Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-21

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The New York Herald in reply to the Hrs,u,.,,
statement, that 10000 men stationed At Nev W.
could hold the South in subsection takss occasion a,
show what the North anal the South has don. :, a..
last two wars Of the RepubIic-that Of 1872 n ;,n
Great Britain and the more recent war with Ms~;.,
In the war Of 1872 there were fu-aixh.d ~, ~,
Northern States, troops which served for 49,.
months, 5S552 by the Southern States es len n,.L
ing majority Of $3.50 in favor of the South How
many did Massachusetts, furnish in this va-s o.l~
o,Ilo while New Hsmshire gave Ss7; Vermont
ISi-in al, 5,l62-less than little South Carolina
which furnished $685. The States which furu;sh.a
most men who served in that war were: Virginia
59,Ol7. New York, 3s,63S Tennessee, 24.s5s. Tn
the two wars the troops EMPLOYED in the arrne. ~
the republic numbered $4,000 men, of whom the
South furnished 2s7,0OO-more than double the
number of the North, which was only 1s7 600.
How was it in the Mexican war. Massachusetts
furnished l,047, of whom only two were killed and
none wounded, and the rest Of the New Roxlsnd
States sent not man, excepting PIERCE. of New
HampshirC. No militia from the North served in
that war. 1t was fought by volunteers consisting
Of class of men who viii never fight against the
South. The whole number Of troops Contributed
by the Northern States was 23,054. while the slave
States contributed 45 $3.50, or very nearly double.
Now, as the Northern States have twice the popu-
latOn Of the Southern, the South has furnishsd in
the last war four times as many soldiers a. the
North in proportion to population. The fighting
element Of the country, with the exception Of New
York city, is chiefly IN the South. The Southern
population are all fighting men from their childhood
They are always armed with revolver bowie knife
or rife. As for the Desperate expectation that the
negro slaves will prove an element Of weakness to
the South, it is vain.
In all the wars of Greece and Rome with other
countries, their slaves, though white men, never
revolted against their masters If the negroes had
even the viii they would not have the means or the
power On the contrary, they win prove grand
source of strength for they can attend to the Gotten
fields, the general cultivation Of the soil and oth.r
labor, while the whole Of the able bodied whites
can devote themselves to war. How many able
bodied men can the North spare to send Southf Net
one for every three the South will be able to send
North Vast masses Of the population of the North
ern seaboard are reduced practically to the eondi-
hon Of white slaves, while considerable proper
hon are sickly and very unfit for an army.
The South, therefore, is perfectly able to main
ain the contest What she wants most Is q navy.
But she can build one in the Mississippi, and mean
While she can hire feet Of privateers as did tbs
olonies against England in the Revolutionary war,
which win do the commerce Of the Northern States
more injury than war ships could ever infiet on
he Southern seaboard.
We commend this array of facts and figures to the
pecial attention of those, who, Ike the New York
Tribune, are disposed to sheer at the South and deny
IS ability to maintain an independent attitude.
lost sincerely do we pray that the day msy never
ome when the North and South shall be marshaled
q battle array against each other, but such evil
hould ever befau our country, the memory Of
'orktown, of Clifford, Of COwpens, Of Moultrie and
the thousand gallant spirits which in former days
ore aloft the banner of country, and consecra-
ID its folds by their blood and their lives, wiz in
pire their descendants, and be found in al the
illness Of its former vigOr with those wias will
ally to the defence Of Southern rights and South
m honor.