New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-30
SIGNIFICANT SOUTHERN CONFESSIONS.
THE WEAKNESS OF TIE s6Uffl EXPOSED By
3 OF IT'S LEADING ORGANS.

from The LhdTtCtfOn Mercury, ofIt ~
While, on tie other side of the Potomac, be liberty
of the is crushed 10y mObs aud the military ann,
10 Is cur aO8t on tots eide OIL the Potomac mat tbis
great right and safeguard to Tree GoHerhhtht Is
preserved untouched aud un'arnish ed. To discuss
tr civ our public affairs although III the discussion
inauy fale views may be- presented II neceH'aTy 10
a correct understanding of til II; willie tie sll IL OI
liberty such discussion erits is absolutely essafy
TO the preservation 81 trte institutions oil GOEtih-
meut. All meu arc more or le-s fesll'e al l"eH
opinions p,licy being disputed hn9 the stronger
the dem nstraliOus asat them the her er me tls-
satisfaction But Ii erty is restraint IL eOnsirS
not ia every man enforcing Lie own ohnlo'e OF
lassiUns but III obedience TO general principles suu
the liberation OF Gid reuc, ia tDeir eniOictmeh';
We propose 20 discuss, briefly, what u ia1e Ioh-
gress has done, aud VIA 1t has iall-d 10 co. .
In tue first place, Congress nas yoied an army OF
near a Lalf nlliOu Of mel, AID fabulous amount OF
money to su,.!urt them. One OILY objection 10 lLis
legsliOn is that 1t is III Imitation oil TIE ou!i"k
on The other i:e o; tire Potomac. The Congress Of
The United States voted tour hundred thousand men.
We hral over them. We get To uear a hall mliloni
and when we 10 lnouc! they afe uo' cir'uh'
stance 10 This is IA sounding PATRIOTISM not Ia
the very best tasie. Nd should have lrgislate1
without regard TO the preteurious bullying oi MIR.
Lincolu's Congress, aGd have simply voted 10 tue
field tie force we iLolgLt adequate TO lie nli'aiy
cxigeucics Of the Confederate States. We have ho
idea that tue ual uliilUn Of men On. Congress II IS
authorized Will ever DO raised, or The mctns Tor
their support ever he required. We tud II difficult
to put an army OF eigty thousand men together "a
Wig ma, sud eighty onsaId men Is enough, ana
we lear more inan enough, for any military use We
can cut them 10. IhieTs says thai there was blt
ons man iI Europe who could WELD one hundred
thou. and men ia the field aud inst man was Napo-
leon We may have q crop Of NbIOleors coming
on to maturity, bat al present they have not sp-
peared No General Oh either slde, IN our war WIN
the United Stlles, has yet appeared who hhe proved
Liuself able efficiently TO hunole Thirty tbUusaId
men ia the ield Troops that You eaunot hsht are
elements OF weakness. They nsume, AID ,omrli.
cate aud emtafrass-help 10 disorganza'iou, ahd
may spread paul,s. So we aye oi u lAioh that u
we had heen a lite more moderate IN oar army and
financial demonstrari'u5 we would ave been = mus
more tsteemtd. We bdiuile Unlretentlods Gov
erumeuts as We do Unpreleuuons ueasres. SIM
Mi ity is pJtiive Vitue. Yet We VIII not quar-
r, with the Tired imay iuAuon. which VIII Deaf 'he
enemy, even in figures. kGL numbers are certainly
very IUbiTaDlc.
Approprialians have also been made to increase
our navy. ILis is department winch has been
greatly neglected According 20 the Constitution,
previously recommended by the Exe ut.ye. Lit,Ie
or nothing has heretofore been rccomneLosd by the
Executive for I! e duteUss OF our coast. Yet, II u
defensive Var was ID lie the policy OF Tie Com
uiahdCr-D-CIef IL was clear tbai our c'ae uust DC
installed the chief advantage OF our enemies being
tle po,seseon OF the ravy. Let the NOtherD armies
have no occupation ia defending The Northern
STATES aud they uust find employ ment on pr sea-
board. Dnt, by u strange incohrIeten,y, while our
army has been slowly OrganLed, ana In kel mac
i've our coasts are left unprotected. COnSIts',
although, we fear, too late, seelns 10 be 10" some,
what alive to this result, INA las appropriated
81 900 OJ1 for the COAT defense. Our urrd Is gun.
boats. But what can ws now do In apply ing
this money The Navy Yard at Pensacola stances
bele.pue,ed and usele.s TO us. TIE Nayy-Iard al
Norfolk is fully employed il repairing aud prerar-
jnr for sea the s.il { we captured iron tie enemy
when we captured the Navy.lnrd Ae the iustirG.
u,eutai. leo at hand AZ Charleston, or Savannah, or
Slobils, to buli the rou.cldd gunbOal5 or iron
clad floating batteries which our deIehse Imperl-
,ely requires We fear they are not. Where,
then can Ihey be obtained! Ia Eur0pe-wherc they
Ought to have been ordered or ottalucd lOus agJ.
But will the energy Of the Administration be equal
20 the emergency Tie question will he nnswefed
according 10 tie confidence Ia tie ctiiency Of the
Government. The very appropriation 81 but two
millions oil money itlcad 81 TX, which lie cal
geu,ies OF our do ense would fully require, doe'
tot seem 10 argue much confidence in ,Mueicy
of ne Standardization in tie Navy Department.
The States, We fear, Will have to defend thems-vee
by their own DEVICES aud without gunboas or naval
asDirIauce.