Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-06-06
War Manifestations.

The Secession conspiracy came to O bead
| in South Carolina little more than six
months ago; and from that hour every SYM
pathiZer with the ira tors has been preparing
for the iReyitabe Contest. The net result is
according to our best acc0unte-an aggre-
gate muster of One Hundred and Seventy
| five Thousand Men. alarms under the ban
ner of JEFF. Davis.
The calculation of the copspirators befere-
hand was that the Slave States could send
into the field Four Hundred Thousand com
batants. We do not consider that extrava-
CANT if it had reference merely to levy en-
masse, for special occasion-say, to resist
an advancing hoast in the heart OF the rebel
regions; but we doubt the ability of the in
surgent States to keep in the field more than
Two Hundred thousand fighting men. OF
these, half will be absolutely required to
guard exposed points and man essential for-
tifcations; SO that One Hundred Thousand
will be the highest number disposabie for
active service. In an emergency, a larger
army can be concentrated for battle in
some position central to the rebellion but
for any offensive operation-any movement
that requires ample baggage and baggage
wagons, provisions, munitions, field artille-
ry, pentoons, &c., One Hundred Thousand
is the full disposable strength of the rebell-
ion. And the ability to keep even that num-
ber in the field throughout an average cam
paign is yet to be demonstrated.
Now let us consider dispassienately the
military resources of the loyal States:
The Union States did not begin to a m for
the contest until the Fall of Fort Sumter, not
yet six weeks ago. Since that event, not less
than Five Hundred Thousand men have VOL
unteered to fight under and for the old flag.
o. these, over Two Hundred Thousand have
been accepted, organized, and are now in the
field or drilling at various points, impatient
to be ordered 10 the front. One Hupdred
Thousand more have been fully organized,
are of undoubtsd efficiency, and ought 1--WE
think to be promptly accepted. The resi-
due of the Half Million-though sorely tried
by past rebuffs and discpIragenents- will
rally to the standard of the Union upon the
first assurance that their proffers of service
will be regarded and treated as those of we'll
deserving patriots, not beggarly ofice-seeS-
ers. We hold it already demonstrated that
Half Million. Americans are ready and ea-
ger to fight for the Unlen, so soon as they
can be shure that their services will be
promptly and cordially accepted, and that
the President may, if he sees fit, annouace
to Congress, in his Message on the 5th of
July next, that Four Hundred Thousand eff
ective patriots are already under arms, pre-.
I ared to make short work of Secession and
lite abettors. And the disparity in arms,
munitions, provisions, &c., will be quiet as
decided as that in men.
And here is another ground of contrast:
The martial and agricultural South has al
ready been constrained co resort to draft or
conscription, and has largely recruited her
armies by giving persons suspected of Union
ism their choice between enlisting in the
traitor ranks and being hunted out as
" Abolition traitors" SO that thousands now
stand in her ranks who would rather be all
most anywhere else. Even the siege Of Sum
ter was converted BY warnipg out 10 serve