, 1864-04-15
4 SAMPLE OF E6EHTUJCKY
STATE RIGHTS.
RcT. pr. Breckenridge Conyictx Gov.
NrEn1lctte OF Attempting to Resist q
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| Ai1e o+ooIto AeAtAEhJ UuOHISl& neT- LIT.
r. ]. Breckenridge, delivered speech al
Lexington, Ky, on the 1lth inst, upon the
present duty Of Kentuckians as to the war
and the Presidency, in which he alIudes to
the controversy between himself and Gov.
Bramlette in the following manner:
Governor Eramlette wrote to the President
OF the United States, under date of the 6th
Of March, which letter he a1luded to in Ills
dispatch Of the 18th of March.
Col Wo1lordfs speech was delivered in
Lexington on the 10th Of March. In that
speech, according to the affidavit Of NIB,
| Mills, he advised the citizens Of Kentucky,
| that in the event the Government at WASH
| ington should attempt the enrolment and
would be their duty to resist such enrolment
and draft Of NEGROES with all the power Of
| their noble siute. That he had confidence
His EAcellency would sustain them In sush
resistance. This statement is confirmed bY
the Affidavit Of Stephen Swift, Joseph Mason,
Jr., madc before United States Commission
er, on the 18th Of March. 1t is also sworn
that His E4ce11ency Wns present and heard.
the remarks, and If he ever did ANYTHING to
correct the impression that he coincided With
Col. Wolfort, have not had the good for
anne / t. t hear it. after much inquiry. :.
Fora day Of two Immediately following
the speech Of Wo1ford, the above mentioned
letter OF Gov. Bramlette, dated March 8th, to
the President, was shown in the town Of
Lexington, to various persons, by the friends
Of Bram1ettc in Lexington.
On the 18th of March, dispatch from
Frankfort was sent to Washington, defining,
the position ofGoy. Bramlettc, and, among
other things, notifying the President that
he Will execute the laws Of Kentucky against
all who attempt to take slaves from their
owners without their consent. Cos. Bran
1ctte was the author Of that dispatch, and 1t
Was sent with his knowledge
On the same day, March l3th,' Gov. Brnm.
lctte telegraphed Capt. ", Goodlow, q. s.
Provost Marshal ofBoyle county, asfollows:
If the President does not, upon my de.
"Goy. BRAMLErrE."
The main thing I wished to show here was.
and which l regret to be Obliged to state,
that Governor Bramlettc knew the above tel
egTaph dispatch vas sent, and knew the con-
tents Of it.
Rcrc first became personally involved,
There had been great commotion about the
enrolment Of negroes, and l had ATTEMPTED
to pacify the people. The Provost Marshal
sent for me, and said he wanted my advice;
showed nc the dispatch from the Governor,
and asked what he should do. I told him to
60 on and execute his duty; said he should
Telegraph to the military authorities that he
had received such dispatch; that 1t looked
like collision. I told him to consult his
friends, ind lie did 60.
ion tie 18th and 1lth Of March a tcle-
graphic correspondence passed between the
Governor and DR.. B., in which the Doctor
was urged to go to Washington on "a mis-
sion which might save the State from much
evil
On the same day Governor Bram1ette wrote
to a high officer Of the United States army,
in high standing in Kentucky. the com
1ior of Provost Marshal Goodlow, to whom
Governor Bramlctte had sent the telcgrtm Of
the Eth Of March, above given, ind ex-
PINNED to. him his fixed opposition to the
execution, In Kentucky, Of the act Of Con-
gress requiring the enrolment and draft of
first attempt to execute, criminalls punished
under the laws of Kentucky.
On the 10Th Of March, the Louisville Jour
aa! published n telegram of the 14th OF
March, calling in question the dispatch which
GOV: Branlette had caused to be sent to
Washington City on the 13th Of March, aud
an editorial relating to this latter dispatch IL
added. In tlis he says: "Goy. Bfamlette
has taken the very position attributed to
him. This editorial Wns printed In Louis
Vile the same morning that the proclamation
Of Gov. Bramlette was published in the
Mr. Shipman {thc editor of the Jouraal,)
had been at Frankfort on the 18th and 18th Of
March, and saw Cos. Bramlette, and well de-
scribes the proclamation in its first form, In
which it agreed with the whole state Of mind
in which the Governor is proved BY his own
acts to have been, from the 6th to tho 18th Of
March: IL the afternoon Of that day, and
after Mr. Shipman had left Frankfort, Dr..
Breckenridge, Gen. Durbridge, Dt. Bell OF
Louisville, and lii. Kelly Of Danyllle, arrived
there. During thcnight Of the 18th Of March,
the proclamation was changed as to its essen
tial character, and, when Issued in frankfort
simultaneously with the editorial of the
journal des crlbing what 1t would be, the de-
Ecription Vas found to be utterly mistake,
ThcIeupon the Journal changes its tactics
and claimed the proclamation rs issued
1t is therefore perfectly clear, that the
proclamation as issucd on the 10Th Of March,
could By no possibility have been issued by
m upright magistrate, who continued In the
state OF mind proved with regard to Gov.
Brn.n1ette from the 8th to the 18th Of March,
There must therefore have been at le.st two
forms Of this proclamation, widely differing
Erpm:eoch other aud taere acefe.
What other gentlemen who were present
when the changes we're made euy about the
matter, their personal friends know already
and tie public will probably know In time.
A common law court would be tue surest
plan Of getting at the exact truth.
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