Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-20

the Cndnces OF war among natlOns possess
ing an equal amount Of courage and en-
ddrance ale almost exactly measured by the
amount of money belligerent can com
maud. Money Is equivalent TO numerical !
superiority in men, in ships, in means Of /
locomotion and subsistence, and in the per-
fection and completeness Of instruments of !
destruction. Success is no longer an attri- !
butte Of particular nationality, OF the for. |
tune of q particular General or matter Of |
accident but depends upon mass, and the !
skill with which this is welded. The COM
batant excelling in these two conditions |
must in the end win, no matter what re-
verses it may at fret suffer from want of
preparation, or training, or habitude.
This premise, which is universally con-
ceded, Should relieve us Of any concern es TO
the result Of the contest In which we are
now engaging, no matter how wide may be
its range, or The extent to which 1t may be
! pushed. We may concede personal courage
to our opponents, fully equal TO our own,
and still'le them in hopeless inferiority
! as to their ability to maintain anything
like an equal hght. The Confederate States
contain q white population Of 2,500, ,0O0 or
. about one-eigbth of the population of the
Northern States. The latter can, If neces-
sary, bring force eight times greater into
the field. 4 .p
All the slave States together have white
population of only 100000, against 9,0O0,-
90 in the North. Measured by numbers, the
North is twice and half as powerful, as.
sumiDg all the Southern States to be unit
in sentiment and purpose. But this is i'm
possible Missouri in no contingency will
join the Gulf fConfederacy, neither will Della
ware, nor Maryland, nor Western Virginia,
nor Eastern Kentucky, nor Tennessee. In
case of hostilities, the proper surveillance
! over the negro would compel at least one
half of the white males to remain at home as
] h. laar,o %.
| such degree as to render it the hight of
fool hardness for the South to venture upon
! the contest. ...Hsa i.. .f.r
How is it with regard to munitions of war
\ In heavy ordnance and the like the South
may be pretty well supplied, from the forts
they have seized and plundered. But in the
sseceding States there is neither powder
mill, nor afoundery for the casting of cannon,
| nor an establishment for the manufacture of
arms. Did any such establishment exist,
they could never turn ont material or arms
that could match those manufactured at the
North. The seeding States to day are being
supplied from ourselves with every thing
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 purchase.
4 The Southern States are people without
= artisans. Labor is held in disgrace. The
greater portion of the white population are
ignorant. To say that such people can
i supply the very first conditions upon which
success depends, proper armament, and
complete with the trained skill of the North,
is an absurdity that carries its own refutation.
Take aWsy the arms the Federal Govern
ment 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 commits
sariat. The seeding States can not manu-
facture yard of clothing fit for soldiers
wear, nor raise the food for his rations. These
must be supplied from the North, if at all
They are still weaker in the grand sine qua
! non-cash. This the seeding States are
literally without, and with the exception oi
one or two points, never had any. 1t is the
law there, that the crop is realized and spent
t long before it is gathered. Charleston wa;
} looked upon as the richest city South, II
proportion to its population. Yet Charleston
is almost completely exhausted. The State
is go pressed that it can not carry on the worl
necessary to complete its Capitol. All its
banks are broken, with hardly dollar o
coin in their vaults.
lis contributions to Secession are forced
, loans. There is no other city South that
had any money except New Orleans anC
! this can be had only by forced loans fron
the banks. This resource will soon be ex
, hausted, and then there must be an end bott
= Vi DOEIOWlDR anu VI lOTC6u lUhH5s w ltu Ill
the bluster displayed, the SIS, ,000, 900 loar
can not be sold to voluntary purchasers
Nor can a second loan be put off, should thi
q one be wrung from unwilling victims. Tht
! moment State secedes its credit is ruined
. The conviction is universal that Secession
4 will end in reputation. A people that 81
readily trample under foot the most sacred
obligations, will not be long in thro wing OF
! q debt the moment it is regarden as burden
- Nouninollu Virniuio iS still q IOual State. n
the fear that she will secede, has caused he
!, bonds to fall to 57-the same bonds that
3 few years ago were sought after at lis, ant
but for Secession would to- day be selling q
q handsome premium
q Seeding States individually, can no
q borrow, because they deny all legal responsi
: bilities. The Confederate States can not, be
/. cause they allow any one TO secede from theu
>. at will, and because they embrace two btac
g sheep among them, Mississippi and FIorids
2 No one will trust firm where these two ar
il leading members, neither at home no
a abroad nor among themselves. In whateve
! direction the Confederate States may look
. they can get no money, except by spoliation
? which soon exhausts what it feeds on. Thei
a people have none, and they can show thei
il face in no foreign market.
Vi The South lies entirely at the mercy of tn
k North in their innumerable points vulnel
able to attack. They want 100000 men as
,, defense against 10000 on board a well
4 appointed feet. One day this force coul
o threaten Norfolk the next Savannah; the
L Florida, Mobile, New Orleans and Charles
\. ton. No one could tell where the blow wa
10 to be struck, and consequently every men
70 aced point would have TO be well guarded
t. Such fleet and force could, in six month
e put the whole South in perfect frenzy, b
$, constantly lowering upon their coast wit
l. hostile demonstrations. They could nc
touch H. and could only regard it froI
,e their shores with impotent rage.
ef What is the contrast the North presents
10 this pcture2 Vast wealth proifered to GOV
ernment with generous hand-hundreds {
lt millions if necessary, and with it 10000
N men, supplied by homogeneous, united an
le enthusiastic people. Each State eau plar
and maintain a respectable force in the fielt
ct and several Of them armies. Every one {
T. them can raise any required amount of none
y at the legal, and many OF them at muc
s. lower rates of interest. The credit of all
rs without stain. The value of their securiu'
ID is unaffected by the civil war. Contrast u
% bonds of the State of New York with tho
+ of Virginia, the former selling at double Il
price Of the latter. The new war loan
le New York will be eagerly sought for; Will
of If Virginia secedes she can not borrow do
r lar. Suppose these two States to be pitt,
Id against each other, does any one doubt II
O. issue2
" On the land, the Northern States aloI
constitute first class military power,
their wealth and the number OF men the
IN can arm and maintain in the field. The ski
Ia of their artisans is the admiration Of Il
- world. In food they can sIpply cont
'H nent. To say that such people can n
overmatch one rude to the last degree in 1
b It's industries, capable of producing Meth
he their food, nor clothing, nor arms, n
To means of lOeomotion--a people, the great
tie portion of whom are unskillful and u
A. trained, and impatient of all discipline
~ restraint-is to affirm that ignorance
is stronger than intelligence, poverty tn
al wealth, and wild INSTRUMENTATION than tral