Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-02-23
KENTUCKY.
DR.. Breckinriegc's Statement,
in Reply To the Caiumntes OF
1t. Gov. Jacob, of Kentucky.

LII. Gov. Jacob, Of Kentucky.
penitently confess that was one Of the
people of Kentucky who, through great
blindness OF mind, made Richard l.. Jacob,
our Lieutenant Governor, ut the same time
| that, with equal folly, we made Thomas II.
! Branlette our Governor. have borne my
share OF these humiiations, with reasonable
composure, and mostly In sileii6s. At pres
eat 1t is Mr.. Jacob that obliges me to speak
and that fn manner which is extremely
! disagree ,ble to me, and which" may not be
| srticularly agreeable to him.
Dir. Jacob, let ME say, was person whom
] barely know, aud whom l would have no
motive Oh earth either TO injuro or offend.
He had ,erved the country for one year,
believe, in the army in kcntucky-and had
lost some blood, more or lcss, III some sklr-
ni,h-shich seems to dwell permanently IN
his Imagination. But the people made
him Colonel to get him into service, ana
made him L;eutenant-Governor when the
service was over. Besides that, he has been
fortunate enough to be very closely con-
nected with my old friand, the late Thomas
H. Benton, and il WAS to be hoped had
initiated some of his great qualities which
might become him better, tnan his violent
manner OF aUusing those he disllked. Nor
LclOulu l. Otull W oldtC AhaJ
! tue pubiic-that he protessed " be a iOl-
lower of Christ, and member of the same
denomination of which | am a minister
As far as know, the original cause Of MIR.
Jacob wrath against me was my strong
expression OF dissatisfaction With his man
ner of talking about arresting the progress
beyond Chattanooga Of our army in the
spring OF 1864, by the destruction of its
communications, by the outraged pro-siav7
cry men Of Kentucky. 1t is significant that
this first idea of Nlr. Jacobs disloyalty, was
communicated to me, on the memorable
night, about the middle Of March, 1864
the same on which Gov, Bramlette's wrath
against me took its rise, From my opposi-
ton to his first proclamation about the en-
rollment and draft of negroes, aud IN the
presence of most OF the same gentlemen
tive OF whom, at least, gave account of MIR.
jacobs violent and disOyal talk.
During the canvass which commenced in
Kentucky after the adjournment of the
Legislature in 1864, and extended to the
Presidential election in November following,
q violent, and presume from the notorious
facts Of the case, as well as from some init.
nations of MIR. Jacob himself, concerted
attack was made on me by a.number Of the
most prominent supporters of the move
ment to carry Kentucky to and in concert
with the Chicago Convention. Mr.. Jacob
mentions, beside himself Col. Wolford,
John B. Huston, MIR. Shipman, Of the
Louisville journal, and BrutusJ. Clay; his
sense of delicacy, possibly, led him to omit
the name OF Gov. Bramlette. AS soon after
perceived what was being attempted as a
proper occasion presented itself, | invited
ex-Gov. Rjbinson, the representative of my
| Sannfnriui llIstrint-- a N aet a and
reputed the ablcst and most eloquent lead
er OF the new movement in Central Ken.
lucky, to meet me in Lexington, and dis
cuss publicly from day to day, all the issues
before the people, as long as he saw fit, and
| the people would listen to us. l considered
that the proper way TO meet any com blnatlen
| that might exist aganst me; and that Mr.
| Robinson saw tit TO decline the meeting,
was certainly no fault of mine aud that
any other persons SAW fit to persist in their
attacks upon me, certainly leaves it wholly
to my own choice to determine in what man
ner. at what time, to what extent, and
whether at all, shall redress myself upon
them, all and singular If, therefore, it had
been literally true as it was utterly false
! that | had procured the arrest of Mr.. Jacob,
| Col Woiford, Mr. Shipman, and Mr..
! Huston, should have dune no more than
they all richly deser, ed-no more than the
character OF their proceedings against me
Individually would have justified me in do
ing-no more than the dlsoyal conduct of
each of thcm-and especially Of Mr.. Jacob
required--no more than the public authorl-
ties actually did Of their own accord. l
considered Mr.. Shipman the most disloyal
and dangerous man of the combination. l
knew nothing of any intention to arrest Mr..
| 4 l,,tf AMI Vol
Wolford who was arrested, as supposed, by
order OF Gen. Grant, was man for whom
| | felt kindly who was in my opinion, first
seduced and then betrayed, and who when
he comes to himself will see many things
in very different light from what he has
! done. But my particular business at pres
ent, is with MIR. Jacob
Mr.. jacob published in the Louisville
journal OF Nov. 81, 1864, two or three col
,u,nns OF mailgnant aud lncoherunt vulgarity,
Y directed against me, 40 far as the brutal
epithets with which it abounded were con-
cerned. The publication was, however,
directed against the President of the Uni
ted States, as to the bulk and substance of
it, and traduced him as only a Chicago
Platform expert ever traduces anybody -
NV share Of SANDER then was for being, as
was said. tool of Mr. Lincoln. 1t is only
now, three months and more after the first
publication OF that piece of Mr., Jacob, that
| have read it. And most probably never
should have read it, but Tor second publ
cation by him, which appeared in the Louis
Vile Journal of January 2Ssh. 1868, ol
which | will speak presently. For it is by
no means my habit to read or to listen to
abusive and insulting things uttered Of me
10y bad men. And in this case, besides
what have before said, was, at the time
! confiued 10 my house in Fayette, by serious
Z hurt, and was only able to be carried to Lex
! ington on the 7rh of November, to my vo
ting place on the sth, and to Danyille OF
! the 9th-where my winters work is done
b It was on the ilth Of November, as Mr.
Jacob asserts. that he was arrested in Old
ham county and my impression Is that hi
: arrest was several times spoken of in IN.
, presence, while in Lexington, as having
been ordered, or1resolved on. But hat
heard his arrest, and that Of Mr.. Shipma
aud Col. Wolford, so often spoken of in tn
same way, that it made no particular i'm
) pression upon me. AS had taken no nc
tice whatever, of his unprovoked abuse Q
me in his stump speeches-and had been j
3 I no hurry to read his published abuse Of me
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