The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-06-28
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a LETTER THAT sTIRs TIN
BLOOD.
Hon. Joseph Hot-Postmasicr Goa
crsl under Dir. Buchonau-sud who is
citizen Of Kentucky, has lotcly written
l,tcr t;cnd ia kentucky which Is pub
lishcd in the louisville Journal, inwhicl
the question Of the Groot Rebellion b
handlcd with the pen Castttcsman and
patriot. Mr.. Holt is totally oppressed {,
thc folly Of neutrality" that now biudr
Kentucky Union men hand and foot, an,
to which miserable policy will Kentucky
owe hrr ruin in the chsc she is cast int,
The vortex Of secession. We make cx,
tracts from AIr, Holts letter ,r
MB. Holt CONDEMNS SgUTRALtrY.
must say, IN allirankncss undwith.
cut desiring 10 reflect upon tho cnurse oi
OF any, that, IN this stru IqlJ
for the existence of our Government,
can neither practice nor profess nor icol
ncutruhy. / would az soon think Of bo
ing neutral Ia a contest between un oili
Ger uf Justice and an inocudinry nrrrstct
in an attempt to fire the dwelling uvc
my head for the Government whust
overthrow is ought Is for me the shelter
not only of home, Kindred aud friends
but of every earthly bic sing which car
hope TO enjoy on this side of the grave
lG however,, lrom natural horror o
frutricidul strife, or nom her intimate 50
cinl and husiurss relations with th,
South, Kentucky shall determine 10 main
tain tie neutral attitude assumed rir hot
by her Legislature, her position will b,
an honorable one though falling FAR shcr
Of the Iull measur OF loyalty which hcl
history has so constantly Illustrated -
Her executive, ignoring, US ! am happ,
TO believe, alike tho popular and lotisla.
tive sentiment uf tho Stata. has, hv proc
lamation, forbidden the Government o
the United States from marching troop
across her territory, This is, In no scnsU
q neutral atcT, but one Of aggressive hos
tility Tho troops of the Fedora Gov
urnmcnt have ns clear constitutional
right to pass over the soil Of Kcutuck,
as they have 10 march along the strccti
of Washington, and could this prohibit
tion be effective, Il would not only be
violation OF the Fundamental law, bu
would. IN oil its tendencies, bc directly
in advancement Of the revolution, ant
might, In an emergency easily imagined
compromise the highest national inter.
Csts.
..rMR, IINcoLN'sroLCy. r.r
For more thann month uncr tho in
auguratiop OF President Lincoln IN,
Manifestations seemed uncquivocal tia
his Admllistration would sock pqacc,u
solution Of our unhappy political troub
les, aud would look to tima and amend,
mcnts TO The Fcdcrnl Constitution, adup,
ted In uccorlnnce with its provisions, tt
bring back tho reyolted States to their q!
lcgiaucc. So marked was the Ciicu, o
these manifestations in trlnquilzing the
Border States and in rcossuring theii
loyalty, that the cohspratos who hu,
set this revolution on foot took the alarm
While affecting TO despise these State,
as not sufficiently intnusif'd in their do
votiOn to African seryitulo they knew
they could never succeed in their trca.
sonoblc enterprise without their support
llcncc it was resolved to prccipitatc O
collision OF arms with the Federal au
thorities, in the hope thut under the PAM,
md tXtspgration inciucnt % tho com
of civil war, the Border
States, following the natural bent OF thci
would array themsclvc,
against the Government.
Aflcr summing the ovtrlcts Of revolu
lion, commoncingwith the bombardmcnr
Of Sumter and ending with threats Il
lake Washington, Mr.. Holt notices;
THE call TO ARMS AND THE RESPONSE.
In view of these events and threat.
cnings, what was the duty Of the Chiel
Of the Repub,icl lie might
have taken councitof the revolutionists
and uemblud under their menaces he
might upon the fall Of Sumter. hayo di.
Fort Pickcns should be surren
dered without firing a gun in defense, anC
yet further, and meeting iullt
the requirements of the ot.us-nlono'
policy insisted On 10 the South, he mieh'
have Ordered thst tho stlrs aud stfipoi
should be lAid in the dust in the presonct
Of every Bit Of rebel bunting that nigh
appear. But he did none Of those thing
nor could hahnye done them without for
gcttiBg his oath oud betraying the nos
sublime trust that has ever been confdot
10 the han,lsU man With heroic fl
deity to his constitutional obligations
feeling Justly that these obligations chafk
cd himrwiththe protection Of the Rcptb.
Ito and is G6pital ngainst tho assaults
alikGoC foreigR aud domestic en0mcs
he threw himself on the loyalty of the
country forsupport in the struggle upon
which he was about to enter, aud nobly
has that appeal been responded to-
States containing an aggregate popula,
ton OF nineteen millions have answered
to the appeal as With The voice Of Que
man, oaering soldiers without numbcr
and trenspr8 without Limitation, for th,
service OF the Government In these
States fifteen hundred lhonsAnd foecman
cast their votes in favor Of candidates
the rights Of the South at che
lastPresidentiOl election, aud yet every.
where, alike in popular assemblies and
upon the tented field, this million and I
half of voters are found yielding to none
IN the zoal With which they rally TO tAeiI
couatry's lag. 54sv u.1o,
TIE MISSION or EoRTHERS TRo rs. q
Thoy are not loss the friends Of the
South than before but they realzs that
The quest on now presented is not one Of
policy, or Of the claims ol
the North, the 6Odth, tae East, or the
West; but is, simply, whethe hineteen
OF people shall tlmely and igno-
bly, permit Eve or six millions TO oyer-
throw and destroy institutions which arc
.ho common property, and have been tho
common blessings and glory Of all. The
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