The New York herald., 1862-02-10

for their peculiar situation. They are embar-
rassingly mixed up at home with secession con-
stituents, secession armies and secession ma
rauders and conspirators while such Southern
men as Senator Andy Johnson and Representa-
tive Maynard, of Tennessee. having suffered the
worst that secession hatred and cruelty could
infct upon them, have nothing more to fear,
and nc favors to ask of the rebels in
any shape or form. We must, therefore,
excuse such border State Unionists as Mr..
Thomas and others, of Maryland; Mr.. Menzies
and his colleagues, Of Kentucky, and Mr.. Roll
lins, of Missouri, for their votes against this
Treasury bill; for all public questions are SO
much entanged among their conflicting people
that they voted no to be on the safe side With
great crushing victory over the rebel army in
Virginia, Missouri or Kentucky, all the border
State representatives at Washington will be
| sufficiently enlightened to stand earnestly by
the government.
! Among the hidebound, impracticable, dyed
in-the-woOl party hacks of our defunct democra-
cy, Erastus Corning will suffice for an example.
1t is needless to repeat the rest Of the schedule.
They are of the old Bourbons, who 'never
learn anything and never forget anything
They are still ruminating upon the question
whether jeff Davis or Jesse Bright shall be the
next Presidential candidate of the democratic
party, taking it for granted that this rebellion
is but temporary interruption OF the old order
of things which is gone forever. Next, coming
to the secession element of this negative vote,
we are disappointed at not finding therein the
name of the Hon. Ben. Wood--a representa-
tive of this city. His constituents have
very great interest in this important financial
measure. and yet we do not find him recorded
either for or against the bill. He is among the
missing. Perhaps; for the last week or two, he
has been so very busy with his book on s. Fort
Lafayette, or Love and Secession that he has
been unable to attend to his public duties in
Congress. Let it suffice that his friend Vallan-
digham, and that other model Of a Union seces-
sionist, Henry May, Of Baltimore, were on hand,
and put in their voices against the bill
| Lastly, the radical disunion abolition ele-
ment is consistently represented against this
vital Union financial measure in the vote of the
immaculate Lovejoy, of Illinois, and the two
Conklings, Of New York, and Baxter, Morrill,
and Walton, of Vermont, and others. Alto
gether, we are of the opinion that the singular
combination of outsiders and disunionists re-
presented in the negative vote upon this Trea-
sury bill affords the best evidence of the
soundness and practical utility of the measure.
1t represents the conservative Union policy Of
the administration, and is sustained by the
| bulk of the people of our loyal States,
bankers and financiers included. The elements
opposed to it are besotted old party hucksters,
slippery secessionists, restricted, perplexed and
befogged border State men and abolition 'eman-
cipation or separation" disorganizers.
1t is to be hoped that the Senate, consulting
the appeal Of the administration, the necessi-
ties Of the Treasury, and the critical situation
Of our whole financial system, will promptly
respond to the patriotic action Of the House,
and pass this Treasury Note bill, with its legal
tender clause, and with provision for the pay
ment of the interest of the government bonds
in specie. Give us this bill Of immediate re-
lief, and then the country will cheerfully ac-
cept all the taxation that may be required to
put down this rebellion and to sustain the faith
and credit Of the government. But, first Of all,
the Treasury and the country, government and
people, call for this relieving Treasury Note
bill.