VOL. LXII.
great offices of the republic as we have
been accustomed to do, we will destroy it
and build upon its ruins an empire that
shall be all our own, and whose spoils
neither the North nor the East nor the
West shall share with us." Deplorable
and humiliating as this certainly is, it is
but a rehearsal of the sad, sad story of
the past. We had, indeed, supposed that
under our Christian civilization we had
reached a point in human progress, when
a republic could exist without having its
AN ADDRESS life sought by its own offspring • but the
BY THE Catilines of the South have proved that we
were mistaken. Let no man imagine that
Hon, JOSEPH HOLT, because this rebellion has been made by
TO THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY, men renowned in our civil and military
history, that it is, therefore, the less guilty
DELIVERED AT PUISVILLE, JULY 11th, 1861. or the less courageously to be resisted. It
FELLOW-CITIZENS : A few weeks since, is precisely this class of men who have
in another form, I ventured freely to ex- subverted the best governments that have
press my views upon those tragic events ever existed. The purest spirits that have
which have brought sorrow to every hearth- lived in the tide of times, the noblest
stone and to every heart in our distracted institutions that have arisen to bless our
country, and it is not my purpose on this race, have found among those in whom
occasion to repeat those views, or to en- they had most confided, and whom they
gage in any extended discussion of the had most honored, men wicked enough,
questions then examined. It is not neces- either secretly to betray them unto death,
nary that I should do so, since the argu- or openly to seek their overthrow by law
ment is exhausted, and the popular mind less violence. The republic of England
is perfectly familiar with it in all its bear- had its Monk; the republic of France had
ings. I will, however, with your permis- its Bonaparte ; the republic of Rome had
sion, submit a few brief observations upon its Cmsar and its Cataline, and the Saviour
the absorbing topics of the day, and if Ido of the world had his Judas Iscariot. It
so with an earnestness and emphasis due cannot be necessary that I should declare
alike to the sincerity of my convictions to you, for you know them well, who they
and to the magnitude of the interests in- are whose parricidal swords are now un
volved, it is trusted that none will be sheathed against the republic the United
offended - , not even those who may most States. Their names are ins bed upon a
widely differ from me. scroll of infamy that can n ver perish.
Could one, an entire _stranger to our The most distinguished of them'were
edtf
history, now look down upon the South, cated by the charity of the government on
and see there a hundred or a hpndred and which they are now making war. For long
fifty thousand men marching in hostile years they were fed from its table, and
array, threatening the capture of the oapi- clothed from its wardrobe, ' and had their
tal and the dismemberment of the territory brows garlanded by its honors. They are the
of the republic; and could he look again ungrateful sons of a fond mother, who
and see that this array is marshalled and dandled them upon her knee, who lavished
directed by officers recently occupying die- upon them the gushing love of her noble
tinguished places in the civil and military and devoted nature, and who nurtured
service of the country ; and further that them from the very bosom of her life ; and
the states from which this army has been now, in the frenzied excesses of licentious
drawn appear to be one vast, seething and baffled ambition, they are stabbing at
cauldron of ferocious passion, he would I that bosom with the ferocity with which the
very naturally conclude that the govern- 1 tiger springs upon his prey. The Presi
ment of the United States had committed I dent of the United States is heroically and
some great crime against its people, and ' patriotically struggling to baffie the machi
that this uprising was in re)istance to nations of these most wicked men. I have
wrong and outrages which had, been borne unbounded gratification in knowing that he
until endurance was no longer possible.—' has courage tq look traitors in the face,
And yet no conclusion could be further and that, in discharging the duties of his
from' the truth than this. The govern- great office, he takes no counsel of his
ment of the United States has been faith- fears. He is entitled to the zealous sup
ful to all its constitutional obligations.— port of the whole country, and, may I not
For eighty years it has maintained the add without offence, that he will receive
national honor at home and abroad, and the support of all who justly appreciate
by its prowess, its• wisdom, and its justice, the boundless blessings of our free insti
has given to the title of an American citi- tutions
zen an elevation among the nations of the If this rebellion succeeds it will involve
earth which the citizens of no republic necessarily the destruction of our nation
has enjoyed since Rome was mistress of ality, the division of our territory, the
the world. Under its administration the permanent disruption of the republic. It
national domain has stretched away to the must rapidly dry up the sources of our
Pacific, and that constellation which an- material prosperity, and year by year we
nounced our birth as a people, has ex- shall grow more and more impoverished,
panded from thirteen to thirty-four stars, more and more revolutionary, enfeebled,
all, until recently, moving undisturbed and debased. Each returning election will
and undimmed in their orbs of light and bring with it grounds for new civil com
grandeur. The rights of no states have motions, and traitors, prepared to strike at
been invaded; no man's property has been the country that has rejected their claims
despoiled, no man's liberty abridged, no , to power, will spring up on every side.
