These men were themselves uncompromisingly in favor of statehood for Kentucky; but they insisted that it should come in an orderly way, and not by a silly and needless revolution, which could serve no good purpose and was certain to entail much disorder and suffering upon the community.
Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of orderly governance and the dangers of revolution in the context of Kentucky's statehood.
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