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LETTER FROM JUDGE HOLT. /
WASHINGTON, Oct 1852.

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LETTER FROM. JUDGE HOLT.
WASHINGTON, Oct 1859.
Hon. Hiram Barney. $3.50
DEAR SIR:-Your favor Of the 22d instant
has been received An invitation; similar to that
which you 40 kindly urge upon me, I have been
obliged within few days to decline, in conse-
quence of arrangements here which occupy every
moment Of my time, and / must now make the
| same answer To yourself.
There will Doubtless be present with Won on
the occasion referred to, those capable by their
eloquence of eff citing all the good that popular
| addresses can now accomplish. must be frank
however, and say that to me it seems that what
is at this moment needed ia not words. however
glowing. but heroic deeds.
The tongue of an archangel could ,scarcsIv
comfort and animate the popular spirit in the
presence Of the inaction of our armies. After
an unparalleled expenditure of treasure, and the
marshaliDg of such armies as the world has never
seen, and. after sacrifices which are clothing the
land in mourning, at the expiration of eighteen
months from the commencement Of the rebellion
we find it more defiant aud determined. and
more successful in its invasions and spoliations,
than at any moment since the struggle BEGAN
This is from no lack of devotion on the part of
the people, who have poured out their blood and
treasure like water, nor yet from any lack of
courage on the part of our brave volunteers.-
Our soldiers have been everywhere painting for
sight Of the enemy, while the great heart of
the country, in its solemn and earnest solictudes
Is like ground swell of the ocean, pressing OF,
our forces tossrd the battlefield. A saddened
belief is rapidly spreading that, unless the pre-
sent condition of things is speedily changed. our
cause will be lost An immediate, bold and AZ
tgressive movement upon the enemy-following
up every blow struck and gathering the fruits Of
every victory gained-is what is required for our
deIiverance. 'sA-t+- 8i EE 90
To the accomplishment Of this single object
the thoughts, the efforts and the prayers of the
| whole country should be directed II those Who
are in the front will not 60 forward, the public
| safety will demand that they be assigned posi-
| tionss in the rear. What are the sensibilitiee
| what the reputation, or what the cherished
schemes of any General in the field, as compar-
ed With the life of such government and coun-
try a. ours? If, with the cloudless skies, and
bracing airs AID fine roads of the autumn, our
vast and completely appointed army cannot do
its work, .whef' will it be able to do so? If Lee,
Jackson aud Longstreet can move with prompt
| itude and oashing celebrity in the cause of trea-
son and barbaric vandalism, why cannot our
ehieftains move as promptly and as fast in the
cause of honor aud loyalty? How much longer
will the nation endure that all its sacrifices be
| fruitlesl? Its conviction that it possesses.
| twice told, the power to subdue this rebellion.
is not more complete than in my judgment, will
be its determination that neither the follies nor
! the crimes of men shall render that power una
| vailing. te ~
It is this torpor of our armies-this hope de-
ferred for the hundredth time-which has un-
furled that party banner, whose shadow is now
resting on SO many Of the loyal States. Il is not
disloyalty which has prompted the deplorabIe
movement, but WEAKNESS and encouragement
consequent npon the losses, humiliations and
delays We have suffered, yet it is the most alarm
ing sign Of the times and can only be arrest
ed by decided military success. 1t is the law of
the very existence of such political organizations,
to seek strenth by assaults on the Administer
ton, in whose hands, for veal or woe, is the di-
rection of those movements upon which neces-
sarily depends the preservation of the Union.
These assaults will grow in vigor aud bitterness
as they progress, and while thus indirectly az
fording ''ad and comfort" to the rebellion, will
make continual, albeit unconscious, approaches
toward an open affiliation with it. Let those
who are called upon to vote party ticket in the
midst of the tragic events now upon US, ponder
well, before doing 20, the disastrous consequen.
ces of such policy--a policy frsm whose bale
fnl tendencies no purity of motive can possibly
detract. Letthem hesitate long before they SOW
the seeds of dssensions, whose bitter fruits may
be upon the lips of their children's Children
Let them not forget that by thus presenting Q
divided front they degrade our cause before the
world, thev paralyze our own strength, and add
UNNECESSARILY to the hopes, the confidence and
the power of the enemy. Already the Confed-
crate press is pointing the deluded people of the
South to these rising distractions among our
! selves, in a tone not merely.of hopefulness but
Of exultation. a
If any man, as motive for such q course.
suppose that he has ground of complaint against
the President let him take heed that his ill-di-
rected hostility does not put in jeopardy the
Republic itself, for whose preservation from
overthrow the President is necessarily and 10y
ally laboring. What has q controversy with the
President Of the United States to do with the
question of loyalty to our country in the midst
! Of such q struggle as thiss IF he errs-as the
best of men are liable to do-he is soon to pass
away with oil his deeds; but our Government
and country should, and if We are true to them
they will endure for countless ages to come
The President, with all the dignity and respon.
sibiltes belonging to his position, is but pilot
on the national ship for single watch of the
night. Who will be so insane as to sid, how
ever indirectly, in scuttling the ship, merely be.
whose hands the helm is soon to be wrested p
Who is willing that savage shout, ss Of victo-
ry, shall 60 up froul the army of ferocious reb-
els, whose hands are double-dyed in the blood
Of our people? Who is willing that thrill Of
JOY shall run throughout the entire South, and
that bon6res and iiluminations shall be kindied
in the city OF Richmond over the triumph lf the
opposition in the great Empire State If such
there be, let him vote party ticket. The oc-
cason demands the development of the sub
finest phases of human, character. II, with the
duties to our lard and to our race which are
pressing upon us, We cannot rise above miser-
able scramble for party spoils and power, then
the sooner we creep into our graves the better.
Another danger which is threatened from
the inaction of our armies comes from abroad
This rebellion is as ubiquitous in the curses it
scatters as it is foolish in its spirit. The con-
fict from our commercial and other relations
concerns the happiness Of the civilized world.
Foreign nations, with a forbearance that cannot
be too much commended, have without inter
ference waited patiently and given Us every OPP
portuEity to subdue the rebellion but, unless
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