, 1879-08-11
KENTUCKY'S DISGRACE.
The Yeliow-Fever and Small
Pox PRISONERS.
What Tho Newspspen Are saJlug Of Ono Dr.. Luke
r. DIafAhurD.

III hCttuChJt HH W HHt@ASt Wv Desu0
cratic candidate for Governor Ia the samc Dr.
Luke I. Blackburn, Of Kentucky, Tlo was
proved to have attempted, 'n 1854, TO ass'st fhe
Rchc' cause BY introducing yellow'ic7cr and
smallpox Into Northern cities and tho Union
nmes by mcans Of infected clothing. Two
attempts refe made, onc being frustrated ~
The capture OF d blockade r.tuner which hsd on
hoard LOT Of clothing designed for New York.
Ills next essay WAS at !east partially succcsstu.
1ic succccdcd III lan1lng at Halifax, in July,
1854, several trunks from Bermuda filled With
clothing belonging to patients IN the hospitals
tllcfe who had died Of yclow.feYef. They were
sent to Washington, Baltimore, ahd other cities
aud to suffers at Norfolk a.,sl Newbesu. One
valtse, the goods in which had been infected
With botl yclEou-fevcr and smallpox, was sent
to President Lincoln Morally the man who 1
made thIs cowafdly attempt Upon the llfa os
t!,e rrcsidcnt vas as guilty as Wilkes Booth.
but the diaboiical scheme did not succeed
Either the clothes Ind become disinfccted BY
the sea voyage, or they Tete not used.
But Dr.. Blackburn was arrested ami tried at
Toronto, In tho fall OF 1864, for the ofrcnse Of
violating the neutrality Laws bY bringing these
very goods 10 Quebec for irsnsllpHent TO the
goods were landed at Halifax and nut at
Quebec, THUS tuking nNay The Jurisdiction from
tic Canadian court, but not TIL tilc case had
teen fully nladc Out. Thu Judge, in dls1nisssfa,
It for want of juTlsdictton. declared tia, Il was
Disclose that TIT Infected clothing With which he
exuccted to ctlect hts diul,utca1 purpose had
tuuclied tapau,an soil u hc would have
directed the verdict Of guilty, placing him in the
keeper Of the hotel at which Dr.. Blackburn
stopped during his trial, as soon d these facts
were shown turned bin out of the house.
ThiA n3Attcr has been on record 1ur years,
ton with the prominence Of the b!atant
Kentucky Congressman, who Ia a brother Of
Dr. Blackburn. It. WAS brought up formally
during the )a.e canvass in Kentucky, the evt-
le1ee rcc!ted, and the Democratic papers Of
Kentucky urged 10 say whether the Or. Hack
burn they Hero supporting Tor Governor wns tile
sause wretch who had 60 narrowly escaped con-
ytcston Of the most Infamous crime In the whole
could be obtained. The Louisville Co.rie7-Jour-
,.at met the Inquiry With esas1re badlua0c, und
could not he induced to meet the isauc IN a Ill
rect mnn1ler Dr. Blackburn hfnlacu baa been
silent. 1t would seem that, heing southgrn
man, nrni presumably sensitive about hta
.thouah," te should have been eager to nd him
self OF such monstrous accusation. Il Is u.s.
founding that there Was not III all KENTUCKY
Democrat with inanltncss enough to insist that
Ills candidate should clear himsclf Of tbta lnfa-
my or retire truin the field. 80 fur from II, nc
arc not advised that Dr. Blackburn 1ost single
yutc because OF being identified with 1hls horri-
be crime against humanity. We should be Glad
to bulieye tllai this a1a!r accounted IN part for
]pte election, hut NC cannot learn that the mat
Ter excited even a passing interest hmong the
yuteEs Of ttlc party.
Dr.. Blackburn must clear himself Of this
staud tisgracei 1tfore the .corid. Let 1t stand
that Blackburn WIS the man. and that the men
who elected kre,e his guilt, and they must be
held to have approved uf the scoundreliy At
i--..r a kkS IL.
Il. most horrible 1orm into tle tccnlug populn-
| tions oil Our Northern .ctties. Are Kentucky
| Denoctats such brutcs that they woutl kauw-
| ingly vote their approval OF such intnmyf DT.
