, 1865-12-23
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE.

KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE.
Plans Of the Conservatives. Developing
The CoNte%ted Etecttons-Kecpchl OF
Wholesome LaWS-The Constitution
nj Amendment. %. :
Correspondence Chica1o Tdbrne.]
FRANKroRr, Ky.. Dec. Il, 1865.
Since I Last wroto you, the plans and OBJ
jccts Of the Conservative r.fSy Of this Lessis-
laturc have been unfclaed TO such an extent
as to enable me to gtve true history Of
them. and such his,pryas II il, may Heaven
forbid that Kentucky sf6a!d e.sHtr BE- cursed
with just such another Legislature. We did
think that tho last Legislature was bad
enough In all conscience, but that was truly
loyal in comparison With this
CONTESTED ELECTION GASES.
In tic first place, there arc several contest
cd election cases, in which tlera ore no
charges that the contestants orc elected, but
the single and only charge Is that the MILL
tary intcrfered to such an extent as to pre-
vent some rebels and others from voting
The Conservatives haTe announced th6ir dc
termination TO vacate every scat, and they
ton. Bnt II happens that tue sitting mcm-
bcrs often show them up Ia rnthcr a singular
light. For instance, there is Senator, whose
scat Is contested, who hns shown the com
mittcc that ho received d large majority Of
Nil the legal voters who resided IN the
district, and that, even if the military
Leo oqs uphsn Isa nov NoH
this places tho conservative mnJority Of the
committee In Il yory awkward predicament-
Their purity l1ns Instructed them to vacate
every seat In which there was the slightest
ground upon which to base the. charge OF
military Interference, and yet, II they yacste
this sent 1t Will place them In the positioa Of
party who are determined to succeed In
their work whether righteously or Cnri3ht-
eonsly, and 1t will be very bad record upon
which to send their contestant back to the
people, Tho people will sec that their Will
was thwartcd, and will use up the coustryn-
tire candidate worse than ever. So this In
maculatc party have to resort to some dodge
to escape the dilemma. They then make pro
po.ais 10 tue Union Senator to cast lots for
the place and then to resign and try 1t over
again.
not gamble for his own position, and that be
has once been fairly elected by the people
and If he goes back again be wishes his peo-
plc to see who it WAS, nnd upon what ground,
they declared the seat vacant. 50 matters
have come 10 dead lock, md they are not
near so anxious to proceed with this case as
they were III the first instance. But We have
no Doubt thnt this committee will have tu
obey the bchests Of their party and report in
favor of a vacation Of the seat. Such thing
rs Impartial justiee..has "played out !" in this
conservative Legislature. Danunciations ol
Gen. Palmer and President johnson arc the
common language Of their speeches.
REpEAL1SG WHOLESOME LANE.
Their next plan Is 10 repeal nil the lave
making traitors odious aud treason o crime
They have repealed the ESpatriatiop law,
without even requiring the returned rebels tc
take the oath Of allegiance or in any mnnncl
declare tlcir reniEciation Of rebellion
Amendments exemptiug gueriilas from tit
healing provisions al this bill have been voted
down, and tho Conservative party Of Ken
lucky stand 10 day US the apof0.ists and dc
tenders Of t1lc rebellion. when even the most
determined Of it1 leaders hare yielded the
contest. Kentucky thus stands in a more dc
fiant and rebeli:ous attitude than even Sonth
Carolina 4 guerilla who has p1undered aud
murdered defeuccless and unarmed Union
men has now the night to walk up 10 ths
polls, by the side of the stboy In blue," who
lies perillsd Ills life Tor his country, and casi
ia ballot against Lin, and thus do hin ut0rt
injury than lie could possibly do with his bull
lets. There is Kentucky Conservative loyal
tyl Thank God, there orc some uulon mcu
vet left to raise their voices against such out.
rageous Nsloya1ty.
EErRAL1So OTHER WHOLESOME LAWS.
They havc also repealed tho law requiring
preachers to take the oath Of allegiance be.
fore solcunizing marriage; the law requiring
teachers and professors IN college to take ths
oath; the Law to prohibit and prevent rebel,
lion In kentucky; the Inv to provide civil
remedy fo- injuries done by dlsloyal persons
the law Furnishing persona belonging tt
secret reasonable organizations, displaying
secession flags and encouraging any onr SO tc
do; The law requiring Jurors to take the
oath Of allegiance, ind tie law requiring ths
disregard oi the Southern Rights party Ii
appointing the officers Of elections. Thus
you sec that they hayc repealed every
be.lion is wrong, aud IL they dared d1
so, they would declare that the cause O
the rebellion was righteous cause. It has
even gone So far that q Senator nr0se IN hi
place, in the Senate, and declared Nat Abra
ham LiHco:: aud Indfrr Johnson tcere Us nuc'
{if ,.oi n.ore) traitors 10 lie Government thu,
| JEFF. Daris and another Senator seconded
| and reat}r1ied every word OF 1fwlat lad becI
so eloqGently said by the gentlemen frou
| Shelby" Two years eyo, lad those Scnator
1nadc use Of such lung7:aec, they would hay
been Indignantly and sunlnaEily expelled
| from the Senate. But now, this must u
allowed aud sanctioned for generalization,
"Ne MMSt cnAciAaAe oNF pE1Sc SoAlu-lt
! brethren" ave must not humiliatc th
| proud spirit of the South"
ruE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENpMExT.i =
! astn the constitutional Amendment TIL
| 1caj.;att,r., stands sniien and deiiant. Tle,
aceo ~, I'm, thcfr forn,rr acf}on va, flna1ity
anu tuat Inet Nou'o rpt n,ny t.aa nins !. n
mem on any tc1nls' 1hcy ue1s tual ~ ~
Dc ouug npoa nIntIsns anu .nas shn Sas t-a -.
had i NJ an3l dina make dark hints Of icslinr the que: