The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-09-03
A Crisis In our Policy.

The country may congratulate itself that the
'hush-a-by-baly" policy of the AImini,tri-
ton toward the wolfsh secessioni-m Of the dis
puted states, is now necessarily about played
out. FRHNoSr's war policy, whether approved
&c not must be su'tAncd. Wa are satisfied
that the Government dare not rcbuke him. But
II this friendly coercion fails of direct effect
the traitors Of Kentucky are now nearly ready
to strike, and as soon as their Increasing militia
~ strength in Tennessee, and the Increasing,
moral weakness Of the Government in Ken
lucky, reich satisfactory point, they will begin
the struggle, and make II n hard one. M
Il Is In Missouri. They have taken Sew
ards Soothing Syrup, willingly and plIcilly
enough, A. long IA it suited their purpose To
gain time. Their opportunity Is now nearly
ripe, and We tspcat that tho country may be
congratulated that the last bottle of the prcsi-
dental nostrum will soon be smashed, aud W.
are ready to be grateful even to rebels for thu,
service.
The war Proclamation Of FHHMoSr may le
expected to serve the Kentucky rcbcla as nm OK
cellcnt occasion against the diarIucd and mn.
supported Unionism Of the state, aud n.nv
perhaps precipitate the conflict. II is wei!
known that the suicidal policy ri tho southern
unionstS under which thoy have invariably
been crushed in every contest for several ycar.
past has been to vie with their opponent, in
loud clnp-trap devotion to slavery and southern
rights. Singularly enough, the dcmlud ocI
unionLts ard I6W Iovl ~ - '.I.r n n s''n'
si'iisze f'Ft = ..y..llI.s mo ''. T
70 wa N s....,, scccssionisis at this dav. in such
' wales a, Kentucky is identical and unanimer,
for non-intcrier,ncc --uon-intericrrnce with this
competition between loyalty disguised rs dis
loyalty, OH the "ne hand, and treason cloakcd
with constitutional professions, the other,
still more strange, the Government ~ WASH
ington has conhdingly accepted the advice of IL,
enemies concurrcd in hv The frightened
aud half -subjugated unionists Of the Souh..-,-
the true way to deal with a conflict involving
the very existence Of a Union party in the tate,
in question.
Therefore il is that we speak Of the unionisb
OF Kentucky as 'disdrp,ci and unsupported
both morally and physically. As to their poll
teal position, they arc literally "no where, -
by their own choice indeed, but also by the PER
mission Of the Government. That H. while at
tempting to sustain the Union thcy arc per
mittod TO make fools Of themselves an the eve.
OF their enemies, OF their discriminating neigh.
bors, and In their own by at tho same time up
holding state supremacy and neutrality a.
against the Union, and rejecting as an outrage,
the interpostion Of the national force and
authority. The common scnsc Of no community
can stand such a contradictory course of con.
duct. The only Unionism really encouraged
and preached in Kentucky, bv either the state
or federal manager, has been mere seccssionqm
at the bottom of it-and to the bottom Of il tho
people are always sure TO go.
Thus we say the Union party il morally d..
armed agains, the telling effect which their all.
vonaries will give TO the Missouri Proclamation.
They cannot say word. They are obliged nv
their own creed, to withstand federal Interpret
ton, and especially all interference with the
sldee property even of those whose other pro.
Perty and life itself, is justly forfeited. Accord
ingly we SEQ the representative organ Of Ken
lucky Unionism, the Louisville Joundi, vml-
eating "a usual its allegiance to slavery and
state upremacy--which are nothing hut a COM
prehensivo definition Of sccessionisni tseli--by
vigorous attack upon the proclamation, calling
upon the Legislature 10 prereR' such an invasion
of Kentucky on the part OF the United States, bN
taking measures itself TO withstand the rebel
lion.
The honest meaning Of the Jonrno' douhtl"-,
IT, to avail itself of national authority and mar
iial law, if state authority should fail. But
how utterly they cripple thcmsclve. ior sup
porting the national authority (Which is really
the onl, question Mt i.suc) 10y first committing