, 1866-01-21
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE.

SPsF7t aO0 ActnpeE W NenAuchy SOnAe9-
vatiasn-Resiasnn 10 the current Of
Eycnts-Thc Kc-adJustmenr OF the
Codc-Pro-Slavery Hatred OF General
Pnlmer-TAe Senatorial Question.
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ACCORDING 70 aa1oalnnent' our Lef'ls'atnfe
met again on last Wednesday and, VIC rc-
rret to say that the temper of this body, so
fnr as loyalty Is concerned, Is not at all i'm
proved. They have been fcnsted and fetcd by
The rebels vhou1 tbey had enfranchIsed and
n,oced nnon an enna1 footinr with the true
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believe that they were mistaken n
their former opinions concerning febels ana
the rebellion, md that It was the doTeEnmehL
and lis autnoIty that "as "aSnF war
against the Union, ana not tne rcoei armies.
They commenced their WoEk py resolving
Amendment vas not legally and fairly adopt.
Kentucky to her slaves was superior and
above the Constitution, and that they would
solemn}y protest against kentueky's being 50
foul1y wroDEed but they would await the re '
turning reason Of the people, and bow to the
Inevitable, and acquiesce in what they could
not prevent Just what the Union party Of
Kentucky told them all Though the last can
vass: Ihat they would have to suceumb to
tho force Of the upyieldms march Of events.
But they could not then "see it," and really
believed, or professed to believe, that by
voting against the amendment they could re-
store and hold on to their slave property
But, beneath all this seeming bowh4g before
the fiat Of the people, there is boiling sen OF
wrath that would burst ont IN open rebellion
at any time II they only dared to risk the con-
sequences. But we have disressed from our
proposed narrative Of events.
ADJUSTMENT OF THE CODE.
Some persons have been 60 crcdn1ous IS to
believe that this Legislature would endeayor
TO adjust the Kentucky codes and laws to the
status Of events, now that the Constitutional
Amendment has been officially proclaimed to
be the Law Of the land, H We candidly con-
fess that We hare never been at all crcdulous
on that point, More than tWo-thirds ot this
session has passed away, and there has not
bsen the first stcp, taken toward that end
| the offering Of a resolution to-day
to raise committee to take into con-
sideration the recent political events.
They arc not clothed with any power
beyond the mere recommendation Of certain
scio1,, a Thy arc not directed Fs to to boldly
those that are necessary to be repealed aud
to amend and modify those needing atnend-
mept. They are simply directed to take into
consideration "recent political events and
probably to recommend action This Is
strictly in accordance with the conservative
rebel proTamme-theiF idea land they have
90 expressed themselves) IS thai II they pass
laws fixing the condition of the freedmen,
they viii thus recognize the adoption Of the
constitutional amendment, which thsy are
determined to resist as lar as possible, without
coming INTO aImed conflict with the 6oveFn-
ment. And thus BY their ohsttnaey, they
VII entail upon hentucky endless trouble,
litigation and perhaps some b'oodshed.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
Very little final action on important meas
ures mas oeen taken. Ihey arc simply trans-
aeLlnE sucn suca nosiness rs gushing on1oa
ne men nom tueil sea'a' ana FssoMng aganst a
4ney Profess 10 gfeatlf admhe Ffeslaent