who began
tins business? Who raised the first negro
regiment? Did Lincoln? Don't you know
that in the beginning of this strife, in New
Orleans, they lIeralded it abroad that they had
already organized two regiments OF negroes to
fight the Yankees with? Don't you know
.,~' N'~ 't'Ss" III tiiC ltuutsStt IcUtl ltgiS-
lature was the organization of free negro reg
lmentsp Don't you know il to be fact fur
thernore, that they have regiments OF Indians
IN their service to scalp and tomahawk our
women and children? And yet none of you
here assembled, l win venture TO say. have
heard these constitutional Union gentlemen
object TO their using negro regiments to fight
us with. You never heard one object to en-
listing the negroes against us. Why is it that
hltf Il L..
gro aid? You are willing it should be EN-
p'oyed against us, but now that it is being
employed to help us you are terribly dis
.uroed. The reason seems irresistible, that
then they were fighting ON the side you were
ANXIOUS should win; but as soon as they are
employed against that side you object.
suppose one of you were assaulted by rob-
pers, VINO threatened to burn your house and
murder your family If yon didn't give up your
'nohey .nal your helghhor came rushing to
your assistance, and with him one or two stout
negroes, with clubs, and axes, and guns: that
while yon were engaged in close hand to
hand conflict with one OF them and Won sbould
see that brawny negro holding one of them
down, would you say, "Hold on! don't want
any negro to help me. Here, Mr.. Robber, |
am not going to succeed in driving you of by
any such aid as that; you may burn my house
and take my property" Is this what any sane
j
southern ympathizers-constituti Union
neh,taik. They would have us, because the
PRESIDENT does not use just such weapons as
they tnink proper, say: Here, JEFF. Davis,
take all we have. and slay us as soon as you
please; not another man nor another dollar
can we give until Lincoln quits fighting with
these things
Il asnfor the constitution framed by Wash
ington and his compeers-- those good and
great men who were touched with more than
human wisdom-at all hazards and at all ex-
pense. Are you for it? Alas, fear Won are
for the constitution and the union Of the
Southern confederacy; for every means and
measure that you object to being used by the
Federal Government, you are perfectly willing
that the rebel government should use. You
are opposed TO the Union being maintained
Dy unconstitutional measures, but you are
willing JEFF Davis should fight unconstitu-
uonaliy to destroy the Union and the Consti-
iauon. This shows where your heart is better
than your formal professions of Unionism."