The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-14
THE NEW YORK SUN.
TUESDAY MORNING, JAN'Y II 1862.
The New York City Pros.

Ths WosLD has the following in reference
70 the assertion which We referred t. yesterday
| a. being doubtful, via. That msst Of thu
rebsb have enlisted until the approaching
FebruAry, after which they could not bs In
ductd 10 fight ;
TIE statement, 80 widely published ard &C
generally believed throughout the North, thst
he term OF enlistment Of the bulk Of the
scutIert solciery Hill expire during the comiAg
month o. February Is a mischievuus o-rCr
which he's not tbs slightest foundat on in fact
TNe febcl army is composed mainly Of twelve
C1ths men, and of these not nan
vas enlisted previous 20 the fall Of sumter
(Shich occurred in ApiiD outside Of South
CsroliIA. Rebels from other states participated
IN thot Gfht but they were volunteers for the
occasion and returned home after tho object
they had Ia view was accomplished. The pre-.
sent rsbcl amy has been organizing simult,
reously With cur oWu and II It Is true, though
Vo knou il is not, that Cen. MCClollau ia wait.
ing until Beaurcgatds dscipliu'd masses aro
fupli-ed by recruits, before he viii trovc then
hers viii lie no fghtrs h,fcro August and
September. Over two thi-ds Of tNc prosuW
felol army wa roeruitod after thc betUc Of
Bull Run. II !olow', therefore that thn't5t.
son assigned for thu delay ia tho Avanco II our
armies, cannot 10 that so koncrally stated IA
Il . public journals.
Tn, IiMEs, in an Ntclo defending Mr.. Sow.
sii from cbafges 80 freely made that he hA
ieen icsircus Of war with England to annex
CanNa-' q" &C.. pyLlishcS tho following from
. letter by Mt. Seward, -,t,ilo on Labrador
Fishing Excursion, through Canada, TO W., Al,
Lany EyESISa JoUsSAI, 22d August, 1857 -
Hitherto, In common with most Of my couu-
trvmon, as | suppose, have thought Canada
Or, 20 speak moro accurately british America
"A mere strip lying north OF tho United States,
easily detachable from tho parent state, but in
capable Of sustaining itself, and, therefore,
ultimately, nay right soon, 20 10 taken on by
the edorL niOn, without materially changing
or affecting its own condition or development.
RAVE DRoTrED TItE OPINION, As A NATION
Al CoSCEIr. | SEQ in British America,
stretching as il docs across the continent,
from the shores Of Labrador and Newtound-
land to the Pacific, and occupying considora-
ble belt Of the temperate zone, travorsed equal.
~ with the United States Ivy tho Lakcs and
oujnying the magnificent shores Of tho st.
Lawrence, with its thousands OF Islands In tho
RivoF AMI Gulf region grand enough Tor tho
scat Of groat empire. la it, whoat.iolds IN
the West ITS broad ranges OF tho chase at tho
North, ils incXhaustiblo lumber lands, tho
most extensive nov remaining on the globe
its invaluable ii,heries, and its undsturbed
mineral deposits, ] SOC tho elements of weAlth.
| fni its Inhabitants vigorous, hardy, energetic,
perfected ny tho Protestant roligiOn and British
constitutional liberty. | find them jealous
Of tho Unitei States and Of Groit Bitain, as
thry ru,.ht TO be and. therefore. wh'n 1
look At their oNtout and resources, ! know thoy
can ouh,r bo conquered by tho former n,r pcrns.
ntn,ly held by the latter. They will bc ind'p,nd-
out A. they arc already scli-sustainng. Having
happily escaped tho curse Of slavery, they will
never submit the msovos TO the dominion Of slave
| holders, which prevails IN and determines tho
character OF the United States. They will bo a
Euaaia kshinl tho | I'ritai Sta which a than
will ho France and England, but thay will bo
| Russia civilized and Protestant, AMI that will
! be a very different Russia from that which fills
all Southern Europe with terror, and by reason
Of that superiority they will b' the more terri
lie TO the dwellors in the Southern latitude.
The policy Of the Cnitod States is TO propi-
n' 5t q dySaREo eSaiREo & sasSRG6pr GSRleaa GSls1.w while