New-York tribune., 1866-04-27
FSENVUlTKY LOYALTY.

We believe Mr. GarI,. Davis considers Kentucky o
loyal and aw-abil.ng state, and We suppose she Is,
Judged by his standard Of loyalty and obedience to
laws Kentucky and her Senator agree in hating
"niggers," in denouncing the Ffcelmen's Bureau,
and in nulfying the Civil Rights law. Mr.. Davis
has talked some treason lately, and all through the
war talked great deal Of inhumanity. If anybody
doubts that be did aud does truly represent his State,
we invite him to read the reports from the Freedmen5
Bureau in Kentucky which we print this morning.
Gen. Ely says that the intense prejudices existing
in the ortytwo counties under his jurisdiction against
both the blacks and the Bureau. render the officers Of
the latters powerlcs5. except when supported by
troops Pro-Slayery intolerance has not abatsd ITS
mad zeal because of emancipation. The whites con-
slider that the FIeedmons Bureau has been abolished
by tho Presidents Veto. They have organized
bands Of " Regulators" and Ngger-Kers"
consisting mainly of returned Rebel soldiers,
whose business it is to prevent the employment
of the blacks by burning the houses of those who do
employ them, by foggng and numbering the blacks
Themselves and other Ike methods. Cen Ely tcsti-
fes tina, but for the t Dor excited By these bands,
there would be no difficulty in finding good homes
and employment for the freedmen The civil author
Illcs nave HtltGcI PoNVl hol u''Po'''''i ~
protect the blacks against such outrages. Public
opinion Is on the side Of the "niggerkllerS;" the
former owners of slaves think that some Of
their rights still remain, and the courts sustain
them by their adjudcations Tho reports Of
Cen Ely and Capt. Merrill do not rest on general
statements they give particulars of many outrages;
they present minute picture Of the state Of society at
this moment existing in Kentucky. We should like
to ask the most embttered opponent of the Freed
mems Bureau what lie thinks of kentucky yciyizaton,
and what chance Of protection he supposes the negro
would have without the Bureau. The State has
passed no laws to protect them, does it permit
them to testify in State Courts. Even where
the freedmen are at work. they working under con-
tracts OF which there record which could not be
enforced by law and which public opinion would JUS
tify the planters in breaking the moment "ngger"
gets impudent enough to demand his pay. IL is worth
noticing that the most exasperatng oifense of
freedman is 10 have borne in defense of the Cox
ernment Should colorcd soldier dare to retain any
mark of his service in the Union armies he shot down.
But it Is quite in order to wear Rebel uniforms with
G.. $. A. waist belts, and plenty of pistols to shoot
oyalists sight.
And yet, Kentucky has never been out of the
Union. She has always had two Senators In Con-
gress--though they never seemed quite sure whether
the Congress was in Washington or in Richmond.
She was excepted from the Emancipation Proclama.
on she refused to rafy the ti-Slayery amendments
shc allowed her own way in most matters relating
10 her own affairs Her gratitude is manifested by
desperate hostility to the Government and the most
malignant yindictivcness toward her emancipatcd
slaves. Ii this be true of loyal Kentucky, what is
likely to be true Of the insurgcnt States