The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-08-15
Extracts from the Speech of Hon.
Joseph Holt.
|" NEUTRALITY"

of treason and the cry of men stricken
unto death for fidelity to our flag are
borne to US. on almost every breeze, it
is narrowing to the soul to be dragged
into ycompanionship with those who
still vacillate, who are still timidly bal
anclng chances and coldly. calculating
losses and gains; who still persist in
treating this agonized struggle for
national existence as a petty question
Of commerce, and deliberately take out
their scales and aoeigh in our presence
the 6eggarly .jeacels Of trade against the
l.fe Of oar country.
KENTUCKIANs AND NoRTHERNERs To-
o. "o' GETHER IN THE RANKS ss'i'
You will soon mingle in the ranks
with the gallant volunteers from the
North and. West, and with me you will
admire their moderation, their admira-
BILE discipline, and that deep determi-
nation, whose earnestness with them
has no language of menace, of bluster
or passion. When the men from Bun
ker Hill and men from the ssdark and
bloody ground" unestranged from each
other by the low arts of politicians, shall
stand side by side on the same national
battlefield, the heart of freedom will
be glad. bar .bolsrrlzs reed 9ysd v,i1
THE NEUTRALITY :" CAN'T LAST.
Garry with you the complete assur-
ance that you will ere long have not
only the, moral but the material support
of Kentucky. Not many qoeeks can
elapse before this poace,7rul Common
aoedlth aciU make an ecceltent aco,cdl
of her loydlty, and will stand erect be-
fore the country, stainless and true,
as the truest of her sisters of the I'M
ion. In the scaIet of the momentous
events now occurring, her aoeiglst should
be, and aoiU be felt. 11 Already she is
impatient, and will not much longer,
under. the pressure of any policy, SUBJ
nit to shrink away into the mere dust
of the balances. iHh '' i-'' e'.' .'.'o'
THE ADMINISTRATIONS 1NDoRsED.
| Have no fears as to the vigorous and
ultimately successful prosecution of this
war and feel no alarm either as to the
expenditure it must involve or as to
those startling steps, seemingly smack
| ing of the exercise of absolute author.
ity, which the Administration may be
forced from time to time to taker
While doubtless all possible economy
will be observed, it is apparent that no
considerations of that kind can be per-
| mitted, for moment to modify the
policy that has been resolved upon.
When the life of the PATIENTS confess
sedly at stake, it would be as unwise
as it would be inhuman to discuss the
iquestion of the physicians fee before
summoning him to the bedside. Be.
sides, all now, realize thatthe system of
arithmetic has yet to beEinvented which
could estimate in dollars and cents the
worth of our institution. This terrible
lemergency, with all its dangers and
! duties, was unforeseen by the founders
of our Government, and by those who
subsequently administered it, and who
must make laws for itself. The Coy
ernment has been like a strong swimmer
| suddenly precipitated into the sea, and
like that swimmer it has unhesitatingly
and most justiiably seized upon any
and every instrumentality with which
it could subdue the treacherous cur.
rents and waves by which it has found
itself surrounded. AU that aoas irreg.
aslar or illegal in; the action Of The
President has been fully appreciated
by the country, and will no doubt be
appreciated by Congress, on the broad
and incontestible principle that laws
and usages of Administration designed
to preserve the existence of the ration,
should not be suffered to become the
instruments of its death. So, tor the
future, l do not hesitate to say that any
and every measure required to save the
republic from the iperils that beset it
not, only may, but oughtto be taken by
f the Administration, promptly and fear
lessly. -,
UNION MEN IN THE SOUTH WAITING Fol
+ YOU.
F Union men, who are your brethren,
throng in those States, and will lister
for the coming footsteps of your army
as the Scottish maiden of Lucknow lis
tened for the airs of her native land
1t is, true, that amid the terrors and
darkness which prevail there, they are
= silenced. and are now unseen, but bt
assured that by the light of the stars
you carry upon your banner, you will
find them ALL oes4.,4 - soaa ss.t
When you meet in battle array thos'
atrocious conspirators, who, at the heat
? of armies, and through woes unuttera
BILE, are seeking the ruin of our com
mon country, remember that since tn
saoord famed oyer the portals Of fa''a
disc until ,aoao, 1T has been draso'a s'
: no hoher cause than that IN achich goa
, are noso engaged. Remember, too, the
, millions whose hearts are breaking un
der the anguish of this terrible crime
and then strike boldly-strike in tn,
power of truth and duty-strike with
, bound and shout, well assured tha
: your blows will fall upon ingrates, ant
: traitors, and parricides, whose lust to-
: power would make of this bright lan(
one. vast Golgotha, rather than b.
: banked of their guilty aims-and ma,
flthe God of your fathers give you th'