M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-03-24
Colonel WOlf'OPd's Speech
at Lexington, lay.
Governor BramletIc Called Upon 10
Protect Kentucky in Her Consiitu-
tlOnal Rights,

Protect Kentucky in Her Conslitu-
tlOnal Rights, ....
From the Lexington Observer and Reporter.
Those of our citizens who failed !C
bear the speech of this distinguished
Kentucky soldier, at the Melodeon in
this city, on Thursday, have lost q
treasure which can never he regain
ed. The time, the occasion, the cir
cumstances and the man, al conspir.
ed to render it one Of the most signi-
ficant and important efforts that the
present terrible crisis Of the nations
history has called forth. The occasion
was the presentation to him of a
splendid sword, sash, pistols and
spurs, suitable to his rank, by a por
tioh OF our fellow. citizens; but instead
of its being a mere common. place
acknowledgment of such compli-
meEt, it proved to be one Of the high
est efOrts Of a patriot fully imbued
with that devotion to his country
which patriotism alone engenders =
Of q statesman whose capacious mind
grasps the momentous question OF the
hour-and OF a soldier who has i'm
peried his lie upon innumerable
battle fields in defense Of that g!ori-
ous Government which was LANDED
down 10 us by our ancestors as a leg
acy Of blood. Coming, too, flom
Frank Wolturd--a man who signal
zed his devotion to his country upon
the breaking out of the rebellion, by
raising the first regiment in Kentucky y
to be welded for it's suppression
who has been unnterruptedly in the
service for the last three years, and
who, 80 before remarked, has risked
lis life almost every day during tina
period-it was calculated the mole tC
command the respectful attention anc
thoughtful consideration Of his fellow
citizens. Phe time, too-just aite
the issuance Of al order for the en-
rollment Of the negroes in Kentucky
to be drafted into the Cnited States
Army, in utter violation of her Stat,
sovereignty, and in derogation Of the
clcarest provisions ever given thu
force Of law by Constitutional enaut-
ment-made the views of this disfin
guished Kentuckian deeply interest.
ing. No puen.e cry Of 'Copperhead
could be raised against suck a maj
by chimney corner heroes, who iawI
u2on the infallibility of the DEGREES o
power; and yet, we venture to say
that no man in the nation has eve
arraigned the dominant party will
more manly boldness and more with
Gring invective. lie charged Mr.
Lincoln with *antonly trampling upol
the Constitution, and crushing unde
the iron heel Of military power tn,
rights Of the people guaranteed by tha
instrument; he charged him with vio
lating his solemn pledge, as repeated
ly enunciated at the commencemen
OF his administration, as to the pm-
poses OF the war ; be charged hin
with a violation of the rules OF civil.
zad warfare in the indiscriminate
wide spread ruin which he was SOW.
ing broadcast throughout the South
he charged him with the inauguration
Of policy for the prosecution of tn,
war, which was not only nnconstitu.
tionai aud unwse, but the inevitable
result Of which would be to prolon,
the war, if indeed it ever ended il
peace, and, if successful, would a
utterly destroy constitutional freedom
as if it had fallen under the blows o
armed rebellion. And not only dit
he charge these things, but he citec
the acts of the President and bis part,
as proof to which there could be of;
fered no successful refutation.
That most vile and detestable of al
the isms with which the country ha
ever been' Observation-Disclosures
received no favor at the hands of thi
gallant Kentuckian. He denouncet
its advocates as the enemies of th
country; disturbers of the publ
peace and tornentors of strife, an,
while he was in thought, word an,
deed, every inch a Union man, h
did not hesitate to say that they wer
as dangerous to tue repose and per.
petnity Of the Union as the Secession
lists themselves. Their ianaticisr
knew no limits to unconstitutional ag
gressions and to acquire for them
selves power and pelf they scruple
not at trampling upon the laws, over
turning constitutions, and plungin
the nation into irretrievable anarcb
and ruin. ,...
He referred to the remark that ne,
issues had arisen since the outbrea
Of the rebellion, and gave It bis EN-
lphatic contradiction. The issue wa
the same to day that it was then. Til
; question at that time was "sbal tn