The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-06
THE NEW YORK SUN.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEBY 6, 1852.
The Nov Yerk CI,y Pr,-..

their mask and boldly declare that they voul
cot consent To restore the Union as 1t wa, Ii,
tie over year ago. Says the JOURNAL:
There are puny politicians at the North, ii
this year OF trouble, who charge on the father
OF the Republic the errors which have Iod
INTO the present time Of trial. There are am
bltious demagogues at the South who curse tn
mon which Washington and his comp ,uion
founded, {. Union in which they c,nnot dn,
the freedom AID the power they desire. B)tl
clssses are moved by the very emotion
which Washington torSsiW, aud azaias. vlich
he warned the nation. There was nothing ia
the constitution OF the government against
which either could com plain IL wa,Ih. union
OF M Msseschusetts and Soath Carolina that tom
pered the ambition, checked the reforming aud
disorganiznR spirit, and made q solid and sub.
stantial basis OF power for grcst nation. IL Is
easy now to say that We OF the North do not
| want a Union in which Davis and Mason and
Slidell Shsll return to their old positions. So
is esfy at ihe South to say they do rot want
| Union IN which Sumner and lgoveoy and Gid.
dinss shAl occupy places of power and hurl
thor tsunts and insnlts a. the sl,vsholdor.
| hut this dealing with, or talking of
| individuals, on both sides, /, child's pl,v
| whom we are discussing tho welfare of A
nstion which ia TO live thousand years altar
We and these men, traitors on one 81 9, and abo-
lifionists on the other, shall have bson du,t
of the soil We do want Union, and NO other
Union car ba devised thtu Just that old Iiaion,
IN which MiSons may mNet Summers in the Ssn.
ae, and, II reeds DO, mind clash with mind
tlst the spark Of truth 10 ELECTED to onlighton
( people.
Th,rl NAV bs men a, tho North VIII, will
sneer. Troy arc enemies Of their country
! here may bo men at the South who will deridc.
They are euemiOs 10 their country. We cara
rot whether ,ho MN is Northern a6olitionist o.
Southern iebtl, be who says TO day, in the hour
f daikne's, ira tho old Union ou sht TO CL
he who laughs al tho Constitution. who dsris,
i's spler d I among the long dim row OF human
iavcniicns Of government, il no true son OF
America and no 10y al defender of the nation.
The WoEip calls on the state legislature 10
t.ks the i.itiauyo in pro, iding sufficient dc
fences for the lsud and soa approaches to this
city. II saws
With the cnornous stores Of munitions OF
war accumulated in & inada We are 10 bear in
mnd hat in case of disturbance with England
her base OF operations would be tho line Of tho
). Lawrence and tho lakes No, ono Of ths
harbOrs on all the iinc Of Lake Ontario or the
s. Lawrence is adequately defended, aud most
Of them are not doiondod at all.
We select Rochester At random, bocauo It is
4 place whose occupation by an enemy would
ha most disasttous IN interruptng tho CON NUM-.
cations OF the Western States with tue Atlaitic;
sad especially with this city. The mouth Of m,
Olu /
! ia COL lbr5or, Gul tho advantages whicl |
r'c,siol would afford to an enemy are such |
at, 10 Cass Of var, tnsy would irrifs an iinns.
d ate ntstk liY ssizing this hArbor m onenv |
% h- e.o to cut ~ all commune, ,ti)n be-. |
vteN iHo E,sierD AMI M,s',rl State. hy n,,n. |
. { tho CcrtrR' R.l'osi and the Er.c Canal |
Il c'o Ter 81 IN buiup t1s ro-thsfn terminus of |
D. ''si ESQ., aI|cN camel and k,ilIOad, its % -
''tHi,u u.d -Iyoa enemy svery facility for |
MOVING 'ou''wsrd TO sei2' tha Erie Railroad. |
Nace movement would completely sgya- this |
O. ~ tfom Western New York aud the Western |
Nia'cl As we'll. With our C mmunicrilns with |
tes, Weat thus cut on, or even thre,tonsi, tho |
wouiiV0fs OF subsistence for our population |
~, stor ed by an enemy would be al most RcHh /
end.
