Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-11-23
MAYOR L1NCoN's ADDRESS.

Mayor Lincoln, on taking the chair, spoke as fol-
lows
MAYOR LINCoN's ADDRESS.
We have met tonight to take counsel how most
speedily to raise quota OF men to strengthen the
army, weakened as it is by the casualties of war.
The results, Tor the want of these men, have been
seriously delayed For the lack of reinforcements,
south victories have proved almost val
ueeSs, and in defiance OF our army and fleet
Charleston still stands. Our Potomac army has
been driven back to the vicinity of Arlington, and
the roll OF the drums in the rebel army almost
be heard from capital
At no time has the conviction been stronger that
it is the duty Of the whole people to rally the sup
port of the government Tor the vigorous prosecution
! ei the war. For myself / Tree to say that |
know othsi 3a ais Honorable or patriotic cogr,o
The existence Of our IS AZ stake II 1t be
destroyed, whether or not approve OF ri tsiss
what else have We but anarchy and in pros
pect2
The governor has called upon us 10 maintain the
proud position W. have hitherto held When DOS
erty asks what state city performed the greatest
labor let it not be said that the heart of the com
monwealth tor a single moment faltered
The legislature has done its duty nobly in thu
present emergency. The city, too has done its part
and now it is your duty to the question: lido
you love your country, and are you ready to make
ali the needtul sacrifices to sustain the govern
ment!" Ii so, prove it By your acts (Applause)
After the Star Spangled Banner by the W or.
ceser corne band, the president introduced to the
audience Hon Isaac Davis, who spoke as follows
ADDRKss OF HON. ISAAC DAVIS.
The present. an occasion, and time, and heur
which demands the attention of all who love our
country Tie object OF this meeting is to facilitate
the enlistment of the full quota of Worcester to re-
inforce our armies engaged i'll one of the best of
causes for which men ever went TO war (Applause
The question is whether this vile conspiracy shall be
put down, until every vestige of it is swept away-a
conspiracy with which that OF CataiiHe will not
linn
men and means, and it is the duty OF every patri-
ouc citizen OF OTcester from the consideration of
TIC hIsh character our city has sustained, TO help I'LL
Its present quota before the first OF January
Ia the previous history orcesier has done her
duly. In no, under Capt Digeiow, she was ready
for the work assigned her Capt Eiagg and hi.
company also marched down to Concord, and this
was uli done at time when our city had but twelve
hundred InlhUltants. On our common stands
monument erected 10 the memory OF one who went
al the rst call Of our country and ssid till our ma.
uouai independence was achieved, returning poor
IN property but rich in honor and fame. Would
that the came spirit would now be manifested
In 1913, in the last war; the Worcester Light
Infantry, prOviSiOucd al med and equipped march.
Ell 10 Boston, and from thence to the Battle neld;
and in four days after the first gun was fired upon
sumter the NolceScr Light Infantry were the first
company to march into the city of hashn gtou fully
armed and equipped. (Applause In IL few days u
battalion of rlemon went forth TO the conflict and
then the 10Th regiment, gathered i'll Worcester and
Adjoining towns, went TO the field OF battle aud
their SaiOr ana proves is known to YOU ALL This
was foilONc by The gallant 25th and others: and
the people of our city will not iai to support
them IL is 40 time now to talk OF how the war
commenced, Whist will be its consequences ZAP
pauSc') When through with the war we may talk
OF its and effects Those already the ranks
utter the Macedonian cry, and will you not come
over and help them!n By your love for your coun.
try go forward and, if necessary fight in lie very
frOut ranks Of our army.
Fenelou says that every man should love his talni-
ly before himself, his country before his family and
his q Cd before his country. Make this principle
yours, and, if need be, take yourself away from
home and friends i'll the noble work of sustaining
our government.
After Hail Columbia" by the band, F. Emory
Aldrich Esq, prsfacing his motion with a few brief
preliminary remarks moved that committee of
citizens at large be appointed by this meeting of
citizens, for the purpose OF cooperating with our
city government in the work of raising the quota of
this city. The motion was adopted, aud the follow
inN named gentlemen were chosen as this COM
mittee-
p L Hoen, L a Goodnow, O X Earle, b Pratt,
Samuel Davis, I i Wheelock, George NJ Rice, G f
Wsshburn, LoIing Goes VIM I Aerritield, Geo w
Bentley, / W Wellington, Harrison Bliss, Thomas
Earle, 81 McConYille, q Walker, John s
Clarke, Lieut. Col John NJ otudley, Geo A Brown
Stephen salisbury, Col b Sprague, Edward l.
Davis, Z Emory Aldlich, j ID Daniels, Capt Nicho-
las Powers, Maj Frederic Il Stiles, II q Otis w w
Rice, Capt Michael O'Driseoll, John C Newton,
Samuel Souther, George Hoar, 5 Pnkham,
Martin Lathe, Edwin Morse, L Cleveland, Major
A Hardness Daniel Burgess, George Cromp-
W ", l.
Stureyant, Adm Thayer, G Goes, Albert Now
bury, i ) Stebbins Merrick Bemia Cant John S
Baldwin, James Blake.
The band then played America after which
Hon. a. II. Bullock was introduced amid great
cheering, and spoke substantially as folows:-
SPEECH OF HON. A. II. BULLOCK.
M Mayor and Feiolc Citizens of Worcester Re
luctant as have been to participate even for the
brefest time in the exercises of this platform, can
not hesitate to recognize the patriotic spirit of the
order introduced by Alderman Hobbs, and to ex-
press thanks to him and to you sir, for the call I'M
der which we have assembled and regret can add
nothing appropriate to the greatness of the &C.
when great events become too familiar to the public
II is our misfortune Is it not true that our
army campaigns, with their victories and defeats
our cause itself, have become topics SO common az
to neutralize events that otherwise would be great
and startling. You and remember the day when
the defeat of arms cast pallor over this entire
community, and we past the night in gloom. How
our hearts sunk in grief at the disaster at Bull Run
and on the Peninsula, and VIC would have decided
away our houses, our lands, for common hope
and glory How at an early day ths successes nj
Roanoke and Newbern (et the 2lst and 18th be re-
membered-(cheers)- 1.-THE capture OF Donelson Qet
Grant never be f0rgotenl, and i'll many other fields
of victory, felt elaicd that, in that moment OF
flushed victory, we would have torn acopperhead in
forty thousand fragments if we could have found
him (eheers(
1t becomes us to look at our situation. How is it
now! The emotional parts of nature-Of sur
prise and griet-haye been oYertasked, and these
great scenes of war become but the passing events
OF the day. Reports from Brownsville, where our
0wn banks Is leading our arny-tcheersl from
Charleston, from Chattanooga we are afraid
10 read, and not so much afraid to hear either-We
read and pass on needing not much those events at