Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-05-06
A BASE APOLOGY,
We find the following in the New York Dai
" Times of Saturday =

We find the following IN the New York Oai-
" Times of Saturday =
"Members of the administration complain
of the course of a portion of the New York
press, which they think has been unjust iR
some of its structures based upon misinforma-
ton or want of information relative to the true
condition of affairs here. There is more or
less of ground Tor these complaints but the
admins tration is itself TO blame III some de-
gree, because it has failed to give the respecta'
Bile press proper facilities for Obtaining intor-
nation tor the public, such as would calm the
popular mind In the absence of positive
knowle ledge that the administration were DONG
anything worthy of the occasion, both press
and public assumed that they were dong
nothing-and this assumption lashed Inc pun
lie mind of the north into an agony OF up,
prehension, excitement, and indignation AN
this might be saved by slight expenditure OF
time devoted to the representatives at WASH
ingto. of the New York press
The Times and some of its correspondents
have assailed the administration IN the most
inexcusabe manner, and we are not surprised
that they now feel constrained to moderate
their language and apologize. What we have
quoted above is intended as an apology, but 1t
seems to us, nevertheless, very shameless
ADMISSION OF SelFCOncei'J imPeitihShSe' "N
contemplate selfimportance in The writer.
He admits very freely that he was base
enough to misrepresent and denounce the
administration merely because it did not take
him Into its counses and tell him all its Sc
crets ''In the absence ofpositive know ledge,
this sci .conceited puppy assumed that they
were doing nothing" They had "failed to give
the respectable press proper facilities; they
omitted to treat this sneaking prowler after gov
eminent secrets as if lie were special ambassa-
dor from France or Great Britain; therefore his
responsibility" basely raises an ouicry against
them, misrepresents their conduct, libels their
motives, and, with purpose unspeakably
selfish and mean, pours bitter and poison
Gus stream into the public mind at moment
when men were SO profoundly excited by the
condition of the country as to forget that they
had ever been partizans. We will not under
take to express all we feel towards such vii
famous conduct.
During the war in the Crimea, newspaper
correspondents haunted the English army
and they beset the French camp, also, until II
became dangerous for sucn characters 10 up
proach it. By letter and telegraph, these re
porters made some very indiscreet and etn
ba-rassing revelations of what they contrived
to worm out of the English officers Wha
they sent to England was Immediately Iele
graphed back to the Russian camp by way
of St. Petersburgh. The embarrassments oe
casioned by such revelations finally led some
of the French officers to regard it as venia
offence to treat such news-hunters as spies, anC
if they approached the French quarters they
were liable to be shot at. The French have
various summary methods of proceeding
which we are not likely to initiate; but there
are not many people in the loyal states who
woull be satisfied to have the administration
do what this writer in the Times requires.
We are all anxisVsFssssea ieI FIFE'Ys, but we
l.z-.s....l ain street.