, 1862-09-16
Frccdom's Grand Opportunlty--Speech
Of Ixlchuf4 l$usteeu.


Of fsichnfu Bnsteed.
Richard Busted, esq, the we'll known
Democratic politician and corporation attor-
ney Of New York, made glowing speech at
the late war meeting In that city, few days
since, from which the following is an extract:
We meet to in1amc zeal, to inspire loyalty,
net that the city Of New York-t1e great
commercial metropolis Of the country-tavors
the suppression Of tEis most wicked rebellion,
By the prompt, free, fearless use Of every and
any means necessary to crush 1t ont at once
and forever. lGreat cheering ] WHAT these
the responsibility Of deciding; but, as he
hss recently, in well-considared letter, de-
clared his readiness to hear suggestions.
and gire to them all proper consideration, I
claim the right and embrace this OCCASION to
say that it is my deliberate conviction hat tie
ca1sse Of this rebellion is s'ane7y, and thdt tie
ca'sse and the effect must perish or surviyc in
force foqether. ['Good,' s.cood.''1 For oae,
I sincerely believe, if slavery lives the r.
public dies: E. That's the talk.''1 And d.
ny that this government, struck 1t and at
tempted to BE- destroyed By the elaye power,
in trade for d. future rebellion, God has decreed
that Their sin shall perish with them. This Is
f1edenrs grand opportunity, and no man.
himself at heart tyr4nnic, d:shorestan mud cr1iel,
but will rejoice that the republic of America
is Gre long to be disenthrallyd BY the genius Of
universal emancipation. All hail the day
[Great cheering.l In this connection, have
word to say to men who, like myself 0,
Irish birth, ,hovesought and touud home In tae
United States Of America. It is supposed By
some Of my countrymen, and they have been
taught to think SO By bad designing men Of
the class known as politicians, that. il the
emancipation of the black race should bn one
of the results forced upon us by the Southern
Shareholders, an exodus thaS race to the
Northtrn States would Immediately follow,
in labor be produced here, to the disadvantage
Of the white working man. Nov, this Is siul-
ply absurd. No such consequence would or
could follow from the freedom OF the blacks.
Residence is not a matter OF mere choice. II
Is controlled By great natural and philosophi-
cal laws, to the acceptance Of which all men
are held By an imPeri5us necessity. Which
OF US could, for eSample, live In the
heart of Ethiopia, although our revenue
st tould be S million times what it
is IN the State OF New York: So, the sgarthy
child Of tie torrid zones cannot live
never can enter their fields Of labor as a con-
petitor. The country Is In imminent peril.
Traitors in arms menace and assault the peo-
pie and their rulers citizens arc being ruth
less1y slain; homes and hearts arc made desc
late; Constitutional obligations aud compaets
name Of revolution perverted to the abomina-
ble uses Of treason aud rebellion. Tals is not
the time TO discuss how far the government
viii be justified by the Consultation, or
previously existing lars IN using
means Of re-establishing the national
authority and maintaining the national power.
Salns popnN suprsnsa est ler. Self Preservation
is the first law Of nature. Nor is this the
tine to regard the condition Of the country
from sny political standpoint. In this hour
party must be forgotten. There is q great
light On hand between democracy and aristo-
cFaey [''That's trne"], between the prtvi-
1eges Of the few and the rights OF the multi.
tude, between caste and republican equality,
and he is the genuine DEMOCRAT xho loves
liberty more than slavery. The democracy
that will not endure this test Is spurious. Ny
own position is easily declared. I uas Dem
ocrat. I am q loyal lover OF my country,
whose free institutions do not care to ont
line. [Brayo."] I .ctu be what her necessi-
ties, the convictions Of my Intelligence, aud
the dictates Of my conscience make me- II
this be treason to party, party can nike the
best Of 1t. ['Gcod," good" and applause-