Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-30
LONDON TIMES RUSSELL.

WILLIAM CLAFLlN, Chairman.
S. n. STooKwELL, Secretary, protein
LONDON TIMES RUSSELL.
1t has now become very clear that W. II.
Russell, who writes letters for the London
Times, does not scruple 10 use deliberate
falsehoods, of them manufactured by
himself, and others selected from the budget
of general rumor 1t is the mans business to
write what will suit the purpose of his en-
ployers. He does the work TO their satisiac-
ton, and in return receives large salary.
This Mr.. Russell is one of those renegade
Irishmen who 60 over from the Emerald Isle
and seek money and position by becoming
political servants OF the British aristocracy
He apes their scorn of everything American,
and especially everything republican, emitting
no opportunity to rdcule the whole country.
He furnishes another illustration of the fact
that renegade Irishman is unequalled as a
snob.
He appears to find great pleasure in express
ing contempt for Irishmen. One of his false
hoods originated in this propensity. In one
of his letters he states that Capt. Thomas f.
Meagher of the New York Sixty Ninth Regi-
ment behaved in very cowardly manner at
the Battle of Bull Run. According to this
Russell's statement Meagher ran away, and,
while yet pale and shivering with fright, ex
claimed with much indifference that the
Southern confederacy must be Immediately
recognized" This was nice item 10 print
in the London Times for the amusement of the
British aristocracy, who have not forgotten
Mr.. Meagher's escape from the penal servi-
tude TO which they doomed him. But the
story was pure invention. There was moth
ing to make it out of,-nothing to excuse it.
Mr.. Meagher did not run away. On the con-
trary he behaved with admirable gallantry.
And besides, Russell did not see him, and was
at no time within three or four miles of him
during the hole of that day
80 regard to whathesaw and
heard Of the retre. the federal troops are
shown by many witnesses to be firssssso9ss's. He
tells of being crowded, questioned, and even
threatened by the fugitives, in one or two ca
ses barely escaping death. 1t is now well
known that he fled TO Washington far ahead
of the troops, that he did not see any of them
on the way, and that his account OF what he
"saw" was nothing more than clever romano
ing, or, at best, only rapid summary OF the
thousand and one stories of what other people
saw. More than one eyewitness has publish
ed contradictions of his statements. Now we
have another in the Chicago Tribune, and we
give til e Boston Posts account of it:
There is a certain "We' of the Chicago Tri-
bune of August 29d, who says that he enjoyed
the privilege of riding from two miles of Cen
trev lille to a mile east of Fairfax Court House. |
ave" had his eyes open. He left Centreville
not ten minutes ahead OF Russell went leisure
ly along, but saw nothing of the squirting
flashing, beating, and abandoning" which Rus |
sell describes as taking place then and there
Mr.. Russell saw the major of Col. Hunters |
regiment attending Col. Hunter wounded, |
"who considered it right TO take charge OF his |
chief and leave his battalion" There was no
major or trooper with him civilian, Hon.
Isaac N Arnold of the house, rode by his side.
awe" rode six or eight miles with Russell,
and he afirms "that not one incident Uhich he re-
lates as happening in that stretch had any fou'da-
ton in fact" He saw nothing of the Irish
man who said "Shure the colonel himself told
us to go off every man on his own hook, and
to fly for our lives" eve" dares to affirm
"that not fugitive had passed Fairfax Court
House when they two rode in together and
Il &C Dg |
any of them, when Russell says he was "be.
sieged with questions" DIR. Russell stopped
to water his horse in Fairfax, and reports
conversation with the owner. 1--WE" stopped |
there with him, and says "the reported con.
versation did not take place" In Russells |
return to Washington, at eighteen miles from
Washington, he was, he says, "in the rear of
the flight" But ave" affirms that he did |
not see soldier on the road, save of baggage
or picket guard-not one"
The Daily Advertiser thinks there should |
be less censure OF Mr.. Russell, and DISPOSE.
ton to "try him again." only taking care to
give him victory to write about We think
it is high time Tor the American people Try the
virtue of self respect in their treatment of this
man, and also to attach much less importance
to what may be said by the London Times,
journal which never leads English opinion, and
has more than once been compelled to change
its course by the force of that opinion. AS to
Mr.. Russell, he has never uttered one word Of
sympathy for our government in its present
desperate struggle with treason; nor is he
likely to do so, for he does not seem capable
of any thing that requires lofty sentiments, or
great convictions. But he has villiied our
cause, libelled our army, and rdiculed our in
situations. We ask with the Post :-"Have
we no more dignity as people, power, an
administration, than, like poltroons, to permit
this man to do more treason to the power pro
tecting him, to his host, than all the traitors
north of the confederate lines Z"
ScHNABLE, the political hack from Penn
sylvania, who went into Connecticut to fomen,
sedition, was arrested, Wednesday, while a,
tending a "peace" meeting in the town Of
Morris, and, in accordance with orders from
u