The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01

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Here we see that the total population OF the
seven seeding State is 1867. .756, Of which only
2,d56,is are tree persons The whole number
"f tree persons in the United States, in 1860,
was 27,ls5, 100. Hence, in q contest Of rum
'"'s, the free people OF the seeding States arc
hut one eleventh part Of tine whole. 30 far ns
numbers give strength we should stand 10 them
relatively AS ten 10 one. New York aud Penn.
s.lvana, can either of them muster a greater
free population than the seven seeding States.
3. Ii Is generally conceded by statesmen and
hi,toii ians. that slavery is element of weakness
m a state. We See 10y the table. that the mum.
ber OF slaves and free persons in the eecediny
States Is eaIly equal. La the process OF enroll.
ing militia. il is found that every tenth person in
a community is able 10 bear arms. By this rule.
there would be in the seeding States, 23I 1917
negro slaves. able bodied, Injured to labor and
fatigue, acclima,ed, exceIng the white people
IN muscular power, patient of discipline, aud ia
miliar with every locality. This formidable power
must either be le'; at home to uill the fields. to
be enlisted, with arms, TO fight with their mas
tiers. ON the first supposition, they would not
enter into the contest at all; and on the second,
the probable danger OF training them TO arme
would be greater than the possible advantage in
time of battle. Large numbers Of black slaves,
after having had arms put into their hands, and
after becoming expert in their use, would he re-
iuctant 10 he down again at the command al the
overscer, and receive n togging with the cart
whip. BESIDES the aggregation OF the slaves,
in large numbers, on plantations, in remote dis
t:icts, make, ,hem more danserous to the " hte
people. In South Carollaa alone, IN $50, there
were iSi plantations, having over 100 slaves
each, and OF these 30 had between 800 and 500
slaves each. During protrac,ed war, = consid.
erable white force would be indispensable to
maintain discipline and order over the whole
country.
But making the most liberal allowance, and
counting the influence of the slaves on neither
side. we should stand TO the forces of the sece-
derS as ten To one. But this statement prc-sup-
poses that all the free people of the seeding
States would be loyal TO their own government !;
whereas there is reason to believe that there
are multitudes of Union men in those States
who will make themselves felt as friends of the
General Government a. soon as opportunity
will permit.
A. In modern warfare wealth is power.
poor nation, unassisted, cannot long compete
with a wealthy one. In this respect the Union
has vastly the advantage. The national Gov
ernmen can. by its good credit, obtain capital
from abroad, while the sectional one will be
compelled TO rely on the individual wealth Of
its own citizens.
). a manufacturing nation, during war, has
the advantage of one that is obliged TO rely on
importations from abroad for the supply OF ts
wants. One reason why Napoleon could never
; conquer the English was because they were
able to supply SO largely their own wants. and
as England was the great workshop of the ma
tons, the profits of her manufactures enabled
her people to pay taxes which no other people
could have paid. In the Southern Confederacy
/ it is scarcely an exaggeration TO say that they
1 manufacture nothing.
g. Commerce brings wealth and credit, and
creates power on the ocean, as well as on the
. land. IL this respect, the seceders lahor undeI
a great disadvantage. With an enemy block
I aiding every barbor, they can neither send theiI
own surplus TO foreign countries, nor impor
from abroad.
:. The lessons OF history teach that where
empires have been consolidated by a SLOW
& growth, great inie'nal disorders may exist in
nation for 4 long time, and yet no permanen
division Of its parts take place. From tn
. foundation of Rome, during period of elevel
. hundred years, the Roman eagles never perma
= nenby rtccded from any portion Of the cart
where they had been planted, yet, during thi
= me. rehellions. instructions, and civil war
= occurred, almost without number, and in tb
e space OF thirty years on one occasion, ther
: were thirty contestants for the supreme power
II i'et. at no portion Of these eleven centuries
e were the boundaries of the nation abridged. O
p its several divisions permanently separated
,r Russia, with its numerous diverse tribes an
Laiions. is more OF unit to-day than it va
three centuries ago. Our own country ba
a been growing for two and halt centuries az
-e it ought TO have vitality enough to endure 70
y thousands of years. With nations as with 10
ie dividual-. injuries may be severely felt for
y :; long time. and yet not prove fatal to life o
:, limb. Time is the great renovator Of health
AZ and in the lifetime Of nations, a year is as
ie day in the life of a man. The present dificul
2 ties NAV endure for FIVE, ten, or fifteen year,
In and then be finally settled with little damag
Sc 10 the ultimate growth Of the American empir'
ne Civil war i new to u.s. and il makes. as It sboult
st profound impression upon our feelings br
the more fully We examine the state Of th
whole nation. and the lessons of history. th
n more ready shall We be to respond to the sent
ve ment Of the great American statesman, ths
or the hour for this great MOTTO" to feA, "a, ~
,ss came :" T. Z.