The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-05-13
THE NEW YORK SUN
MONDAY MORNING, NAY 81. 1861.
Edward K,erc,, On the War.

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ihurSuay last, lot the purpose of MAXIM; pro-
vision for the families of the alsent yolunteers
Mr. EyxRprr p.ae a to,ch;,, .n,..I Coz ,h,
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~ "o i0"e' a' "o"'e' anu 'poAe
nobiy in support OF tho Union.
Ilo said that the war, for a long time secretIy
prepared for, has been openly commenced by
the South, 10y the scizare Of tho undefende,,
forts, arscDals, dockyards mints, and custom,
houses t the United States; aud the rlunder
ui tho pubic property containel in th,m IN
talrant violation of the law of the land Rat
even these acts Of treason and rebeIliop-.or
such they are-are thrown into the shade by
that pnutterahlc outrage upon the ilar of tho
Union, at Fort Sumter "a fort which no moro
hclung, to South Carolina than it does to Now
York or MaSsachusettsl which has rallied
twenty mill us Of frecmcn as one man to its
defense.
Following up the uni ,htcous war thus in
aururatei, a aformid,hle military force portion,
OF Which have been long organ sad and trained.
is now advancing w Washington. under a
most able and energetic leader, who has tho
oath Of Tod upon hls conscience to support tho
Constitution, a. a Senator OF the United States.
an office which Lo has mol resigned. IL posi-
blc he means to capture, AMI failing that, to
lay in ashes, tue citv b,p ptiicd with the SACRED
name of the Father of bis Country. tn, CANT
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the depository Ut its archives, AMI rs such the
heart If | may ~ say. Uf the body polite.
In this state Ut things, the President of the
Unitcd States has called upon the u. ,pIe TO
rally 10 the rescue of the national cap,tai and
to the defense Of the government of the conn
try and the summons has been rcved, with an
a acrity an a unanimify that know no rarillel
in our history: and the voIdn,ccrs of Ma,4a-
chu .,tts haye been the II II in IN, iLI Mon
of all ranks Professions aud trades went with
uuhcsita'ius prump,itudo, and ttsy hoe len
tb'ir tdmIhss h.hini hrm
these families must not sYfrer in tho ahs,nco
Of their heads and supporters. The I;ovcrn-
men, will, nc. .tpuDt cr,npcuSute its defenders
as libcrlly ~ the ua,utc ul the caso al ants.
But the sodi r's nav is No adcuuate substitute
for the .. rnings ur prosperous livelihood.
even IN the humber branches ut Industry. The
C,i,icucy, must Lr made up bv the public ma
riurercr aul private Chanty vf those who were
left bchind.
On the last anniversary of our national in
dep, nd, nee claimed, n,lIre NV fellow clulcns,
that tie People ui the lnitvl States undcr our
cons tuition auipvCd "A drsrcc IT social ,uI IN
tallcrtuai haupinr7s un plrallclcd in tho history
of the world
NJ longer ago than the 18th OF last Novem-
hcr Mr. STFruuNS Of Georgia now Vice Pros
ident of the Southern Confcderacy, in a tpocch
at Mlllelscvilo, declared that the present gov
,rnment Of the United States, "comes nearer
the objects Of all good government than any
other on the face of the carth.' lie pronounced
il "a model repub bic, the best that tho history
of the world gives us any account of :" and ho
asked in triumph: "Whcre will You 60, follow.
ing the sun in his circuit round the globe, to
find government that better protects the iDcr-
ties Of the people, and secures TO them tho bless
ings which we enioy?"
/ will only say at prt sent that this mon
str0us pretended right of ''sccc,s.un," though