, 1861-09-06
MR., KQLT IN new YORK,
Enthusiastic Reception Of the
Gallant kentuclian.
eREAT SPEICH In IRVING HALL.


mpetrous cheefiDg-the whcle audience ris-
ing and waving hats and handkerchiefs, Be-
ing introduced to the audience, Mr. Holt
said:
Fellow citizens; Il is to NE source of
boundless rejoicing that the freemen Of Ken
tucly arc still permitted to call the treemen
Of New York their fellow citizsns. EApp1ause.
" Three cheers for KentucEy."l Traitors with
in and traitors without hare striven messing
" to break that no5te old Commonwealth
away from the moorirgs Of her loyalty, and
to send her adrift upon that stormy sea Of re-
bel1ion and treasor. where 80 many Of our
States are now being wrecked. But, thank
God, neither their Eeductions nor their machi- t
Of any avail In spite cf all their violence and
an their efforts TO rend them asunder, Ne9
Ycrk and Kentucky this night stand forward
as sisters Tie ftecmen cf Kentucky ere still
the brethren Of the freeman Of New York, !
uEitSd hy the Same blessed memories, kindled |
~ tic zane iIfc2ib;e rGeaaye to maintain
this Cnioz, whatever the expenditure Of life |
tie struggle may require. She lis nut nov, |
ste D67er has bad, s. mi:atay with the purpose |
Of those coEsQirssors, who, At the head Of !
armies, ana in The mad partuIt Of power, are |
Now rlGGeniug their hands IN nutioa's blood. |
{AFplause.] She a1Gors item as Rome abhor-
red Cati1ine, as the American people abacr
Benedict Arnold, as Christians abhor the
memory Of Judas Iscariot. That abhor5ence
was iuliy expressed in our recent election
and get, III the very face Of that popular ex-
preston, ard in defiance and contempt of it,
1he rnblIc papers now sss1re us that the SC
ceFsIcDists are preparing 70 precipitate that
State iEso the Lc:rnzB OF civil var, simply and
se1e1y uecausc sEs: had refused to sci! herself
tc the devil. (Che5rs.] Yet ii, like the polit-
ical t2ndit Of South America and Mexico,
they traitorouziy persist in appealing from
the popular vote to the sword, then venture
to predict thu. it NIL! be found that fle Union
n,sn Of Kentucky, with their lore Of peace,
5fnl carry bullets as well as ballots in their
rocktss. Fellow citizens, / wish had Ian
MY grateful sense OF the reception have re.
ceivtd, a11 my thaaas TO the distinguished
gentleman who has in terms SO datttring T.
i<rr:d 10 lie. Tie very slight services Which
j: fss been ry fortune to render
unneisI, of Eba :i,1s-cis1icii tley naTc rs-
2>:yId. H3:i I dnlse ilG iitey mare, SHOULD
OILY have dGt;e NY duty, ais, I would y:7.
Ff:- .Ei2n@ ns II my OWE :iew had T had do1e
lss. l1c:1s Fellow cit!zzns, when / ac-
cc:PtrG !hs s'etlrgu:shed honor from the
Csan:ter If ConEe e1ce uf rres sent:nr myES1f
o FIRE van t. night, it vas viii d,s:iucs u.
dtrht-naing That would not infiics upon you
$. .utiea l1oilhtai IaTaCgue An elaborate dis
euSs:on ct these torics which LON So painful
y oceul'f tie pubic mind is not At I'll rc:es-
sa;y before lie icyal men ef Nvg York, The
~
duty Which t:oae tv1ntS Impose upon us all,
41e t. + ell understood by yourselves 10 make
It nlcetRar: tha; >hosld a:tc,u},t eishar to de-
scribe tlem, or to impress tA:n upon your
n:lEts. a :cW words, however, in connection
With jcErley which 1 have recently n1ade
through LIE l,y4l States. I hays tvs:ywaerc
f5uad the uset encouraging sentiment in
f:assl erce 10 lie pTuEGcutioE Of the 2g1r have
so' l:1e fatl1d any feeling nf ex.slei alton
*g:1s: tbe peol lc Cf the Scuth, no bl1ster,
y 1t.rEAffJ:i1p Init Of
determination TO uphold this GoTecnme:t,
ccnncetGd wiki s sadness whose depth Of ten
de1ness / Should III T:l.n cudeayur to describe.
lChee1s Strong and brave men, while speak
wePt, End h:nor them Tor it f;r il 3 strong
nan canuoI weep over the ruin OF sucb
country, and Of such Government as this,
where Is 5he catastrophe that caE touch his
heart! All 1aea everywhere seem now to
.essizs that this is not var upon the people
Of Tie South. but o y ar in their defense, and
for 'EEir. .deliEeranee, [Checls. sThat's t1uen]
If it werc Indeed var against them, We
might lay cur faces IN the dust, and confess
:tet cur glorious institutions are failure,
But il is a war against band OF conspirato1s
who have arraJed themselves against our
countzJ, and have established military dcs-
rotlsm, ard Wlo, III the eG1fshaess and re-
Eorselessleas Of their undertaking, are kin
dred to those tlators who, in other ages, have
disturbed the rapose OF nations. [Applause.]
