The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-15

and self poised and self.sustained, planting
herself upon the, Constitution of the Union
and the rightssof the States, she placed herself
and all that she had upon the altar of Patsiot'
ism. ~
10 do this was no easy task In tue angry
discussions which pFeeeded hostI6tIes. ana IN
the complication of party issues, the Les I:
tive and Executive Departments of the state
Governments had been placed in hands known
to be Southern in their sympatbies, and dis,
posed to .ebstruct the General Government IN
the exercise of its legitimate powers. A revo.
luton at home had first TO be effected, and ttffs
was done by appeals to the reason and justice
efthe people themselves The loyal men OF
Kentucky, with profound-wisdom, epdeayered
to keep the State out of this fratricidal quar-
rel, and to maintain, so long as it was practice
. able, an INFORMAL neutrality, under Cover of
which she might the more powerfully address
herself to the people of the North and of the
South, and bring them to reason, She there
fore threw herself, like massive wall, be-
tween the exasperated sections, hoping that
from her central position-being coterminous
with six powerful States and having the great
rivers of the Cumberland and Tennessee de-
bouching within her borders and upwards
OF seven hundred miles of coast on the Ohio
and the "Inland Sea"-her geographical i'm
portance, if nothing else, might canse her voice
to be heard. But during this whole trying
interval she was against Secession, against
Abolitionists, against agitators; yet she never
was guilty of the folly of denying to the Ma
ton the right to the exercise of any powers In
this State that were conceded to it In others
The rig ht to possess forts and hospitals and of
transit for troops, was too 'unquestionable to
be cOntrsTerted, how much soeYer the necessi-
ty for its exercise might be deplored. Ken
lucky neutrality never meant anything like
this, although It was adroidy seized upon by
Southernnsym pathizers and construed to be a
declaration of war against the Union All
her efforts proved unavailing-the Southern
heart was fred-the fatal blow was struck at
Charleston and Kentucky herself was invaded
and seized upon as military necessity" by
Southern Generals. When example, entreaty,
and supplication had all failed, Kentucky was
compelled to choose between Union or Disun-
ion She unhesitatingly ranged herself under
the old flag of our country, and, painful as
the alternative was, she threw all of her ener-
eies into the contest, and has responded, from
that moment up to this hour, to every legiti-
mate call made upon her by the Government
for men or means with which to prosecute the
war to a successful issue. She has furnished
ffty-one regiments and two batteries for the
field, and the battles of Mill Spring, Fort Dom
elsOn and Shiloh, on the Sandy, at Wild Cat,
at the Cumberland Gap, at Perryyille, and
last, tho not least, at Murfreesboro, avouch
for the bravery of her troops and the skill of
her officers.
sion to the action of Kentucky, one would
naturally suppose that so much loyalty and
so much sacrifice would have endeared her to
all her sister States. and that her rights would
have been most scrupulously regarded But
has it been so? Has Kentucky no right to
complain of disregard of those rights, and
frequently of a Wanton violation of them2 Let
this important question be answered by set
ting forth the wrongs she has suffered and
which daily increase in frequency and Yio-
lence.
She has right to complain that her neu-
traHty has been denounced in the halls of Con-
gress as either reasonable or cowardly, or
both. This is most unkind return to those
patriotic and loyal men, who, perfectly under
standing the difficulties in their path, adopted
the only line of policy that could stem the
tide of Southern 'mpathy, and in so doing
keep safely to her moorings a great State,
which, fit had been lost to the Union, would
greatly have weakened the national strength, I
ifithad not indeed changed the whole char
acter of the war. But this, perhaps, is an
ephemeral wrong, which eventually may re
coil upon its perpetrators, and be visited upon
them with Contemporaneous and historic CON
tempt -.-. -...-. /.
She has a right to complain that, since the
occupancy of her country by the Federal
troops, the rights of property have not been |
duly respected. Under the specious pleaaof
military necessity" farms have been laid
waste, provisions have been seized, forage has |
been collected, and instead of being bought in |
open market where the supply would have been I
ample and the competition fair, commissaries /
have gone with teams and soldiers, taking |
grain and other commodities from the farmers !
at whatever price the commissaries chose to
afix to them, and utterly regardless whether |
the farmers conld spare them or not, and in
stead of prompt payment leaving in its stead
cunbrous certificates. which have to pass
through many hands before they are properly
audited, and then to pass into the general
vortex of governmental claims In conse-
quence of this Oppressive and inexcusable, be-
cause unnecessary, conduct many of our far
mers have been deprived of The means of sub
sisting their own stock during the present
winter, and the direct and consequential loss
es to them have been ruinous in the EXTREME
L ct even this might have been and has been
borne as one of the unpleasant concomitants
that follow the marches or encampments of
troops-but still it is a matter of wonder to
kentuckians why different rule prevails on
the opposite side of the river. Why is it that
all supplies are bought and paid for in Ohio,
the Governments coming In as any other pur-
chaser, while the same things are unceremoni-t
Ously seized in Kentucky Has Kentucky
lost any OF her equality with other loyal States,
and if not, who Is responsible for making a
difference with her?
l call your attention to these as among the
many annoyances our people endure; and per-
haps they complain less of them because there
ooms up before them more gigantic evil
,ne, the bare contemplation of which sickens
he heart and fills all with gloomy and dread
Il Ill, L. 10 kha h1aff1 han