From the first, Mr.Lincoln had peculiar interest in the course and conduct of Kentucky.

It was his native State, and Mr.Clay had been his political exemplar and ideal.

He believed also that in the action of her people would be found the best index and the best test of the popular opinion of the Border slave States.
He did every thing therefore that he could properly do, to aid Kentucky in reaching a conclusion favorable to the Union.

He was rewarded with a great victory.

Of the ten representatives chosen, nine were decided friends of the Union, with the venerable Crittenden at their head, ably seconded by Robert Mallory and William H.
Wadsworth.