The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-09-20
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ELOQUENT ADDRESS OF cfRs NON. JOSEPH
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"A .VOACN cVn THE UN1ONe
ELOQUENT 1 zos s. e sSs aeS JOSEPH
Mr. Holt delivered an address to the cit
liens OF New York; at the Chamber Of
Commerce, on the Sd inst. The following are
passages Of the eloquent GRAFTON. He said /:
The power OF the Government can do
much to correct this evil But how much
more could be done BY the crushing
power of public opinion, branding as infa-
nous, socially and politically, disloyalty,
wherever and whenever it is encountered.
Applause. III 1919 gdsa Boon ST.. b
In your railroad cars, on your steamboats,,
in your thoroughfares, in every business, iu
every social circle, disloyalty must be brand
ed and blasted as leaprous and loathsome
thing. Enthusiastic applause. When,
fellow citizens, you meet these men, be it on
Change or in the social circle, and they offer
you their hands, look well at them, and if
you have the discernment that / have, you
will see that their hands are red with the
blood of the brave men-your kindred and
your friends, it may be-who persisted, and
are perishing still, on the reeking battle field
of the country. Applause. Ikuow that
there are some men, few, it is true, who do
sincerely believe that, the question ofpublic
honor out of view, this Republic can be
severed that peace can be patched up; and
lat the two Governments can thereafter
live on prosperously and peacefully as'be-
fore. No more false or fatal thought ever
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Applause. $3.50 ladj sqo& y0a
Ii you will 60 to the cemetery of nations,
and lay your ear to the sepulchres of those
young but glorious and high-spirited nations
that have persisted amid the commissions of
civil strife, they will answer you, in accents
of broken heartedness, " 1t is q delusion."
But, il you will not listen to the voice of the
past, 60 to Mexico and South America, and
ask the inhabitants of those bright lands,
blessed with the finest climate on earth, oc.
cupyipg soil of exhaustless fertility, and
living amid rivers and lakes and mountains
full of grandeur and inspiration, and they
will lift up their bowed heads, and amid
decentralization, poverty, and dishonor, they
will tell you it is delusien. Loud ap.
plause. Fellow citizens, / rejoice to be-
lieve that the spirit of loyalty at this time
dwells rich and abundant in the popular
heart of the North and West. But / do
beseech you-you who have deep stake in
the present aud in the future of our country,
you men of culture, and of fortune, and of
moral power-I do implore you that you
will by all means possible add yet to that
power and to the fervor of that loyalty.
What we need is patriotism, which rises
fully to the comprehension of the actual and
awful perils in which our institutions are
placed, and which is eager to devote every
power of body and mind and fortune to
their deliverance-a patriotism which, oblit.
Grating all party lines-I loud hurrahs =
and entombiDg all party issues-says to the
President of the United States Here
are our lives and our estates; use them free.
ly, use them boldly, but use them success,
fully; for, looking on the graves of our
fathers and on the cradles of our children.
we have sworn that though all things else
shall perish, this country and Government
shall live" Loud applause. 1t is such a
patriotism as tnat, and such only, which
will conduct you to victory. / rejoice to
believe that spirit has been every where
awakened throughout the loyal States
The capitalists OF the country have come
nobly forward (cheers and, risking ALL
have exhibited grandeur of devotion to
the country which, while it will astonish
the people of Europe, has inspired the ad.
miration and gratitude of every true Amer
iaan heart. Applause. Ii, with all our
vast material resources; If, with our known
and acknowledged physical superiority over
ha o1olo ole
fuse avowals of devotion to our Institutions,
we suffer that rebellion to triumph over US, ]
believe that the American nation would be.
come a stencil ia the nostrils of the world
and that an American citizen would not be
permitted to walk the streets ola European
capital without having the finger of scorn
pointed at him. [Applause.] Fellow citi-
zens, would earnestly counsel forbearance
and patience in regard to those who are
charged with the administration of our Gov.
ernment. Cheers. Before criticising their
conduct we should remember that we may
not see all the field of action, and may moi
be in condition to judge, to appreciate the
difficulties that are to be overcome. Nc
man can doubt the courage or the loyalty
OF the President of the United States
touu, iOuS, duu tutuuSdStiC CuccrS IOr Tue
President --or his determination to sup.
press this rebellion. To him, under the
Constitution, the popular voice has com
mitted absolutely the fate Of this Republic
His hands are emphatically your hands, and
in weakening him you weaken yourselves
and you weaken the struggling country
which we are all striving to save. He is al
this moment overwhelmed with mountains
Of responsibility and Of toll such as have
rested on no public man in our history, and
he is fully entitled to all the support and
all the consolation which generous and
warm hearted patriotism can give him
Applause.
Fellow citizens, amid all the discourage.
ments that surround US, / have still an nm
faltering faith in human progress, and in
the capacity of man for self government. ]
believe that the blood which the true lovers
of our race have shed on more than thou.
sand battle fields has borne fruit, and that
that fruit is the republic of the United
States. Cheers. 1t came forth on the
world like the morning sun from bis cham.
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