The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-24


Tho TIMES SAYS that ono Of the advantages Of
the rebellion will be to bring the nation more
into accordance with the spirit of tho nge and
the organic principles of The Constitution, which
were interpreted 10 US to leave the Government
no functions except the conduct Of our foreign
relations and the Advancement Of elavery. With
respect to the altered military policy Of tho rebel
leaders, il says that they obviously intend TO
leave only defensive force on tho soahoard and
concentrate their strength on tho mountain limo
Of North Carolina aud Tennessee for last des-
pcrntc defence.
Tho WoRrD complains that the Interference
los tho Government with tie freedom Of the
prc.s, have been aggravated by the incompe-
tcucc Of tho persons to whom the task OF censor
r. - was assigned and who have laid them
selves open to the charge Of iayoritism by
the manner in which they performed their work.
A correspondent from KanagaNa, Japan, Jan.
lst, writes -
An event which Il likely 10 he of very great
| political Importance Is about TO take place At
l,lo refer to the marriage Of - dtul htcr Of
| the Nikadu to the TaSun. The lclrothod lady
arrived at lodo on the 10th ot December last,
with an immense cortcgc, consisting, IL is said,
! Of Il 900 attendants, and making the journey
! from Mako aud entered lclo in twenty live
| DAYS. According 10 court etiquette, she start
| ed from .ku .ul entered lnlo in car'a"c
drawn 10y hDliock,. lne most cd tue journey,
however, was performed in a nol r'o"o, made of
silkcn threads, Ut peculiar structure and burno
on mems shoulders.
When she entered Ycdo all fires in the city
were oi lered to be put out for thiriy-siX hours,
| tie streets on the route she took were entirely
IL. 4 H..
of doors AMI windows all drawn, and no one was
allowed even to peep through a crack from with
| h at her august persunagc, nor her cquipagc.
This marriage is likely TO be un event Of great
political Importance because 1t 10 tho first timo
that u daughter Of the Mikado has been given
directly To Taikun in marriage. Tho 1aiSun
is elevated greatly in rank aud dignity 10y the
marriage, and all the princes OF the realm
now bow In cheerful assent to this uuprccodcn,-
ed arrangement, since it has received the sane
ton Of the holy man at Mako.
have 1t from high diplomatic authority that
tho Mikldo had not previously given his assent
to two or three articles Of the late treaties made
with the 1aikun. So long as this was known
to, OF suspected by, the Japanese, they did not
regard those treaties ss binding. Whatever
may be said Of the powers of the Taikun, any
change or innovation in the organic law Ot the
empire requires the formal assent Of the Mikado
| to give It validity. lie is tho Emperor, held in
Taikun chief servant, In their eyes. The forth
coming marriage ia, In ths view Of princes and
people, the strongest exgressiOn Of the Mikado's
approval Of the new order Of things In relation
TO foreign intercourse. The royal couple have
certainly taken time by the forelock in the mat
ter Of matrimony, the Tsikun being l6 and the
bride only IA years old.
Tho JoURSAL or COMMERCE. says that proba-
bly, no President Of tho United States was evoI
subject to more insults from ths party that
placed him in power, than Mr.. Lincoln. From
the moment Of his Inauguration an attempt wal
made by the radical republicans to reduce hin
to mere puppet, and an organized outside pres
sure was even sxorted for this purpose Th'
hrmness with which President Lincoln resistoC
those efforts is deemed worthy Of all praise.
The HERALD says that the attempt VI Loui
Napoleon to occupy Rome In defiance OF tn
wishes Of the Italian people, Is only transparen
veil to cover his desire to maintain politica
control over the affairs of that nation, by lmpos
ing upon the sympathies Of the Catholic world.