man's life oppressively jeopardized by the Disunion once begun will go on and on
action of this government. Under its indefinitely, and under the influence of the
benign influences the rills of public and fatal doctrine of secession, not only will
private prosperity have swelled into rivu- , states secede from states, but counties will
lets, and from rivulets into rivers ever secede from states also, and towns and
brimming in their fullness, and everywhere, cities from counties,until universal anarchy
and at all periods of its history, its minis- ; will be consummated in each individual
trations have fallen as gently on the pea- who can make good his position by force of
ple of the United States as do the dews of arms, claiming the right to defy the power
a Summer's night on the flowers and grass ,of the government. Thus we should have
of the gardens and fields. , brought back to us the days of the robber
Whence, then, this revolutionary out- barons with their moated castles and
break? Whence the secret spring of this marauding retainers. This doctrine when
gigantic conspiracy, which, like some huge analyzed is simply a declaration that no
boa, had completely coiled itself around physical force shall ever be employed in
the limbs and body of the republic, before executing the laws for upholding the gov
a single hand was lifted to resist it? ernment, and a government in whose
Strange, and indeed startling, as the an- practical administration such a principle
nounoement must appear when it falls on has been introduced, could no more con
the ears of the next generation, the national I tinue to exist than a man could live with
tragedy, in whose shadow we stand to- an angered cobra in his bosom. If you
night, has come upon us because, in Novem- would know what are the legitimate fruits
ber last, John C. Breckinridge was not of secession, look at Virginia and Tennes
elected President of the United States, see, which have so lately given themselves
and Abraham Lincoln was. This is the up to the embrace of this monster. There
whole story. And I would pray now to the schools are deserted ; the courts of
know, on what was John C. Breckinridge justice closed ; public and private credit
fed that he has grown so great, that a re- destroyed ; commerce annihilated; debts
public founded by Washington and cement- repudiated ; confiscations and spoliations
ed by the best blood that has ever coursed everywhere prevailing ; every cheek
in human veins, is to be overthrown be- blanched with fear, and every heart frozen
cause, forsooth, he cannot be its President? with despair ; and all over that desolated
Had he been chosen we well know land the hand of infuriated passion and
hat we should not have heard crime is waving, with a vulture's scream
of this rebellion, for the lever with which for blood, the sword of civil war. And
it is being moved would have been want- I this is the Pandemonium which some would
ing to the hands of the conspirators. I have transferred to Kentucky.
Even after his defeat, could it have been I But I 'am not here to discuss this prop
guaranteed, beyond all peradventure, that i osition to-night. I wish solemnly to declare
Jeff. Davis, or some other kindred spirit, before you and the world, that I am for
would be the successor of Mr. Lincoln, I this Union without conditions, one and
presume we hazard nothing in assuming indivisible, now and forever. lam for its
that this atrocious movement against the preservation at any and every cost of blood
government would not have been set on and treasure against all its assailants. I
foot. So much for the principle involved , know no neutrality between my country
in it. This great crime, then, with which and its foes, whether they be foreign or
we are grappling, sprang from that c 4 sin domestic ; no neutrality between that glo
by whiCh the angels fell "—an unmastered rious flag which now floats over us, and
and profligate ambition—an ambition that the ingrates and traitors who would tram
"would rather reign in hell than serve in ple it in the dust. My grayer is for victory,
heaven "—that would rather rule supreme- complete, enduring and overwhelming, to
ly over a shattered fragment of the repub- , the armies of the republic over all its ene
lie than run the chances of sharing with mies. lam against any and every corn
others the honors of the whole. , promise that may be• proposed to be made
The conspirators of the South read in ' under the guns of the rebels, while, at the
the election of Mr. Lincoln a declaration same time, I am decidedly in favor of
that the Democratic party had been pros- affording every reasonable guarantee for
trated, if not finally destroyed, by the sel- the safety of Southern institutions, which
fish intrigues and corruptions of its leaders; the honest convictions of the people—not
) they read, too, that the vicious, emaciated i the conspirators--of the South may de
, and spavined hobby of the slavery agita- mand, whenever they shall lay down their
tion, on which they had so often rode into arms, but not until then, The arbitrament
power, could no longer carry them beyond of the sword has been defiantly thrust into
a given geographical line of our territory, the face of the government and country,
and that in truth this factious and treason- and there is no honorable escape from it.
