Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-12-20
The DIsUNION PARTY OF THE SOUTH
The Resources and Preparations of the South.


1t is n notorious fact tina. the Lest cannon, for
Held as well naval use, furnished to the Gov
ernment, are from the tounderies of Virginia, auC
that of late the Federal Governments orders {,
the Tredesar Works OF Richmond iUr cannon are
larger than the establishment can supply. 1t is
wellknuwu fact to every member Ui Congress bu
Burlingame, that u lniger number OF the recent
ordered naval steamers have been contracted fol
III Virginia, to he built in Virginia shipyards and
shops, than in any other single State III the Union
not excepting New York, Pennsy ylyana, " Miss.t
chusetts. Besides these private armUrieS, cannon
ioundcries. and ship-ynrds OF Virginia to say
nothing of other Southern States our tract o.
Blue Ridge country abpunds in the best lead, til,
mines of which furnished with shut-towers
aud mouds in full complement, while the country
Is dotted over at convenient intervals with powder.
mills that Manufacture thai superior quality which
only our Western rihenen aud shirp-ahooters
deign to
The Black Republicans are as littlo aware of
the superiority of the South over Ihe North il
their military resurces and establishments us in
any other respects to which We have adverted.
Take Virginia alune. for intance. DO they know
that she has an arsenal and armury Of her own
established in the good old State sovereignty era
of 1898 and 1913, from which she equip
100, 900 troops at ten days notice? Do they know
that she has the nucleus of standing army ul
her captal, consisting of standing public guard
of a hundred men, in regular pay by the State
and II volunteer force in X chmOnd larger in pro.
portion to population than any city in the Union
-bcsdes two large companies Of young guards oi
the age and spirit OF those cUnscrip pts ot France
with which Napoleon won his best laurels?
Do they know that Virginia has had Il Military
Institute in operation at State expense for eighteen
years, whereat l30 cadets have been Instructed III
the practical sciences, yyrotechnus aud military
tactics every year, from which 4OO Of The Hover ul
Virginia youth have been graduated, the must ui
whom receive their education at State expense,
upon the condition Of teaching within the Com,
monwealth for two years after graduation? The
fruit of this system is visible in sub. military
schools in every quarter Of the State, under the in
structiun Of these Lexington graduates with an
aggregate of rupils daily instructed in militia,
drill, of at least 500. We have made no aliu>iJn
to tho volunteer Infantry, cavalry, and artillery
regiments of the State, superior in nun.be aud
military drill dare say, to the volunteer corps
Of any State in the COntederacy.
Besides this personnel and n,dieriel of war the
State posses between 100 auu $50 field pieces OF
cannon, exclusive of her quota from the Federal
Government, 100 at least at which are sixpuunders
in careful preservation in her arRury ut Rchmund
and ready tor use at any momen.. Add to tins
abundant provision of war muniments, the fruits
of Il certain seizure OF Fortress Monroe, with its
arsenas,a ,as well the Federal armory
mt Hhrpers Ferry, on the first occurrence of hos
tilites with the North, and her military preparl
tions would be very far from contemplate. The
skill of her people with the rife and in hurseman
ship is prnyerbial, and we speak the words Vi calm
rene ,ton when say,in no spirit of buaStluIness,
that if the North should undertake to invade the
South. by throwing open her ports to free trade
with foreign nations and refuse to allow Federal
duties to be collected in her waters. Virginia could
alone drive back their furces.
To make her system of preparation entirely
complete, Gov. Wise has very properly and pa
ordered the whole militia establishments
of Virginia to be thoroughly oIganized-a militia
such as that which defeated Ferguson at Kings
Mountain, which drove Curnwnl!is back di,cunl-
fted from the Dan river and Guilford which carried
m aggressive war a thousand miles into CANADA,
under Scott in 1872, I'm ofshont Of which in the
ranks Of the Kentucky and Tennessee regiments,
under Jackson oyerthrew the British invaders AT
New Orleans, aud closed the war Of 1912.