The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-09-07
= Noble 5pcefD.
MIR. HOLT IN BOSTON.
ANOTHER NOBLE SPEECH FROM THE
KENTUCKY PATRIOT.
Remarks by the Hon. EduQyd Erereu

Remarks By the Hon. Edward Ereyeu.
Mr.. Holt Il have been requested, on
beha II OF my lellow-cl.lzens. to express to you
the great pleasure with which they bid you a
cordial welcome to the City of Boston,
(Cheers,) 1t is a very agreeable but very
superllnous office. They are here before YOU !:
they have spoken for themselves. They hail
you Sir, as n man for the times (cries of
- Good, Good and checrs): bold and firm,
AS well as tue (checrs): brave and resolute,
IS well as honest and Intelligent. CHEERS y
They witnessed, with warm approval, in the
closing days of the late Administration, the
manner in which you showed yourself one of
the few faithful found among the fa,hless, I"
(Applausc, and cries and "Good") You
conducted one o the most important Depart
| mentS Of the Government with equal vigor
ard courage, literally Strengthening the things
that remained, at the time when the very
sinews Of war had been cut in advance by
your predecessor, secretly plotting the over
throw Of the Government he was sworn to
support, and whose daily bread he was eating
and preparing. as far as possible, for the SCI
zurc Of the National Capital. (''Thal's so. ~
BY the judicious arrangement of yourself and
Gen. Scott (cheers,) that burning shame was
aYcit,d, and the President of the United
States, constitn;onally elected, was peaceful
ly inauguratcd. For that service Sir, we
thank you.
Returning to private life, you found still
greater dangers threatening your noble State
Of Kentucky Cheers for kentucky.) You
found her under Governor faithless to his
trust, on the point of being swept into the
gulf of disunion by dsloyal men, within and
without her limits You determined that
glorious cd Kentucky should not be trcach.
erously wrested from herself and the country
Great cheerng.) In conjunction with your
faithful associates, you rallied your patriotic
tellow.citiZcns to the defense Of the lnenacrd
| Union The clarion voice with which you
struck terror to the enemies of the Constitu
ton. has thrilled TO the heart of the citizens
OF Boston. (Chcers.) That voice. let IN,
tell YOU Sir. will fall like music on the car.
of the crowd before you and in their name
and on their behalf now again bid you q
hearty,a grateful, all alt,ctonate welcome =
prolonged checring.)
At the conclusion o. Mr. Everctt's remarks
cheers were given for Mr.. Holt and for til,
State OF Kentucky. with great enthusiasm. -
After the band had performed patriotic air
Mr. Holt stepped forward, and was received
with warm applause. lie sand:
Speech of Mr.. Holt.
am thankful for that most earnest, tina
q most eloquent, that most tlattering recogn
ton. which in your name has been given, 0
my fidelity to our common country, undo
circumstances of peril and of trihl. Mos
!, grateful, too, am for that friendly, tina
kindly alluSon to my native State Kentuck,
CHEERS for kentucky,) whose star, so long
cbscured by the haleful influences Of unfaith
full men, is now preparing to shine forth ii
the strength and laster Of other days. Gap
plausc, and cries of Good " Good.")
Kentucky has assumed her present position
under TO prompting of passion, but calml,
ard deliberately, after careful review of tn
, whole field of controversy and IN view Of al
the gloom and perlls that encompass tn
Union, she now avoxs she loves it still, ant
r will cling to it amid its SORROWS. as she ha
, chung to it in the days of its glory. CHEERS
r That which she has so nobly declared from
9 the ballot-hox is now the manifest duty t
e make good upon the battle Geld- Immense ap
t plause y and that duty. already begun. will,
. firmly believe, be faithfully performed upo1
, the meeting of her Legislature, which take
, place but few days hence. Full. full vii
be the measure of my joy. when shall behold
patriot soldiers of Kentucky meeting upo
( the same fields of danger, and with the gras
of their fratcrnal hands, rebuking those trail
: torcus men who, through long years. has
strveu to render them aliens and enemies t
, each other.
e Fellow. citizens, am gratified to say tina
c during the somewhat extended tour that
? have Just made, have nowhere found tn
h public voice faint, Or the public purpose fa
0 tering, in reference to the vigorous prosecutio
n If this war. until the stars and stripes sha
t float on every flagstaff from which they hay
$ been torn. (Applausc.l Nowhere have
d heard the word COMPROMISE = cheers an
cries Of '' Good, '"Good ia word whc