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Resolutions in relation to national affairs. 1861-1863 127 (1861.9)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0820 and id is 1 raw text is: RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That the contemplated road was, and is, of the 1862. highest importance to the government of the United States for military purposes, and of the greatest moment to the States of Kentucky and Tennessee immediately, and more or less so to all the States of the Mississippi valley, sup- plying a means of rapid, safe, and certain communication between sections of the country closely allied in commer- cial interest and political sympathy, now separated for more than half the year by almost impassable roads and rivers. Resolved, That Kentucky will look with interest to the final disposition of the enterprise, so wisely and generously engaged in by the President, for the construction of such road, and we pledge to the general government the right of way, free of' charge, through the State,' from and to such points as may be selected; and we will hail the pros- ecution of' the great projected work as a most gratifying indication of the purpose of the government to further bind together and cement into one, by indissoluble bonds, the two great sections of the Union. Approved March 3, 1862. No. 47. RESOLUTIONS in relation to national affairs. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That Kentucky, standing almost in the geographical center of this great Confederacy, and cherishing alike toward her sister States, both north and south, the most cordial and fraternal relations, endeavored by her earnest entreaties to allay the sectional jealousies and animosities which -o unhappily disturb the peace of the country, and thus by peaceful means preserve the integrity of the Union; failing, however, in this patriotic purpose, she has taken up arms, not to destroy, but to maintain inviolate the national constitution, with the just rights of all the States unimpaired, imperiled as each has been by the sectional hate, discord, and strife, which base and selfish men have so wickedly and persistently engendered; the restoration of the national government to its former unity, grandeur, and power, more especially to its sublime mission of pre- serving to the people the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property. Such has been and still is the purpose of Ken- tucky ; such she trusts is the patriotic purpose of the brave men who from every loyal State have, with such signal unanimity, gathered to the defense of their threatened liberties; such she hopes and believes is the secret but earnest prayer of a large body of loyal, oppressed, and down-trodden men in the insurrectionary States.

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