Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-06-20
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TUESDAY. JUNE 20. 1884.
The Lancers.

|
er to make fools Of themselves, by silly toasts
and speeches, it is the part of wisdom for
| their friends of the press to pass the matter
over in silence. But there is always some
| good naturod person, who knows just enough
1 to suppose that he is doing them kindness
by blabbing the disgusting details to the
| world. Thus, while most of the papers are
| shrewd enough to refrain from publishing the
| proceedings at the Lancers' Anniversary DIM
ner, the Times and Chronicle give a long ae-
count, and thus enable US, who pretend to no
friendship for slave catchers of any sort. to let
our readers know what sort of an organization
the state pays sixty thousand dollars year to
sustain.
The annual dinner of the Lancers took place
on Wednesday at the United States Hotel.
Capt. Seth Wimarth made the opening speech,
which we print in FULL 80
"He had been much rejoiced to see the large
turnout to day. 1t was creditable to the COM
pany and to the public spirit of the members.
He said the Lancers were always ready to do
their duty-,ohether &c be to return a .fagitios
Stare or to send G,oay any ,chite Nth black
hearts, living amongst u.s." Crumultuous APP
plause) Capt. Wilmarth's speech was well
timed, and Enthusiastically received throughout.
He concluded by giving us a sentiment
The Goeertor of this Con,naon,geGLth--M
his administration continue as prosperous asst
has thus far; thus ensuring the continued pros
perity of the State. (Music.)
The friends of the military, such as the
Chronicle and others, have been vigorously
trying to show that these Lancers were not
instrumental in returning the slave, but only
in keeping the peace of the city Such soph.
istry has no effect upon the mind of Capt.
Wilmarth. He acknowledges the corn and
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duty of a true Lancer to return fugitive slave
into bondage whenever called upon. And he
goes further, and expresses for his brethren
and himself willingness to send off ''white
men with black hearts, living amongst us. =
The captains views of duty are very compre-
hensive This volunteer slave catcher, it will
be seen, approves highly of Gov Washburn'ss
course.
"Kunnle" Isaac H. Wright, of the
Light Dragons, was the next speaker. Tho
Kunnle gave his views of the comparative
value of artillery, cavalry, and infantry. He
said - II
"The Cavalry was the most important arm
for the preservation of the laws. 1t was the
duty of the artillery to open the way for the
charge, of the cavalry to make that charge,
and of the indomitable infantry to secure and
hold the ground cleared by the charge"
only 'charge we ever heard of lis making
was a ''charge' of five or six thousand DOH
lars year against the U. S. Government, for
being naval officer, or something of that sort.
His attacks ON the Kings English ought,
perhaps, to be included among his military
exploits. We wonder if 1t ever occurred to
the priyates that he trains for salary OF sew
eral thousand dollars year, and gets high
pay for his zeal in behalf Of slaye-catching,
while they get nothing. All that the Kunnle
wants of them is to help along has renown,
and aid him in his "charges" against the
United States Treasury. They get nothing
and find themselves, not es&n having ne con-
ISOLATION which soldier in active warfare is
said to find, Of seeing their names misspelled
in the list of the wounded. How long will
they allow these Office holding colonies to
| humbug them
| Lieut. Dearborn took the correct view Of
| the recent military transactions. He said the
| soldiers were called out .'to carry out the pro-
| visions Of the Constitution, in defiance of a
| bastard and disgraeefuI mob" He said they
| sustained s'the law made by our fathers, -
forgetting, probably, eff he ever knew.l that
the law was made no longer ago than 1850.
Towards the close of the festival, the valiant
heroes began to talk about red pepper and VT
r;ol. The throwing of package or two Of
red-pepper on the day Burns was carried of,
was a perfect God-send to the Lancers. The
capture OF the Cyane will be as famous in
their annals as i'll the history of the old Con-
stitution frigate 1t is the only battle they
were ever engaged in, or are likely TO be. We
would quote some of the toasts on this SUBJ
ject, but they were insuferably fiat, aud the
Lancers have received more attention than
they are entitled to. We notice their banquet
now not for the, purpose of attacking or an
noying them, but to let the people of Massa-
chusetts know for what sort of service they
are paying the vast sum of 100000 year.
This is large sum to be paid for the amuse-
ment Of the children of the State; aud now
when it is found to have been used for pur-
pose of nursing into life and activity an Or
ganization whose only effectual service for
many years has been to insult aud browbeat
the people of the State, and send into SOUTH
ern slavery an innocent man, we think it is
high time for the people, if they are masters,
and not slaves of the soldiery, to give some
evidence of their disapprobation. - Common
oeahh.