The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-15

EoFhL ca, Is demonstrated by the inc0nteerole
facts and figures to be found In the official re-
turns of the War Department. In the war OF
the Revolution Massachusetts, then glorious
MASSACHUSETTS,, contributed more than double
the number Of men furnished by any other
colony. She gave 82,2O6 soldiers, which can
not be altogether accounted for by the fact
that the brunt of the war was at first on her
own so1. Connecticut supplied 39,75l; New
Hampshire, IA, 4l6; Rhode Island, 10,047; while
New York gave $1,000; New Jersey, 16,74O;
Pennsylvania, 33,l2s; Virginia, $4,000; Mary
land, $4,000 There were then no anti-slavery
States All the colonies were slaveholding,
and all did we'll. Now let US come to the war
Of 1925. By the Northern States were
then furnished troops which served for
three months, 1852; by the Southern
States, 96,l82, making majority of 58,5O2
in favor Of the South How many did Massa-
chusetts furnish in this war? Only 3,ll0;
while New Hampshire gave 8s7; Connecticut,
3S7; Rhode Island, 637; Vermont, l3l-in all,
5,l62-less than little South Carolina, which
furnished 5,696. The States which furnished
most men who served in that war were: Vir-
ginia, 39,0l7; New York, 38, 638; Tennessee, "a
$50. In the two wars the troops employed in
The armies Of the republic numbered 424, 900
men, Of whom the South furnished 2S7 900
more than double the number of the North,
which was only $4,000.
How was it in the Mexican war? Massa-
chusetts furnished LOAF, of whom only two
were killed and none wounded, and the rest
of the New England States sent not
man, excepting poor Pierce, of New
Hampshire, who was made President for
fainting on the field of battle. No militia
from the North served in that war. 1t
was fought by volunteers consisting of a
class of men who will never fight against the
South. The whole number of troops contri-
buted by the Northern States was 23,054
while the slave States furnished 1850, or very
nearly double. Now, as the Northern States
have twice the population of the Southern,
the South has furnished in the last war four
times as many soldiers as the North in proper
ton to the population. The fighting element
of the country, with the exception of New
York city, is chiefly in the South. The South
ern population are all fighting men from their
childhood. They are always armed with re-
volver, or bowie knife, or rifle AS for the des-
perate expectation that the negro slaves will
prove an element of weakness to the South, it
is vain. In all the wars of Greece and Rome
with other countries, their slaves, though white
men, never revolted against their masters. If
the negroes had even the will they would not
have the means or the power. On the contrary,
they will prove q grand source Of strength,
for they can attend to the cotton fields,
the general cultivation Of the soil,
and other labor, while the whole of the able
bodied whites can devote themselves to war.
How many able-bodied men can the North
spare to send South? Not one for every three
the South will be able to send North. Vast
masses of the population Of the Northern sea-
board reduced practically to the condition
of white slaves, while considerable proportion
are sickly and very unfit for an army.
The South, therefore, is perfectly able to
maintain the contest. What she wants most is
navy. But she can build one in the Missis-
sippi, and meantime she can hire feet Of
privateers as did the colonies against England
in the Revolutionary war, which will do the
commerce of the Northern States more injury
than our war ships can ever infict on the
Southern seaboard.