able agitation, on which so many of them All guarantees and all attempts at adjust
had grown great by debauching and de- ment by amendments to the constitution
nationalizing the mind of a people natur- are now scornfully rejected, and the lead
ally generous and patriotic, had run its ers of the rebellion openly proclaim that
course, and hence, that from the national they are fighting for their independence.
disgust for this demagogueing, and for the In this contempttkins rejection of guaran
inexorable law of population, the time had tees, and in this avowal of the objects of
come when all those who had no other the rebellion now so audaciously made, we'
political capital than this, would have to have a complete exposure of that fraud
prepare for retirement to private life, so which, through the slavery agitation, has .
far at least as the highest offices of the been practiced upon the public credulity
country were concerned. Under the in- ' for the last fifteen or twenty years. In
ffuence of these grim discouragements they the light of this revelation, we feel as one
resolved to consummate at once-i-what our awakened from the suffocating tortures of
political history shows to have been a long- j a nightmare, and realize what a baseless
. eherished purpose—the dismemberment of dream our apprehensions have been, and
the government. They said to themselves: of what a 'traitorous swindle we have been
"Since we can no longer Monopolize the made the yid*. They are fighting for
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their independence ! Independence of lives; a devil obeys only his own ferocious and of battle even, if need need be, to
what 3 Independence of those laws which and profligate passions. The principle on give, to save it from absolute destruction
they themselves have aided in enacting
_,• which this rebellion proceeds, that laws at the hands of men who, steeped in guilt,
independence of that constitution which have in themselves no sanctions, no bind- are perpetrating against us and humanity a
their fathers framed and to which they are ing force upon the conscience, and , that crime, for which. I verily believe the
parties and subject by inheritance ; inde- every man, under the prompting of interest, blackest page of the history of the world's
pendence of that beneficent government or passion, or caprice, may, at will, and darkest period furnishes no parallel? Can
on whose treasury and honors they have , honorably too, strike at the government it be possible that in the American people
grown strong and illustrious. When a . that shelters him, is one of utter demora- iwe have already; reached a point of degen
man commits a robbery on the highway, , lization, and should be trodden out as you eraoy so low, that the work of Washington
or a murder in the dark, he thoreby de- I would tread on a spark that has fallen on and Franklin, of Adams and Jefferson, of
Glares his independence of the laws under the roof of your dwelling. Its unchecked Flaneck and Henry, is to be overthrown
which he lives, and of the society of which prevalence would resolve society into chaos, by the morally begrimed and pigmied
he is a member. Should he, when ar- 1 and leave you without the slightest guar- conspirators who are now tugging at its
reigned, avow and justify the offence, he 1 antee for life, liberty, or property. It is foundation 3 It would be the overturning
thereby becomes the advocate of the inde- time that, in their majesty, the people of of the Andes by the miserable reptiles
pendence he has thus declared ; and, if he the United States should make known to ' that are crawling in the sands at their base.
resists by force of arms the officer, when the world that this government, in its dig- Bat our neutral fellow citizens in the ten
dragging him to the prison, the penitenti- nity and power, is something more than a derness of their hearts say : "This effusion of
ro b
cry, or the gallows, he is thereby fighting moot court, and that the citizen who makesl o h o r d i
n s o. i c i k r e
to
s an
e 'len te d t o
thalelwinhye
strengthoewr
1
for the independence he has thus declared war upon it is a traitor, not only in theory of this - commonwealth be put forth in support
and advocated ; and. such is the condition but in fact , and should have meted out to I of the government, in order that the war may
of the conspirators of the Sbuth at this him a traitor's doom. The country wants ;be terminated by a prompt suppression of the
moment. It is no longer a question of no bloody sacrifice, but it must and will ' rebellion. The longer the struggle continues,
Southern rights, which have never been have peace, cost what it may. the fiercer will be its spirit, and the more
ul of life g it. ou
violated, nor of security of Southern insti- Before closing, I desire to say a few fearf
tdheerlenfroereh the
onl
standingawaster axot; atten
frtohme
thecadl a
combati You
tutions, which we know perfectly well have words on the relations of Kentucky to the
