, 1879-08-05
AN INSULT FROM KENTUCKY,


umts Of ono Of our contemporaries ,
SrH,NariEIp, ILL.,, Aug. 1.-GoY. CuLIoM has
recuynd an invitation 10 attend Governors nleet-
lug At Crab Orchard Springs, n.y., Aug. !. In hunor
uf Gov. -elect LUXE ?. BLACKBURN. J. II. Nc
CREAMY. Governor Of Kentucky. md tho Hon.
JoHN ". STEVENSON, Ex-Governor ot Kentucky"
Tbs invitation 10 Gov. CuLLoM 10 moot
Gov. MoCnEAnY and ox-Gov. STEVENSON, Of
Kentucky, is all well enough M matter of
official courtesy but aho Invitation to meot
"Goy.-sle LUXE P. BLAoKRuns" ia not
nIouo remarkable instance Of impudance
and presumption in boing issued boforo tho
election took plaoo, but it is all insult to tho
people Of Illinois, through thotr Executive,
which ought to bu reseutsd with righteous
indignation. Ths Governor-elect Of Kou-
,ucky" IL not III, official whom any DECENT
man, any humane man, or any honorable
1nau will care to meet. Time has not yot
obtiteratcd all the u,emorius Of tho War Of
the Rebellion. Tho loyal people Of tile
North cherish no reaontmonts against tho
Confeleratos Of tho South who mot them
face to faco upon the hattlo-hold and fought
for tlolz "Lost Oause," even though TINT
causo WINS wicked aud disloyal ono. They
aro willing to taku them by the hand again
md vie with them in kindly courtesy aud
genial hospitality but thora wero those iu
tho South during tint War who put thsm-
solves outside the pate OF humanity and civ
il'zod warfare, and have no mora right to
claim recognition than Sioux Indian fresh
frol, Ills ,nutilation Of women and children,
and Of this c1asa IL DR.. LUXE r. l'LAoxDuHN,
II the charges publicly made against him
arc trno. Those oharges lave not yet bceu
denied by limaolf or any Of his friends or
supporters. So long as they stand unrelutot],
no mau with apArk Of manhood or human
lily in Ais breast oau consent to rscoguizo OF
associate with him without degrading him
self in tho estimation of decent me.,, and
any invitation to lneat such nlau ID atl u,l-
paslonablo insult.
THIS mau BLACKBURN was not soldier.
He hns not the instincts Of a soldier. He
never faood Northern soldier on Southern
soil. From bis sate refuge iu Canada, where
la lurkcd aud skullsed, tho oowartlly harba-
rian deliberately planned to spread the ma
lignant pesti1auco Of yoltow-fsssr and small
pox throughout tic Northern army aud
among tho principal Easteru cities, by ds-
posing Of several trunks Of clothing which
had bcsn previously infected with these
disanses In Dsnnuaa. Ths clothing WAS
sout in the caro- of his paid agents to Nsw
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
and Norfolk, and disposed Of to auetioneers,
, commission men, and sutlors, but fortunately
tho oontagion did not spread. This is the
only claim ho has upon the maliguaut Bour.
bons of Kentnoky, aud, 1t they hsye elected
him to tue Govesnorship Of that stata for
his services to the late Oonfedsraoy, they
have done SO because le made ths dastarlly
attempt to spread these horrible diseases
throughout tho North. With tue full knowl-
edge Of this infamy,-for It Is matter Of off,
cisl record, and has never been denied or
| eveu challenged, they have nominated and
e1ectsd him a. their Governor without pro.
test on the part Of single Democrat or
Democratic newspaper in Kentucky. The
Louisville Courier. journal, which makes
lofty psetense Of humanity, honor. chivalry,
aud Responsibility. hos supported hin, zeal.