The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-08-03
How a Kentucky Patriot speaks.

at Louisville, Ky, on the ltth inst. at
which, among others, Ex-Postmester Cen
eral Holt made speech, which is re-
ported in the Louisville JomnaL We have
read nothing finer ON the rebellion than
this speech, and only regret that our linn
its will not permit Us to afford our readers
the treat Of its perusal. We cut from it a
few trenchant paragraphs to show Low the
Union men in Kentucky talk
Mr.. Holt, in speaking of the cause Of
the rebellion, hits the nail upon the head
as follows:
Strange and indeed startlang as the
announcements must appear when 1t fails
upon the ears Of the next generation, the
national tragedy in whose shadow we
stand To ght, has come upon Us, because
in November last. John {. Breckenridge
was not elected President Of the United
States, and Abraham Lincoln was. Thai,
Is the whole story. And | would pray
now TO know On what John e.. Brerkn-
iidse fed that he has grown 50 great, that
q republic founded by Washington and
cememted by the best blood that has ever
courscd in human veins, is 10 be over
thrown because, tursootii, he cannot be It's
PrrSidentI Had he been chus, II, we ". II
know that We should not have heard OF
this rebellion, fcr the lever with which il
is 5ein. moved would have been wanting
10 the hands OF the con-piratnrs. Even
after this defeat, could il have been guar
anteed, beyond ali per..dreuture, that JET
ierson DAVIS or some other kindred >vlllt
would be the successor of Hr. Lincoln,
presume we hazard nothing in assuming
that tins atrocIous movement against the
government would not have been 80, OH
foot. 50 much for the principe involved
In It. This -. a. CRIME then, wiki which
we are graphing, sprans from that sIn
by which the al .ei' i,li all uninastered
and proiig gate aiubIt.on-au ambition that
would rather reign in hell than serve ia
heaven that would rather rule supreme
over n shattered fragment Of the Republic
than rua the chances Of sharing with
Others the honors OF the whole.
Mr HON explains the terms upon which
he j. willing To compromise:
'' wish solrmnly to declare before you
and the world, ,Uat | am fpr this Union
without conditions, one and iAI.yi-!b.e,
now and f.: ever. am for IT. preservation,
At any and every cost ot bloo'. aud treas
ure against all lis assaI!auis ! know 40
usgtIa!iiy Letw' en- my country and -
foe, whether th.y be tore gn or domestic
no neutrality between that glorious tiIg
which now floats over Us, and Tie III CRATES
and traitors who would tlample il III the
dus'. Ny praye! Is for victory, complete,
enduring and rwl4ol;miug 10 the armies
or the republic over ali ITS enemies. ain
against any and every compromise that
may te proposed io be made under the
guns OF the rebels while at the same time
! avn decidedly iD favor ot atfy.diuE every
reasonable guarantee toI the sat.ty Cf
Southern Institutions. which the honest
convictions of the people-Eot the con~pi-
IatoIs-oi the South may demand. ,rie's
erer Ncy stall iJy at,,y,t tier crats Jat ut
until H,>. The ar5,:y-uient O! Inc ~ ord
has been detiantly thrust iuto the face o.
thi> government and county. and there
II 10 honorable escape from 1t. AL guar
ant, es aud al! attempts al adjustment 10y
amendments IL the constitution are nuw
>corntully elected, aud the leaders Of the
reb -ilI"n Openly proclaim that they are
sighting Tor their independence. In This
c"ni"iu..tt!ous I-j"ctlom OF Guarantees. aud
in thIs ayoSal "t the o'j,sts Of the rebel
lion now % auiiciou~ly made wc hav, a
through the slavery agitation has been
Piact.crd upoa the puui.c c:.dulty Tor the
lat S.teen or twenty wears il. th- light
ot this revelation, We feel as Ole. ava ke, I'd
from the suiiuca,:ng tcituIos of IA night
mare, and rcalIar what = ba>eless dream
our apprehension, have been. and oi what
q ,r..toious swindle We have been made
the victims, Independence OF What In
p,.t,, AT tTt.b i..y
themselves have aided III euaciiug! iadv--
pendece ut that constitution which their
f'iilrrs framed, aud 10 which they are bar
ties and ~ beet by innrii;ance IutirpriId
ence OF that bcn!tc=Et government on
whose treasury and hoIors ihey have
grown strong aud illustrIous. Nhen u
man commits a robbery on the h gl.way,
or = murder. in tie dark. he Thereby d,
cares his independence of The laws under
winch lac lives, AID oi the eociriy oi wuIch
lac Is u member. Should he SlIra aIIaigu
ed aNow and and justify the otIeIse. i.e
thereby b-come, the advocate of the ;ude
peudence he has thus dcclared. aud Il lac
re.I>ts Icy force oi arms The oa.cer wheu
dragging him Ia nrIsun, the pcEItcn,IalY
or the gallnws lie i, thereby ti.utiu" Tor
the independence he has thus declared
and advocated; and such Is the coalition
OF the con>piraiors at the South at THIS
moment IL IS no longer question ot
Southern rights, which have never been
violated nor Of security o. Southern ln>ii-
tutio,s, which we know perfectly well
have never been Int.ricred with 10y the
general government, but it IS IuIely
with Us Il question Cf national existence,
In meeting this terrible issue which +, bel
lion has made up with the loyal men of
the country, we stand upon ground in
tiniie!y above all patty lines aid party
plaitorns-ground as sublime as that on
which our fathers stood VIXEN they fought
the battles of the Revolution am TOR
throwing iuto the coiItt ST thus forced upon
lis all the n iterial and moral resources
and energies OF the nation, III order that
the struggle may be brief and as little
san.uinary as possible.
Mir Hour is willing to be calle sui
missionist:
But with the curled lip Of scorn we
are told by the disunloEists that In thus
supporting u Republican, administration
in lis enueavors to uphold the Consliiu-
ton and laws, we aIe subnssIvnI>t>,
and when they have pronounced this word,
they SUPPOSE ,hey have imputed To Us the
sum vi all Hunlan abasenient w ell, let 1t
be confessed; we are "subm,s. .on!st>,
and weak and sp;ntess us j, may be
deemed by some, we glory in the POSITION
we occupy. For example: the law says,
Thou shalt not steal we submit 10 TINS
law, and would not tor the world ; worth
rob our ne ghbor OF his forts, his arsena!s,
his arms his munitions of war, his hospital
stores. or anything that is his Indeed, SO
Impressed are We with the obligations OF
this law, that We would no more think Of
pluhderns from our neIgnbOr halt Il mil
lion OF collars because found ia one OF his
unprotected mInls, than VIC would think
Of Itching purse tro:., his pocket III Il
crowded thoious sl.are. Nrte us domn,
therefore, suUiuIs>ionisiS. Again: lHe
c,,.s tI..,, unlt rot sW.:lI u il.t.IN