never been interfered with by the general pending rebellion :and as we are all Ken- ButP
agai y n they 4, "we cannot fight our
government, but it is purely with us a tnokians here together to-night, and as brethren." Indeed. But your brethren can
question of national existence. In meeting this is purely a family matter, which con- fight you, and with a good will, too. Wick
this terrible issue which rebellion has made earns the honor of us all, I hope we may edly and wantonly have they commenced this
up with the loyal men of the country, we be permitted to speak to each other upon war against you and your institutions, and
stand upon ground infinitely above all it with entire freedom. I shall not detain ferociously are they prosecuting it. They take
party lines and party platforms—ground you with observations on the hostile and n w o hi a e o h do t u h n e t y o h f
etphee
their
t hswords
e m
will,
s a e c r r e e
l w o
n i t g h
as sublime as that on which our fathers defiant position assumed by the governor be clogged, must be the massacre of their
stood when they fought the battles of the of your state. In his reply to the requi- brethren. However much we may bow our
revolution. -- I am for throwing into the sition made upon him for volunteers under heals at the confession, it is nevertheless true
contest thus forced upon us all the material the proclamation of the President, he has, that every free people that have existed have
and moral resources and energies of the in my judgment, written and finished his been obliged, at gm period or other of their
nation, in order that the straggle may be own history, his epitaph included, and it history, tes w to i
th fi i g n h t th f e o i r r t o h w e n ir
h l o ib so e m rties an a d ga t i h n a s t t
brief and as little sanguinary as possible. is probable that in future the world will people who have not the greatness of soul
It is hoped that we shall soon see in the little concern itself as to what his excel- thus to fight, cannot long continue to be free,
field half a million of patriotic volunteers, lency may propose to do, or as in what he nor do they deserve to be so.
marching in columns which will be per- may propose not to do. That respimse has There is not, nor can there be, any neutral
featly irresistible, and, borne in their made for Kentucky a record that hai al- ground for a loyal people between their own
hands—for no purpose of conquest or sub- ready brought a burning blush to the cheek government and those who, at the head of
inaotio r, airse
not m neutrality,a cin its destruct
tho ugh ion y . o u Your
jugation, but of protection only—we may of many of her eons, and is destined to
expect within nine months to see the stars bring it to the cheek of many more in the delude yourselves with the belief that it is so. y
and stripes floating in every Southern years which are to come. It is a shame, With this rebellion confronting you, when
breeze, and hear going up, wild as the indeed a crying shame, that a state with you refuse to co-operate. actively with your
storm, the exultant shout of that emanci- so illustrious a past should have written government in subduing it, you thereby con
pated people over their deliverance from for her, by her own chief magistrate, a damn the government, and assume towards it
the revolutionary terror and despotism, by page of history so utterly humiliating as a an at i titu l d_e
doforaentagnotnoisfm.
the
rebellion,
r lli i o nactio n n d is
f
which they are now tormented and'oppress- this. But your legislature have determined yo v u ir d a o a no l t n ther s eb m y e give to the rebels B p ' re a cisely
ed. The war, conducted on such a scale, that during the present unhappy war the that " aid and comfort" spoken of in the con
will not cost exceeding four or five hundred attitude of the state shall be that of strict stitution, you certainly afford them a most
millions of dollars ; and none need be neutrality, and it is upon this determine- powerful encouragement and support. That
startled at the v astness of this expenditure. tion that I wish respectfully but frankly to they regard your present position as friendly
The debt thus created will press but slight- comment. As the motives which governed to them:is
Confederateprovedb the fact that, in a recent
ly upon us ; it will be paid and gladly the legislature were doubtless patriotic and raing enactmentthe odebts
e due
ftom
theirC o n o g w r e a s s
citizensas
paid by posterity, who will make the best conservative, the conclusion arrived at can- to those of loyal states, the debts due to the
bargain which has been made since the not be condemned as dishonorable ; still in people of Kentucky are expressly excepted.—
world began, if they can secure to them- view of the manifest duty of the state and •Is not this significant? Does it leave any
selves, in its integrity and blessings, such of possible results, I cannot but regard I room for doubt that the Confederate Congress
