, 1865-02-05
FROM FRANKFORT,
TIE SLAVERY QUESTION TIL THR
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
Tho Case ef sudge BullItt--spceea Of Licnt.
< Coy. Jacobs ut Feankfort-Gen.
Rousseau's New Corps.

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nave heretofore spoken--to relieve master
from the payment Of rewards, and from th,
responsibility to furnish clothing, &C., t.
slaves who voluntarily leave them.
hot"lthstanding the great change that LA
taken place in the opinion of majority o
ING people Of This State, there is still party
not xeTy formidable now it Is true, who per
ast IN believing that the Union and SLAYER,
sentatiyes in the present Legislature. but un
lees We have entirely mistaken tho tendency
o. passing events, and Inexperienced The
1naiconons OF the popular will, this Will
oe the Last legislative body they viii meet
| WIN IN th's State. They refuse to accept
siavefy Is now 50 hopelessly demoralized as
70 oe useless in the future is productive OF
feILa0ic system OF labor. Stubbornly au-
| Acring to thoprciudfccs they hare cherished
~ the past, they are unable to realize that
| thelr individual interests and the high con-
| STATE, the Development Of itsTcsousces Its
| muuence md position, impcratfycly require
the adoption Of The liberal and enlightened
policy which has been rendered necessary by
inc revolution gong on in our midst. The
extent and thoroughness Of this change is
most evident in the tone Of the speeches
oany delivered here. Ten years ago, the
ayowal that slavery was wrong, aud that the
p1osperity,of our people would have been Gu
lanced by giving freedom to the slave, would
certainly hare secured the honors Of martyr
dom for the speaker. It cannot now be pre-
dicted with certainly what will be the result
OF the action Of the Legislature on this sub
ject-
Strong resolutions have already been intro
duced declaring In flyor of the abolition Of
slavery and instFucting our Representatives
to vote for the proposed amendment to the
Federal Constitution. It is probable that the
Radicals tcs our friends are tcrmed} will ms
turc and present measure providing for the
gradual abolishmcnt Of the institution. aud
protecting in the meantime the interests Of
the slaves, BY adopting the apprentice system
Tor minora. Those over twenty-one will be
employed BY their former masters, a regular
contract to be entered into between tIem
ard recorded in the County Clerks office
the basis OF which will be the freedom Of the
siare-by which the negro is to work Ger
taln time, say two, three OF four years, and to
receive proper equivalent for his services,
and at tho explrntion Of that period, to be
Tree. The statutes Of the State limiting the
freed, will be repealed or made Indefinite.
This plan, It is thought, will avert tho evils
thati is feared may result from too sudden
disruption ofa longt Established labor system.
It will also induce white labor to come to our
State, by s1oTing<that It Will not have to
cempctc with negro labor.
The attention Of the House has been occu-
pied during the last two Days BY the coosid.
Grafton Of Judge Bullitt's Ease. "A resolution
introduced son4e days ago recommended the
appointment OF q committee tO investigate
the charges made against D. by the press and
common rumor- TleTommittee on Court Of
ApPeals, to whom the resolution was refer
rcd, made report, recommending that tho
INVESTIGATION BE- ordered, provided tliat the
Presid would first grant safe conduct to
3. to come to Kentucky, be present at the
investigation. and protection back to where
he now is. These proyisoes, of course, would
have the effect IF choking of the desired in
vestigation, as no one could for an instant
think the President would grant such re-
quest
The report OF the minority dissented from
the assumption OF the majolisy that Judge
b. Was absent by constraint-that as t1e
committee was not empowered to try The
cage, but merely to inquire into The alleged
charges, there was no necessity that previous
notice should be given to B., rs demanded by
the majority. Il omitted to include this pro-
viso in speaking of the majority rcpo1t.)
The discussion which continued during ycs-
terday and to-day was very exciting and Inter
esting. It appeared to be the general desire
thai the Investigation should be held. but the
points Of differences were, whether B. Is ab-
sent By constraint OF not, and whether notice
should be served on him 10 be in attendance.
II was contenued fhat the inquiry was due as
well to the reputation OF B. IS to the
honor Of the State and the interest of the peo-
pie. There are but two modes of proceeding
provided By our constitution il lis Elilt Is
establlshed-by add,css and Impeachment,
II he was guilty of fmisdemcanor In Office, he
could be impeached but If it was proven that
be bad committed treason, he could only be
addressed out of Office, for treason is not a
nisdemeanor as contemplated by the consti-
tutional provision. Forgery or murder are
crimes for which he would be liable in ciyil
courts, and so with treason, bu: to constitute
the o1ensc for which he may be impeachcd,
it must be done in or BY color OF bis office.
a call for the previous question cut Oft
further debatc, and the minority report was
adopted By the vote Of yeas 4S, nays 81. So
the investigation is ordered.
Lieut.. Cor. Jacobs arrived here last night,
ard In reply to serenade made speech In
front Of the Capitol Hotel. He had been
kidnapped a1d sent cut of the lines with the
expectation that gueriilas would ksli him,
but he had been spared to come back here to
defend the rights of frecMcn, free speech,
free press, DC. He denounced those who
caused his arrest Us towards, who were plum
dering the Government while he was IN the
field lighting the enemy. His speech was
simply repetition OF his recent denuuciatory
letter. There can be no better proof of the
clcmoncy and generosity Of President Lin
coin. than the 1uct that such man as Jarobs
is ct large ard ut liberty to abuse and de-