M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-03-24

served, with all the guaranteed rights
} under it unimpaired. or shall the re-.
bell!on be successful, the Union be
dissolved and the Government ces-
, troyed z" 1t was not whether the re-.
bellion should be crushed, and the
Constitution which is the bord OF the
Union at the same time destroyed, as
Mr.. Lincoln and his followers are at.
tempting, but whether this glorious
fabric OF our fathers, with all its clus
tering memories and sacred guaran-
tees of Constitutional freedom, should
stand as an eternal monument Of their
wisdom, courage and patriotism.
This was .he issue then: it is the issue
now. lie acknowledged no legitimate
deviation from It. The purposes Of
the war were the same 70 day that
they were when Mr. Lincoln 10 his
inaugural and Congress BY resolution
declared that they were not for con-
quest or subjugauOn, nor for interfer.
encO with the domestic institutions OF
the States, but simply to preserve ths
honor and maintain the supremacy
of the Constitution. Phe effort to
pervert the war from this legitimate
purpose, and to make il war upon
slavery, was an issue which the domi
nant party had no right to make-it
was u startling usurpatiou OF power
and Tor one he should denounce it as
without tue color Of right, justice or
constitutional justification. -'|
He referred to the resend order for
the enrolment ofnegroes inKentucky
and denounced 1t az alike unconstltu
tional and unjust. 1t WAS but an
other Of the series OF startling usur-
pations Of power which were being
made, and he said it was the duty O.
I the people oi Kentucky to resist il at
, violation Of their guaranteed rights
If they were overpowered by force II
their refusal to obey this order, .ther
= he advised them TO appeal to the Law
Tor protection, and he was mistaken
in the Governor OF the State, whom
! he had known long and intimately
. Governor Bramlette occupied q posi-
, ton OH the platform with the speaker
, having come up especially for tn,
purpose OF hearing him, il he did NO
protect them in their constitutions
rights II when the people OF Ken
/, lucky appealed to the law for protec.
tion from this unconstitutional edct
, Mr.. Lincoln persisted IN enforcing it
f he would himself by the rebel, an,
not the people Oi Kentucky. He wouI,
= By no means offer resistance to thi,
, unconstitutional order lo the end O
throwing the State into secession, bu
when Kentucky had fulfilled all he
n duties and obligations to the Fedora
r Government, was loyal TO the Consti
@ tuition and laws Of the land and in
I tended 80 to remain, she had q righ
!. 10 demand that her Constitution AM
the rights Of her people under
/ should be respected, aud he believed
that Governor Bramlette would Sc
D that they were respected. He adje,
: at the same time that while he had u
idea Of giving up his Government o
: quitting it's service, by reason of til
: unconstitutional and impolitic enroll
D ment of negroes, and that they shoul
e neither report to him nor would he t
them, yet as Kentucky freeman, h
9 had a clear opinion upon this subject
, and did not hesitate to express il
Z The people Of Kentucky did not war
8 to keep step to the music of tn
! Union" alongside of negro soldiers
f it was an insult and a degradation ft
which their free and manly spirit
were not prepared, while it involve,
Y at the same time all inIraction OF th
: rights of the State, which it was th
duty of the Governor, under his oat
j to support the Constitution, and Sc
q the laws faithfully executed, to resis
with all the constitutional power {
q the Commonwealth.
We do not pretend to report eve
g the most meager synopsis of this gres
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