Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-07-25
SPEECH
OF
HON. JOSEPH HOLT,
At Louisville.
THE UNION WITHOUT CONDITIONS.
At louisville


delivered a, Louisville Saturday evening, July 1871
FELLOW Crr,zrNs. A fev weeks since.
in another form. / ventured freely To ex nress
INV views nnon those tragic events which
have brougbt SORROW to every heartbstone
and m avery heart in onr distracted country.
and II Is not nv nnrnose on this occasion TO
reneat these views cr IN enoage in anv ex.
tended discussion of the question then ex-
am;ned II is not necessarv that 7 should
do On since tho aronment Is exhausted. and
the nonnlar mind Is nerfectlv familiar with
Il In sll ;ts bear;nas I will however. with
your permission. Submit a few brief observa-
ot;ons unon tbe absorbing topics of the day:
and If I do 40 with nm earnestness and EN-.
nbas;s due alike to the sincerity of NV con-
v;ctions and TO the magnitude of the inter
ests involved. il is trusted that none will be
attended. not even those who NAV most wide.
iv d;ffer from, mo ~
Could one. an entire stranger to our his
tnrv now look down nnon the south and
tbousand men marching in hostile array.
tha d;s,na,5 hormont nf ,b. Terr;tnrv NJ the
RenubI;c and conld he Look again and see
that this army Is marsbaled and directed bv
njaces in The civil and military service of the
ao~ntr, uUv, ~ ond e f,rthar % that tIe states from
which his army has heen drawn annear To
bo ono nnst Saeth;n, conldron of feroc;ons
nosS;or no i" would ysrv naturally conclnde
That tbo Government IF tba ITn;tcd States
had co,nm;ttsd some ore,t crime ,goinst ;ts
neopIe and that tb;s nnr;s;nc was In resist
anca ~ ,vronas and o,troa aos wb;cb had been
horne until Their endnrnnce was no LONGER
noss;ble And vet mo conclusion could be
furtber from tbe truth than his Tbe Gov.
arnme,t of tbe JIn;ted States has been faith
FIJI to all its constitntional obligations. For
o;gbtv vears i h5e mo;nt,;nnd the national
honor at home and abroad and bv it's nrow.
oss ;ts wisdom and ;ts ;uStce has given to
The title If an 4 mer;can cit;zen nm elevation
among the nations of the earth which the
c;t;yeS of M rennbl;c has en;oved, since
Rome was mistress of the world Under its
aJn,;n;str, ,t;on the not;onoI domain has
Strotcbed a,yav IN tho pacific and the con.
Stallat;on which onnounced our birth as a
noonla hos evno,daJ from tb;,,een to thirty.
tnmr stars oii mnt;l recantl,, n,nv;no und;s.
turhoJ and mn,d;,nmed in tba;r orhs of Tgh,
ond 1randanr Tba r;ghts of no S.ata have
Laon ;nvaJed. M mans nronertv has heen
JoSno;lad M non,s libertv ,hr;dgod mr.
| uespou0u; u" n'ai. ho0'J 1oi'uS1,u, ,i'
man life ,oppresslvely Jeopardlzed by the
action OF this Government. Under Its be
nign influences the rills OF public and private
prosperity have swelled into riyuiet:s, anc
from riyulets into rivers ever brlinming !,
their tullness,, and everywhere, ana at al
periods OF its history, Its ministratlons have
fallen as gently on the people OF the Unltet
States as do dews OF a~snmmers night OF
the flowers and grass OF the gardens an(
fields,
Whence, then, TINS revolutionary, out
break whence the secret spring OF thi
gigantic conspiracy, which IKE some mug
, boa, had completely coiled itself around tn
limbs and body OF the Republic, before (
single hand was lifted to resist 1t! Strang
and indeed startling as the announcement
must appear when 1t falls upon the ears OF
the next generation, the national tragedy Il
4 whose shadow we stand tonight has COM
upon us because, in November last, John [
Breckenridge was not elected President o
the United States, and Abraham, Lincol
was This is the whole story. And woul
pray now to know on what was John {
, Breckenridge fed that he has grown so great
that republic founded by Washington an
cemented by the best blood that has eve
coursed in human veins, is to be overthrow
because forsooth he cannot be its President