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of the forces so invading the State have insolently pre- 

 scribed the conditions upon which they will withdraw, 

 thus insulting the dignity of the State by demanding 

 terms to which Kentucky cannot listen without dis- 

 honor, therefore, 



Resolved, That the invaders must be expelled. 



inasmuch as there are now in Kentucky Federal 

 troops assembled for the purpose of preserving the 

 tranquillity of the State, and ol defending und protect- 

 ing tin 1 people of Kentucky in the peaceful enjoyment 

 of "their lives and property, it is 



'>-e<l, That General Robert Anderson, a native 

 Kcntuckinn, who has been appointed to the command 

 of the Department of Cumberland, be requested to 

 take instant command, with authority and power from 

 this Commonwealth to call out a volunteer force in 

 Kentucky for the purpose of repelling the invaders 

 from our soil. 



Resolved, That in using the means which duty and 

 honor require shall be used to expel the invaders from 

 the soil of Kentucky, no citizen shall be molested on 

 account of his political opinions ; that no citizen's prop- 

 erty shall be taken or confiscated because of such 

 opinions, nor shall any slave be set free by any mili- 

 tary commander; and that all peaceable citizens who 

 remain at home and attend to their private business 

 until legally called into the public service, as well as 

 their families, are entitled to and shall receive the full- 

 est protection of the Government in the enjoyment of 

 their lives, their liberties, and their property. 



Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor of the 

 Commonwealth of Kentucky, be requested to give all 

 the aid in his power to accomplish the end desired by 

 these resolutions, and that he issue his proclamation 

 calling out the militia of the State, and that he place 

 the same under the command of General Thomas L. 

 Critteuden. 



Resolved, That the patriotism of every Kentuckian is 

 invoked and is confidently relied upon to give active 

 aid in the defence of the Commonwealth. 



The decision expressed by these resolutions 

 was hailed with great satisfaction by the 

 friends of the Union. 



It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of 

 this act on the part of that great State. "Wheth- 

 er viewed in its relations to the material or 

 moral aspects of the civil strife in the land, 

 the active adhesion of Kentucky to the national 

 cause was a momentous event. But it was 

 specially valuable for the testimony it bore to 

 the rightfulness and the necessity of the bellig- 

 erent issue which the National Government had 

 been compelled to accept. 



These resolutions were vetoed by the Gov- 

 ernor, and then passed by the requisite vote 

 over his veto. His objection to the resolutions 

 was thus stated : 



"I cannot concede my constitutional right, as the 

 Commander-in-Chief of the State, to designate the par- 

 ticular officer or officers to be employed in executing 

 the will of the Legislature. General "T. L. Crittenden, 

 the officer designated by the resolution, has had many 

 proofs of my confidence. He has my confidence now, 

 and in this service I would not hesitate to employ him, 

 but at the same time I reserve the point that it "is not 

 within the province of the Legislature to limit the con- 

 stitutional right of the Governor and Commander-in- 

 Chief to choose such of his subordinate officers as he 

 may deem best fitted to enforce the execution of the 

 laws of the State." 



Colonel Crittenden, of Indiana, was the first 

 to bring a regiment from another State into 

 Western Virginia in aid of the Federal Govern- 

 ment, and was the first to go to the aid of Ken- 

 tuckv. His regiment, well armed, passed through 

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Louisville on the 20th towards the Nashville 

 depot, and were enthusiastically received. At 

 the- same time General Buckner, once the In- 

 spector-General of Kentucky, but afterwards a 

 Brigadier in the Confederate service, advanced 

 on Elizabethtown, the capital of Hardin Count v, 

 and on the railroad from Louisville to Nash- 

 ville, forty-three miles south by west of the lat- 

 ter. Troops were now rapidly concentrated in 

 the State, and despatched to points invaded by 

 the Confederates. 



General Robert Anderson assumed command 

 of the State and National forces, and issued a 

 proclamation, calling upon Kentuckians of all 

 parties to assist in repelling the invaders of the 

 State. Governor Magoffin also issued a procla- 

 mation, directing General Thomas L. Crittenden 

 to call out the State troops to resist the inva- 

 sion of the State, and Gen. C. accordingly call- 

 ed out the militia. Hamilton Pope, Brigadier- 

 General of the Home Guard, also called upon 

 the people in each ward in Louisville to organize 

 themselves into companies for the protection 

 of the city. 



Thus was Kentucky launched with her whole 

 soul into the bloody contest for the mainte- 

 nance of the Government and the preservation 

 of the Union. 



On the 23d the House passed a bill authoriz- 

 ing the Military Board to borrow one million 

 dollars, in addition to a million authorized May 

 24th, on the State bonds, payable in ten years, 

 and established a tax to pay the bonds and in- 

 terest. The above sum was to be appropriated 

 to the defence of the State. 



On the next day, a bill was passed calling out 

 40,000 volunteers for service from one to three 

 years. The votes were, in the House, 67 to 

 13, and in the Senate, 21 to 5. The Senate 

 also passed a bill providing that Kentuckians 

 who voluntarily joined the Confederate force 

 invading the State, should be incapable of tak- 

 ing estate in Kentucky by devise, bequest, di- 

 vision, or distribution, unless they returned to 

 their allegiance within sixty days, or escaped 

 from the invaders as soon as possible. 



A bill was also passed tendering the thanks 

 of the Legislature to Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, 

 for having so promptly forwarded troops to aid 

 in repelling the invasion of the State ; and the 

 Governor was instructed to communicate the 

 same. 



On the 1st of October, a resolution requesting 

 John C. Breckenridge and Lazarus TV. PoweU 

 to resign their seats as Senators in Congress, 

 as they did not represent the will of the people 

 of Kentucky ; and, if they declined to comply, 

 the Senate of the United States was respectfully 

 requested to investigate their conduct, and if 

 found to be in opposition to the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, to expel them from their seats, pass- 

 ed by a vote of 20 yeas to 5 nays, and was sent 

 to the House, and passed by a vote of 55 to 31. 



A bill for a loan of $2,000,000 was also passed. 

 The Bank of Kentucky promised her quota of the 

 two millions for the defence of the State. The 