a government as this, at such a cost. it EtEl mistaken and false, and one which I suppose they have discovered, under the guise
But, if in this anticipation we are doomed may have fatal consequences. Strictly lof your neutrality, a lurking sympathy for
to disappointment; if the people of the and legally speaking, Kentucky must go ! friends,
f se which aso e i ra t t . itles yeti s to betreated as s
United States have already become so de- out of the Union before she can be neu- I purposen t o
of
apprehensivea h , er iveallie ? Patriotic tatesm
e a rl
s
generate—may I not say so craven—in the tral. Within it she is necessarily either lin pining her in the anomalous position she
was the
presence of their foes as to surrender up faithful to the government of the United . now occupies, it• cannot be denied that Ken
this republic to be dismembered and sub- States, or she is disloyal to it. If this , tucky by her present attitude is exerting, a'
verted by the traitors who have reared the crutch of neutrality, upon which her well-! potent influence in strengthening the rebel
standard of revolt against it, then, I trust, meaning but ill-judging politicians are i alinudn,taonbdeirs,fathmeerefovo,afamlsea
Y alrikesettowhelelr lassuredya ty
the volume of American history will be halting, can find any middle ground on I that this estimate of your neutrality is enter
closed and sealed up forever, and that which to rest, it has escaped my researches, tained by the true men of the country in all
those who shall survive this national hu- though I have diligently sought it. -Neu- the states which are now sustaining the gov
miliatim will take unto themselves some trality, in the sense of those who now use ernment. Within the last few weeks how
other name,—some name having no rela- the term, however patriotically designed, many of those gallant volunteers w
is ho hav e
e
d them,
on to the past, no relation to our great is, in effect, but a snake in the grass of I lef t home
da are nd w
kindred an der a d all tshat
hee dear
u d t i s r e n s e
ari
I sun
ancestors, no relation to those monuments rebellion, and those who handle it will t
expo a ing a themsel n v o es to dea t h from
and battle-fields which commemorate alike sooner or later feel its fangs. Said one to death from battle, and are accounting their
their heroism, their loyalty, and their who spoke as never man spoke, ', He who ' lives as nothing in the effort they are making
glory. is not with us is against us ;" and of none 1 f)r the deliverance of your government and
But with the curled lip of scorn we are of the conflicts which have arisen between " theirs ; how many of them have said to me in
told by the disunionists t hat in the sup- men or between nations, could this be more s tdness and in longing, " Will not Kentucky
porting a Republican administration in its truthfully said than of that in which we H
answeredo wm y
ti have leaped
endeavors to uphold the constitution and are now involved. Neutrality necessarily ! choeuliLmleLve
exultingly, " Yes, she promptly,
y fiut when confidently,
endeavors
laws, we are' submissionists,' and when implies indifference. Is Kentucky indif- I thought of this neutrality my heart sank
they have pronounced this word, they sup- ferent to the issue of this contest 1 Has , within me, and I did not and I could not look
pose they have imputed to us the sum of all she, indeed, nothing at stake I Has she ; those brave men in the face. And yet I could
hunlan abasement. Well, let it be confess- no compact with her sister states to keep,' not answer, " No." I could not crush myself
ed, we are ' submissionists,' and weak and no plighted faith to uphold, no renown to ' to the earth under the self-abasement of such
spiritless as it may be deemed by some, sustain, no glory to win I Has she no ! areply. I therefore said—and may my coun
tr
1 y sustain me—' I hope, I trust, I pray, nay,
we glory in the position we occupy. For horror of that crime of crimes now being i I believe Kentucky will yet do her duty."
example : the law says, ' Thou shalt not committed against us by that stupendous ' If this government is to be destroyed, ask
steal 5' we submit to this law, and would rebellion which has arisen like a tempest- yourselves are you willing it shall be recorded
not for the world's worth rob our neighbor cloud in the South I We rejoice to know in history that Kentucky stood by in the
of his forts, his arsenals, his arms, his that she is still a member of this Union, 1 greatness of her strength and lifted not a hand
munitions of war, his hospital 'stores, or and as suchthe same interest in 'to slay the l ca h ta l stroph .r e! If it is to be
_saved,
any thing that is his. Indeed, so impress- resisting a poignard whose point is aimed ashsall verily
wyritateinvtehlat,ls i , n are
the
you immeasurable
t
ed are we with the obligations of this law, at the heart. It is her house that is on glory which must attend the achievement,
that we would no more think of plunder- fire ; has she no interest in extinguishing Kentucky had no part?
