By thus
avoiding all occasions for the introduction of bodies of armed
soldiers, and offering no provocation for the presence of
military force, the people of Kentucky have sincerely striven to
preserve in their State domestic peace and avert the calamities
of sanguinary engagements.
"Recently a large body of soldiers have been enlisted in the
United States army and collected in military camps in the
central portion of Kentucky. This movement was preceded by the
active organization of companies, regiments, etc., consisting of
men sworn into the United States service, under officers holding
commissions from yourself. Ordnance, arms, munitions, and
supplies of war are being transported into the State, and placed
in large quantities in these camps. In a word, an army is now
being organized and quartered within the State, supplied with
all the appliances of war, without the consent or advice of the
authorities of the State, and without consultation with those
most prominently known and recognized as loyal citizens. This
movement now imperils that peace and tranquillity which from the
beginning of our pending difficulties have been the paramount
desire of this people, and which, up to this time, they have so
secured to the State.
"Within Kentucky there has been, and is likely to be, no
occasion for the presence of military force.
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