The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-10-02
RESOURCES or THE souYE.

We have not seen anything from any
source, not even our sblesi Southern Jour-
nails, which presents so clearly and - puw
erfully the inexhaustible resources Of the
Coniederacy in men and means, and the u,-
ter absurdity Of any attempt to subjuga'e
her, as the following article from the New
York Daily News, thai irrepressible adyo.
cate Of common scn,e and pltri0tlsm against
the usurpations and tyranny 81 the present
Federal Government. Read Il:
We have collected many insulated facts
relating TO the movements Of Southern troops,
and also some general statistics indicating
the aggregate strength of The Southern army,
aud present them 10 the pabir to.day.
These facts, and the inleFences to BIZ drawn
from them, il candidly considered, eannot
fail TO impress the North with tn. Solemn
truth that it has awakened to hostility mon
ster power Of boundless resource sni lnyin-
chile will.
Two hundred and fifty thousand men this
hour bear arms tor Southern independence.
One hundred and fifty more have been called
to arms by the Confederate Congress, and
those who know the spirit and temper Of the
South in the present crisis, know that the
call is rot sent forth in vain. Home gp,rds
throng in every county, city, town. Bayo-
nets CLEAN on every public road. Gonpa-
nies rally into acknowledgement into
armies. Wide moulhed cannon guard every
shore. Strong willed men line every border.
A whole people sleep At night upon the tent
ed field, and rise in the morning ID the beat
Z .E Il rhns naI ~
men Of the North, are the sons oi these wha
left their bloody tracks upon the Northern
SHOWS, and humbled Brliains pride aud pow
er in the war Of the Revolution. They are
! descended from those sirong-wlled barnn'
who wrung guarantees for freedom ffum u,
/ King John at Runnemede. Right or wrong
/ thew see only Liberty as the purpose Il tht
! struggle in which they have engaged, ana
for that they have cnnsecrated themselves I,
the cause as martyrs. Hence tie potent
patent truth--a great empire. from The ~
tomac river TO the Gulf, is one vast military
camp wherein strong men thrnng IL arms.
But the South is not strong siane 10 y
numbers aud its insinciblc resolution. Sh
has native resources 81 spi, abundant ani
4 inexhansthle. The census ii lS5O--thr la
test complete public authority upaa tie sub
iert-infcrms Us thai the South, emhraejn,
less Than one.third Of the population et Oh
United States, raised thar wear wheat efoug
fnr It's entire population; that i grew mo'
than 80 per ceninm of The eltirr corn cfa
II ihe linnn. and that the value dt i, ! iugl
tered animals was nearly SO PER cen'Hm I
the whole value returned inr tie Cniie
States. Ii we add 10 these tie sapefabur
dant rice crop II tie Southern si#rrs. y
{ have an aggregate from which " dt.ltr, \
the simplest mathematical calculation, III
important fact that the South. IN nfppartln
to its population, produces annual, il bieid
s,nifs a value mere than d0ulIe ihai " i
. North. Sire Is, therefore, twice Al capaah
! nf self support IN / prntraCied VII. hsgr
ciaIi, i such tie fact 10 the rts.ert ira
when the usual export crops ~ .fc
measure give way 20 staples Of pafe in.rt
diale necessity. The facts told Dy thr'
! pain. unpretcnding agricultural fgHte., III
, d creatrr defence against War+shlp h4Ht kat'
: than al the booming cannon " hi..n.g shrl
thar ever did execution in the Nat, 81 na
against man.
We hut STATE taCts-isCts VIII 5HF ~ \
Z blcst man ought % know--iaet. .ln,h csi
not be ignorrd--ficts which A. elninr
with warning. NJ prison-huusr. O. n.i'c
{ ment can hide or suppress them. M iyra
nv can avert them. No violence car 0'f
| come or subdae them. They are y inr',
! bic a. time. These things are. Ihr tpm
the popular mind grasps them, rraiiLe' iina
! deals nationally with them, the s,Hatr "
dawning ol the morning upon Us. IN. e"i
: ilict j. not a short. and will not be . qFt.
one, if srms be the mesns and .8fJasaii
. the end. II Great Britain could M sAbda
three millions of Americans n .ftfn ,ear'
| the North cannot subdue eight mtlii"n.
seventy times seven years.
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