lhs Fual!c mind 10 longer occupies itscll
r sah aHF discussion a5 to the causes of this
TaT. Il no longer wastes its logic III expos
icg the n1onetrusit1es Of the doctrine OF sece5-
slGn- IL The light Of current and receat
events, We row klow we'll what secession was
intended TO accomplish. Too bistariy Ve
would no more think now Of gravely exnmin-
iDg, with view Of showing it, treason thst
We would think sf ana1y zlng the kiss Of Ju-
das TO prove that it was full e the poison
81 ,ea tFefshsty e 35s & ARplansr na Eqsa. e T. ms
| sequences which would follow the success
| sf this rebellion. The providence of G I'd, and
] the most sacred compacts Of men have made
us one people, and the experience Of thrae-
| quarters Of century, have demonstrated that
| t1ls unity Of country, Of government, and Of
| people, consists at cEce our greatness and our
| happiness. To dismEmber tA@se States now,
| 10 csat their miserable fragments upon the
| bloody and wild torrents Of Revolution, to be-
| come the pseT Of every ardac4ous aspirer,
| would utterly destroy the last hope that BE-
| longs to Us Equally is the public mind fixed,
IL lpl jutgment, in regard 20 the war. It is
| Lot war OF conquest, or Of aggression, or
spoliatlon, or passion, or revenge; but in ev-
| cTy light in Which it can be regarded, it is 3
var Of duty, lApplaqsel THIS struggle is
znd 60 hallowed ID all is Purposes, and In its
spirit, thai the flock an The 3,astor, those who
! Wership aruund, and tkosc Who minister at
:he altar, nay contribute their blood aud
treasure IN its support, az,d feel assured that
| IN doing Eo t1ey only cc11e Cp to the req uira-
men{s ef Christian ana s-atsi idtic love It Is 3
var Ct duty, because, Under the Light OF our
Christian civilization, no nat'au can comnit
suicide Without the perpeiTation Of a coward
y aEd a+rocious crime, and that na.iol does
cuEust Eu;cidc which surrerders its life up
| TO an enemy from which manhood and cour.
age cuuld eaFe it Applause. 1t is war OF
| 5nfy, because we have no right to bear CUR
fasht-s' names, a2d Insult aad degrade til =ir
memories, by giving up the Institutions won
by their blood 10 be trodden under the feut Of
traitors. It is 8 war Of duty, because we have
| no right to bestow our nanes upou our chill
| dreu stripped of that grand inheritance which
rightly belongs to them, aRd for the transmits
sien Of which we are but the appointed agenta
'a6 a6e s~oFa aaa sa Wssa VIZ tbeir ri ieas
! (Applauee] It is awar Of duty, because devo
; led. as We profess to be, to law and order, anf
Ill tie highest interests Of civilization, ther
presses upon us an nI7.ent obligation to re
is being committed because it is a rebellion
l not only against us, bnt agga!ns. the very rae
: to which We belong, Il ia finally a war 9
duty, because we have assumed to ou1selve
!; as a special championship not onc
Of the right, but OF the capacity o: the race 70
! bean accepted By the lovers Of freedom ever,
where and now. with the nations OF th
!" world looking down upon u.s. as from th
= seats Of some vast amphftheater, we have a
=; - siEnt to suffer this sacred and sublime cause
~ be stricken down, and crushed upon the ha
r tle-he1ds Of the South, aud to perish ther
amid the seotIs and jeers Of Kinss and despot
[Applausel How anxiousiy a1d confident
i,ave they predicted this day How they ha,
or !oroed for it's coming In the essential a
Te tagonisrn Of their institutions to ours, and
E. the abhoreace which they feel to that syste
le of government which gives the lonofs 81
], fo1tnnes of the earth to the toiling millio
x who are the architects of both, hoH glad
I'd wculd each one Of the1a this day build a me
ID u1neut to tie skies, If he could only inscti
IL upon It thEae words :" In memory OF !
great Republic Of the United States, tou9o
ty Washington deatEoyea ga og do1%os, On b5mag nm
nr would tint be Fellow-citizens, I do but
nS Ter truth which is painfully present to
r. 1ninde, that the dis1oyalty which Is found
"a our own midst, especially at Washington,
nf i in the border States, has been truN1l SOU
els Of disaster and Of Encouragement from
nd | beginning Of this unfortunate struggle i
III eyI has assumed proportions Of 81
y; magnitude that ita correction has heco
n5 8 paramount duty upon the part Of tt
a. charged with the administration at
ia GoYernmebt. Its pre7alcacs has been mari
a. bv ali those treache1isa and excesses w
ia las heen lis unfailjng characteristics IN OF
.. 1anf7e and in other times. Next to the =
" MI al the Father Of our spirits. Inc granG
~ sr1 +Ee sfrsngest sentiment Of which cur
rs :;nn + s,1scepfble, Is the lore Of our com
e.A Wh.n ;},tt sentiment has been corrupted,
~ -, arch ffcu which the Keystone has been
~ -1aaad the whole neral character seem
US thn.,:b1e r rr,ing. The public and the pri'
,ra n-cf3igac7 cf traitors and spies, potn Mas