Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-13
Speech of Hon. Joseph Holt.
In Ros ston, August 2ath.

monuments, or upon the magnificent land
$ scapcs, in which like Jewel it is set. but ais
to 'eYlyc, If might, the glow of my patrio
; ism amid the thri'liitg associations which clu:
ter around this cradle OF the American Revc
: lHtion. LApplause.l Here is garden c
memories which 10 tie ratriot can never loos
: their iragrahee here are altars whose fires
e though first kindled in behalfof freedom man
years, still burn brighter and brighter, [al
piausel Tor no true son of America cal
press the soil of Bunker Hill without fcelin.
bis patriotism increased and strengthened. :
Cheers. zart
little expected to attract such an assem-
: blage to myself, and it is therefore with feel
Ing.of surprise that l receive YOUR cor1Iia
welcome. Unconscious as ] am of having dopC
anything to merit this high mark Of YOUR IA
vor, be assured that l am most grateful for it
The strains OF your music and the shouts oi
your applause will linger in my Heart long
after they have been forgotten b" yourselves
l. am thankful for your recognition of nv Fl.
deity TO our Common country. Most grateful
ana for your kind alusion to my native State
OF Kentucky whose star-so long. obscured
by the influences of baneful public men-is
luster of other days. Applause :,
e'tkentucky has assumed her present position
under no promptings Of passion, but calmly
and after careful review of the whole field
She will cling to the Union amid its trials and
disasters as she has clung to it in its triumpGr
and success. [Applause.l That which she
has so nobly asserted through the ballot-box,
it is her manifest duty TO make good upon the
battlefield. Ard that 'daty- -already begun
will be faithfully performed upon the meeting
OF her Legislature, which convenes il a few
days. Applause Full will be. tie mcasa
ure OF my joy when l shall see the patriotic
solilers Of Massachusetts AMI Kentucky meet
ing and shaking hands upon the snme fields of
danger, and rebuking by their union those
traltorous m1n who hiiNG. loIsg1lstriven to rem
der them aliens to each other. [Great ap-
plause
L am gratiied that during the somewhat
extended tour L have recently made, ] ,have
nowhere heard the public voice faint OF the
public purse ialter in the vigorous prosecution
| 81 the war until the stars, and stripes shall
wave once more over every flagstaff from which
they have been torn. [Applause.5 Nowhere
have heard the word comPfomise -fenthusas-
TIC applause "a word which cannot now be.
uttered except by disloyaE lips, or by those
speaking IN the DIRECT interests of rebellion
Applause Sc long as the rebels have arms
IN their hands, there is nothing left 10 con-
promise but the honor of the country end the
Integrity Of the Government, and no man with
soul "6ore that Of a coward is prepared for
such submlssi IN. IN. [ApPlaase] .- ~ .-- I'd
1t cannot be disguised that we stand con-
fron;ed by great National dangers and great
3|ational calamitibs E.even members. of our
Union are in open, and thus far successful, rc-
volt; and an army of perhaps 10000 men,.
breathing vengeance and slaughter, is mana,
cling the safety OF Washington. +. From this
pressing peril no brilliant defamation, no fer,
vid 0ratory csa deliver. US. Nothing but the
oIsord can nsY save .lS,, ,aountty from the last
catastrophe that can befall.G nation. The en-.
emy has been desperate, and we can no longer
QUESTION his purpose,or valor in battle. lis
Tory has recorded that tAltaline and his cocoon
spirators2in guilt fell with their faces to the
enemy, and 80 probably will fall the rebel
teadtr5 of the South. Let us theI efure b.. pre-
pared for this, and the more earnest, , the more
prompt, the more tinted we are now, the brief
er will be the struggle. All delays vii
strengthen rebellion, aud is Eraaght with dam
,ger 10 ourselves. ,..5... o.. alfl4t Il 100 "A
But if from any cause this contest is TO be
u prolonged one, let us not sack to conceal
from ourselves its consequences, and look the
worst in the face. Your ships may have to
lurl their sails in many seas, and the grass
may spring up in the now busy marts of cjnl.
hieree bankruptcy may be widespread, aud
The wall Of SORROW go up not only from ham
lets and villages, but from ci1ies and States,
Tor true and brave men who have laid down
their lives for their country. But our nstitu-
tions, are well worth these sacrifices, and all
that we can possibly wake. All that we are,
nll that we have, is tie fruits VI these ims:itrl-
tions, and all that we-E,ay tlr,s,te to their sup
port, if We are successful, tLey will give buck
to us and TO our children increased hundred,
nay, a Thousand fold. Applause. /
But eYea ncRsijn the full shadow Of: this
threatened -destruction-oven this nigtt4und
this hour--we could have. peace by laying
down our country and our flag in the dust kes |
meath the remorseess feet oftraitots fNcycr,
Never Bat how can we SlRg' this, seeing |
that The graves of our fathers arc Jet with us.
and Bunker Hill speaks with voice that cap
not be stiteR [Applause,l five faltef re
fail; and not only will Washington te e,saekeds |
but your fields laid dcsolate. 'Fbe tone, OF tie
Southern press, and the Developments Of the
past few weeks justify me in this declaration.
If, therefore, we think of our land, of our
gold; if we think of our mercha ndise AMI oar },
pleasant homes iu contrast with the ,IScToF s'aa
Integrity of our country, We are lost, and sEali
perish suddenly and ignominiously. But if
true to ourselves asI belfgFe ave. will be-if /
true to the memory of the past ardgTandeuri
of the present-our arms win triumph, and
the Union sentiment Of the South will make
that triumph complete. And after this tur-
moiI Of battle and bloodshed has ceased, there
will arise future for our country 6rigLtyGs-
the rainbow that spans Niagara's waters
fApplause.
; "A single word more and !. will relieve you,
One of the NEST fsarful rerils which has been
en- countcrGd in tic prosecution Of this war is
the disloyalty in our midst This is true Of
and the Border States,. bat it b.
in a degree prevalent everywhere end to this
is due much of tho discourag under which
the nation. is suffering, The country is re-
ioicing now at the measures which the Presi'
dent is taking 10 subiue this fruitful source Of
weakness and -defeat IL IS in vain TO expect
men to work at the pumps while men with
augers are on board the Shiplqf State, and con
tinually boring holes il her Bottom. Ap-
plause,l ...-..- ...,
The dismelpbarment Of this lIGion which
has been the source of all our greatness and
joy, can be welcomed by no true man. 1t IN
wolves all of which we have long and justly
been proud, and the complete ruin of that in
hcritanre which We received from our fathers
and wcit1d trtsnsmit to our deceulents.
bs Wlion' the wise man og old, sitting injudg.
1ilenr ilnnn the riYal elainsL of two women to q