The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-09-07

The country NAV congratulate itself that the
"hush-a.by -baby" policy Of the Administrl-
tion toward the wo'fsh secessoni-m Of the dis
puted states, is now necessarily about played
out. PEEMoNTs war policy, whether approved
OF not, must be swtained. We are satisfied
that the Government dare not rcbuhc him. Blu
f this friendly coercion fails Of direct effect
the traitors Of Kentucky are now nearly ready
to strike. and ~ soon as their increasing militia
~ strength in Tennessee, aud the increasing
moral weakness Of ihe Government in Ken
lucky, reach Satisfactory point, they will begin
the struggle. and make 1t hard one q,
Il L. In Missouri They have taken Sew
ards Soothing Syrup, willingly aud pl,cidly
enough, as long as il suited their purpose to
gain tine. Their opportunity is now nearly
ripe, and we rereat that the country may b.
congratulated that the last bottle Of the Presi-
DENTAL nos,rum will soon lie smashed and we
aru ready to he grateful even to rebels for that
service.
The war PROCLAMATION Of FRgMoNr may bo
expected to serve the Kentucky rebels as an cx-
oellent occasion against the disarmcd and un-
WpporWu Nhohlsm V Tue STATE anu may
pcrhspa prccipitato the conflict. It is well
known that the suiaidal policy Of the southern
unionists, under which they have invariably
been crushed In every contcs, io- several year,
past, has been TO vie with their opponents in
loud clap-trnp devotion to slavery AMI southern
rights. Sngularly enough, the demand of
unonls,s and seces,ionists at this day, IN such
states a. Kentucky, is identical and unanimous
for non-iuteriorence -noh-iuter.crcnce with thi,
composition between loyalty d- ,ui.el "a, lis
loyalty, on the one hand, aui treason cloakrd
with constitutional professions, on the other,
Still moc strange, the Government q wash
ington has conflingly ncccp'c, the advice Of IL.
euemies--bccauso concurrcd in l,y the frightened
and halEsubju gated unionisi. Of the south a
tho true way to deal with q conflict involving
the very existence ola Union party in the states
in question.
Therefore il Is that we speak of the Tnioni-s
OF Kentucky as 'disTnrd aud unsupported,
both morally and physically \, to their poll
teal position, they are literally "no where. 80
by their own choice indeed, but also hy the per-
mission Of the Goyernmcn' That j. while AZ.
tempting to sustain the Union they are Per.
mitted TO make fools Of lhcm,cyc, in the eve.
Of their enemies, OF their discriminating neigh
tors, aud IN their own, 10y AT the same time up.
holding state supremacy anil ncutrilr, ~
against the Union, AMI rejecting Il, an Outrage.
the incorporation Of the national force an
authority. The common sense Of no community
can stand such a contradictory course Of con
duct. The only Unioni-n really encouraged
and preached in kcntuck,, 10y either the stat
or federal manager, Ia, boon mere sccc.. 'on,m
at the bottom of t--and to the bottom Of it tho
people are Away, sur to ~.
Thus we say the Union party Is morally III.
armed against III, telling effect which thcis al
verSAres will give to the Missouri PROCLAMATION.
They cannot say word. They are Obliged l.,
their own creed, to Withstand federal mtcpoi.
ton, and especially all interference with the
Stare property even Of those whose other pr.
perty and life itself Is justly forfeited Accorl-
ingly we see the repre- sentative organ of Ken
lucky Unioni,m, the Louisville Jyuaal, vnl-
eating a, usual its allegiance to slavery AMI
state supremacy-Nlich alc nothing, but a com
prehensye definition Of Sec,, ,ioni,m ilsci-by
vigorous attack upon the PROCLAMATION, calling
upon the Legislature TO prer,H' such an invasion
Of Kentucky on the part Of the United States, hy
taking measures itself 10 withstand the rebel.
lion.
The honest meaning OF the joundi douhtlc.,
Is, TO avail itself Of national authority AMI mar
tial law, if state authority should tail. But
how utterly they cripple themselves for sup
porting the national authority (Which is really
the only question at i,-ue) by first commttin.
the whole state unanimously az inst the right
OF national nteri, renee, nobody but down
trodden southern l'nioni,t or an cldcrv-hdv. |
like politician at Washington, could fail to per-
ceiye. Their military di,ann -menL result, we
should thin, too lalpahlv and necessarily from
this course to be doubted even by these ,las,es,
at least in the present hour Of danger. The |
traitors know their advantage, and will u,c it |
with the most formidable cf,2'. Whenever the
ball op"ns, Kentucky Un'ol,,m We predict,
will go TO the wall, and the military force aad
authority OF the Unto STATE, will be- a, mdi,.
pensabc there as To the impotcut government
of Missouri. And that this point now cannot bo
far OH, il he mos comfortable fact 100 our pc.
sent range Of prospect.