Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-23
KENTUCKIAEs, READ !
A Remarkable Article from the
Louisville Journal.

Byregerenes 10 the Official .ssfarns Of The Presl-
deutiai election fnr our State, which We publish
this morning as far as received, Il will ts seea
that the extreme eastern and western counties
hava given large votes tse Lincoln In the couN-
ties Of Ballard, GFsvs. HEX msnr heCrackse,
aud Fulton. Of "Jaehsoa's Purchase The vote
stands Lincoln, t,Hs McCialian, 1911. rs
the eastern sweep, frum Lewis on abe Ohio river,
10 Knox on the TenH,tasce border, tbesa two ceun
ties with Estill, GFssaap, Laurel, tswis, Pulaski
OwslsY, whitley, and R9okoastla, gave Lincoln
Bal7 McCisllan 2,s5l. ny the census Of is6O the
ave western counties held RlS slaves, aud the ten
eastern counties only a,7eO. McCracken aud Raj.
/ lard. the two ceantlss - the mouth q the Ohio
| river. owned many slaves IS the entire deuig-
mated ten counties In tSs eastern portion % the
/ State We will not stop 10 disCnss ths causes why
| the extFemitiss Of eur stAls are opposed to It's
ceutrai part. There several difaFsnt ghsorics,
but they all point to one eertaln facttha sats 10
divided la opiuion, aud the division Il becoming
more apparent every time au election is held
Afger the result Of the Presidential eleetien vas
/ made / own, our correspondent " D. !" suggested
| the constitutional removal % slavery BY
| amend msnt 20 the Federal Constltatloa, through
| the action Of Congress. adopted BY vote ef two-
| thirds of both Houses, and rafiafd By three.
fourtha Of the Legislatures or conventions of the
| states aud he showed, BY astAtietieAi statement,
| that this can b. accomplished In aeaoTaaace with
tbs provjsIons of the FEDERAL Constitutios We
In reply, referred 10 the fact that slavery could
not b. renewed Ia Kentucky By constitutional
state Aetiou under less than Ave years. IL Is
svidsnt therefore. that neither OF these methods
| meets the exigency Of the case, aRd the pressure
of our necessities ia Kentucky. Taking The recsnt
returns, and the result 80 unexpected by meat of
our paops in tine interior. Of heavy vots for Mr..
LIasois, we must lock matters iairly 10 tia face,
and consider thsm PTaetiraily. What ss czr ease,
AVID the pressure upon as In theeensFal pats
the bluegrass reg on ant the Green River eountry
the heaviest slavsholdlng portiens Of the State
| shsir condition is depiotabls Our system Of
lahog i utterly dsm9ralixsd, no family knoW,
( when they rise ia ths morning. whether thsy have
servant 70 pFePsie breakfast tor them not
Bat this is BY means the worst. Tor family Of
any industry may eontrive TO cock their swn
breakfast aud dinner toe. bat most Of eur hrmers
/ ave almost oF quite deprived of THAR iAborsrs
soma have boat only or two hands. but some
have Loaf a iaErfh and half aud some all Of their
serxaats The important conElderations here sng-
gest a themselves, hox are tbs fArms of sHeh men
to be cultivated neat seas and if net cult waited
where are supplies or food 70 come from
These ars practical questions for hsntzsky plant
ers aad farmers naesf, and they have nothing 70
do 18th the result % the late electi0a they Rrs
eoFtn gent solely uPoa abe rushing u ie Of nncou.
treliabs events IN the prosecution ef ths var q
nut down the rebellion. Agnin Many Of ths
= f.rmers have had tbs wives and small children ei
: their N len th ir hands, r. eat and pros
psefiys burd q. and, what adds to The rerFlexty
, Of their position, the active Of every age, ant
/ tnauv Of the Young aud middis aged women. havs
: bean goiug away. And NiE continue TO 90, until
apparently, the institution Of slavery viii femev'
I ITSELF and with il shall 10 nsArly all ou
. lahor The Governments wants the active blAci
men for solditrs; the policy of their sniistmen
hss b-came settled by legal enactment, and by th
sane power it 10 decided that tbs wives and Gatid
Ten e the eolorsd soidsrs obtain, with the enlist
, ed negro, the stains Of freedom We a7s deAiiB,
with facts, and net with an Argument hsthsr suel
poliry.~as wise polito toward 10y 81 state ifk
Kentucfys we want prompt disposition OF th
" question. Il IL Of all absorbing interest IN on
STATE. We have numerous private letters an
! communications intended for publication, al
a asking Il something cannot be dene early TO pre-
vent thsse catastrephes They all say they can
n not wait the slow processes suggested ey our cor
respondent - D. - or by ourselves. Thsy arEr
~ ~ bafara tha doctors hnV
/; their remedies ready. Emancipation, IL Is urged
may be effected By the Legislature at their meet
ie ing in January by making compensation for, .
cur Constitution foSeads the Legislature 70 enAn
a, cipate without compensation, the seoessary I'm
! plication Is that they may do IL with eomPensa
u tion. We have no idea. however, that the LeSis
,r lAturc will do this even al the present n0mtna
wAlue Of the slave. when President Lincoln pre-
al posed compensation, Congress did not vote ii
supplies neoessary for the eomPsasatioa, an
there Is hardly possibility that IL viii BE odsrs
a again The progress Of the war viii take OF
i~ slaves away without compensation, except Il
in hourty for ahle-hoiied- soldiers
The QUESTION now is not hew shall we say
n, slavery, but hos shali we rAiss our bread Al
/ haka il after we have raised it. Where shA '
70 get the lab0ra &e have n0w neither SLAVERY n
"A freedom we have none Of the dement's OF elth
a~ sxstaua Of labor. but are suffering the disadya
sssyez n both IN the midst Of the dsmorsliEstiS
and anarchy that prevail around ns. shall :
er let events take their course. snd without en-
v;l drin with the stream aud land wherever our u
va guided bark nav bring upf Is this the part
be " sdom Of statesmanship, or, better than eitks
of elmmon seuset No one can assert IL We .
ZEE 2Eain, let meet this question practically; !
,,f aside Prejudiees and look - our selfintsrests
"a we wfd Rot emAneipafs at sncs by Legislative 9
,st accompanied with Compensation, which. as
have shown before. is perfectly constitution
ed then there Is nothing left, far as we can
- present, TO prevent laborsrs. sIozxly
iAH Seoty. ieAviag the State, but solemn exprsssi
a. { e the Legislature of Keatucky az its nestf
NJ this winter that the rebeIlion has incident.
for slrssdy dsnorslised slavery in the 81
that its restoration is beyond hope, aud that
nd must sequieses In its termination. This wo