The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-07-31
3. B. BLACKWELL. EDITOR.


she writes of this epoch of democrat
ization, of war, and the woes of war.
O NAV she soon be able to write for
US o page fpeace and Union Again
In behalf of this people welcome
you.
Mr.. Holt then took the stand amid
prolonged and deafening cheers, and
spoke as follows
Mr. HoLT's SPEECH
Judge PIRTLE: beg you to be as.
sured that | am most thankful for this
distinguished and aattering welcome,
and for every one of the kind words
VII oh have just fallen from your lips,
as / am for the hearty response they
have received. Spoken by anybody
and anywhere, these words would
have been cherished by me F; but spo-
ken by yourself and in the presence
and on bahaif of those in whose midst
I commenced the battle Of life, whose
friendship I have, labored to deserve,
and ia whose fortune hage eve r felt
the iigeliest sympathy, they are doub-
" grateful to my feeling. take no
credit to myself for loving and being
fai. hful to such government as this,
or for nttering, as I do, with every
throb Of my existence. PRAYER for
| its preservation II regard to my of'
fetal conduct, TO which you have al
lnded with such earnest and generous
commentator, I must say that no
merit can be accorded to me beyond
that of having humbly but sincerely
struggled to perform public duty.
amid eiobarrasments which the world
can never fally know. In reviewing
what Is past, I have and shall ever
have bitter sorrow, tfat, while I
was enabled to accomplish SO little
in behalf Of cur betrayed and suffer-
ing country, others were enabled TO
accomplish SO much against It. You
do me exceeding honor in associating
NE in yonr remembrance With the he
70 of Fort 8umpter There is about
bis name an atmosphere of light that
can never groR dim, Surrounded
with his little band, by batteries of
treason and by infuriated thousands
of traitors, the fires upon the altar Of
patriotism which he ministered, only
waxed the brighter for the gloom thst
enveloped him, and history will never
forget that 1t Was from these fires
that was kindled that confagration
that now blazes throughout the length
and breadth OF the land. Brave
among the bravest, incorruptible and
unconquerable in his loyalty, AMID all
the perplexltieS and trials and humiI-
iations that beset him, be we'll de-
serves that exalted position in the Of
fections ona confidence of the people
that he now enjoys and while none
have he'd better opportunities Of know
ing this than myself SO / am sure that
none could have a prouder Joy in
bearing testimony to It than I have
tonight.
Fellow CITIZENS 4 few weeks
since, In another form, | ventured free
ly to express my views upon those
| tragic events which have brought SCR
roy to every heartbStone and to every
heart in our distracted country, and
it is not my purpose on this occasion
to repeat these views. or 10 engage
in any extended discussion of the
questions then examined. Il Is not
necessary that ] should do so, since
the argument Is exhausted, and the
popular mind is perfectly familiar
with ell it's bearings. / viii, howev'
or, with your permission, submit a fen
observations upon the absorbing top
| les of the day, and if I do so with al
earnestness and emphasis dne alike te
the sincerity Of my con lotions and Il
the magnitude OF the interests .involv
ed, It Is trusted that mona viii be of
Tended, not even those who ma,
most widely differ from nae.
Gould one. an entire stranger 10 on
history. now look Gown upon tn
South and see there hundred or
hundred and Fifty thousand men march
ing in hostile array, threatening th
capture Of the Capital, and the ois
memberment of the territory Of tn
Republic and could he look agar
and see that this army is marshale'
and directed by officers recently occu
pying distinguished places in the civi
and military service of the country
and further, that the States from
which this army has been drawn ap
pear 10 be one vast, seethiDg cauldrol
of ferocious passion, he would yer.
naturally conclude that the Govern
ment Of the United States had com
mitted some great crime against 1t
people, and that this uprising was II
resistance to wrongs and outrage
| ~vb;ot, bod ionr hopno n afil their or