The
Lexington (Ky.) Statesman, a Democratic journal published at the home of
Mr. Breckinridge, and his enthusiastic supporter during the late Presidential contest, has the following editorial remarks:
‘
There is as yet no just cause for revolution or dissolution.
The Union commands our cordial allegiance; to it we shall be loyal until its basis, the
Constitution, has been actually destroyed.
Kentucky will not surrender the
Union.
Our people are as gallant and spirited defenders of their rights, and as little disposed to submit to wrong and dishonor as any men who tread the soil of
America.
They will not permit themselves to be degraded nor their rights invaded; but they do not believe the time has come for revolution, and will yet cling to the
Union with the devotion of the true sons of '76.
To our Southern friends we would earnestly appeal to await the full development of
Lincoln's policy before striking the fatal blow to the
Union.
Kentucky is a border State, and, as such, the first and greatest sufferer by abolition ascendancy.
Our State is a barrier of protection to the cotton States against anti-slavery aggressions.
Our friends in the
South can certainly bear the administration of
Lincoln as long as we can.--Then let them heed the voice of
Kentucky, stand true to the
Union, and not exhaust all hope of yet maintaining the
Constitution.--The Democracy of
Kentucky--those men who, in the support of
Mr. Breckinridge, have given earnest of their fidelity to the rights of the
South--will appeal to the
South to give up whatever movements are now in contemplation, and, like patriots, uphold the
Constitution and the
Union.
Do this, and all may yet be well.
’
