Year: 1861

with them has no language of menace. or
bluster, or passion. When the men from Bun
ker Hil and the men from the dark and
bloody ground" unestranged from each other
by the low arts of politicians, shall stand side
by side on the same national battle field, the
heart of freedom will be glad.


Carry with you the complete assurance that
you will ere long have not only the moral but
the maternal support of Kentucky. Not many
weeks can elapse before this powerful Com
monwealih will make an exultant avowal of
her loyalty, and will stand erect before the
country, stainless and true as the trnest of her
sisters of the Union. In the scales of the mo-
mentous events now occurring, her weight
should be and will be felt. Already she is i'm
patient, and will not much longer, under the
pressure of any policy, submit to shrink away
into the mere dust of the balances.


Have no fear as to the vigorous and uli-
mately successful prosecution Of this war and
feel no alarm either as to the expenditure it
must involve or as to those startling steps,
seemingly smacking of the exercise of absolute
authority, which the admin, lration may be
forced from time to time to take While doubt
less all possible economy will be observed, it is
apparent that no considerations of that kind
can be permitted for a moment TO modify the
policy that has been resolved upon. When
the life of the patient is confessedy at stake, it
would be as unwise as it would be inhuman TO
discuss the question of the physicians fee be-
fore summoning him to the bedside.


Besides, all now realize that the system Of
arithmetic has yet to be invented which could
estimate in dollars and cents the worth of our
institutions. This terrible emergency, with all
its dangers and duties, was unforeseen by the
founders of our Government, and by those who
subsequently administered it, and it must make
laws for itself The Government has been like
a strong swimmer suddenly precipated into the
sea, and like that swimmer it has unhesitating-
ly and most justifably seized upon any and ev-
cry instrumentaity with which it could sub
due the treacherous currents and waves by
which it has found itself surrounded. All that
was irregular or Illegal in the action of the
President has been fully appreciated by Con
gress. on the broad and incontestable princi-
pie that laws and usages of administration de
signed to preserve the existence of the nation
should not be suffered to become the instru-
ments Of its DEATH So, for The future, I do not
hesitate to say that any and every measure re-
quired to save the Republic from the perils
that beset it, not only may, but ought to be
taken by the Administration, promptly and
fearlessly.


Within so brief period DO such gigantic
power has ever been placed at the disposal of
any Government as that which has rallied to
the support Of this within the last few months,
through those volunteers who have poured
alike from hill and valley, city and village,
throughout the loyal States. All classes and
all pursuits have been animated by the same
lofty and quenchless enthusiasm. While, how
ever, would make no invdious distinctions,
where all have so nobly done their duty I can
not refrain from remarking how conspicuous
the hard handed tillers of the soil of the North
and West have made themselves in swelling
the ranks of our army. We honor commerce
with its busy marts, and the workshop with its
patient toll and exhauslless ingenuity, but still
we would be unlaithful to the truth of history
did we not confess, that the most heroic
champions of human freedom and the most il
lustrious apostles of its principles have come
from the broad fields Of agriculture.


There seems to be something in the scenes
of nature, in her wild and beautiful landscapes
in her cascades and cataracts and woodlands,
and exhilerating airs of her hills and mountairs
rivet upon the spirit of his fellow man. 1t was
at the handles of the plow and amid the
breathing odors of the newly opened furrows
that the character of Cincinnatus was formed,
expanded and matured. 1t was not in that
city full, but in the deep gorges and upon the
snow clad summit of the Alps, amid the eagles
and the thunders, that William Tell laid the
foundations of those altars to human liberty
against which the surgng tides Of European
despotism have beaten for centuries, but
thank God, have beaten in vain. 1t was amid
the prmeval forests and mountains, the lakes
and leaping streams of our own land amid
fields and waving grain amid the songs of
the reaper and the tinkling of the shepherds
bell that were nurtured those rare virtues which
clustered star-ike in the character of Wash
ington, and lifted him in moral stature a bead
and shoulders above even the demigods Of
ancient story


There is one most striking and distinguished
feature Of your mission that should never be
lost sight of You are not about to invade
the territory of foreign enemy, nor is your
purpose that of conquest or spoation. Should
you occupy the South, you will do so as friends
and protectors, and your aim will be not to
subiugate that betrayed and distracted country
but to deliver it from the remorseless military
despotism by which it is trodden down.
Union men, who are your brethren, throng in
these States. and will listen for the coming
footsteps of your army, as the Scottish maiden