The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-24
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chances OF war among uasaouS ~
squal amount Of courage and endurance are
s1mest ersctlv measured b. the amount Of
.Wev = bellieerent can command. Money il
eouiv.lent TO numerical superiority in men, in
aSin,, in means of loSomOtion and subsistence,
nj In the perfection and completeness Of in
eHruments Of destruction. Success is no lOnge: |
m Attribute of particular nationality, or the |
l6rtass o. . particular general, or . matter OF
eoeident, but depends upon mass, and the skill |
With which this is welded. The cOmbatant ex |
ceiling in these two conditions must in the end
vim, no matter what reverses it may at first
suffer from want Of preparation, or training,
q habitude.
This premise, which is universally conceded,
sAoulA relieve % of any concern As to the re-
suls Of the contest in which We are now engag-
ins. no matter how wide may he its range, or
the extent to which il may be pushed. We con-
eede persona! courage to our opponents, fully
eoual 70 our own, and still leave them Ia hope
Len inferiority as to their ability to maintain
ANYTHING like an equal fight. The Confederate
States contain white population Of $780, 900,
OF about one eighth Of the population OF the
Northern States. The latter can, if necessary,
bring . force eight times geeater into the held
All Of the Slave States together have white
population Of only s,OOO,OOO, against 10000
600 in the North. Measured by numbers, the
North is twice and half as powerful, assuming
al the Southern States to be unit in senti-
ment and purpose. But this is impossible.
Missouri in no contingency will join the Gulf
Coofederacy, neither will Delaware, nor Mary
land, nor Western Virginia, nor Eastern Ken
toeky, nor Tennessee. In case Of hOstilities, the
proper smrveiiianee over the negro would COM
mel ct least one-half of the white males to re-
nain at home a. local police, increasing the
DISPARITY to such a degree as to render it the
height Of fool-hsrdiness for the South to ven
ture upon the contest.
How is it in regard to the munitions of war
In heavy ordnance and the like the South may
be pretty well supplied from the forts they
have seized and plundered Bnt in the seced-
ing States there is neither powder mill nor
foundry for the casting OF cannon, nor an es-
tablishment for the manufacture Of arms. Did
any such establishment exist, they could never
turn out material or arms that could match
those manufactured at the North. The seced-
ing States today are being supplied from our
selves with everything they use. But for this
source they could not put regiment in the
field. Disarm them and they must remain so
until they can again supply themselves by pur-
chase. The Southern States are people with
out artisans. Labor is held in disgrace. The
greater portion of the white population are ig-
norant To say that such q people can supply
tie very first conditions upon which success
depends, proper armament, and compete with
the skill OF the North, is an absusdity that car
ries its own refutatiOn. Take away the arms the
Federal Government have distributed through
the South, or that have been stolen, and they
would be impOtent for any military exploit
Whatever.
They are equally weak in their commisariat
The seeding States cannot manufacture yard
Of clothing hit for soldiers wear, nor raise the
food for his ratiOns. These must be supplied
from the North, if at all. They are still weak
q in the grand sine qua non-CAsH. This the
seeding States are literally without, and with
the exception Of one or two points, never had
any. It is the law there, that the crop is real
ised and spent long before it is gathered
CHARLESTON was looked upon as the richest city
South, in proper ion to its population. Ye
Charleston is almost completely exhausted
The State is so pressed that it cannot carry OF
the work necessary to complete its capitol. AL
it hanks are broken, with hardly dollar o
coin in their vaults Its contributions to seces
sion are forced loans There is no other city
South that had any money except New Orleans
and this can be had only by forced loans from
the hanks. This resource will soon be exhaust
Cd, aud then there must be an end both OF Dor
rowing and Of forced loans. With all the blus
ter displayed, the $l5,OOO,O 900 loan cannot b.
wv ~ 'Oso"iy PuaS""oSAS. A'o' S'~o S~S
ood loan be put of, should this one be wrunl
from unwilling victims. The moment a Stat
secedes its credit is ruined. The conviction i
universal that secession will end in reputation
A people that SO readily trample under too
the most sacred obligations, will not be long il
throwing of debt the moment it is regardet
- burden. NOminally, Virginia is still 10y
ii State; but the fear that she will secede, ha
caused her bonds to fall to 57-the same bond
.s "~ years ago were sousn' aver q. liz
s1o o3s I0f secession "ouio 'o-uay We senins
csnusou'e premium"
Seeeoing 0'a.es' "uiV'ouaits' cannVt oo!'o"
0scAuSe .ney oeny al egai Responsiveness
Ine NonIeoers'e o'a,es cannot oecause Tue
salO" any one 10 secede from them a' VIII, an
Deeeose 'uey embrace tWo c!deH Msep au'oa
mem nlss'ssPpi anu riorida. NO one WI
1s aIm WHERE S"ese '"o are ieaoins n'eu
-. nsI.ner 1' nome nor aoroad, nor sncn
0emsSNeA IN Whatever oirection tue Coniee
e.e Sssses may look, 'ney eau ger no mone.
sceP. ~ sPoarsuon wncn soon eNhans's VIVA Nh
MNecs On; Ineir people nave none; anu Tue
sao NOV tneir lace IN no foreign market
The South lies entirely at the mercy OF To
North in their innumerable points vulnerabl
. attack. They want 20O,O 900 men as a defen.
against 10000 ON board we'll appointed flee
Ons az .o!s force coalo tnreateh Noriolk' u
AA. Wilmington 'ne next Snaries'on' "
1sxt savannah then Florida, Mobile, New u
!sens ana Galveston. NO one could tell wheI
NE DaoW was 70 DC struck' ana consequent
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