Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-08-31


country andthe Government from the gulf |
of ruin into which it was fastening are SO
well known and SO heartily admired by every |
loyal citizen, was making brief visit to our |
city, and strong desire was Immediately |
manifested that in some way he might have |
an opportunity to say a few words to the |
people of Boston, and that they might have |
G favorable occasion to testify their apprecia- |
ton Of his services in behalf of the Union, |
1t was therefore arranged, by some gentle |
men who took the matter in charge, that Mr.. |
Holt should be called upon at his lodings at
the fremont House, and that, if he chose
they should there listen TO any address which !
be might be disposed to make.
In accordance with this arrangement, from
twelve to fifteen thousand people assembled
in front of the fremont last evening, be-
tween eight and nine o'clock, filling the
street with one solid mass of humanity, from
Schoolstreet to Bromiield. Gilmore's Band
was in attendance, and soonafter nine o'clock
commenced the seTenade with the "Star-
spangled Banner There was also liberal
display of freworks-blue and crimson
lights, rockets, &c. At about quarter past
nine, Mr.. Holt, accompanied by Hon. Edward
Everett, came out upon the front steps of the
balcony, the Band greeting his appearance
with Hail to the Chief" He was received
with most enthusiastic cheers for himself and
for gallant "old Kentucky" When the APP
plause had subsided, Mr. Everett addressed
Mr. Holt as follows:
ADDRESS OF hon. EDWARD EVERETT.
Mr.. Holt: have been requested, on be-
half of my fellow citizens to express to you
the great pleasure with which they bid you
a cordial welcome TO the city of Boston.
[Cheers 1t is very agreeable, but very
supelfous office. They are here before you
they have spoken for Themselves. They hail
you, sir, as a man for the times-[cries of
Good, goodl' and cheers bold and firm
as well as true [cheersl; brave and resolute,
as well as honest and intelligent. [Cheers
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 among the faithless."
[Applause, and cries Of "Good."l You con-
Quoted one of the most important depart
ments of the Government with equal YjgoT
and 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 to
overthrow the Government he was sworn to
support, AID. d.whose daily bread he was eat
irP, and preparing, as far as possible for the
seizure of the national Capital. ["Thats
so"] By the judicious arrangement of your
self and General Scott [cheers], that burn
ing shame was averted, and the President of
was peacefully iDaugurated. For that serv-
ice, sir, we thank you.
Returning to private life, you find still
greater dangers threatening your noble
State of Kentucky. [Cheers for. Kentucky
You found hsAnnder Governor faithless to
his trust on the point Of being swept into
the gulf of disunion, by disloyal men, within
and without her limits. You determined
that glorious old Kentucky should not be
treooGa,ouclu yuractad from harsalf and tho
country. [Great cheering In conjunction
! with your faithful associates, you rallied your
patriotic fellow. citizens to the defense of the
menaced Union. The clarion voice with
which you struck terror to the enemies of
/ the Constitution, has thrilled to the heart of
/ the citizens OF Boston, [Cheersl That voice,
/ let me tell you, sir, will fall like music on
! the ears OF the crowd before you; and in
their name, and on their behalf, | now again
bid you a hearty, q greatful, an atfectionate
welcome. prolonged cheering.l
At the close of Mr.. Everett's address the
band played Hail Columbia" and Mr.. Holt
was greeted with applause and cheers for
himself and Old Kentucky. When the tu
multi had somewhat subsided, he spoke a:
follows:
SPEECH OF HON. JOSEPH HOLT.
FellosU .cihzens: came to Boston, as dc
many American travellers, not merely tC
|
upon its monuments, or upon the magnif
cent landscapes in which, like jewel, it is
set but also to revive, if l might, the glow
of my patriotism amid the thrilling associa.
tons which cluster around this cradle of the
American Revolution. [Applause.] Here
is garden of memories which to the patriot
can never lose their fragrance; here are sltarS
whose fires, though first kindled in behalf Of
freedom many years. still burn brighter and
brighter [applause], for no true son of Amer.
lea can press the soil of Bunker Hill without
feeling his patriotism increased and strength
ened. LCheers.]
little expected to attract such an assem-.
blage to myself, and it is therefore with 6
feeling of surprise that l receive your cordia
welcome. Unconscious as | am of having
done any thing to merit this high mark o.
your favor, be assured that am most crate
full for it. The strains of your music and tht
shouts of your applause will linger in my
heart long after they have been forgotten by
yourselves. l am thankful for your recog
nition of my fidelity to our common country
Most grateful am for the kind allusion Il
my native State of Kentucky, whose star
so long obscured by the Influences Of banefu
public men--is now about to shine forth witt
the renewed lustre of other days. Applause.
Kentucky has assumed her present position
under no promptings of passion, but calml
, ! and after careful review of the whole fielt
She will cling to the Union amid its trial
and disasters as she has clupg to it in il
, triumph and success. [Applause That whic
!, she has go nobly asserted through the ballo
box, it is her manifest duty to make goo
! upon the battlefield. And that duty-alread
begun-will be faithfully performed upo
a the meeting of her Legislature, which col
? venes in few days. Applause Full wi
! be the measure of my joy when | shall So
the patriotic soldiers of Massachusetts, an
Kentucky meeting and shaking hands upo
the same field Of danger and rebaking b
their union those traitorous men who hay
long striven to render them alien to eaC
other. Great applause
a am gratifed that during the somewhI
extended tour have recently made, hay
n no where heard the public voice faint or I'll
public purpose falter in the vigorous prosecl
4 ton of the war until the stars and strip
q shall wave once more over every hagsts
o from which they have been torn. Applause
i. Nowhere have heard the word COmpromis
9 enthusiastic applausel- word which c.
g not now be uttered except by disloyal ii
q or by those speaking directly in the interes
L of rebellion. [Applause.] So long as q
rebels have arms in their hands, there is not
!. ing left to compromise but the honor OF Il
l. country and the integrity of the Governme1
4 and no man with soul above that OF a GOV
II ard is prepared for such submission. Gre
a applsuse.l
"a II can not be disguised that we stand co
+. fronted by great national dangers and gre
N national calamities. Eleven members OF o.
Union are in open, and thus far successfI
" reyolt and an army of perhaps one hundr
e. and 6fty thousand men, breathing Vengean