ing from our neighbor half a million of the conflagration ? Will she stand aloof I will only add, if Kentucky wishes the
dollars because found in his unprotected and announce herself neutral between the waters of her beautiful Ohio to be dyed in blood
mints, than we would think of filching a raging flames and the brave men who are —if
h s e h i e r wishes h her harvest fields,
l n e o d ww en av ea in t g
purse from his pocket in a crowded periling their lives to subdue them? Hun- 1 the ! feet of h u o n stile ac s e o'lLry e arsaamftwer h
garden
thoroughfare. Write a us down, therefore, dreds of thousands of citizens of other
' submissionists.' Again : the law says, states—men of culture and character, of lis trampled beneath the threshings of the
tempest—if she wishes the homes where her
ie r
' Thou shalt not swear falsely ;' we submit thought and of toil-men who have a deep ,loved ones are now gathered in peace, invaded
to this law, and while in the civil or mili- stake in life, and an intense appreciation I by the proscriptive fury of a military despot
tary service of the country, with an oath to of its duties and responsibilities, who know ! ism, sparing neither life nor property—if she g
support the constitution of the United the worth of this blessed government ofj grown w i th
streets t
a o d
nf hie
steamboatswnsan o r h
d es
rive
States resting upon our conscience, we ours, and do not prize even their own I
would not for any earthly consideration blood above it—l say; hundreds of thous- w rs n t w o l
lie rotting at her wharves, then let
1 her join the Southern Confederacy ; but if she
engage in the formation or execution of a ands of such men have left their homes, ; would have the bright waters of that river
conspiracy to subvert that very constitu- their workshops, their offices, their count- ! flow on in their gladness—if she would have
tion, and with it the government to which ing houses, and their fields, and are now 1 her harvests peacefully gathered to her gar
it has given birth. Write us down, there- rallying about our flag, freely offering their ners—if she would have the lullabies of d her
fore, again, ' submissionists.' Yet again : all to sustain it, and since the days that I cradlesbtbe and cries the
and son songs of her
terrorsof homes u
battle—if n i nv a
she e d
w y ould have the streets of her towns and cities
when a President has been elected in strict crusading Europe threw its hosts upon the
accordance with the form and spirit of the embattled plains of Asia, no deeper, or
again filled with the hum and throngs of busy
constitution, and has been regularly in- more earnest, or grander spirit has stirred trade, and her rivers and her shores once
stalled into office, and is honestly striving the souls of men than that which now , more vocal with the steamer's whistle, that
to discharge his duty .by snatching the sways those mighty masses whose gleam-1 anthem of a free and prosperous commerce,
republic from the jaws of a gigantic treason ing banners are destined ere long to make I
and let h h er st d and fa a s n t i r
he th r e st o r l s e an d d u stripes,
which threatens to crush it, we care not bright again the earth and sky of the die- I membe o r of this a ti r nion. Let whole
brave ty pe u opl a e
what his name may or may not be, or what treated South. Can Kentucky look upon 1 say to the President of the United States:—
the designation of his political party, or this sublime spectacle of patriotism un- . You are our chief magistrate ; the govern
what the platform on which he stood during moved, and then say to herself : " I will 1 ment you have in charge, and are striving to
the presidential canvass; we believe we spend neither blood nor treasure, but I save from dishonor and dismemberment, is
fulfil in the sight of earth and heaven our will shrink away while the battle rages, 1 our government; your cause is indeed our
highest obligations to our country, in giv- and after it has been fought and won, .. I cense ; your battles are our battles; make
ing to him an earnest and loyal support in will return to the camp, well assured that for us, therefore , in the ranks of your
room . .
the struggle in which he is engaged. if I cannot claim the laurels, I will at I
1 armies, that your triumph may be our triumph
also."
