Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-27
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washington correspondent ut the Ne'
York Tribune has recently provoked bot
laughter and curses, by his sneaking attack
on the administration .-laughter for his as
sinine self conceit, and curses for his malil
nant intention. The matter would be of les
consequence if this letter writer's tone wer
not TO some extent adopted by some OF TIN
men write editorials for the Tribune. Thei
charges are not stated very clearly, bur, i
what they say has a meaning, it means that
those in charge of The government secretly
purpose to betray aud sacrifice it by yielding
to the rebels The Tribune itself, alter max
ing this charge berates the members OF the
cabinet as follows "If this purpose, or any
thing approaching it, is really entertained
by the cabinet, or by any members of it, we
warn those gentlemen that they cannot much
longer remain in the service Of the United
States Indeed they might as well begin to
pack their trunks now"
The Tribune's letter writer, writing June
oath, lectures the government and Gen. Scott
on the art of war, and ON the proper method
OF conducting campaign in Virginia. inter.
Harding his lecture, like a malicious coward,
polroon, sneak and libelIer, with insinuatons
against the motives of the cabinet and Gen.
Scott. Here is a specimen
"They know, and so do l, that the idle
waiting across the river is without excuse,
though not perhaps without purpose Gen.
tlemen, GU who have put on sock and buskin
TO play war tragedy to the groundings, cast
of your stage trappings, and roll your new
scenery back on its sheaves, and come out in
your native characters. If you deceive your
selves you impose on nobody else You can
do one of two things, carry out the will of the
people or resign your places. You may be
sure of one end if you attempt TO betray the
nation-you will resign or BE resigned. The
fashion of eleyating heads at Temple Bar is a
little obsolete to be sure, but the pr0pelling
power of files of soldiers can be applied to
Instructions in the path OF an incensed and
maddened population, striding on to yindica-
ton and victory"
The writer OF this letter may be a swinder
Q thief, secret traitor, or paid spy Of JEFF.
Davis. 1t is quite certain that he is a sneak
ing libeller and conceited donkey. He may
be something worse. We would not trust him
anywhere, for he is either an incorrigible fool,
full of disappointments, hates, and perverse
antipathies, or he is a secret agent of the trail
tors who seek to destroy the government.
We hope he may be shot or hung the first time
he approaches any encampment of our army.
In our view it would be an Improvement if no
reporter for the newspapers could approach the
camp of any regiment of our army, without
hi, I,k Il,
should be by platoons and companies, for the
fraternity which he disgraces can not produce
another like him. "None but himself can be
his parallel" for selfconceit meaner, more
brassy, or more ludicrous than his, it is diff
cult to imagine. In previous letter he said
people are impatient that Gen. Scott does
not develop his plan of campaign in Virginia.
He does not display his plan simply because he has
none"
Who but a fool or a secret emissary of jeff
Davis would talk Of Ger Seo IN that style?
We speak of this letter writer just what We
think, because it is evident to us that he de-
serves neither charity nor forbearance. There
ID not the slightest warrant for what he says
against Gen. Scott and the administration
No word of theirs, no official document, no
act or record, can be quoted, that furnishes the
faintest shadow OF excuse for such talk, while
single grain of modesty would have led the
contemplate creature to hesitate long time
before announcing with such flourish that lie
is more honest, more patriotic, or more skillful
in the business ofhandling troops or managing
a campaign, than Winfield Scott. Poor krave!
Will he ever see himself as others see himl
We know very well that the popular conf
dence in the patriotism, great ability, and sure
tactics of Gen. Scott is nowise likely to be
disturbed by nameless correspondents of the
Tribune, or of any other newspaper, who are
made stupid by measureess self conceit; nor
by any editorial endorsement of such CORES
pondents. The Tribune sometimes forgets that
its power to control the opinions and sympa
tbies of its readers, on questions like this, is
not by any means proportional TO its circula
ton. To very large extent, its readers are
persons who think for themselves, and who
will resent any attempt to dictate their opinions
or to deal with them as if they were nothing
better than dumb, driven cattle" We re-
member the double headed editorials with
which that journal sought to regulate public
opinion in regard to Louis Napoleon, when he
went in 1859 to save Sardinia from the malig-
nant hate of Austria. Those editorials were
well written, and they were very vehement
but they could not induce anybody 10
adopt the false tone OF the morbid MAJ,
zinists in whose interest they were writ
ten. Still less can the Tribune, or any
other largely circulated paper, induce peo
pie to assail the administration without reason
or adopt questionable antipathies and opinions
through the influence of its dictation. Some
Of its recent articles against Gen. Scott and the
cabinet have only succeeded to offend the
judgment and insult the convictions of great
many of its most constant readers.
A KSIGHTLY REPLY.-A distinguished di.
vine lately ventured to express to Gen. Scott
the hope and the belief that under his direc
tion the war would be conducted according n