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But there is danger at home more appalling than any that comes from beyond.
People of Kentucky look well to it that you do not get to fighting among yourselves, for then, indeed, you will find that it is an ill fight where he that wins has the worst of it. Endeavor to be of one mind, and strive to keep the State steady in her present position.
Hold fast to that sheet-anchor of republican liberty, that the will of the majority constitutionally and legally expressed must govern.
You have, in the election by which this Convention was chosen, displayed a unanimity unparalleled in your history.
May you be as unanimous in the future; may your majorities be so decided that a refusal to obey may be justly called factious.
Trust and love one another.
Avoid angry strife.
Frown upon the petty ambition of demagogues who would stir up bad passions among you. Consider, as wise men, what is necessary for your own best interest, and in humble submission trust and look to that Almighty Being, who has heretofore so signally blessed us as a nation for His guidance through the gloom and darkness of this hour.
--Louisville Courier, June 8.
