Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-03-17
KENTUCKY.

Inc state vi hHalrS Is getting more n0pe- Y
ul in KeRtucky--more hopeful because the i
haf is being separated from the wheat; 1
BECAUSE the quasi-loyalists are getting into ]
heir proper place; because the people are .
getting their eyes opened to the true char
acter Of those who have heretofore led
them; in word, because the lines are be- t
ing drawn between Unionists and disunion.
lists. The time has arrived when men must
take sides; when the badge Of neutrality
will no longer pass skulking traitor into
the Union lines. Therefore, we say the
state of affairs in Kentucky, though stormy,
is more hopeful 1t required the breeze
which is now rising to purify the political
atmosphere to separate the chaff of semi
disloyalty from the wheat Of unconditional
Unionism. That this separation will take
place now, there can be no doubt. The |
dodgers are pressed into corner. The
dumb neutrality leaders are forced to speak.
The road is too rough longer to carry water
on both shoulders. The Union men of
Kentucky have had trying times. With
the professed secessionists they have had
bitter contest; but their own endurance,
backed by the power of the General Gov
ornment, saved their State from the rebels;
saved their homes from the ravages Of war;
drove off the invader, and protected the
citizens in the pursuit of their lawful cali
ings. This was the result Of the first crisis.
Now the second crisis is upon them. The
Magofin class, failing in their attempt to
carry the State over to the rebels, the semi
unionsts are now about to make an effort
to unite her people with the broken down,
repudiated Copperheads of the North,
whose leaders, it is well known, are the
Woods, Voorhees,, Vallandigham & Co..
notorious allies of the Southern traitors
Against this second rebel effort, the loyal
people Of Kentucky are now about to be
called upon to contend. The first formal
move has been made.
On the 18th of March, 1868, there met at
Louisville Union Convention. The tenn
per Of that body, it will be recoIlected, was
intensely loyal. This was exhibited partic-
ularly in their treatment of Mr.. Cravens, a
Copperhead Of rather mild type, who went
over there from Indiana, to feel the dele
gates and see if they were not in condition
to be united with his party in the North
lie was formally introduced to the Conven-
ton; began at once to put out his feelers.
He had not proceeded very far until his
Butternutism was discovered, and thereupon
he was hssed, hootcd denounced, and finally
} exciting scene settled the status of tha
body; and it brought Menzies and his clas,
over to stand another season on the Unior
side. Well, among other business, the Con
vention provided for the appointment Of o
Union State Central Committee, which
committee helds Office until successors are
duly appointed We now find call from
majority Of this committee, for new
State Convention, which reads as follows
:, UNION STATE CONVENTION.
: The majority of the Central COMMITTEES
appointed by the Union Convention of tn
State of Kentucky, that assembled in Louis
u vile on the 18th of March, 1868, conside
c it their duty and right to call another Cor
r venton.
4 Wherefore, it is resolved that the voter
of our State, who stand upon and indors
:" the platform adopted by the Union Demo
r cratic Convention, held in the city of Louis
e Vile on tho 18th of March last and VIII
n desire to carry it out, be requestad to selec
delegates to Convention. to be held in tn
said city on the 25th of May next, for tn
.ln al M
and selecting delegates to the Union Cor
Q servatiye National Convention, whicn meet
$ in the city Of Chicago on the 4th of Jul
r next. JAMES GUTHRIE, Chairman.
. GEORGE ID. Prentice,
7, H. KNOTT,
It GEo. p, DoERN,
N HAMILTON PoPE.
'r Notice how cautiously this call is worded
Evidently, tho signers ielt mean when the
wrote it, Undoubtedly they were not tignc
). rant of the fact that they were proving ira
|. % tors to the principles of the body fror
" which they received their appointment.
:" committee of the Louisville Anti. Copper
head Convention, calling upon the Unio
men of Kentucky to appoint delegates t
~ the National Copperhead Convention !
o. And James Guthrie, late candidate Tor I'm
u ted States Senator, and who has been dun
" rs an oyster for year, heads this call.
Thank you, Mr.. Guthrie, for, even at th
late hour, defining your position. Now "
N shall! see what the people of Kentucky wi
IS do. The lines are drawn, and there can
l. no dodgng. 1t will not be difficult her
is after to know where tho leaders stand
10 Gin. Gaz.
ie A Rebel Paper Instructing