Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-08-30
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call of Lincoln for IS 900 troops to subju-
gate the South, made on the 18th OF April,
iast after the fall of Fort Sumter. The VIII ole
OF that interesting, amiable and lovely Sec
,ion of the American continent, numbering
some twenty odd millions of human beings,
each one fn feeling and spirit, for the patriot
ie purposes of the occasion, host within
h;,,sslt we're ablaze. This call was sue
cee5ed by another dated on 3rd OF May for
sorue sc, 900 more to be added to the regular
seryice-to the standing army and navy of the
.sulorious Union" Responses came up to
Washington from the vaIions Governors of
the various Northern States,by telegraph, as
surfing the President that he could have any
number of men, at any given place at any
given time. Every newspaper we received
ives teeming with accounts Of military Or
CARNATIONS; every spot, according to the re-
port, was the encsmpment or rendezvous OF
men armed and eager fo- the fray. first for
the defence of the Capitol of the Union, and
next to wash out in Southern blood the sin
suit to the flag of the Union," which BEAU
ed to it in the harbor of Charleston. Such
was the enthusiasm and such the fervor of
the descriptions we received OF the military
movements in the North, that we might have
concluded they had million mep in arms.
But We were not frightened, for we knew
that if Lincoln got the number he called for,
he bad or would have, together with the
regular army" about 10000 men, few
more OF less. We are inclined to think he
got them. We should, indeed, be disinelined
to believe be had less number. in view of
the very ample Preparations We have made to
meet them-and especially in view of the
fact that we have so thoroughly and con-
Teniently drubbed them, whenever they have
Tentured in reach of our arms Let Us not
slur the name, courage and patriotism Of
''our Northern brethren" by saying they had
not their complement of 10000 valiant, I'M
f1inchiDg troops. We, therefore, assume
that to be the truth. .-.. --sH- -s-r- .
Now, the very interesting problem is, what
have they done with them? Will anybody
answer that question? We have been fgur-
ing at it ever since We received their account
of the battle at Manassas. We faneied We
had nearly reached the solution, when we
heard theig account of the affair at Oak Hill,
near Springfield That disconnected our en-
tire calculation, aud We had to begin again.
We made slow progress; but We are brought
to stand-still since the fight at Summerville,
in which Tyler's command was by a concate-
nation of unavoidable circumstances over
come. We GOw give it up. If any body
wants to try it We will tell them the story as
it was told us.
Their Grand Army, which moved into Fir-
ginla on the Tuesday previous to the battle OF
Manassas Plains numbered 55, 900 men. They
had some 25 miles to march, and only had
frou Is to Is, 900 in the fight: What became
of the rest?
They had from p to 10000 soldiers in
South Western Missouri, and at the battle of
Oak Hill, they only had 5000: Where were
the remainder? ...r.. a.
TYLER belonged to COx's brigade, number
ing to 10000, but when he came to the
sticking point" Cox wasn't there "as we
HElO 0VO
Why didn't he have more -a 81. .-. -
After figuring up these several questions,
the expert but necessarily persevering ac-
countant, will please add those engaged at
Manassas, Oak Hill, Summerville, say 3d.
600 total. and after adding few odd thou
sands for the small matters at Bethel, Rich
Mountain, Beverly, &c.-say altogether, in
round numbers, 4O,O0O-tell US where the
balance of the 10000 have been and why
they have not come to the scratch What
have the other lac, 900 been doing all this
time 1t is plain to see that only one in every
of those called out have been
cble to get to the field of battle. According |
to this proportion Mr.. Lincoln will have to |
call eat and obtain million to get two hum |
dred and twenty or thirty thousand fighting |
men. At this rate we beg the accommodate
ing arithmetieian, to inform US when he will |
be able to ''Yindicate the flag" and subjugate
the South e7 s'-s-- .E-1f 50 ..l
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