The HEuAru urges tho immediate passage oi
tho financial bill accompanied Ivy eyslom OF
taxation. which vii render the pipcr money as
good as gold.
It's Monticello, Ky, correspondent, January
2Glb. thus describes tho line Of retreat OF Crit
tcrdcr army
The coun' ~ rordoiing along tho river, and
.itliu ,ycshot Of the road irom Mil Spring to
thi, pl.ce. is uttc,ly ruined tor year u cone.
Not only has the country betn de'poiled OF all
,t t,rcw in tho 3, asOn past but the next harvest
will lee iruitless one, unless ULcle sam lonls
r,roat aid ard gives grand encouragement 20 the
farmers. Men canuo' I'LL tho earth without
horses and cattle and--l pledge you my vera
,itv-I raw more in the trip took today saye
thoae the party bestrods. As for sheep, hoSs,
cattle and 70 sis tho country has been literally
eaten dry. None OF these are TO be seen, ana
none exist. We sat down 10 meal OF Whlch
meat composed no component part, ani sugar
for the ~ Q cOiTse we drank was not TO DO hoped
or asked Tor. The laRdlady did not apologize ior
the absence Of milk aud sugar, su 1posing, inter-
| red, that we know enough TO understand without
a word. The citizens stated that the rebels had
| appeared there all ut the hour OF midnight on
| The Sunday Of the fight, and had broken into
all the homes, and had eaten whatever they
| could lay hands on. So great was their hunger
| thai, as thes, people describe they ate meats
raw, and pulled the winter vegetables from
| their garden hods, and a'e them unclean,od
The horrors Of that retreat il will prove an IN
| possible task TO portray,in colofs as vyllly as
the reality demands, to be fully realized.
On returning TO the tavern where we had
dir ell We discovered that our host was ssces-
sionist. Gen. Mat son gave him - eoniGlo'
rate note and requested the change IN 'Lln
,ln trash The landlord said be was not tax
inc confederate scrip row. Gen. NJ. insisted
that he had taken II from Crittendon, and he
must take 1t from him. lie added, also, that
his men had been taking it pretty freely a. NH
Spring The matter was compromised by IN
General Taying - in Bark OF Chattanoo{
BILLS, and promising the man his clstom on hl'
Tho TIMES endorses the proposed rocognitio
a. the independence Of Hayti and LiboriI, ar
says that most OF the European nations hay
long since established treaties with thes
states.
It's Washington correspondent thus notices th
Lane embroslio;
This evening, Mr.. Weed, from LeayenWortl
arrived here with letters from Gen. Lane Il
the President and several Senators and Cor
gressmen. II appears that Gen. Lane unde
stood that, although he was 10 be ostensib
under Gen. Hunters command, he was in realit
: to act independently. Ho arrived at Leavei
I. worth on Sunday, AID had an interview wit
zen. Hunter on Monday, in which he state
- that ha had come for tho purpose of acting
.. concert with ten. Hunter and under his con
q. mand. The latter Toos ived him cordially and W
4. apparently satisfied with the arrangement {
E., the ne At day Gen. Lane was much surprised
. zee in the papers the General Orders, No. /
zen. Hunter expressed dis .atisiacti)n at son
y orders given by A0jt. Gen. Thomas from Was
: ingtor, TO various bodies Of soldiers, TO repO
10 then selves at Fort Leavenworth for the purpo
d. OF accompanying the Lano Expedition. Ge
Hunter thought they ought to have been G
~ derej 10 report to him.
u Mr. Weed will wait on the Presilent tom,
~ row, and will he acCompa panied by several of Oe
ane's senatorial iri,n!s. 1t is understood tina
30 demand will DO made that Lane hayea sepaia
r | ana indt pendent comm md, or that te De m 4