The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-08-13
KENTUCKY AND THE UNION.
speech 81 Ion. Joseph Holt - The Ken.
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I Il i only because 500 base received iha
80 earthly power shall lob sou Of ihis
proud tale. o. u any manner guriail ila
privilege ani bif ihg oelattd wifa &,
that you have beeoue sJldicrs. Your sol
ligrslip !. bu ibe stately armor yoa have
dounea for tte purpose # dong baiile g
defence ol ihai citizenship, which is 81 once
ibe most intense and lhc mosl truthful cN-
preston Of your political iile.
10 lp5r words 81 mlnc could adequate
lY convey "a you t.o grateful emotions IN
spired Is tie kinlness ard warmth Of this
welcome. should have been rejoieed %
meet you anywhere. How foil, therefore,
shc measure ~ MY happiness must b. 70
meet you here 10 such a presence, and amid
tie thrilling associations iuseparable from
The scene, sou can well understand. ]
should have icll proud to have nay name
connected with tic humblest trapping Of
your encampmem bat to have linked II
/ with the eneampment itself, and thus IN
seribed as II were upon one Of the mile
stones that marx your progress toward
tl.ose fields Of danger and OF fame that await
you. IA at once au honor and a token Of your
confidence and good viii for which can
not be too profoundly thankful.
IL is not my purpose TO occupy you with
any political discussion. The cleaning
banner, tie glistening bayonets, and The
martial music, and indeed al that meets
thc eve or the ear upon this tented field.
admUnish me that with you at least The ar
aument Is exhausted, and that you have no
longer doubts to solve orhesitating conyie.
Tons 10 couaaa. Your resolution is taken,
and you openly proclaim that, let others
10 Is they wilI, for yourselves uhcihiled
, by the Arctic airs Of neutrality, you are
determined 10 loyc your country, and, IN
uWcl BIZ traitors, TO fight its battles, aud,
/ if neca be. to lay down your lives for It's
preservation il IS indeed transporting to
| ihe PATRIOTS heart to look upon the faces
: Of men that are thus sublimely resolved,
ala there Is for me a positive cuch1nimeni
, ia lhc very atmosphere whose pulsations
have been stirred BY the breathings ofthcl
heroic spirits. Now lhat tic booming O
the cannon Of treason and tie cry OF mcI
stricken unto death for fidelity TO our flag
4 are borne TO US on almost every breeze, q
/, narrowing to the soul 10 be dragged in.
to compauonship with those who still va
ci.lalc, who are still timidly balancing
chances and coldly calculating losses ant
!. gtns-who still persist in treating the as
ouized struggle for National existence as
pytty question Of commerce, and delibe
ratciy iake out their scales and weigh il
q, our presence the beggarly jewels Of trad,
against lie life Of our country.
Soldiers. next to the Norshipofthe Faith
. er Of Us a.l, tlc deepest and grandesl o
human emotions is the love Of the lan'
that gave Us birth. 1t is an cnargemen
ana exallaion Of all the tenderest am
strongest sympattics OF kindred and Q
home. In an centuries and climes it la
lived. and has dcfed chains and dungro
and racks 10 crush it. Ii has streWed Ih
:, earth with lis monuments, and has she
: und,ing lustre athousaud fields onwhic
# has bauled. Through the night Of age
= rhermopylu eows like some mountai
peak on which the morning sun las risel
because tweuty-three hundred years ~
Tic hallowing passion touched its muri
prccipces and its frowning crags Il
easy, however, 10 be patriotic in pipin
times Of peace, and in the sunny hour (
prosperity. 1t is national sorrow--it
1. war, wits It's attendant peris and horror
d. that tests this passion, and Ninnows frot
at the masses those who, with oil their loN
of life, still love their country more. Win
your present position is most vivid an
impressive illustration Of patriotism. II III
a glory peculiar and altogether its own
The mercenary armies which have swel
VIGOROUSLY over the world, and have gatl
cred so many OF the laurels that histol
has cmbalmed, were Bot machines, dralt'
into the service OF ambitious spirits, who
they obeyed, and little understood or a
preeialcd the problems their blood w
poured out TO solve.
But while you have all the dauntle
physical courage which they displayed, y
:. add to il thorough knowledge OF the a
!" euncnt Oh which this nightly moremc
~ proceeds, and moral heroism, whiC
= breaking away from Tie entanglements
kindred and friends and State policy, en-
bles sou 10 follow your convictions Of q
y, even though they should lead you
/, 10 the cannons mouth. 1t must ever,
" added, that with this elevation OF positi'
come corresponding responsibilities. ,
diels, as you are, By conviction, the eou
Try looks hot to your officers, chiyalfic
skllful as they may lie, but TO you
each Of you. lor the safety d those v
- national interests committed ioiAe touai
of this war. Your camp Aie wlll e1lS
you to many temptations; You shonld
.ist them as 100 would resist tie aiNa
'' ine squadrous q the enemy. IN eF'
hour of peril or inclielncni 10 excess, J
viii say to yourselves, ~Onr country 4
J. Us. and 50 act as 70 stand forth soldi'
10, only without fear, bat also without
rc. proach each moment, not absorbed by
io.ls ard duties q yoar military lite, slio'
4. ar a. pruellcibic be devoted g