, 1865-10-18

- Aus one ~ ~ 'estose IL. II Is, under nj
-. 1 -Ae .a'eeel CONCESSION In
80 49, . M -. wa4e 10 tne tale rebels
H1 Victory Rlici
s4,' , ~ .a' ,''..,a.a ovu slee .as aeath ot Lin
e'N' 9"s, tu4s ''c" u IL We need only
su''ss .a' circumstances uuoer which this
mPofsan. s.eP - taken' anu us Inevitable
s'..s ~ "lDt1eN'' ''1u Ill LII oIoef southern
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o,,aan;as,;,s s.a.,.s"a.'Ae ~ -.f- Lincoln
sl'aaell'a'p'" ptocmna..on, and no action
has cFes oeen .ahen os the hentucky Legts-
!a'ufc ~ anousn Q. impair slaSery. For
t.est tessonS ,ne returned 1eoeas' sonred
esa'e"piacr' oio'Llas afastocrats anu the
eolpe' "esu u" u nealuchs tosetAer Will
~" eonset'a1Se cnlon mcn IKE Gov
n.anlc9.e ana o.eeh Gay smith deny that
sasery II 5et lcsssns aooAsnea IN hentucky.
Ane ior1hcs classes were, SIX months ago, dis
posea 10 give up as dcaa' aud during the
!ate pon11cal canvass, CIV. Bramleste and
efecn t!as snIsn botA endorsed the Copper
ncaa 1octrme liai ''s.1Tery Il dead eren In
hentncks-
bht fhe e1adoa! reversal Of the fo.-
mer poicy Of The Government which
oeeah VIII Tue assassination OF Alr.
Lincoln, and is daily Increasing in boldness
nnd III manifest Indifference TO the protest Of
lac Northern people, has causcd-the old Zen
tuckS bourbons, who arr slow 10 learn or for
sct ansAt that ntttcas slavery, TO revive
,Ee1. nopes l1a. slavery may be restored at
lsast IN tAen1Aeky, and II In Kentucky, then
c1aaheus ID thc remaining Southern States.
SINCE aa Inc States III The Cnioa must have
equal I1shts to restore slavery II they choosc.
NF. Jo'1nson's reversal Of the previous policy
ofthc government, has reversed the progress
Of opinion III Kentucky rs In Mississippi. and
as II Is now rapidly doing all over the Soutb.
The !atr SHAREHOLDERS everywhere are becin.
ming to feel that II events can on1r Dim nntr
Mr. johnson gets the loyal North rndar ~.
feet slavery can yet be restored. Arcord;no.
" Green Clay Smith, a fair specimen of ,bc
Southern Cnionists, who expressed The sentt.
ments Of his class SIX months aro nv sav;n,
Slavery is dcad In Kentucky . now sars
t'slavcry, under the laws Of Kentucky and th,.
United States, still exists In that States
On the contrary, Gen. Palmer, latelycom.
nnndtng Kentucky In fact aud now command
Ing 1t only in nnme, contends that as-Oo
slavcs were freed in spite Of Eent,,c1r 1,v
entering The military seryice nj 4ha
United States; that rGp na..ors
the wives and children Of tbese ro1orod
soldiers were freed from the slave Law. of Ken.
tucky by the Joint Resolution ~ f,o,o-.a-.
that effect, passed March al 1sf5 Thot -,
slaves belonging to rc,els w.cre f1ced ~ ~
act of Congress ana +hc1- o,-,arss ~
These several classes. all t,,ree or wh,ch,. H.
inlpracticable 10 dctcsmluc In all cascs r;,,,
judlcial czactpess. amohni IN o,o,,t 1cs ~
persons, leaving onlv about rs fs11 1xhn 49,
not been made free hy aoy specIal cn,c,msn,
Under this state Of facts, three out Of four Of
the negroes Of the State having been freed
by special cnaetments, get 1t being impracti-
cable to determine which were free mud :.
which were slave, the question arose whether
ancgro Should still, rs under the old regime,
be presumed aslare until he proved himself
1Fce, or whether he should be presumed fire.
until hc was proved to be a sla1e. More
thnn three Out Of four Of tl,e net,roas t,.sno
entitled 10 their freedom. Gen. Pal,na, A.
cided the prcsumptlou of .fo,,t, In avor oftS.
most numerous class. n decision tI,,, u"s;n
inevitable in 1optc as It WIS 1,9se r. ". I'm
tayy. or desirable in the 1,nmons eor,.a '>
This decision gare rise to the g r.ss =.
ten, - as it was called. Free necroes IL e.
tucky have the incstimablc priyiic~c of VII
ing the streets and crossing fne ferries ,x,,ho,,
\ pass signed by white man sla,es mt,,t
have passes from their owners. Free nernol .
cau be employed by a white man wfthont
subjecting the latter TO tlne and imp,ison.
mcnt. Slaves can not.
As the negroes Of Kentucky, notwithstand.
iuc the odorinr a,fccf;on Eh,ch .oaasa:"N
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