New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-04
TROOPS NORTH AND SOUTH.

we TeCenN! puOHsneu hn eItIdCt HoH l"e
| McmpLis appeal stating that Arkansas had now
| in active service in the Confederate army o
| force numbering II 500 men. The particular
/ States in which these troops are employed, and
| the officers under whom they are serving were
| crcumstantialy given, and We see no reason for
questioning the general accuracy of the state
ment Doubtless it overestmstes the number
somewhat as is usually the case in giving data
of this sort; and, for the purpose of basing
some calculations thereon, we deduct : per cent
for this excess, leaving the total Of Arkansas
troops "nOw engaged in active service" at
90 900. At the last Presidential election, the
State of Arkansas cast an aggregate of 54,O53
votes. Consequently, the number of men she
now has actively employed in the pending war
is ten twenty .seyenths (Or little more than
one-third) as many as deposited their ballots at
the recent national election.
Let us zee how the quota Of troops furnished
to the war by this Rebel State compares with
that Of some Of the loyal States Of the Union.
IA in her case, we cOnfne eur estimate to troops
now engaged in active service.
Taking the ratio Of ten twenty-sevenths of the
last Presidential vote, the State of New-York
ought now to have in the field $50, 900 men. We
need not inquire whether she has that number.
We doubt if she has one-fith part Of it, or in
other words, so 900. We are not unmindful Of
the alacrity with which this city responded to
the call which came from our beleaguered capital
in April last. And We are proud TO be able TO
state that the number she now has of the seat
Of war comes nearer to the Arkansas standard,
than that of any other part of the country. But
let Us not forget that according TO that ratio,
the quota of our city ia more than $4,000.
Illinois has given TO the country its Chief
Magistrate If it would follow the example Of
Arkansas in furnishing troops for the war, it
must place in the field 125,OOO. VIII il do even
one-tLird as well as thisl
Maine has provided the Union with its Vice
President Measured by the standard We are
now contemplating, that state should furnish our
army with 81 ZOO of her sons. We trust she
will at least send one half that number.
Vermont is not usually backward in defending
her country. From the days Of Stark she has
been prompt to obey the call Of duty. But if
she would keep pace with Arkansas she must
forward to the war 10000 Of the Green Noun
tain boys. Has she one-fourth Of that number
now at the seat Of hostilities!
Massachusetts has done nObly. Her trOops
were the first TO rush to the defense Of Wash
pqton. But when 64, 900 of her brave men are
in the tented field, she will have done as much
in the cause of " Liberty and Union," as Ar
kansas has in that of Slavery and Secession.
IL a..
Secretary of War. When the " Keystone Of
90 the Arch sends 17G, 900 soldiers to fight the
battles Of the Union, it viii have contributed as
much TO sustain it as Arkansas has to destroy it.
The Secretary of the Navy is from Connect
cut. That State is teeming with seml-Secession.
ists, under the guise of peace men. The most
efectual mode of silencing their discOrdant notes
is to muster and march her quota to the war,
10 wit. 10000. Even half this number would
awe them into silence.
As the Secretary OF the Treasury is from Ohio,
we should be 10th to ask her to emulate the re-
pudiating State Of Arkansas in anything but her
pronptness in meeting the demands of the Gov
ernment whom she serves, by forwarding re-
endorsements TO the army. Tested by the stand
ard we have erected, the quota Of the first.bOrn
of the Ordinance of 1857 is 10000 We need
NOT say how far short Of that number she is likely
to fall.
We cannot dwell upon particular States. Es-
timated according TO the rule Of ten twenty
seyenths of the last Presidential vote, the number
Of troops which Indiana should place ot the dis
posal of the Government is 100000; that OF
Michigan, $1,000; that of Wisconsin, 56,OOO;
that of New.Jersey, $1,000. 1t is unnecessary to
20 through with the list By ascertaining the
amount of their vote in November, the omitted
States can readily determine the number OF SOL
diers they must send forward to come up to the
Arkansas test.
TIE number of troops furnished to tue Con.
federates By Arkansas, is, we presume, proper
tionately gfeater than that Of any other State.
But we have seen the number supplied by Vir'
einia stated, on trustworthy authority, at 49,
600, Tennessee at 10000, Georgia at $4,000
Mississippi at Il, 900, and 80 on. This is far IL
advance Of fwhat has yet been done by any Of th'
loyal States. Friends Of tue Constitution and th'
/ Union this ought not 90 tO be Shall th,