, 1861-05-10

i the Border Slave States, with the exception OF
Delaware and Maryland, will make common
/ Government. T.e,e is uch talk about
/ neutrality" in Kentucky, Missouri, and Ten
! nessee. IN this case sineutrality'' means d
] ce.ert alliance with rebe's. and treasonable
willingness to supply them with aid and COM
!ort. The Goverament will regard suca stnen-
slals. es enemies, and will deaf with them &C.
coralngiy MARYLAND aspires to similar po-
eition of neutrality; but geographical neces.
slty @1l1 compel the Goyerument to lay hands
On ner At the outset Of the war, aud it is there
Iofe not worm while to estimate her among
lae parties to the conflict. Delaware alone,
the Union.
The war which has row bepun will there.
fore be Waged by the Free States. on one side
against thirteen Slave States on The other. to
Wit; Virginia. North and eo,,th T.-a,;,, Csasi; "
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, MiasIssipni Iona.
lana rsxa'. Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky,
and Missouri
Ine population of the Free States. bv tbe
Census of 1860. amounts to ia e5n 75g. ths frea
population Of the thirteen rebetIiuns States
to 1851, 57,395-cousfderably less than half fhet
Of their opponents. ''4A'
In the Free States every man able To t3par
arms is at the service Of the Goyernment n
the rebe1ious States certain number nf men
are required at home to Keen in snh;action
3,9l2,G6 slaves. Bv law of Ton;a;ans n1ants
ers are obliged to keen on their nlantat;Gna =
sufficient force OF white men to Fesist ne.1rn
ineurrection. Custom rsuders the san1a ma.
lica imperative in the other a1,Ta az +. ~
Thus, from tie 1857 wS;tsa t of tsa oss ssI,eg
lous States must BE- deducted 1arre h,d1, lve ~
adult males, who are reouired at h6me ~ ~. =.
faoA the women AVID nh;1dre1 ~ Snu ap15 .s ~ ae'
groes. It is with The balance onIV that ~
Government will have to deal. tA3S
In modern warfare, however. suecese IL w,r
-o4 @+S~@So ~
longest purse. In the long nm irss1,;i1., ,;. no
the day. The comparative wealth ~ X ~ W.
sections thus becomes q matter of ~ III:
est moment, In the Baak. of tha ata+es - nea-
constituting the Soutne CnnfedarsaI +he.a hu"
is at present about $50 600 COO in enscis s.et =
N0,O00 more, With the eTnss+;ao aooas *p,
Banks Of New Orleans. ali tbe RanI. ~ ~ tbs tbe
Gulf States. Of North Caroi1rn 1anae sa5 ~ 7ne
ginia, and manp ~ thoas ~ T..a ~ W W,
K72t.essv. are ,nso17snt y h.r 1onnessee aa9
sns.,e ,,snrsas4, .-I .a, t1ate suspended
uncurrent except at enor1nnns d;sooaHt
the three cities Of New York. Phi1sde5-
s5l 900. 600 in snece and rba srh.t1aas'1sa aogas
and mint about s15000 0Oo mora NnIe. 70
Western Banks secnred hu dence1+s ~ 80, ~.
State stocks. sre greatly denEsc;ateJ '!Rre R,e
the currency Of PennaVlranfa Naw Wy DIN
and New England ia At mar. Il fs no.. Iii
known that the ATTEMPT to negotiate $5 010 mn
of Coufaderate Bonds Ten ,svs ~ 'osUo'o 49,
failure, notw;thstandnp the terro;is,,, "as a1ar
cised bv the rehel nresa Wben ~. Ga,.1s:. s1e.
ment asked for sS 000 c39. IA ono mn .se1o
offered. nutwithstandinr fbs onnos;tion nf
leadIng neWs,aners- RE sontharn sn1,ao, VI
Banks contain ~, little mnnev +ha. IL esoa.se
is net worth reeorf3ing in stat;st;ca1 rann.tas
in Nav Eueland. NeW YorE and PanGpo1es' po1as'
Dia, the w6rkipg classes have danosttad :n,.s.
*130 000. COO in Savings Banks TfSe GnUsr4'
mvnt Of the United States csn borrow withont
difficulty. and at a mo5erata Tata tf;,tanaat