The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-12
Hon, JOSEPH Holt,

Hen. Joseph Holt.
: This patriotic and disintcrested and
veraciouS gentleman, we perceive from our
Atlantic exchanges, has recently delivered
eloquent and stirring and elaborate speech
es. in the Eastern cities in support Of a
k0rous prosecution Of thewar. So well
does he please the Republicans, that the
New York Times, in fever Of delight,
exclniins: "The Country grows st Onger
through the inspirations Of his patriotic
eloquence." In his speeches Mr. Holt.
with singular fOrgrtfulness Of self, throws
the responsibility Of our political troubles
upon the South. His memory is treach.
erous, else he would have remembered
that he predicted in 1856 that in the event
of the success of the Republican party
"thn North would invade the South and
trample out her institutions" lie then
fired the Southern heart" against the
North through the inspiration OF his pa
trioUic cloquencc." lie then denounced, in
unmeasurcd terms, the men and party he
is now acting with, and ndmoniShed the
people Of the danger Of placing power in
their hands. lie then had no confidence
in the honesty and patriotism Of Seward,
Cameron, Chase, Lincoln & Co. Was he
sincere thent or is he hypocritc now !?
In whit respect have they changed?
His late speeches have been extensively
circulated and quoted from and commend
cd by the Republicans and their allies,
and it may not he out Of place, in this
connection, to quote from his speeches Of
an earlier date to show what confidence
can he placed in his allegations. In 1866,
this same Mr.. Holt addressed Democratic
meeting at Frederick, Maryland, from
which the Baltimore Exchange makes the
following telling extracts. Mr. Holt said :
| 1.-THE Black Republicans, Conforming the
compromises 0f the Constitution. in which the
!
could mt eriI Ior Il ddH, tolerate not such an
equlpuisc; but luOk To. and labor for, com
plete Victury IN one hand, aud AN unconditional
submi SsiOH IN the other. He warned his hear
ers 1T the peril that encOmpassed the Snuth /;
Of the insOlrnce aud arrogance Of the North.
and ui the inevitable consequences that would
rnsue if The Republican IN vemcnt aloud
rove successful. UWdP arty. HI asked. winch
in its infancy, hduEhiIly claims the right 10 re.
/ hieh "A al is intf, thu
because slavery is in her Constitution. hesitate,
in the days Ut its uuChallengrd aSccudcncy, Il,
exppl ii Smie from the Cnniederacy for the
same cause, or Ia take upon itself the expurga.
| ton Of slavery from her code? With the ac.
cessinn of such party to power, he predicted
that The North cnI inrdde he SouM anil tram
Pile ont Her institutions. | venture not to de-
pct Vie fate VI the extreme South that land
now az full ni sunshine and happiness undsT
a ruthtrs inrdSioa Ike thu. Sun Domingo, ia,
maica. these are the mirrors in which. while
speak, We may read. aud read distinctly, The
mirrors Of thut doom"
The imminent danger of this sectional
dispute eliminating in central ,lc>po
tisrn, he clearly pointed out, aud thu,
continued:
"Thc organization NJ a sectional pnrtv il a
step, and n startling step, gained toward that
Capitalization which, Us faIhumlcsS gull. /,
eUer yawninK for yoWT federative system. The
concentration If all political rule NJ Washing
ton. cannot bu, be regarded us the last calamity
which could betall the land which We Hll love
81 much. Beneath the intense heat If that
new burn sun, your liberties would wiIhcI
away - wiihers the green herb amid the scOrch
ing sands OF The African Desert
Not at that time did Mr.. Holt believe