Bluckburn cala relieve them by showing that
there was nj lenst reasonable doubt OF his iden.
tity with the rrotch WHO escapcd conviction IL
| Toronto nv showing that hts guilt wa6 incurred
outside the Jurisdiction Of the court.
THE MOST pIApoL1oA1. suooEs1loN OF MODERN
| TIMES.
| fttttbtF1 cArontGfe.
So long as Dr. Luke i. BLACKBURN was can
didate for Governor of Kentucky. anything said
10 hts aiscredit would have been attributed TO q
partisan spirit. The Doctor sfguB himself Gov.
ernor to-day,-the political contest Is over, anu
he hns won the position he coveted. Having
wou Il, neither he nor the party That elected
him Gnu complain II he IL criticised, not as o
candidate for Office, but as n physician whosG
achievements n the profession entitled him to q
degree OF consideration tint elevated him to tho
Chief Magtstrnc7 OF tic State.
II Is Governor md Physician Blackburn thAt
NC devote our attention to.
It is said land has not been den!ed) that the
Govcrnor-clect Of Kentucky based hts elatms 10
tho consideration Of his felovs on the score Of
services rendered. It Is also asserlc ed. aud never
has been denied. tf.at the nun rho Las been
elevated to the highest o!fIcc 10 kentucsy ss the
DR.. Blackburn who suggested that 1t would DC
throurhont @ II ths North. .rhc business of tht
physician Is to alleviate human suffering, arrest
epilcmrs wherever possible, to Instruct TUG
World how to lire 10 - to avott danger: to heal
aud to cure. But the Dr. Blackburn alluded +
was a rccscaut to bis profession. lie not onl,
suggested the yfio scheme referred to, but IT
wos guilty Ut taking up his ahoae III CAuaaa
aud mallv Canada n basc Of operations. 1t wut
in CauRda he perfected luis pln'ls., He WIS 1ul
4 soldier, had not sworn to uphold the Con
!cderucy as Il spy Or poitoncr. or bis own fret
will he ouE1ged iu the vile aud unchr!stta1 likt
business Of distributing throughout the East
cru cities clothing thnt contained the germs o
ycliow-lerdr. by distributing to New York
l'htIadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and otle'
poi0,s, several trunks Of clothing Injected VII
ycfl0w-frvsr and etnall-pox in betn!uda, "
| blackburn counted OIL spreading m2llGn fcsI
licences throughout the North,
bolcal suggestion ever nals In modern tlne
1t shou!d haro bcci, su1lielept to consign tn
uIan who engaged II. 1t to inia1ny: There y
something 40 loahsomo IN this otfense :as Il
| Enl&E I'LL ttlsU HEkHAkEA ~ N4AlAatJ ~
turn iron, tho snau guilty Of II. Itxould hav'
been ch4rity to leave HIM 10 himself. But, III
stead Vi thnt, It seems this ls the man the pco
pie Ut Kentucky hare mado Chief Magistrate
II there has been my epcci1c or qualified t,ena
Of the assertion that Tits u not the d.. back
burn who committed crime against nasust
und Eloricd in It, We lM7s never seen Il
there Is my mistake, the ,pcoplc Of hcntucl;
oHs 1t not only 10 themselves. but to the pcopl
Of tho North, to make an explanation at IN
earliest possible hour, for until It Is made ever
man who nht1urs barbarc methods III mar vii
Wish tic peuplc luck Vi their uuw dovetnoF:
IN common with ntnety-usno out Of AZ huu
t1Iot In tLe North, NJ ehcrtsh no rcscntmch
aga.ust the people Of tie South who acted ne
corlipg to their lightA in the late WAr. u
not our desire to perpetAnts hatre1 bT MssllI
tho llosdy shirt. We would gladly re!aEht
tlltsU things 10 tho shades, II anything cou!
keep altys resentment md invite untayottht
criticism, /. II PRECISELY tho cl!o!co made by tn
peup!u of Kentucky fl placing Dr. Blackburn Z
lAe heua OF tl,a state Government.
WHY WAS lie NOMINATED
Dnrxnp"rt ill.,, GHasHe. :,
II being ccTlRin alid tHts!sput41lc, md equal
80 SIX months btfurc The election on that ia
! ne altar tILpk in kntNnpkv A 11Nr,n fnt1e Mini