, 1864-03-21

| Ueduct 1foE thls the decrease In Vaiuc .
OF isASes..'.....'-.....-.. 3s,7931e1
And the loss in the yaluo Of the other
property Is ascertained to be-....... So aD3 50a
i Already equal to the entire value Of the
slaye property of the State.
But these are not the most striking facts.
Take The following twenty, being tie most
wealthy, counties ofsthc State, to-Wlt: Bowie.
Bonrbon. Barren, Christian, Clarke, DavIcss.
F1anklin. Fayelte, Henderson, Jcssaminc,
Logon, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, shei.
had in 166s, 90, 749 slayes, valued Of S55 GH.
4oaHnearly half the slayes Of the State, both
| jn numbers and value; these counties Ind
C,loo white males oyer:M years Of age. but
have only furnished COTS soldiers for this
var, including three years, ono year, aud
three months men, as shown by the Adju.
t:mt Generals report for 1864, and being only
16.8 per cent Of their white male Population
] over 81 years.
Take forty other counties where but little
s'aye Rropessty per Is Owned eomparatvely
Wlt:-4Adair, Allen, Bat6, Boyd, Breckin-
ridge, Butler, Carter, Casey, Clay, Clinton.
| Crittenden, Cumberland, Esteii, Edmonson'
Grant, Gra5son, Green, Greenup, Hart, Jask.
Eon, kne1, Laurel, Lawrence, Lewis, AIagof.
n1,,:lc IN, Melean, Metcal1e, Monroe, Mahlcnbarg,
laski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Wayne
and Whitley. These had only q, ,363 slayes.
total value thereof So, ,577,50i These conn
ties lad, In 1864 81, ,O30 males over 81 yenrs:
They hare furnished 17,56s soldiers in this
1st;, 1%tar, eqgnite A8per cent of their male popu~
The first named twenty counties, not only
owned nearly half the slaves Of the State, but
Lhey owned Of other property, S97, ,165, ,15f, a
fraction less than half Of the property Of the
whole State, while tho above named forty
ss7,a5s whilst the poorer .and % mofs e ioval s1u
counties have had their homes desolated.
their brave men killed in battle. and
buried b.. disease, these wealthy inte-
nor counties have mainly been pro-
f feeted from the raTases of war They |
contracts Of one kind and another, they hive
realized large prices for theirstock and grain, |
and for pasturnge, yet they have performed d |
poor, yery poor part in defending the State, I
and sustaining the Government by furnish.
Ing soldiers. It is not meant By this to reflect |
On those brave men who have turned out !
from those counties. Far from 1t. All honor
to these gallant men; but they have been
poorly snstaIned by the home sentiment. |
There Is lack OF that spirit in large slave
holding communities which IL looked for NJ
es1denee e. TINT 81 the impulses mud feelings Of
mor:l support is SO essential to sustain tteir
friends who nre In the army
It Is IN these counties that so much dis
content Is bred about the stuigeer.' The /
government may be assailed, the property OF
the border counties, md indeed the other
property Of all other counties, destroyed the
lives Of hundreds and thousands Of our lest. |
esasest men Of The State lost bnt save oh
The property and labor of ourselves and
1utu1e generations may be mortgased and
taxed to pay the national Indebtedness, which
is still largely increased by every day's bro.
longation Of the war: but sill, tsssaYe, Oh
From thsss counties comes the connse, IL
the Governor to resist the enrolment Of, the
- 'nigger," which would be nothing less mr.
more than rebellion, and the more dIscredit-
able to Kentucky as she has been Lighting the
rebels, who 9sssrt they were only @arriag to
Ihaye always opposed the raising. of ncoro !
tating1y voted, against this negro enrollmant
bill, Ind been ii Congress. yet cal, annre-
cfate some Of the reasons, which fnf3uenced T
Congress to pass 1t. ~s
The free States have enrolled their free co1-
pred population, thus increasing their nnnta
Of soldiers. It vns therefore rational fnr
them to regard it Is but Just that Kcntncky;s
lnota should be Increased by the eurollncnt
of her black population. -. :. \
It does not necessarily follow, however.
hat negro soldiers must be ruised in Ken.
lucky, II, When the enrolment is made ont,
sach county VII furnish her quota from the
need OF will be raised, but herein does the
shoe pinch. These heavy slaveholdlne popu-
ations have not so far furnished their quota !
of whites: hence, to udd to this Their blacks, :
Is m alarming amount fo1 them to furnish. | I
luis thing Is beginning to be understood in