New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-13
JOSEPH HOLT.

Veteran Democrats will remember the speech
made at the Democratic National Convention OF
1910 by JOSEPH Holt, then young lawyer OF
Mississippi. but q native, We believe, OF Ken
lucky, which he now claims ~ his home. lie
the fight Of the thieves, aud perfo' med the most
responsible duties under circumstances Of great
difficulty with decided vigor aud ability. Mr.
Holt has just written from Washington-where
he now lives in rctirrmcnt-a letter to biz Ken
tucky follow citizens, which 10 a model OF pstr.
otto energy and manly drectness, aud which
we give entire on another page. Ii is the first
manifesto we have seen from Southern Demo
crst which strikes directly at the heart Of
treason, and gives it no show Of quarter. Ii
vindicates the right of the Federal Executive to
send troops into or through any State to sup
press rebellion, aud r,bukes unsparngly the neu-
trail position assumed by tbs halthearted Union
lists Of Kentucky. 1t shows that the crimes and
outrages Of tho Rebels are such as no Govern
ment could afford to overlook. and that their
pretense that they want to DO let alone i'
swindling aud absurd Juss consider this most
truthful passage:
"When an instruction WA apprebended . few
weeks since in Mary hand the Massachusetts regiment
ut once offered their services To suppress it, Thee
volunteers have been denounced by the press Of the
South rs 'knsyes and vagrants the dregs aud Of
scourngs OF the Popuace,' WHO would rather hleh u
handkerchief than Ggb, nm enemy in manly combat
yet we know here that their discipline and bearing ARE
most admirable, and, presume, IL may DO safely AZ
frmed that larger amount Of social position, calture,
fortune add elevation Of character has never been
found in large army in any age or country. II
they 40 to the South it will be friends and protect
ors 10 relieve tho Union sentiment OF the seeded
States f,om the cruel domination by which it is op-
pressed and silencec to un tie Stars and Stripes In
the midst Of those who long TO look upon them aud TO
restore tie flag that bears them TO the forts and
nails from which disoyh hands have torn 1t. Their
mission will be of peace, unless wicked aud blood
thirsty men shall unsbeih the sword across their
pathway.
cit is in vain for the revoutionsts to exclam that
this is 'subjugaton. II is 80. precisely in the
in which you and and all ltw-abdiog citizrns arc
subingaied The people Of the South our brethren
and while obey the laws enacted by our joint Az
thority, and keep compact to which we are all par
ties we OILY ask that they shall he required DO the
same. We believe that their safety demands this
know tha, ours does. We impose bo burden which
wo ourselves do no. bear wo claim no privilege or
blessing which our brethren Of the South shall not
equal ahare. Their country Is country, and ours
is theirs; and that unity both Of country and of gov
eminent which tho providence Of God and the CON-
paets Of men have created We could not ourselves,
without Self-immoanon, destroy, we permit it
to be destroyed by others.'
% that such pretended disciples Of Henry
Clay ss A. II. II. Stuart, George Il. Badger,
C. M. Conrad, Albert Pike, John BeH and a
legion more, were compelled to confront aud 10.
spond to thess truthful words before the de.
ceived, beguiled, maddened Southern masses !!
But no! They stihs all expressions Of Union
sentiment throughout tho insurgrnt States. or only
answer them with the tar-pet, the revolver, and
the rope. But the time NIL come in which such
noble utterauces will be heard aud heeded.--
Patlencel