Year: 1862

soon be relieved of all doubts for the future il


the general collapse of this sinking and stagyer
| ing rebellion.


| Lincoln's Administration In tho Legis-
latune.


There can be no better time than the present
for the Legislature of this State to put itself


upon record in favor of the conservative ad-


ministration of President Lincoln. BY a
curious conglomeration Of petty intrigues,


the Legislature has elected as its Speaker


man whose loyal antecedents are at


least questionable. All over the country the


abolitonists are making desperate fight to su-


persede the constitutional policy Of the admins


tration and obtain control of the government


1t is just the time, therefore, for the destruc-


tives and the conservatives Of New York State


to show their relative power, and to settle, at


once and definitely, the question whether the


greatest State in the Union is for or against


the constitution and q constitutional war.


To make public this decision without doub'


or delay, a resolution should be introduced into


the Legislature endorsing the war policy Of the


President, and approving of his dsavowal of


the abolition proclamations of Fremont and


Phelps. We have no intention of arguing that


the President is right and ought to be sustained;
for we believe that the loyal people of this
State are convinced of that fact already. Nor
are we about to defend the President in his ac-
ton in regard to Fremont; for events in the
State of Missouri especially have already decid-
ed that But it is most fit that the Legislature
should express to the President the general con-
servative approval of his course, and thus
strengthen him against the ardent attacks of the
Jacobin clique. This would be the first result
of the passage of such resolution, and in a
crisis like this when every possible effort is
being made to turn the administration from the
path of duty and safety, no one can properly
estimate the beneficial effect of such an APP
proval and of such encouragement The peo-
pie approve the Presidents acts, and there is
no good reason why the Legislature should not
give official expression to this appreciation.


But, besides this, the indirect effect of such
resolution would be to range the conservatives
and the destructives upon opposite sides, and
enable the people of the State and Of the coun-
try to distinguish who are and who are not
really loyal to the Union and the constitution.
All conservative men are now trying to foster
the Union spirit in the South by every
proper means. 1t is upon this Union spirit they
RELY for the re-establishment of the former
cordial relations between the two sections; for
cur armies may conquer the South, but only
revival of Southern Union feeling can bring us
back our country as it was Now, it is well for
us to distinctly understand who are with us in
this matter and who are in favor of conquering
the South only to destroy it and to abolish
slavery. This information can only be-obtained
by placing such resolution before the Legisla
ture; and we trust that, for the sake Of the ad-
for the sake of the Southern Union
men, for the sake of all constitutional conserva-
tives, and for the sake of our country, such
resolution will be offered, unanimously sup
ported and adopted. If such resolution shall
lie opposed by any members, we shall then
know who are friends and who are enemies of
the Union, and can deal with them accordingly.


The COAST SURvEY.-A decision of the House
Committee of Ways and Means, striking from
the Treasury estimates the reduced appropria
tion to cover the expenses of the coast survey
0nring the next fiscal year, has excited some
little dissatisfaction among our merchants. We
are surprised that the motives which actuated
the committee are not better appreciated. If
we are to carry the war to a successful termina-
ton it can only be by cutting down every item
of expenditure that can be dispensed with for
the present, and devoting all our resources to
the speedy crushing out of the rebellion. With
nearly the whole Southern coast in the hands of
the enemy, we can afford to suspend for sea-
son operations that can be resumed later with
more advantage. Besides, we have just now
more urgent use for the vessels and officers en-
gagged in them. We have not too many of either
for the purposes of the blockade or of the expe-
ditions which are being fitted out against the
Southern coast. The true policy of Congress
at the present time is, we repeat to cut down or
omit altogether from The present estimates
every appropriation which is susceptible of cur
tailment or postponement. Even the sum allo-
Gated to the defrayment Of the expenses attend
ing the representation Of our industrial interests
at the great London Exhibition might with pro-
priety be withheld. A beginning has to be
made somewhere, and by economizing expendi-
lures which, though legitimate, are not indis-
pensable, we shall be the more readily enabled
to put a stop to the corruption and wasteful
extravaganza which characterize other branches
of the public service.


ALARM IN INpA.-By our latest European
advices we observe that the British government
has q prospect Of fresh trouble with the
Skhs, and that the batteries of artillery at
Bombay, on the point Of embarking for Eng
land, were stopped by pressing dispatches from
Bengal. When we remember the bloody