Nor are we at all disturbed by the flip- least enjoy the blessings of the victory I" I Even as with the Father of us all I would
pant taunt that in thus submitting to the Is this all that remains of her chivalry— plead for salvation, so, my countrymen, as
authority of our government we are noes- of the chivalry of the land of the Shelbys, I upon my ery knees, would I plea with you
ou
saltily cowards. We know whence this the Johnsons, the Aliens, the Clays, the ! for the lif e v , aye for the life, of our d
great
beneficent
taunt comes, and we estimate it at its true Adairs, and the Devises ? -Is there a' kf institutions. But if the traitor's
knife, now at the throat of the republic, is to
value. We hold that there is a higher Kentuckian within the sound of my voice ;
do its work, and this government is fated to
courage in the performance of duty than to-night, who can hear the anguished cryadd yet another to that long line of sepulchres
in the commission of crime. The tiger of of his country as she wrestles and writhes which whiten the highway of the past, then
thejungle and cannibal of the South Sea in the folds of this gigantic treason, and i my heartfelt prayer to God is, that it may be
Island have that courage in which the rev- then lay himself down upon his pillow with 1 written in history, that the blood of its life
olutionists of the day make their especial this thought of neutrality, without feeling I was not found upon the skirts of Kentucky,
boast; the angels of God and the spirits of that he has something in his bosom which
just men made perfect have had, and stings him worse than would an adder I
have that courage which submits to the Have we, within the brief period of eighty
laws. Lucifer was a non-submissionists, years, descended so far from the, mountain
and the first secessionists of whom history heights on which our fathers stood, that
has given us any account, and the chains 'already, in our degeneracy, wta proclaim
which he wears fitly, express the fate due our blood too precious, our treasure too
to all who openly defy the laws of their valuable to be devoted to the preservation
Creator and of their country. He rebelled of such a government as • this ? They
because the Almighty would not yield to , fought through a seven years' war, with
him the throne of heaven. The principle 1 the greatest power on earth, for the hope,
of the Southern rebellion is the same.—' the bare hope, of being able to found this
Indeed, in this submission to the laws is 1 republic, and now that it is no longer a
found the chief distinction between good I hope nor an experiment, but a glorious
men and devils. A good man obeys the 1 reality, whioh has excited the admiration
laws of truth, of honesty, of morality, and t and the homage of the nations, and has
all those laws which have been enacted by' covered us with blessings as ".the waters
competent authority for the government I cover the channels of the sea," have we,
and' protection of the country in which he their' children, no pared toil,'of eaorifiee,
aIWAIID. 22 —BOOHALNAN
LC, - A woman of a satirical mind was
asked by her friends if she really intended
to marry Mr. —, adding that Mr.
was a good kind of a man, but so very sin
gular. 'Well,' replied the lady,' so much
the better •, if he is very much unlike other
men, he is much more likely to make a
good husband.
[!' I sell peppermints on Sunday,'
remarked a good old lady who kept a candy
shop, they carries them to church and
eats 'em and keeps awake to hear the ser
mon ; but if you .want , pickled limes you
must come week days. They are secular
commodities.'
Keep yourself innocent if you
would be happy
Miss Mary's Jaunty Blue Hat,
and What it Accomplished.
My friend Kelly was walking doWn the
street last autumn, in a brown study on
some obstruse" subject, his vision horizon
tal and vacant, his step rapid and careless,
when just as he had forded one of the cross
streets, and lifted one foot to placiit upon
the curbstone, a big, but cowardly yellow
dog came sweeping along, followed by a
blank one of the same species. The speci
men, oblivious of all things but the object
of pursuit, as every dog should be on such
an occasion, and possibly under the control
of his own momentum, struck Kelly's per
pendicular leg while the other was walking,
and knocked it out from under him. My
friend went down instanter. His glow
beaver bounced upon the pavement and
continued its journey, while his shawl
struck against a shopman's window like a
paper pellet on the wall.
Kelly gathered himself together, pick
ing himself up, and looked after the dog
who had done the mischief, expecting to
find him hove to' in canine dismay at the
accident he had caused, bat to his utter
astonishment the animal seemed as regard
less of his equilibrium as of any other
trivial matter, and was making after the
aforesaid yellow dog at as great a speed as
though he had not tripped over the best
fellow in town.
While my friend was down, a clear,
musical, girlish laugh had rung upon the
open air. It was evidently spontaneous,
so charmingly musical, was so suddenly
checked and had withal so good a cause
that Kelly could hardly be angry or dis
concerted.
When the gentleman had recovered from
his surprise at the heedlessness of the
quadruped, he bethought himself of the
music. There were half a dozen ladies in
view ; but by a trigonometrical calculation,
lie reached the conclusion that the laugh
must have come from either a dainty little
blue hat, with delicate trimmings ; or a
decided sober and ancient brown one—the
two being in conjunction. Of course he
fastened upon the bine hat ; for never since
the flood did a grave, unfashionable bonnet
give out such gushing music as that.
Kelly was not a city gentleman—not he.
He was squire in a rural town—a leader
of town affairs.
A man of rank, to whom the village poli
ticians looked for the shrewdest counsels ;
on whom abused people called for advice
and redress ; into whose hands friendless
widows put the management of their scanty
estates, sure that all would be done for
them and their little ones that taut, fidelity
and a warm heart could accomplish.
The blue hat was a city hat, and the
brown hair it covered, together with the
hazel eyes that sparkled in front of it,
were of city growth. But the sober brown
bonnet wai on a rural aunt of good di
mensions, both in person and in heart.
Before the catastrophe which brought
out laughter, the aunt was listening very
attentively to the lady's eager request
that she would try and procure her a
school near her country home. After the
accident, the brown bonnet gave a very ,
appropriate and impressivO lecture on the
impropriety of laughing out in that way, I
when the street was full of folks.
