The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-17

to suppart the Constitution and see the laws
faithfully executed to resist with all the Con-
stitutional power of the Commonwealth
We do not pretend to report even the most
meagre synopsis of this great speech, Tor great
it was in all the essentials OF powerful oratory,
running as it did through an hour and halt
A verbatim report of it would fail to dol justice
to the speaker 1t must have been heard to
be fully appreciated; the manner as well as
the matter would be necessary to give to 1t Its
full effect He spoke with all the earnestness,
warmth and animation OF man, who felt
strong in the consciousness of the truth OF
what he uttered and was prepared to stand
by what he said regardless of personal conse
uuences He spoke as one not making par
ty harangue to catch the popular applause, but
who felt that his country was in the midst OF a
terrible ordeal, and that it required all the
wisdom and patriotism of her best citizens to
carry her safely through the perils which en-
viron her.
In the notice of this intended presentation,
we stated that mo officer in the U. s. army
had more entitled himself to such compli-
mentary token of respect and gratitude from
| the loyal people of the State than Col. Frank
Wolford, because not one had proved himself
more prompt dashng, brave and gallant" If
such was our opinion in regard to the officer
for whom this compliment was designed one
week ago, our admiration has been immeasur-
ably increased for the man by reason Of this
noble effort IN behalf of Constitutional free
dom; and we may add now to what we then
said, that by his speech here on Thursday he
has entitled himself to the lasting gratitude o:
every man in Kentucky who desires to see
the Union and the Constitution preserved and
the rights of the people under both upheld
and maintained against the assaults of those,
on the one hand, who are asking to destroy
them by armed rebellion, and, on the other, oil
those who are seeking to crush them under
the iron heel of military power. A soldier oil
the Union army he is bending all his energies
to the execution of the rebellion; but his op
position to jeff Davis, who is endeayoring by
arms to destroy that Union, does not make
him less sensitive to the rapid strides which
the Abolition party in charge of the Govern
ment are making towards military despot
ism and while he ready in the future as
hs had in the past, to fight the one with weap-
ons lie had chosen, he stood equally prepared
rs freeman, to denounce the policy of the
other as it deserved to be denounced by every
true loyal Kentuckian. And he used the very
strongest terms in which to characterize the
startling usurpatons of power by the domi
; nant party. lie was not afraid of the hack
MED cry of giving aid and comfort to the en-
emy," when he denounced these usurpations
and he warned the people that if they did no
stand up for their constitutional rights which
had been gradually encroached upon from the
commencement of the rebellion, the day was
not distant when they would be slaves
Col. Woliord closed his speech by Stain!
that he was aware that there always in every
public assembly now days "pimps and infor
mers' who made it their business to report Il
fountains Of power and patronage what wa
said in opposition to them. He called upor
them to report what he said faithfully, ant
: among other things they might inform Mr.
, Lincoln, if he desired to know what those il
, the army whom he considered his minion
, thought of his official course, that their opin
ion was that he tyrant and a usurper,
who was seeking, 10y overriding all constitu
tiOnal barriers and limitations, to trample up
, on the liberties of his country.
, But we shall follow Col Wolford no fur
! ther and will conclude this very imperfect no
; tice of his address by remarking that it wa
,, one of the boldest and most manly speeche,
that has ever been made to our people 1t i
needless to add that it was received with th
most rapturous applause by the large audienc
> assembled on the occasion.