Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-10

In May last JcsErH HoLT, of Kentucky, wrote a
letter to Mr. SPEED the Postmaster at Louisville in
which he said:
The great tLOreugLflres of the North, the East
and the West are luminous with The banners and
glisteDing with the bsyoDets Of citizen soldiers
marching to the capital, or to other points Of rem
devious: but they in no hostile spirit to the
South If called TO press her soil, they will not
ruile q flower of her gardens. 2 blade of grass
Of her fields in uIkiEdEtss. 10 eXcesses will mark
the footsteps Of the armies Of the republic, in
stitution CT the States will be invaded or tempered
with, no rights Of persons or Of property will be
violated The known purposes OF the AdmInlstTa-
ton and the high character of the troops employed
alike guarantee the truthfUlness of this statement"
This letter was written from Washington, and the
assurances he gave were doubtless authorised by
the LINCOLN Government, yet every one Of them
has been violated. Notwithstanding Mr. HoLr-
this Kentucky JosEPH SURTACG-is slin upholding
the Government that has faIsifed its pledges to
him.
4 few days since this JcsEPH Holt was in Boston,
and in public speech he declared himslf in favor
4 vigorous war against the Rebels" and that
Compromise was word which could only now
be uttered by disloyal lipe, or by those speaking
directly in the interests OF the rebellion"
They were towards who talked Of compromise
This same JOSEPH HoLT, the apologst for LINCOLN
usurpations and outrages - this man who de-
nounces the South and hounds the North
to subjugate the people among whom he has
lived ard grown rich, he made his fortune in
MississippD was so intensely Southern that he de-
clsred during the Presidential election of 1856 that
:" The South has ever deprecated agitation From
her inmost soul her yearnings have been for peace,
/" and that she might be allowed to sit under her
"own fg tree and enjoy those blessings which the
institutions of the country promise alike to all.
STANDING with the unsandaled feet upon the hal
lowed ground of the Constitution, and laying her
'hand upon its alter, she calls upon the men of the
North to respect her position, to fOrbear their
rude onslaught and press her not to the wall amid
chat ever-ringing cry Of self-righteousness with
which her ears have been stunned.
Freedom forsakes with a shrek, shrines crimson
"ed with fraternal blood
In that canvass Mr. HoLT pictured the evils that
have resulted to the country from the triumph of
the Republican party in the election CT ABRAHAM
LINCOLN 1.-THE Black Republicans" said he, con
temuing the compromises of the Constitution, in
" which the Republic had its origin, and 10ithCu!
IocL ii could not erjSt for day tolerate not such
"au cquipoise; but look to, and labor for, COM
"plete victory on one hand, and an unconditional
" Submission on the other" He warned his hearers
Of the peril that encompassed the South; of the
insolenCe and arrogance of the North and of the
inevitable consequences that would ensue if the
Republican movement should prove successful
" WH. party" he asked, (which, in its infancy,
"haughtiy claims the right to refuse State sdmis
d" SION into the Confederacy, because slavery is in
cher Constitution, hesitate, in the days Of lis ,1chG
lenged GScendmcg to o1psl State from The C0nted-
"erGcy tor the cause or to take upon Itself The
" eIplTgItiOn Of slarery from her code?' With the
accession of such party to power, he predicted
that the North would invade the South and trample
out her institutions. 81 venture not he continued
.to depict the fate of the extreme South THAT land
'now so full of sunshine and hsppiness-uader
ey7thless inUasion Ike this. San Domingo,
"Jamaica, these are the mirrors in which, while
'speak, we may read and read distinctly, The har-
..rors Of that do5m" Nor did he forget to point out
the imminent danger Of this sectional dispute culmi
mating in a centralized despetism. THE organize
'tion of sectional party" said he, sis step, and
"a startling step gained towards that centrgi7atiOn
(which, sc 4 fathCmless gulf, is ever yawning for
your federative system. The concenTa-
'tiOR Of all political rue at Washington cdnaot bit be
"rsgarded The last calamity ooicb should bsal The
'ldRd lrhich l1e al lore so much. Beneath
lhs intense hsat Of tta! Eep born sun, your liberties