Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-11-28
The Boston Courier, speaking N It's usual

The Boston Courier, speaking in its usual
tone of Mr.. Camerons speech to the New
York Chasseurs endorsing JOHN Cochranr's
view of the contrabsnd question, says For
this, very properly, the Secretary OF the In
terror took him up On the spot declaring that
the views proposed by Mr. Cameron were not
those OF The administration, This is not
true, The secretary of the interior was not
presen: Oh that occasion. AT any rate, 1t has
no, before been stated that he was present.
and certainly there has been no mention OF
any speech that he made there. Sumo news
paper gossip has reported that the secretary
Of the interior spoke against MT Cameron
views in a speech on some other occasion; out
such gossps seldom tell the truth, and never
tell it without such colOrinss, eXaggeratohs,
and omissions as mske it look like talsehood.
If the secretary of the interior had actually
attacked Mr.. Cameron at the Prentice dinner,
as has been reported, we should say with the
Providence journal, that such a thing would
show the necessity OF reconstruction OF the
cabinet" In such a case, he at least, would
seem poorly fitted for the place he occupies.
This seems a fit place to call attention to
another reckless statement of the Courier. A
day or two since the Courier quoted the Paris
Pays as an Impartial" Judge OF American
affairs, and especially OF matters pertaining to
the shareholders rebellion The reason Tor
this very remarkable introduction of the Pays
tla+ l,t hat
nal, which is one of the meanrst pro.slavery
and secession newspapers in existence, had
assaulted and misrepresented senator Sumner
by using against him such language as the
following: -
"Thus, then, if we are to believe senator
Sumner, the surest way OF re-estahlishing
peace in North America will be to let loose
several millions Of blacks, and ncite them to
murder and incendiarism"
The Courier quotes this in snch way as to
endorse the statement and become responsible
for it. But, ii it had not done So, its own files
would convict it of misrepresentation equally
atrocious. In whatever relates to slavery and
this war with the secession conSpiratos the
Courier and Pays are "impartiai commenta-
tors" of the same sort, equally just and hfav'
emily minded, equally capable OF what we find
in their utterances. They might not find i
easy to assai Mr.. Summers position if they die
not first talsity it. 1t is hardly necessary 1,
say that he has not proposed any such policy
as they impute to him. 1t is not murder ant
incendiarism" that he proposes, but some sucl
policy in regard to slavery may weaken thu
rebels and bring the war 10 speedy and jus
conclusion.
If such journals as the Courier were no
too rabid to be reasonable and just. they
would take notice of the fact that senate
Sumner does not propose any specific plan 0
action in regard to slavery, He suggests thai
something effective may be done Tor peace
and the Union" in this direction, but says
very distinctly that lie is not particular whe
ther the plan adopted be that Of Gen. Butler
that of Gen. Fremont, that of john Quincy
Adams, That OF the administration as devel-
oped in the instructions 10 Gen Sherman, Or
some other plan. There are others besides
the Courier who have omitted TO give him
the benefit OF tair statement OF his posi-
finn