Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-08-16
MIR. moIt addresses KentucE,aus.

The Hon. Joseph Holt one Of the frmest Union
men in the Country, addressed the Kentucky
troops, quartcred at Camp "Joe Holt" in lp!iana,
the other day, in a most strriugly patriotic
manner. lie secuted the idea that Kentucky,
the home of the gallant Harry of the West"
would prove disloyal to the constitution and flag
of the Union. We give below one or two cx-
tracts fran his eloquent speech, and ask the
peace-secessionists of Delaware to read and
ponder the beautiful and truthful sentiments they
oOntain:-
When the men from Bunker Hill, and the men
from the "dark and bloody ground, unestrauged
from each other by The low arts OF the politicians,
shall stand side by side on the same National
battlefield, the heart Of freedom will be glad.
Carry with you the complete assurance that you
will ere long have not only the moral but the
material support of Kentucky. Not many weeks
can eapse before this powerful Commonwealth
will make an exultant nvowal of her loyalty, aud
will stand erect before the country, stainless aud
true, MS the tluest Of her sisters of the Union.
la the scales OF the momentOus events now
occurring her weight should be and will be felt
Already she is impatient, and will not much
longer, under the pressure ef any policy, submit
to shrinkaWay into the mere dust OF the balances
There is one most striking and Distinguishing
feature of your mission that should never be los
sight Of You are not about to invade the terri
tory OF foreign enemy, nor is your purpose
that of conquest or spoilation. Should 20,
occupy the South, you will do so as friends nnt
protectors, and your aim will benot to subiugatt
that betrayed aud distracted country, but tC
deliver it from the rcmorsoless military despotisn
by which it is trodden down, Union men, viii,
are your brethren, throng in those States, an,
will listen for the coming footsteps of your Army
as the Scottish maiden Of Lucknow listened fol
the airs Of her native land. 1t is true, tina
amid the terrors and darkness which preyni
there, they are silenCed md are now unseen bu
be assured that by the Light Of the Stars you carr,
upon your banner you will find them ALL 1t has
been constantly asserted by the conspirators
throughout the South, that this is a war of sub.
iugation on the part Of the Government of the
United States. waged for the determination Of
Southern institutions, and by vnndals and mis-
creants who, in the fury of their passions, spar,
neither age nor sex, nor property.
These who, through the press or in public
speeches, persist in repeating the wretchet
SANDER, are giving utterance to what everybody
themselves included, knows to be absolutely and
UNANIMOUSLY false. 1t will be the first ant
highest duty Of the Amerisan Army, as it ad-
yances South, by its moderation and humanity
/ ny IT'S tAtll pun rum Every eACeet anu lrregu
laIity, and by its scrupulous observance of thu
rights of ALL to show how foully both it and til,
Government which it represents have beei
traduced. When, therefore. you enter th,
South, press lightly upon her gardens aud fields
guard saoredy her homes; protect, if need be
at the point Of your hayoncts, her institutions
and her constitutional rights, for you will there
by not only respond fully to the spirit and object
Of this war, but you will exert over alike til
oppressed and Infatuated portion Of her people
power to which the most brilliant of your mill
tary successes might not attain.
But when you meet in battle array, those afro
cious conspirators, who, at the head OF armies
anu through woes unutterable, are seeking the ru
in of our common country, remember that sine
the sword famed over the portals Of Paradise unit
| now, it has been drawn 10 no hOlier cause thai
that in which you are engaged. Remember too
the millions whose hearts are breaking under thu
anguish of this terrible crime, and then strik
boldly, stike with bound and shout, wei
assured that your blows will fall upon ingratei
and traitors and parricides, whose lust for powel
would make this bright land one vast Golgotha
rather than be baked Of their guilty aims ant
may the God of your fathers give you the victory
/ THE GOVERNMENT AS orr FATHERS MADE IT.
! Soldiers, when Napoleon was about to spur o.
his legions to combat, on the sands Of an African
desert, pointing them to the Egyptian Py ramid,
that doomed up against the far-oii horizon, hs
exclaimed, "From yonder Pyramids twenty cen.
turtles behold your actions" The thought wa