The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-06-20
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w., Ioayoocrats wilIremembeT the speech
,,a5, Of the Democratic National Convention %
1e10 nv JOSEPH HOLT, then young lawyer 0!
Mississippi but native, we oelleVe' u MN
tncky. which he now claims as MS nome ne
was called into the Cabinet Of Mr. buchanan va
the Aight of the thieves, ahu performer 'iie nio9
resroesihIe duties under circumstances OF greaI
digcYltv with decided vigUr ard ability MI.
Holt has inst written from Washingto
no now lives in retiremeHt-a letter 70 ms men
t,,cJrv, fellow citizens which - modeI OF palr
otic energy and manly direcIness' anu "n n
we give entire on another page. IL Is me M
,ror;feeto we have seen ftOm Southern Demo
graf which strikes directly at the uearI VI
treason, and gives it no sho" OF qu'I'Si, ~
viudicatss the right Of the tedeiaL HNeo"'l'e
"a eend troops into or through any STATE 10 sup
~ rahoIIion and rebukes unsparingly the
ppon,roI no.itiou assumed by the halt-hearted
Irrionists of Kentucky. 1t shows that the
or;r,as ond outrages OF the Rebels are such as
mo Covernment could afford 10 overlook, and
that their pretense that they want to be let
alonen is swindhng and absurd. just consider
tbis most truthful passage - N. Y. Tribune.
"Wben an instruction was apprehendsd a
few weeks since in Maryland, the Massachusetts
regiment at once offered their services to sup
prsss it. These volunteers have been denoun-
ced by the press Of the South as 'knaves aud
vserants,' the dregs and ofscourings OF the
populace,' who would rather flch handker.
chief than fight an enemy in manly combat :;
yet we know here that their discipline and
bearing are most admirable, and ] presume, il
may be safely affirmed that larger amount Of
social position, culture, fortune and elevation
of character has never been found in SO large
an army in army in any age or country. L
they 90 TO the South it will be as friends ano
protectors to relieve the Union sentiment o
the seeded States from the cruel domination
by which it is oppressed and slenced, to untur
the stars and stripes in the midst Of those whC
long to look upon them, and to restore the fla!
that bears them to the forts and arsenals iron
which disloyal hands have torn it. Their mis-
zion will be one Of peace, unless wicked anC
blood thirsty men shall unsheath the swor
across their pathway.
" 1t is in vain that the revolutiousts exclair
that this is 'subjugaton.' 1t il so precisely i
the sense in which you and | and all law-ab
ding citizens are subjugated. The people Of TIA
South are our brethren, and while We obey tn
laws enacted by our JOINT authority, and kee
a compact to which we are all parties, we onl
ask that they shall be required to do the same
We believe that their safety demands this W
know that ours does We i'm pose no burde
which we ourselves do not bear; we claim n
privilege or blessing which our brethren of tn
South shall not equally share. Their countr
is our covntry, and ours is theirs and that un
ty, both Of country and OF government viii
the providence of God aud the compacts ofme
have created, we could not ourselves, withou
selfimmoation, destroy, nor can we permit
TO be destroyed by others