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Correspondence Ns,o Fork Htrufd.
LOUISVILLE, May 15.--A rumor has gono
abroad that In Kentucky, tho homo Of Bristow,
great many y Republicans favor Morton for tns
Presidency; but, 1ko NIL the yasna concerning
the Secretary Of the Treasury. there is no truth
Init. or latc I havo been busily engaged in
- o,,,s,J,o T., xo-a,., i, .har .hoIa, e. ~.
u ltou'ssu4o III tcsAtu " tncis cno'eo lor tac
Presidency have yet to find Morton man Of
any prominence. Among those with whom I
conyersel l found all for Br,sto,y. eyen men
"t1u M,,a n unae.s.oou aaS WHY lof mo1son
Inc most prominent hepuohcala OF hentucisy
Is Gen. John N. Harlan. Hc wus twice q candt'
date for Governor, and each time received over
$4,000 votes In this great stronghold Of De-
'l'os'aey' nAany pen'ossnso " Ao1sot tae.r pbty
anu voted 1or the man. tcn. Haflan obtalned
n vuat amount Of information In Ills two can-
vasses, ard think that no man today rs rs wrll
posted about Kentucky and Kentuckinus NJ he
Is. The other dny your reporter called OH Gen.
Harlan and interviewed him in reference to
political matters In Kentucky, so far as they re-
lnto to tho approaching Presidential contest.
but your reporter n,anagcl to get him talking,
ns cNn tlo seen from the following:
QuestIon-f scc It stated In soilc OF tho papers
that the Republicans q tl,!s county have held !.
Xm T T. not ' true that ut any sn such ~ meeti"E as
been held hnVo heard Of little squad, not
exceeding dozen, meeting tn tho country md
passing resolutions for Senator Morton, and
tbat is the meeting telegraplcd over the coMr'
Republicans of this city and county will not
hold their primary meetings Until Mny4. That
y tho thug regularly appointed, and It Is certnln
that no Republican VII! be sent to tl!c sthto
nati The State Convention will BE- held on tho
18th Of May,. and IL VIII be found that the lsc-
publicans OF Kentucky Will present BrtKt0w's
e KcnItncky presented t..atet Henry c'ay, n
1H!. The Republicans Ut Kentucky are proud
Of Dristow, aud look will confidence to Ills nou-
tnatton and election to thu Frcsidency.
'Q.-ls there any fnovcmena Ill tlhs State be-
Al ono or two localities IN effort Is being
made 10 rally tlln colored Republican voto in his
favor, but It will result III nothing. Tho kcn-
tueky delegation At Cincinnati Will bo q unit for
l!r'stow. However much thy Republicans Of
Kentucky esteem Gov. Morton for his scEylccsin
thu Republican cauac, they arc for 13rlBtow ubnye
nj otllcra, They llAve not forgotten Ills clear
record as stuurh Unionist and consistent 1le-
publican
Q.-Dut they are urging In tho North Tint, bt-
Ing Southern Mall, ho is not 10 bc trusted.
Hnw Is ihat1
Al do not fear uny such point against him.
he M S"Eth as npdy H as tcy s wv Wo a puSe
1nun horn md raised on the utilcr stdc of 3lasun
luld DIxons line. Tho men who urge tlla oh
lection forget TINT Abraham Llilctln, Dick
Ug1esby, aud James q. Bfrncy wcre horn liz Kcn-
t,Icky, and passed. suEne portions OF thc.r lives
in thls Stlte. Thu men lu Tho North who cay
tsMt q Southern Republican IL not to
te trusted, are Ike those ln tic South
who distrust Northern mGu because they
Ijristow WIS reared u Whig, promptly sided with
the Union cause In 1851 fought gsllanty in cur
ns1ny, never faltercl fn Ills opposition to thu Re-
bcllIon, was for .ll thc men and money ncccssa.
tho kentucky Senate, before the hpr closed, le
voted sq,urely fur tho ratification 81 tho ThIr-
tccntE Amendment nbolisAinE slavery; la de-
Tended tho employment OF colorc1 troops; hD
DistrietcAttorney prosecuted tls @ ,aurtlcrous us
raugs uf outlaws who 1n,,ltrcatyd thu eulurel
,ncn; has uniformly defended liz public school
system, and 1uaintanca tho duty OF tbs Statc u
IS5d eqaaI das'lt!es for cGs stasat!on to al ~
defended huth tho necessity NIL pulley Of tho
fourteenth nsl Fifteenth Amendments to lis
Federal Constitution; has maintained Tic right
ut t,lu co.oresl n.au to hold ot{cc-iu t1rles, ho
has stood By the It1pub]trau palty ever Biuce Il
had uu organ!zed existence III Kentucky. llo
Northern nun who cannot trust Uristow with
such record, naintalnud rs It iras been under
circumstances whom 1t coat /, great deal TO DO
Hcpubllcan, muss b. very llursl to plrusc.
. Gen Harian said l.o hatl heard of d dlstIn.
ruishrd Northern Republicans saving Tint it
would not be safe to trust o Southern Rcpub]l-
can; but when 10 came to think Of that gentle
mans record ltc recalled TIC fnct that although
hu himself lad been educated u1llcr nti-slayery
inilucDces, ho stood by autl Stefralcl tho Doli,y
ii tlv Dei.locratic party when It inals wuF with
Mexico for tho plposs Of extending tho area Of
slavery.
Tho rtpottet continued: What tH priHtow DO
Ing to bring about llla nomination.
-Nothtng-al,solutely nothing, 80 far as I
know he has meyer uttered word OF written q
linz which ausgceted that my effort 10 made by
his frrnds III that direction. On tbs contrary,
lie has discouraged Ills friends from pressing his
inAtion Ut Ciuclunuu should succeed it viii not