, 1860-12-13

t'N1>~sD1e ~ @4Ao NoA>AAoA VI lungs now q
it was to that monarch's long struggle witt
William of Orauge "The last piece 9
gold will win" The last piece OF. gold, q
course, meant the Inst ouuce Of powder, III
last piece Of artillery, the last pound O
bread and meat, the last blanket, the las
pair Of shoes-the last everything require,
IN the business Of destruction We ma,
assume that there will be no lack of MOI
and no lack Of courage on either side. VI
cheerfully admit that the Southern peopl
are brave; if they think the Northern pco
pie arc not: brave they hare only to pu
Northern yalor 10 the test, We are Of thu
opinion that Northern endurance llas con
sldcrably the advantage of that quality aI
it il found In the tropics, but that is mat
ter Of opinion merely, and can only be de-
cidcd by actual campaign life. We art
very clearly of the opinion that The North
can carry on war years after the South is
| utterly exhausted and impoverished. Ou1
reasons for this belief arc mainly rs fol-
lows: " -*''-
L In q conflict waged in defense Of the
Constitution the present armaments Of the
United States would fall into the hands OF
its defenders. The officers Of the army
and navy would owe allegiance to the
President and Congress, and they would
uniformly yield obedience to them, II
their sympathies lay in another direction
they would perhaps resign, but they would
not dare to commit treason by attempting
to transfer any portion Of their trusts to m
enemy ofthe United States. Although these
armamentsare compmratiyelysmall yctthey
IRE already in existence and not to be put
in motion. II they had to be created
anew much valuable time would be lost,
and the bill Of expense would have for
nidable look ifrequired to be footed all at
once. This is an item Of immense advan-
tage to start with, because
IL It would enable the government to
blockade all the Southern ports one month
atter war should have been determined On,
The South has no navy and no sailors, and
very small facilities or genius for creating
either. Her commerce would at once be
cut of Her productive industry being
chiefly agricultural, and her agricul-
ture iedy Ct 4 kind which d.
pends upon commerce for its value, such Il
blow would come with stunning effect upon
her people. Under the most favorable cir
cumstances she could not build and man I.
navy during the continuance Of war, and
without navy she could not raise the
blockade nor relieve her crippled industry.
Ill The regular revenues of the coun-
try would continue to fall into the treasury
OF the government. All persons would be
taxed alike, the willing and the unwilling:
Tho 1iberality Of individuals or Of individu-
al States would be bagatelIe ii compari-
son with the giant forces at the COM
mand Of Congress. If direct taxation
should become necessary, las it probably
would noth the tar would be laid and
collected from more than double the nu,n-
Der Of people, and more than treble tue
number of dollars to be found in the South.
1twould be simply the melancholy failure
Of Charles I. fighting his Parliament rc-
enacted, or even feebler and more mel
ancholy failure than that.
". All the principal manufactures Of
arms and munitions Of war are located III
the North Congress, in virtue Of its pow
CT to regulate commerce between the States
would Immediately prohibit the expectation
Of muskets and>thc varions cutlery of war,
from one section to the other. Tie implc
ments Of destruction now distributed tlro'
the South wonld 60 only little way in
such war as the government would be
enabled to set On foot.
'. The South is already in distress for
food Her people arc buying corn largely
in illinois and the other Northwestern
States. It would perhaps be cruel for
Congress to prohibit the expectation Of
hreadstufs to the revolted section, and thus
starve them out, but war is cruel in all its
forms, and Congress would certainly have
the power to doso. It is yet many months
to the harvest Northern granaries are full
to overdowing, aud the great markets Of
Europe are always open to take our sur.
plus The South is very poorly supplied
even for the palmiest days Of peace. Once
deprived Of the means Of rep1enishing her
empty -four barrels, her plight would be as
desperate as her most vicious enemy could
desire.
VI Wcwill not 60 inlo the census tables
to demonstrate the superiority Of tie Norlh
in material wealth. Those facts are potent
to everybody. A very largo portion Of
Southern capital is invested in negro slaves.
This species Of property, 80 far from being
an available means Of offensive or defensive
warfare, is cxactly the reverse. If some
slaves would fight for their masters, larg-
er number assuredly would fight against
thcm if the means and the intelligence
were supplied them. But We forbear.-Wc
have written thus much for no purpose Of
provoking our Southern brethren or inflam.
ing our Northern neighbora We nray
fervently that the occasion may never arise
which shall test the truth of these state
menth- War is the last, the very last argu-
ment to be rcsorted to among children Of
common parentage. Let it be avoided
by every sacrifice short Of the legacy which
our fathers left US in the Gonstitution Of the
U7ited Stntex.
Letter from Arkansas.
We lave long letter from an Intelligent
gentleman In Arkansas, urging that Mr.. Lin.
coin publish his views upon the questions now
agitating the country, in advance Of his Inau-
gurl Message. The writer says the most de-
plorabls ignorance exists among the Southern
people zelatitc to tho principles Of the Repub-
lcan party, aud TINT the politicians in those
states have indamcd the masses By the g1oss-
est and most ca1uminous Misrepresentation
Of the opinions Of NJ. Lincoln and those who
have elected him. We give the concluding |
portion Of the letter:
It should not satisfy Mr.. Lincoln or his |
friends that he has d thousand times in his /
speeches declared his views and sentiments. /
and that hundreds Of papers have published |
them. We all know TINT not one Of these |
papers or an extract Of his speeches fctccpt |
In garb]ed forms) has ever been published or |
permitted to circulate In the South. The only |
extract that have ever seen correctly quoted |
aud circulated In this State WAS the one used