'Why, who could help it, Aunty
Did you ever see anything so funny ?
Laugh ! -I didn't laugh—it laughed itself.
Indeed to escape another lecture, she had
to cover her lips, nose and eyes almost, in
scented linen cambric.'
'Why, you see, aunty,' said the blue
hat, recurring to the former topic,
father
isn't rich—indeed, I don't think he is as
well off as he seems to be ; and the family
is large—all are girls too, just a bill of
expense, you know ; and I don't like to
have father furnish me music lessons any
longer, for I know he can't afford it. But
I wouldn't give up my music for the world ;
only I want to pay part of the expense
myself. Father isn't able—he looks more
and more careworn every day. lam really
afraid,' and the voice fell and became very
serious. I'm really afraid things are going
wrong with him. Besides, I want to be
doing something. I'm a better girl when
1 feel that I am not a drone and dependent.
Yes aunty, I must and will have a school—
there ! Will you help me
The brown bonnet caught the girl's en
thusiasm and she promised.
You must have known, reader, from the
description of my friend Kelly, that he
was town superintendent. Who else was
so well qualified to look after the interest
of the public school ? One morning at
six o'clock—my friend rises at five and
has a good fire in his office and an appetite
for breakfast at six—a rap fell upon the
outer door. Kelly rose and opened it.
Good morning, ladies, walk in.'
The brown bonnet said Good morning,'
with dignity, the blue hat pronounced the
same timidly, and both passed in.
My niece would liked to be examined,
to take the school in our district'
Certainly,' said the town - superinten
dent, laying the poker on the table.—
' Certainly, your aunt—beg pardon—your
niece shall be examined, madam. Warm
morning ma'am,' wiping the perspiration
from his face wit a sheet of writing paper.
Bless you ! its the coldest morning
we've had this fall,' said the astonished
aunt. Why Mary's face has been like
a poney, all the way ridin' in the wind.
Just look at it.'
There was no need, for my friend bad
seen something more than the blue hat,
some minutes before. Certainly, mad
am, certainly—very red—l mean very
cold, indeed, ma'am, very.'
The town superintendent was not long,
however, in getting better possession of
his faculties : and at length the examina
tion commenced.
Your residence, if you please,' said
Kelly blandly.
Milwaukie.'
May I ask you where you were edu
cated 'continued the questioner, look
ing for once into the eyes which were
sparkling despite the embarrassed fea
tures.
4 In the public schools, sir.'
Did you graduate ?
Yes, sir.'
The lady handed him a roll tied with a
blue ribbon. Kelly tried hard to untie
it, but soon got the knot into a very bad
fix. The pretty fingers of the blue hat
were called into requisition, and the - knot
was conquered close before him, under his
eyes. Opening the roll he
Mary Denver. " Is that your name?
Yes, sir.' "
Your father's name ?
Charles. .
iMeroha*S'
g Yes, air.'
Why, I was clerk in his store when
you were a child. He was the noblest
employer I ever had. He made me all I
am. I mean he made me nprigh . t—for ,
that is all I am any way?'
Kelly promised a certificate—and. he
world bring it over the next day, :which
he did.
Diming the whole term he was very
faithful in official visits to the sohools ;
and just before the close of the session
my friend said:
Mary, I wouldn't teach any more' •
'O, I must. I like it, and besides, I
havn't accomplished half I want yet.'
What do you want to accomplish V
I want to continue my music. -
What else?'
I want to clothe Minnie'
What else?'
I want to feel that lam useful, that
I am doing something.'
I want to hire you Mary, and I will
pay you wages that will enable you to do
all this'
You want to hire me ! What can I
do= for you P
'Keep my house, and be my wife,
Mary.'
And then the town superintendent got
his arm around Mary's waist, and held
her tight, though she struggled a little at
first.
Let me go, and I will tell you.'
He released the little finger, and Mary
stood before him, trembling, blushing,
twining the strings of the blue hat round
her fingers, looking down upon•the floor,
glancing once into his earnest eyes, her
breast rising and falling till the cameo
swayed like a ship on the billows.
Do you love me
With all my soul.'
g Did you ever love anybody else P
Never in all my life.
Can a little girl like me,' she said,
looking earnestly in his fade ; can a little
girl like me, devoted, loving you almost
to reverence, make you happy always'!"
g No one in the world but you.'
The little maiden stepped close to his
side, and hid herself under his arm.
That jaunty blue hat is in a favorite
closet of my friend's new house, in a glass
ease, on the upper shelf.
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