Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-10

THE SPEECH OF JUDGE THoMAs.-We are /
told that the commercial conservatism" OF |
Boston is dissatisfied with the patriotic indg- !
nation expressed in congress by Judge Thomas |
against the domineering insolence OF Great
Britain. Such Miss Nancy ism" is charac-
terstc of that conservatism. We hear in
private conversation that one OF its represent.
atives holds that our government should
eagerly allow British troops to march through
Maine 10 Canada Whoever can do this
just now must be capable OF any political
weakness. OF course our government will
not allow anything OF the kind. Ii is difficult
to say which would be the most astonishing,
the British inpudence that could ask such
favor at the present time, or the AFFECT
funkeyism on our side that could grant it.
AS tor the speech of Judge Thomas, the best
thing in it is the feeling he expresses against
tue behavior of the English government to-
wards Us. lie is an honest patriot, as well as
an admirable orator, jurst, and statesman.
There is sufficient cause for such Indignation
against Great Britain. Her unfriendly be
haTcr towards us began at the beginning of
our troubles, when with Indecent haste she
recognized the Unreasonable conspiracy against
QUE government as "beIligerent power"
When oppressed Hungary rose in rebellion
against the house of Hapsburg, and fought
with such organization, force, and success as
Austria was wholly unable to match, the
course of Great Britain was very different.
Every liberal voice in Europe besought her
to recognize Hungary as "belligerent pow
err" but she utterly refused to do so. Her
ministers said it would be acting an unfrendly
part towards Austria, and the recognition was
steadily withheld. How different from her
proceedings in our case, where she hastens to
favor the conspiracy of our southern extrem-
isis against freedom
Having made this haste to recognize them
in that way, she proceeded to make declara-
ton of neutrality" All the subjects of
queen Victoria were commanded to preserve
''strict and impartial neutrality in the
contest between the said contending parties"
allowing no more right or favor to the friendly
government, near which the queens repre-,
sentative was residing, than to the traitors who
were seeking to destroying it. What has been
done under this declaration accords well with
the spirit from which it came. Most ligidly
have we been held to compliance with the
terms OF it but in favor of the rebels these
terms have frequently been set aside Look
at the rebel steamer Nashville, capturing and
burning an American merchant ship near the
coast OF England, and then going into an En-
gosh port, and not only being allowed to re
main, but actually permitted to re-fit
there, and take ON board an arma-
ment! Look at the American gunboat
lroquois at Nassau, nor permitted t. take in
coal there, and otherwise treated most inhos-
pita6ly, while rebel vessels at that port are as
sisted in their hostility TO our government.
But we need not cite instances OF the uniriend-
illness to which we refer. 10 our great trouble
we have received from Great Britain neither
generosity nor justice.
The English government has made our peo-
pie feel that it means to injure us, and seeks
occasion TO declare war against us. They can
change this impression by changing their poll
ey,for the loyal people OF the United States have
no desire to retain ii. But, as matters stand,
it would be in the highest degree disgracelul
Tor loyal American to use holiday and lady
terms" in speaking OF John Bull, and greet the
old hypocrite with face as smiling as bright
May morning.