Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-07
The FlnrrY % the Rcbellien,

When the whalers close in upon their prey,
it often happens that many harpecRs are
thrown into the body Of the whale without
reaching a vital spot The monster does not
regard them; he quietly floats upon the sur
face of the eceaR, apparently undisturbed by
the barbs that have only pierced his external
covering of blubber. But at last, one sharp
er than the others, or threwn by a stronger
hand, goes through and strikes the whale in
his vitals. His calmness disappears; he darts
forward with the swiftRess of lightning; he
rushes among the boats churning the sea in
his fury. Ill fares it then with the boat which
fails to clear his path. Carefully and with
good cheer the sailors bear away from his
reach, for they know that their work is almost
finished. A few moments more of impotent
fury, and the monster spouts blood; he turns
upon his side; his furry is over and he is
dead.
The rebellion is having its furry now-the
presidents proclamation struck home. If any
one doubted the wisdom and efficacy of the
blow, let him read the reports of southern
papers and he can doubt no longer. The reb-
els knew their weak spot. They thought we
should not strike at it, and until we did, they
cared but little for our blows. They feel now
that they have received their mortal blow,
and their rage and excitement are such as we
might expect in the desperation of their last
struggles. The rebel congress have resolved
with regard to the proclamation that it
sis levelled against the citizens of the con-
federate states, and as such is gross viola
ton of the usages of civilized warfare, an out
rage on the rights of private property, and an
invitation to an atrocious servile war, and
therefore should be held up to the execration
of mankind and counteracted by such severe
retahtory measures as in the judgment of the
president may be best calculated to secure its
withdrawal or arrest its execution"
OF course it sis levelled agaR,t the citi-
zens of the confederate states" There is no
doubt on that point, and we are glad that they
feel the blow; but it is the superlative style
of GOODNESS for these men, after having forced
us into war by treason, perjury, and theft, to
stigmatise any blow which happens to be
"levelled against" them as a ''yiolation Of the
usages of civilized warfare" The war has
been carried on all too gently thus far. Had
they been fighting with any other nation it
would have availed itself of their weakness
in the matter of slavery long ago. We have
always supposed that in case of foreign war
the first thing struck at would be slavery, but
none but these brazen renegades ever thought
of complaining of course so inevitable on the
part of enemies as contrary to the usages of
!, o,,l,
try to ann Ireland; if with Austria we should
proclaim freedom to Hungary. And we do
not see anything in the case of the rebels,
stepped as they are in the most shameless and
infamous treachery, which should exempt
them from the ordinary contingencies of war.
But the debate upon the resolution is more
notable than the resolution itself. The
'black flag is to be unfurled. A ''war of
determination" is to be waged. JEFF. Davis
is to issue proclamation booming to death
''every soldier found in arms against the con-
federate government and its institutions, upon
its soil" These brave legislators, at dis
lance from danger, declare that no quarter
must be given or taken. The soldiers who
are to stand between them and danger will be
little more cautious on that point. Perhaps
the most marked vindcation of the furry is
the following choice extract from the Rich
mond Examiner
Butler has been called infamous; by COM
mon consent he is known as the beast. But
Butler is saint compared to his master. In
addition to all that Butler authorized, Lincoln
adds bulchery-eveu the butchery of babes.
To- 60 IL,
be for such character. Nay, the whole
catalogue of dishonoring epithets is not suff-
cient to do justice to it. Murderer is term
of honor compared to Lncoln's crime Child
and woman murderer tells but part of the
story. To this is added the cowardice OF en-
ploying an agent. To this belongs the add-
tional fact that the agent. when Embossed. is a
savage. To this is added the further fact that
Lincoln dooms his agent to destruction. What
shall we call him! Coward? assassin? saw
age! the murderer of women and babes and
the false destroyer of his own deluded allies?
snail we consider these as all embodied in the
word 'hend? and shall we call him that?
Lincoln, the fend! Let history take hold of
nm, and let the civilized world fling its scor-
pion lash upon him!"
Some people here at home keep telling us
that the proclamation is mere brutum full
"SS"' anu VIII pTouuCc no erect. Vii they
explain the rage and the evident alarm which
have filled the southern papers with articles
OF which the above is sample? Is the fury
into which the whole south is dashed, quite
consistent with the innocuous character which
they aserlbe to the proclamation? Perhaps
they will change their tactics now as thew dis
cover how 1t affects their friends at the south,
and denouce the proclamation as too severe
measure to be employed against their old all
lies. They will hasten to consider it 'tuncon.
sttutional," and beg the president to be care
full ''not to employ any but constitutional
measures" in suppressing the rebellion.
The Richmond Dispatch of September 30
INDUCES in the following language in regart
to the constitution, under which some mer
would shelter black treason: "That ridicu
lous old constitution of the United States
which no party ever paid any attention tC
when they were strong enough to disregard it.
and from which no party too weak to justify
its position with the sword ever received the
slightest protection"
With this avowal of principle and practice
1t seems as if those wild conservatives, who
wish to blunt every weapon employed against