The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-27
THE NEW YORK SUN.
MONDAY MORNING, JANI 27, iss2.


Ths TDrEs endorses the financial plan Of the
administration, which, 1t says, is the only
fessshs one now possible; thinks that the
public mind 10 prepared for . uniform national
currency and says that the new United States
notes, backed up by sufficient taxation and
convertible into stock bearing interest, and, on
tie rcsump ion Of specie payments, into gold,
will III d, ubtedly be adopted by Congress. In
an srticle on the negro question, II soes in the
prieily Industrious conduct Of the slaves at
Port Royal, when deserted BY their masters, a
proof Of their capacity for self-govanment, and
reasonable round fr concluding that similar
results Vill follow whom the free labor system is
adopted on a larger scale.
The WORLD bes.eches Congress to remember
that every dollar inscnbed on the quantity Of
Treasury notes Just hsued in this city, which,
fled sinRly, FORMS colunn twenty -sevon feet
high, was received by the governmcat for gold,
and bears upon its face tho solemn cblig ition of
the United States 70 pay II back with interest.
lu Washington couospor dent sayG
A trip to Washington is not the pleasant pas.
time 1t once WAS. 1t introduces ou TO many
tad sights. You arrive but to sos soldiers
in the streets, guards at the corners, seati.
nSls at the doors, mounted patrols moving
TO and fro, aids and orderlies dsshing on with
their messages, al, bespeSking q city in mill.
tsry cccu pation-that city, too, the great seat
q civil authority, tho spot, OF all others
under the eun, cousocrAtod TO soyo -eiSn la~.
Enter the unfinished Capitol; you tnd third
Of tho seats in each hall vOiceless ana vacant
voioeloss, yet speaking OF apostNcy and defec-
ton As nothing else esn-yacant, yet terribly
representative.
hut sit-observo the mon who occupy those
other seats-lston 20 their utterapces Among
all the sad objects Of Washington, if there is a
saddcr than this know not where 10 look for
IL. Where arc the sta.eemtn whose wisd nm Is
10 stay up the nation, and cary IL through its
great agony Where are tho mas or spirits
that GOD, AwAys sends TO the relief of the
sinking land No means TO save Surely
those that | see and hear are no such
mon There is nothing superior in them.-
Shall | say it2 Measured by the standard of
what we meet, coniro ated before the 1t pondnus
necessities Of tho timc, they aro ptsmisi. Mua
Of genuine PATRIOTS and upright motive they
doubtles5 Tor the most part. are--of good abid-
tiei, too, for the concerns OF ordinary life. Bat
there is not one Of thcm who eau mako tho
slightest pretence 20 that com handing genius,
that gigantic grasp Of tho understanding, that
almost supernatural power Of conception AMI
combination which belong 10 the first order Of
ststesmanship- one Of them who can for a
moment compare with those great lesders who
carried the country through tho storm of tho
Revolution. and Afterwards with such mAchess
wisdom reared toe Republic.
n, JOURNAL or COMMERCE. calls on al
20 l,L, 10 unite in defense OF their ri :ht o
,'SAbLtt rest" around which the social and po-
ltiosl customs Of our county arc ent wiEod, anl
/ sists that in nation like ours, whore thointol
lipence, tie controlling Influences, the Immense
majority of tho people are on tho side Of tho
quiet Sal .ath, the law must always decide that
.ho lovers Of peacodLlo day have the right OF
'cga protection sgairst the effects OF grog.
hops, dirco houses Nnd other nuisances Of tho
kind.
~r-- t-ssvs
Ths Roman Emperor VA, attended by his
memsn,O m3rp. The columns and monuments OF
| brave and gooi mon are put up in our puollc
| places to bo constant memorials Of their virtues,
and reminders Of our possible imitation OF them.
| Just so the day OF rost, sanding forever in tho
midst of our days Of labor aud sCrlte, Is the me-
monto Of tho psacofulnea5 that human liio
| might be- Of the rop)3e that awaits the servant
when his Mister C ais him. LIS influences are
| olevating, refining, calming and emo llnS. IL
| is moro important to nation than any m 1u-
meuts Of ydlor or patriotism. l's preservation
ia infinitely msre important than the preserva-
| ton Of our palaces or our statues. When we
oss it, we shall have lost honor honesty, re-
| ligion, and all that now makes us great people,
and We shall sink TO the lowest grade OF nation
| al existenCe.