Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-07-30
" OR E S T f r:
WEDNESDAY. july so. 1869.
The NEW YORK RESOLUTIONS do not please

The NEW YORK RESOLUTIONS do not please
the Boston Courier. They contemplate
crushing out the rebellion, and therefore must
be unsatisfactory to all those who prefer TO
save it and crush out something else These
resolutions recommend ''the most prompt and
energetic action against the rebels; they
have no respect or favor for doubtful 10y
atty or ''qualifed Unionism;" they hold that
the president should proclaim to all concern
ed that the recent law of congress should be
executed and use against treason every avail
able weapon and person; they point out that
DELAY in crushing the rebels is dangerous, and
therefore that an order in accordance with the
recent law of congress ''to take from the reb-
els their chief source of strength" should be
Immediately issued to the army and navy;
and they assure the president that he will be
fully sustained by the people if he carries on
the war in this effective and hopeful style.
The Boston Courier denounces all this as
''fanaticism;" and it can use that word as
glibly as the tories used it eighty seven years
ago. 1t thinks the resolutions in question
were DTOlliDlGQ ny lliC luli1tlC iuilis hC
tories thought much in the same way of the
declaration of independence and could never
be reconciled to the earnest men who threw
overheard the tea, defied the stamp act, and
would be content with nothing short of free
dom. Toryism is always the same in spirit
and purpose, though it undergo a million
changes of name and circumstances. We do
not mention the Boston Courier because that
paper in itself is of any special consequence.
But it represents small number OF people
in the state, and shows from day to day what
few people would do if they could. 1t is
not to be expected that journals, which apol-
ogized for and defended the rebels until pub
lie sentiment forced them to adopt another
style of talk, should now have much sympa-
thy for such resolutions as those adopted at
New York. But here is something more for
the Courier's edifcation. The people of that
democratic stronghold, Queens county, N.
Y, instigated by leading democrat and their
own patriotism, have responded warmly to
1.-THE voice of New York city" and passed
series of resolutions among which are the
following =
''Resolved, That we will hereafter know no
political distinctions among men, except that
of loyalist and traitor and that treason shall
include not alone the overt act, but the cow
ardly wish and the disoyal sentiment.
''Resolved, That until the war be ended in
the utter determination of treason and trail
tors, the people of Queens county accept as
their motto, whatsoever is not for us now, is
against us and that half-hea support of
the government is but a shallow preteXt of
hypocrisy, and will receive, as 1t deserves, our
scorn and contempt"
The "cowardly wish and "disloyal senti-
ment" exist in those who, instead of crushing
out the rebels, would save them from such
disaster in order to arrange compromise
with them, restore them to their old places
and ''rghts" IN the Union as it was" and
have them again for political allies and mas
tiers. Their ''cowardly wish" is to give up the
Union to the mercy of the southern conspira-
tors, to be transformed into a slave despotism,
in which they could serve proftably as lac
queys. They believed at first that the rebels
would secure this result without war; and
now their aim is to have such a policy adopt
ed as will bring the war to this conclusion.
They will be disappointed. The tide is against
them more and more every day. The patri-
Otism of the country is not under their con-
troll. The war against treason has been en-
barrassed by hesitation to adopt the effective
policy they so persistently condemn poll
cy which must be adopted and rigidly carried
out, if the Union is to be saved,- policy in
behalf of which the people will soon be near
ly unanimous.