The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-08-10
THE WEEKLY sim
SATURDAY, AUG. 10. 1861.



4 err jOurnsi % yesterday, sxsn,n.s The
'st.rs o, the undertaking thu, must seIoS %.
necs.nfal eenpistion o. "a. var-,bs rsdae
Len q ths rsvoltsd stats 70 9. eondiiiop OF
psacsfui srd contsntsd slI.gi.ne.. II shows
Wy Il. sriy That no,h'pg can Be siapl'r, mors
70 nfh,a OF more inofsnsivs even 90 the IT.
asmsS possibilities Of the defeated rsb,Is thsa
n. r,su,sr opsr.'iOn q the Unit.d States
Cyov.run.nt vbsn restored. 30 iittis d,ss our
ustio.s Government exact 90 do. vi hln III.
Units f ths states, that the res Grafton Of its
,ovsr Will scarcely be felt except In iu
snsaesnt ministrsuons 70 the Goa fort and |
,sospsrity q the cttizsps. Il ha (. . dozen
,,Aposts, foreign cem b.rcs viii pay . ttibu,. /
10 Ma u dos; In ~ msHy rsnot.ly scs,tsred
,ofass, Ubitsd States Couiu will e,uduc, the
Isrsi tnt.rcom municatiou be. -eeu different
, ,.t.,, and ,hs Uoitsd States Post Ofis. will
simos. grs,uitopsiy circulate in,elisetes ssd
oorresp I'D, nee through regions nov islstsd |
ana ,but cut from tbs world Of huns, icy. This |
n. sbou, th. Gu n Of the bu dsns I'd 'p5-sSi'n' |
--,h. weight Of ih, ,oiei-o' the rational
not htni'sc'h part Cf ,be
bl..,bfs ard immunii's -hieb II viu sxtsnd,
WIN 70 sstabl shed, ov'r IN, con nuri'iss now
srust,d ard haired by the d, minsslins
usufpus.
The ststs eovsrnmspts will e'b'inu., 10 all
their vonisd freedom, n with a little less than
their vostsd arr gsnce, 70 essrclss all the In
trnL fur ctons o. sovereignty AMI self )ntrol
II the bat government IL tba. witch governs
l.as,, then We have sup.rAuols ground for oar
boast o. 'ths bsst govern nsns Ia the world "
In sct, We should TO, 20 f.r wrong, TO sock
ths ehisf condition Ct the p sao OF this rack.
co, sinl,ss and suda 'ious rb.llion ana iu
doctrines among the southern pscplo, In the
slmat inpolp lbie ehArsos'r OF the rational
Fu nc icrs within thu sat,s 50 lh,l,
have the southern peotls felt on them
sslyss the weight OF the Bend that has
protected ard fOs,srsd than, that tb,y hsrdI,
believed In Its realty, ADD sssily p,rsu sdej
thsmsslv.s that II had no right TO claim or
power TO .n'cres tbsir ailsS'snoe. With In.
diyidu,l sx sep,ions only. 8 ,atbern citizens
from the cradle 10 the grave, nsvsr exps-
risnosd tire slightest sensation Of ths poser ano
authority Of the national government, and
came 10 regard Il as a voluntary as,oeistion, to
Be rpudIatsd at will, whenever thar pride OF
psssion rsycltsd at Il. In k, manner. the
rs-sstabilshmsnt Of Its authority will be per
osp,ibls by contact, only TO q small number Of
Individuals. The mars Will bavs no svideue.
--Atbsf swu- psponSOr concerns, Of sny politi
cal ohangs.
Probably las we bsvs perhaps repeated SUN
eisntly oftsD) tia chief hope aud encourage
msnt Of the war on the part OF the rebels, has
been the bold assumptios, as = self svidsn,
truth, that q free people can never be tub
juga'sd. Many eyes al the North, and very
many In foreign countries, biisvs that what
ever the success OF our arms the 6nal result Of
the usdyiDg struggle which III. Soath 10 sup
posed 10 have entered on, mus. b a good rid
dance Of the stubborn rebels at last. Force
they say, esnnst psrmsnsntly cm.rol frss and
.allghtsnsd pecpls-and the changes are runs
ap-n this piarsibls sound, IS II It were grsa
and urqus,tioE,d discovery Of voo'ern wisdom.
Il IL truly little wond"ful hat men should
10 forget 'hs part which Foecs bears In human
affairs. Force. ''bruts fires" as we are won't
rather spitsfulIy to stigmsiizs II, Is actually
the only means by whish the fsost psop,s are
governed, taxes paid, rulors ch ,nged, Grim
rsprs,sed, or rights tf any kidd preserved
Startling as the statement Is, IL |, no. s,f evil
dent merely, II Is a tautology IN terms. 1t is
only saying that fore. Is what forces-i. o.
governs. IL there, for instances, a state In the
UnioD, q county 10 any s,ats, town 10 AIRY
county, or an individual ar vshsre, who would
mot DO Just as they pleased In all respects il tho
''co OScive" power Ct the laws weEe abau-
dcnsda The Truth Is, thu. Daa eau be gov
sfnsd--thAt %, "co. creed" Expelisnee prove
the fact to be universal and not only
90, hut that man always is and mus
be, governed, In ole way or another. To
Cypress, d'tpoil, ard outrage gosa. people. IL
another matter, which had better not DO at
tempted.
Bat even tupposing the subIus alton Of rebels
70 be impO, able, from the start--snd this is the
point We tsd in visw In taking up the pen ye
still protest With all our force against the ad
mission that this would b, au excuse for Civ
ing pl1cs 10 rebellion without the uttsrmou
resistance. If We agrsei with many intell
gent northern men In The belief that the ssplrI-
tion Cf the South Is desirable and inevitable We
should still demand that their lAw,sss and
violsn, attempt should only be sucos's
full through q war desperate and blooc!
ard disastiops enough TO teach fEur
diorgauiz,rJ In either section, 10 eoun
the cost, and attempt no rsvolu ION which ;hal
not b, tcor1h udr like this to attain Sure W
are that the presspt rebellion would Fever hay
riv,llsd TIE dinenAions Of WALKERS Nlcau
rAgusr r,idI, II war hsd been seriously antlci
pAtsd as The prize u lenassion. To teach hi
ittscn With terrible thorout hr'si now, Is IL
only paSibls way 20 prevent both setlons
after sspTatiou, from lawlesly spill ting 1T
sdozsn minor fragments. Away then will
90 fab or sentimental depreciation Of the war
Up,n lis vehement prosecution, even more thS
upon Its success, hang Sll the Interests Of civ
Ii I'D toei,ty on this oontlt ent.
NaIisuAl Fast
Amopg the good acts Of the Extra Session
now clos ng. was joint resolution calling c
L.. r. II d.