Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-05
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
FROM KENTUCKY.
lnNernnr RramIefle's Messsage.

FROM KENTUCKY.
Governor BramIefte's Message.
FRANKFoRT, KY, Jan. 4.-GoVernor
| Bramlette's message was delivered this
morning The following is a brief synoP-
| sis:
He saws Our people as n body, have
| since the arbitrament Of war, decided to
uphold and maintain the right, as deter
mined by the ultimo ratio Of people, and
! the increase of crime is far below the
measure of the most reasonable expecta-
| tions. He is gratifed to know that his
! policy at the close of the war, Of granting
| pardons to indicted soldiers Of either army
has been rewarded with the happiest re-
! suit At the close of a civil war, peace
| and amnesty are corelative and dependent.
There can be no real peace unless for
! giyeness covers the acts Of war and
| relieves those engaged therein.
| There is no real peace; the war is but
| transferred from the field to the farm,
/ where timid and corrupt men may swear
/ away that for which brave men and true
| struck the manly blow.
To assume that this or that man, this or
that class has sinned two greatly to be for
| given is but to declare a partial, not an en-
| tire peace The breach made by exceptions
may widen until the flames of strife rekin-
| die from the dying embersof war and again
lick the life blood of your people. Amnesty
only can extinguish the embers and cool
the heated ashes. These principles have
guided me and are deemed applicable alike
to State and nation.
The Governor asks an amendment of the
criminal code of Kentucky so as to make a
proper graduation of punishments; adyo-
Gated the establishment of a house Of cor
rection or reform, and of houses Of refuge
for youthful offenders; he advocates pro-
vision for the care of colored lunatics; the
careful revision of all the laws relating to
the colored population, to secure them in
the peaceable enjoyment of life, liberty,
and property, and regrets that bill No. %,
reported by the Committee on Judiciary,
during the first session, did not become
law, as it would have avoided some un-
pleasant conflicts of jurisdiction between
State and Federal authority.
trust your wise and prudent legislation
may be such AZ to remove the fimsy pre-
lenses of an unreasoning fanaticism for any
further regard for the constitution Of our
fathers. Through the freemend's bureau
and civil rights bill, he asks the adoption
Of such laws as will invite superior class
Of laboring population to that State, re-
marking that freedom bestowed upon the
inferior race Of men WithdrawS from him
the protecting care Of the superior and
leaves him to meet the superior race in
the struggle for life and must, by a uniyer-
sal law of nature, rapidly destroy from
among us the inferior race. The Indian,
though superior to the negro, vanished be-
fore the progress Of our race, and testitie7
by his descent the Tesistless course of natu-
raj law. True craftsmanship admonishes
us to make timely prov ision for the supply
Of laboring population. Until the leo
pard can change the spots on his skin viii
all the efforts Of fanatiCism to repeal or
nulilfy Gods laws be unavailing.
The Governor recommends a provision
bv law, for annual collection Of the stats-
tics Of the population, productions, agri-
cultural, mechanical, mineral, etc. He
hopes the act incorporating the Kentucky
river navigation company, approved March |
LIST, 1865, will be carried into successful |
operation, the completion whereof will Sc
cure a handsome income to the State and |
company He advocates a similar DISPOSE |
ton Of the improvements on Green and |
Barren rivers.
The finances Of the State are in 4 very |
satisfactory condition. The present indebt- |
edness il S., 438 347, and the resources Of |
the sinking fcnd are estimated at S., 49, |
6Sl. The treasury on December 3lst last, |
had 81 ,864 444 and our claim on the Fede- |
raj government yet shows a balance in our |
favor Of S3,438, 347. This claim has been
actively and persistently pressed for settle
ment, and have insisted on the payment |
Of at least half million Of the debt, so as
20 enable MS 10 discharge our outstanding
war debt but though hopes have been held
ont of speedy payment of that much, as
yet it has been withheld. For this delayin
the adjustment Of the claims of Kentucky, |
no good reason can be given.
The Governor recommends that the COM
missioners of the sinking fund apply from
time TO time any surplus over the estimated
expenses TO the eXtinguishment Of the ont
standing bends of the State.
Upon national matters the Governor says: |
The restoration Of the government of the
United States, upon the basis fixed by the
constitution and laws pursuantthereto,w which
was the legitimate result of victory by the
Union armies and of the entire surrender
of the Rebels, followed by peace, is still de-
MED to US. The organized rebellion which
was overcome bv arms, was not more hos
tile or less dangerous to our free form Of
government, than the dominant sectional
majority that now denies a constitutional
restoration. The armies raised by our
government was for the avowed purpose of
preserving the Union as formed by the con-
stitution; the soldier fought to attain this
object. Now that the victory IL ours, and
armed rebellion has ceased, we have the
strange spectacle Of the dominant majority
in Congress denying 10 those who rebelled,
the privilege of submission to the govern
ment as il exists, and to those who fought
to maintain il the fruits of their victories,
and the security Of the government which
they fought to maintain. A new and diff
ferent government is sought to be forced
upon the nation "a a condition precedent
10 the recognition u the existing Consti-
tuition.
The phrenzy for the destruction which
seized upon the people Of the Southern
States, now that they have returned to
reason, has been transferred 10 the North
ern and some of the Western States, and
the fires Of fanaticism stir the blood Of |
the colder North with the intense glow and
heat Of sectional hate of the South, and
urges forward it, votaries into the fatal
Of their passion 90 the obstruction
Of that government which has been SO sue
ressfully and triumphantly sustained and
by the valor and endurance Of
our soldiers. This is made under the pre- I
.ention Of love for the Union, when it Is
patent that nothing but desire to perPetu-
.te power in the hands Of a sectional party :
prompts their action The past balance OF s
lowers between the State and national gov {
,rnments il sought TO be destroyed and the
entral legislation Of powers to be estab-
ished in the Federal government through
amendments TO the constitution, which, If
uccessfull, willsdestroy thoseF rights re-
eryed 10 the States and people and which I
re essential 10 the preservation Of free !