The union Democrat., 1867-10-19
The Public Danger.

AN EXTRACT FROM THE FAREWELL ADDRESS OF
COW BRAALETTE, OF KENTucKY, ON THE DAN.
GERS WHICH MENACE rhx ruBLIc LIBERTY.
AT sLl2ABErHTowN, SEPTEMBER THIRD.
Would that could assure YOU that with
peace and prosperity within we had no dan.
gers from without 10 menace our security.
But. fellow citizens, it cannot be concealed
from our intelligence that we are menaced
with dangers which threaten to wreck our
republican form of government. and Law in
waste the peace and security Of this our boun
teous country.
The CANCERS had their Foundation in the
formation of sectional parties. based unon
" geographical Discrimination and which
led TO our terrible civil war. BY the domi.
nations of one faction, in the councils of the
nation, "sharpened by the spirit of revenge
common to party dissensions,' we are now
threatened with frightful despotism." To
avoid these dangers we should adopt consid.
crate councils and prudent and united action
against the movements Of that = faction =
borne of sectional hate, thrown upon the sur.
face In the commissions of civil war, and kent
alive by the heartlees demagogues. who sub.
! ordinate every interest, mental, moral. and
| physical, public, private, and social, to their
own base and inordnate thirst for place and
power, and the honors and emoluments of Of
flee. This party, led on by these demagocues
! propose to reconstruct" the governments of
the Southern States. so as to enfranchse the
negro and diSfranchise the white men not of
their party in those States. They hope there.
| by To build up negro party in the South.
which will perpetuate political pow or in their
hands. The dangerous work of - reconstruc.
! ton, y if successful, is fraught with dangers
and calamities from which humanity shrinks
back appalled,. 1t will destroy the inspired
work of Washington and his com patriots by
the overthrow of all the reserved rights of the
States, and the centrahzing of power in the
Federal government. 1t will force q conflict
ofraces, bv setting the white man and the ne.
gro IN political array against each other. TO
contest the right to rule this country. No
government has been or ever can be
maintained which assumes to distribute its
political franchises eqnally and - impartial.
ly between two antagonistc races of men.
The great truth Is taught by history and i'm
pressed by nature rs an instructive principle
in every living heart. The struggle for as
tendency of race, when you set the two in no.
litical antagonism, is inevitable, and the con
flict becomes unavoidable. The weaker with
all his adherents must, in the nature of things.
either yield or be exterminated The antag
onism of race cannot be abolished by human
enactments. And whenever you array the
races in thi~country in contest for the con
troll ard government of the country, there is
no power beneath the sun to stay the hand of
destruction and save the weaker race from
determination. Vixen the conflict is forced,
enc or the other race must yield or perish.
May God inspire our people with patriotism
which can rise above party or section, and
give them the wisdom to understand and the
humanity to avoid such conflict.
The demagogues who are so wantonly fore.
ing us upon these dangers pretend that it is
only their purpose TO "punish treason and
protect loyalty" Yet they make war upon
our constitutional Union more ruthlessly but
with less manly courage than those whom
they would punish. We can respect the man
hood of those who, through erring in parpose
and lin Judgment, struck boldly and bravey for
separating the Southern States into an indie
pendent government. Grievously did they err. |
but rs grieyously have they atoned for that
error. But We have no respect for those who !
pervert the power of q free government with
which they are intrusted to the destruction ofl
the rights and liberties of the Southern white
men, A brave man may and often does err,
but a coward is always at fault-he is HIM
self fault We admire the bodness of Paul
who, while anti Christian, made open war
upon Christians, from city to city, following
them with the process Of law, but, when con
verted by the great light of truth, as boldly
and courageously proclaimed the doctrines of
Christianity. But all men, Christian. Inf
del and Pagan, despise the character of Judas
Iscariot. who, protesting Christianity, betrav
ed his Lord with a kiss. So must all true
kentuckians look upon those who, protesting
UaiOaism are destroying tho Union by a
shameless disregard to the obligations of the
constitution, which is the only bond of the
Union. So must they regard those who. pro
Tossing to love liberty, are for enfranchising
the negro and Gisfranchising the white man
and who, protesting sympathy for the op.
pressed, legislate to burden and oppress the
white man and TO exalt the negro. Such
men. pretending to make g treason odious."
are acting the part of traitors to the constitu
tional liberty and Of Judases TO their own
race. These reconstruction tinkers have
denied Kentucky Representatives their seats
in Congress. and menace Us with military
government and reconstruction. They have
adopted resolution in Congress to enquire
whether Kentucky-the first born into the
Union, received under the administration OF
ernment" This inquiry is an insult to the
memory of Washington and his COM patriots,
and is infamous in its purposes of party ven
geance and malignity. The threat to place
rs under military government is treasona-
bic threat, and the attempt to carry it in ex-
ecuti0n will involve its movers in the fatal
snares of their own treason.
| These threats towards US by these "recon-
! structionists." are because we dare assert and
mantain the principles of constitutional gov.
ernment, and would uphold good government,
maintain constitutional right, and enforce
constitutional duty. The people of Kentucky,
/ in the exercises of their inalienablo right to
! free-self government, have ecently voted con.
trary to the wishes of these reconstruction.
ists," and because the State is overwhemn.
ingly Democratic they would reconstruct 4"
US.
s6~ Passing down the street yesterday we
overheard the following coloquv between two
q American citizens of African descent:u
| - Sea hoab Sam uhniS