Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-06
Total 5s,42i l2,7ls 7l,laO 76,slo

South Carolina 5,50S b,50S $4,000
Georgia 2,679 2,6T9 $3.50
Total 5s,42l l2,7l9 7l,l30 1850
II should be understood that, at this time there
was but little difference in numbers between the
population Of the Sothern States and that OF the
Northern States. BY the census of 1880, the
Southern had population of l,956,354; the
Northern had population of l,968,455. But not
wthstanding this comparative equality of popn-
lation in the two sections the North furnished
vastly more men than the South.
or continental troops, the Southern States fur
nished 58,42l; the Northern furnished liz, 496 !;
making about three men furnished TO the CONT
mental army by the Northern States to one from
the Southern.
OF militia whose services are authenticated by
the War Office, the Southern States furnished
l27l9; the Northern furnished 46,048 making
nearly four men furnished to the militia by the
Northern States to one from the Southern.
OF militia, whose services were not authenti-
Gated by the War Office, but are set down in the
return as conectural only, we have 76,8l0 fur
nished by the Southern States, and 30,950 fur
nished by the Northern making under this head
more than two men furnished by the Southern to
one from the Northern. The chief services of the
Southern States, it will be observed with smile,
were coyectural only
Looking, however, at the sum total of conti-
mental troops, authenticated militia, and conjec-
tural militia we have lat $40 furnished by the
Southern States, while 249;503 were furnished
by the Northern making 900 men furnished
to the war by the Northern more than the South
ern.
But the disparity swells when we directly COM
pare South Carolina and Massachusetts. OF con-
tinental troops, and authenticated militia and con-
ectnral militia, South Carolina furnished 33, 508,
while Massachusetts furnished 92592; making
in the latter sum nearly three men for one fur
nished by South Carolina. Look, however, at
the continental troops and the authenticated milf
tin furnished by the two States and here you
will find only 5,50s furnished by South Carolina,
while SO, 092 were furnished by Massachusetts
being sixteen times than by South Carolina, and
much more than by all the Southern States together.
Here are facts and figures of which the Senator
ought not to be ignorant.
Did the occasion require, might go further,
and infinitely portray the imbecility of the South
ern States, and particularly of South Carolina,
in the war of the Revolution, as compared with
the Northern States. This is a sad chapter of
history, upon which unwillingly dwell Faith
full annals record that, as early as l778, the six
South Carolina regiments, composing, with the
Georgia regiment, the regular force of the South
ern Department, did not, in the whole, muster
above eight hundred men; nor was it possible to
the Governor of South Carolina, pressed by the
British forces, offered to stipulate the neutrality
Of his State during the war, leaving it to be de-
cided at the peace to whom it should belong-a
premonitory symptom of the secession proposed
in our own day At last, after the fatal field of
Camden, no organized American force was left in
this region. The three Southern States-animis
opibusque parat, according to the yaunt of the
Senator--had not a single battalion in the field.
81 caffo
were serving their country, not at home, but
away from their own borders; for, from the time
Of the Declaration of independence, Massachu-
sets never saw the smoke of an enemy's camp.
AT last, by the military genius and remarkable
cxertions OF General Greene, Northern man,
who assumed the command of the Southern
my South Carolina was rescued from the British
power But the trials of this successful leader
reveal, in striking manner, the weakness OF the
slaveholdingn State which he saved. Some of
these are graphically presented in his letters.
Writing to Governor Reed, of Pennsylvania, I'M
der date Of Sd May, 1881, he says:
"Those whose true interest it was to have in
formed Congress and the people TO the north
rdrd of the real state of things, have joined in
the deception, and magnifed The strength and re-
sources Of this country infinitely above their ability
Many of those, who adhere to our party are so
fond Of pleasure, that they cannot think of ma
king the necessary sacrifices TO support the Rev
olution. There are many good and rntuoas people
10 The southscard; bit Mey cannot animate The m
habitants IN general you 10 The northcard"--
Gordon's History Of American Repolution poi 4,
page 81.
Writing to Colonel Davies, under date Of 23d
May, 1881, he exposes the actual condition Of the
country:
"The luminosity between the Wings and Tories
Of this State renders their situation truly deplo
rable. There is not day passes but there are
more or less who fall a sacrifice to this savage
disposition. The Wings seem determined to ex-
tirpate the Tories, and the Tories the Wings.
Some thousands have fallen in this way in this
quarter, and the evil RACES with more violence
than ever. If stop cannot be soon put to these
smassacres, the country viii be depopulated in n
few months more rs neither Wing nor Tory can
tlven
To Lafayette, General Greene, under date Of
goth December, 1880, describes the weakness of
his troops:
at is now within few days of the time you
mentioned of being with me. Were you to mr.
rive, you would find few ragged, half starved
troops in the wilderness, destitute Of everything
necessary for either the comfort convenience
Of soldiers "The country is al
most laid waste, and the inhabitants plumber
one another with little less than savage fury.
We live from hand TO mouth, and have nothing
TO subsist on but what we collect with armed
parties. In this situation, | believe you win
agree with me, there is nothing inviting this
way, especially when ! assure you our whole
force fit for duty, that are properly clothed and
properly equipped, does not amount to eight
hundred men."-Johnson's Life Of Greene, poi. |,
page $40.
Writing to Mr.. varnum, member of Congress,
he says
"Thcre is q great spirit Of enterprise prevail
ing among the militia Of these Southern States,
especially with the volunteers But their mode
Of going to war is so destructive, that It ia the
greatest folly in the world to trust the liberties
Of people TO such precarious defence
Johnson's life Of Greene, pol |, p. 397.
Nothing can be more authentic or complete
than this testimony. Here also Is what is said
by David Ramsay, estimable citizen Of South
Carolina, in his history of the revolution in that
State, published in 1885, only short time after