. HEADQUARTERS 
 
 DEPARTMENT NO. 2. 
 
 GLASGOW, KY., September, 14. 186?. 
 
 Kentuckians. — I have entered your 
 State with the Confederate Army of the 
 West, and offer you an opportunity to 
 free yourselves from the tyranny of a 
 despotic ruler./' We come, not as con* 
 quercrs or as despoilers, hut to restore to 
 you the liberties of which yon have been 
 deprived by a cruel and relentless foe. — 
 We come to guarantee to all the sanc- 
 tity of their homes and altars; to pun- 
 ish with a rod of iron the de-poi!ers of 
 your peace, and to avenge the cowardly 
 insults to your women. With all non 
 combatants the past shall he forgotten] 
 I shall enforce a rigid discipline and 
 shall protect all in their persons and 
 property. Needful supplies most be 
 had for my army, but they shall be paid 
 ior at fair and remunerating prices. 
 
 Believing that the heart of Kentucky 
 is With us in our gieat stiuggle for Con- 
 stitutional Freedom, we have transferred 
 from our own soil to yours, not a band 
 of marauder^, but a powerful and well- 
 disciplined army. Your gallant Buck- 
 ner leads the van. Marshall is on the 
 right; while Breckinridge, dear to us as 
 to you. is advancing with Kentucky's 
 valiant sons, to receive the honor and 
 applause duo to their heroism. The 
 strong hands which in part have sent 
 Shiloii down to History, and tho nerved 
 arms which have kept at bay from our 
 own homos the boastful army of the 
 
 enemy, are here to assist, to sustain, to 
 liberate yon. Will you remain indiffer- 
 ent to our call, or will you not rather 
 vindicate the fair fame of your once free 
 and envied State? We believe that 
 you will, and that the memory of your 
 gallant dead who fell at Shiloh, their 
 aces turned homeward, will rouse yoa 
 to a manly effort for yourselves and poa« 
 terity. 
 
 Kentuckians !— We have come with 
 joyous hopes, let us not depart in sor- 
 iow, as we shall if we find you wedded 
 in your choice to your present lot. If 
 you prefer Federal rule, show it by your 
 frowns and we shall return whence we 
 came. If you choose rather to come 
 within the folds of our brotherhood, 
 then cheer us with the smiles of your 
 women, and lend your willing 'lands to 
 secure you in your heiitageof liberty. 
 
 Women of Kentucky. — Your perse- 
 cutions and heroic bearing have reached 
 our car. Banish henceforth, forever, 
 from your minds the fear of loathsome 
 prisons and insulting visitations. Let 
 your enthusiasm have free rein. Buckle 
 on the armor of your kindred. your bus- 
 bands, sons and brothers, and scoff with 
 shame him who would prove recreant in 
 his duty to you, his country, and his 
 God. 
 
 Braxton Braoo, 
 General Commanding, 
 
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