... have appointed you are called upon to defend your State. Misguided countrymen whom you loved too well to fight, despite their wrongs to you, waging unnatural war, have tarnished the bright fame of Kentucky ; and for the first time since your sires bequeathed you this noble State, its soil is polluted by the tread of hostile armies. I will not impugn the patriotism and courage of my countrymen by sup...