Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-07-26
A War Democrat.

A large and successful mass meeting of cit
liens was held in Norwich, Conn, Thursday
afternoon. Among the speakers was Richard
Busted, of New York. We find in the Bull
letin sketch of his remarks, from which we
take the following
He was from his infancy till the 18th day
of May, 1861, democrat of the straightest
sect, neither seeing or looking for any good
outside of that party. On that day the
shackles Of party were torn from his limbs by
the high priests themselves. The booming
of treason's guns on that day awakened him
from political sleep to the life of an unques-
tioning patriotism. On that day, and until
the war is concluded by the re-establishment
of the national authority over every acre of
our territory, he ceased to be known by any
other designation than that of an Irish-born
loyal American citizen; bound not more
by his interests than by his oath and
his honor to defend his country from foreign
and domestic foes. When this war is over
he would discuss with the most Jealous parti-
Fan every measure Of government, past, pres
ent, or to come, but now he would argue no
question of mere eXpediency or politics. We
are to-day actors in the grandcst drama of
real life. We stand upon the threshold of
SdIlUCuU
of occurrences which are to shape the fil-
ture condition of continent. The speaker
dwelt at some length upon the issues which
have been presenting themselves since the war
commenced, and with most scathng elo-
quence portrayed the condition of the seeded
states, and the character Of their demands
upon us. What is our duty in the premises is
to preserve the Union to hand it down with all
its blessings to ourposterity. When the great
north, the wise east, and the brave west, get
ready for inglorious national oblivion, the vain
supercilious and barbaric south may play the
hand of empire alone, but until then her boast
ed chivalry will be made to march and keep
step to the music of an undivided Union.
Passing to the consideration of the means to
be used in suppressing the rebellion, he urged
that so long as we neglect to use all the means
God has placed in our power for this purpose,
so long the war would continue. His friends
had been very anxious about him, afraid he
was getting to be an abolitionist, and all that.
He was not an abolitionist or a black republic
can, but simply patriot. If your house is
on fire and you have bucket OF water handy
to extinguish it, you would not be likely to
decline using it because the color Of the buck
ct was unpleasant to you. 1t is our duty
to use the negroes in every possible way,
and to put musket into the hands OF every
one of them who can bear one. He was sick
of this squeamishness about negroes If the
views he had expressed were abolitionism,
then Geo. Washington was an abolitionist, for
he did not refuse or neglect to use negro sol
diers. If this is abolitionism he was willing
to be counted in The question is, and the
only question: Will you subjugate the south,
or be subdued yourselves? This is the ques
ton we are trying to solve. He was tired of
this everlasting talk about conservatism. He
believed that in the influx of this conserva-
tism there was more danger to the country
than in any other one thing. In closing the
speaker eloquently apostrophized the Ameri-
can flag, and said that whatever else is uncer-
tain, one thing is clear and settled beyond
peradventure that the pen of history will new
er write down the destruction of this govern
ment."