The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-06-26
Call to Patriots.

Extract from Hon. Jos. Hollis let.
ter:
Let Ms then twins each thread of the
glorious tissue of our country's flag about
our haapt.stripgs. and looking upon our
homes and catching the spirit that breathes
upon Us from the battle>fslds OF our faith
srs, let US resolve that come veal or woe,
we will in life and in death, nov and for
ever, stand by tho stars aud stripes. They
have Aoatsd over oar cradles, let it be
our prayer and our struggle that they
shall fost over cur graves They have
been unfurled from the SHOWS of Canada
to the plains of New Orleans, and to the
halls of the AonteEumas, and amid the
solitndes Of every sea; and everywhere
ss the luminous symbol of resistless and
bsnideent power, they have led the Lrive
aud the free to victory and to glory. 1t
has been ny fortune to look upon this Gag
in foreign lands and amid the gloom of an
oriental dsspotism, and right we'll do |
know by aontrast. how bright are its stars
and how sublime are its inspirations.
If this hammer. the emblem for us of ell
that is grand in human history. and Of ell
that Is transporting in human hope, is to
be sacrificed on the altars of Satanic
ambition, and thus disappear forever amid
the night and tempest of revolution, then
will feel-and who shall estimate the
desolation of that feelingf-that the sun
has indeed been stricken from the sky of
onr lives, and that henoeforth we shall be
but wanderers and outcasts. with naught
but the bread Of sorrow and of pennry
for our lips. and with hands ever out
stretched in feebleness aud supplcatioD,
on which. in any hour, military tyrant
may rivot the fetters of despairing bon
dage. May God in his infinite mercy
save you and me, and the land we SO
mnch love, from the doom of such deg
IMPORT OF THE CONTEST.
! No contest SO momentous as this has
arisen in human history. for. amid all the
conflicts of men and of nations. the life
of no such government as ours has ever
| been at stake Oar fathers won our in
dependence by the blood and sacrifices OF
seven years war. and We have maintain
ed it against the assaults of the greatest
power upon the earth; and the question
nov ia, whether we are to perish by our
own hands. and have the epitaph of sui
eide written apon our tomb. The ordeal
through which We are passing must in'
volve immense suffering and losses for us
all. bat the expenditure Of not merely
hundreds of millions but of billions o
treasure will be well made, if the resuI,
shall be the preservation Of our institu'
tiens. ar 7e
Could my voice reach every dwelling
in Kentucky, I would implore its inmates
if they would not have the river of their
prosperity shrink away as do unfed streams
beneath the Summer heats-to rouse
themselves from their lethargy, and to fly
to the rescue of their country before it is
everlastingly too late. Man should ap-
peal to man, and nsighborhood to neigh
berhood, until the electric fires of patri-
otism shall fash from heart to heart in
one unbroken current throughout the
/ land II is time in which the work
shop. the Office, the counting house and
the field, may we'll be abandoned for the
solemn duty that it is upon US. for all
these tolls will but bring treasure, not for
ourselves. but for the spoiler, if this revo.
luton is not arrested.
We are all, with our every earthly inter,
est embarked insmid-ocean On the same
common deck. The howl OF the storm is
in our ears, and "the lightning's red
glare is painting hell on the sky" and
while the noble ship pitches and rolls
under the lashings of the waves, the cry is
heard that she has sprung aleak at many
points, and that the rushing waters are
mounting rapidly in the hold. The man is
either maniac or monster.
Sincerely yours, j. HOLT.
sw- Demonstration Last Night in hon
'er Of the Election Of Gorsrnor and the
Signing cf The Declaration Of Ludepen,