, 1861-08-22

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1861
WMAT SLAVES ARE DOING Fon
TaE REBELS.
The most dangerous error that can be |
made in WEI is that Of undertaking
the strength Of your enemy. That blum
der has been committed in the present con
test The public have been reckoning
the rebels at less than half their
actual esmbastiye force. The country
has ignored the four millions Of slaves,
aud counted them 81 nothing But refusing
10 entertain them as an element In THIS
war, does not annihilate them, nor prevent
Their taking part III the war. They are
not reduced to nonentities because we
have omitted them in our estimates.
In computing the relative strength Of
the loyalists and rebels, people foolishly
calculate IN this way: The loyal tree
States and Territories contain nineteen
millions Of Inhabitants; the white popu-
lation Of the seeded States, FIVE and bali
millions; the white population OF the oor~
der slave States, including Western VIZ
xinis, three millions, and let the rebels and
loyalistst TO Offset each other. Then We nave
nineteen rnillions Of stauneh friends Of the
Government with which to put down five
and = half millions Of rebels. The con-
elusioa drawn from such premises is very
encou1aging. Can't nineteen Northern
Union men whip five Southern rebels? OF
course they can, without half trying, is the
comforting opinion
But these calculations are fanacious. In
the first place. the 1oyalists Of the border
slave States do not offset the rebels therein:
The former, at best, are but "neutrals, :"
With few exceptions; while the latter are
active ard. malignant in their hostility to
the Governments and have rendered the
Confede1ates inmense assistance in men,
money and munitions. Kentucky, which
boasts 50 1,ud]y Of her Unionism, has sent
10000 soldiers to aid JEFF Davis, and
scarcely man to help the Federal Gov
e1umert, though We hope for better things
ct her hereafter. Maryland and Missouri
require $1,000 soldiers to prevent the
traitors in those States from conquerlng or
exte11n5natiog the Union men residing IN
them.
TIE very lowest estimate that can safely
be made will give the rebels two Of the
three millions Of whites in the bordel
Btates, nomi.ally III the Union. The whit
population Of the Union, therefore, /
divided as follows: Loyal, twenty millions
Rebel seven and half millions.
But what has become Of the four NIL
licrs Of s!ares omitted in the calculations
Why are they left out? They are neithe
dead nor idle. They are doing more t
sustain the rebellion than an equal nun
Der Of whites. They are feeaing and clotl
ing the rebel army. They till the soil
they do the hard drudgery IN the camps
they fetch and carry; they erect the ba
teries, and dig the entertainments, an
mount the guns; they drive the mules an
teams; lead and unload the wagons an
railroad cars. They assist in al the MI
chine shops IN manufacturing cannon an
other warlike material. Thousands
them are mechanics, workers in Wot
and iron. They handle the axe, the pis
and shovel, the hoe, the sickle and Il
plow. They work for nothing, and boa
themselves. They produce much 81
consume little. Females and children
bor as well as the adult males. There
70 ten-hour rule in Dixie for the bon
man. From daylight to dark they mt
1o1-men, women and children-witho
compensation or hope Of reward, 9th
1han stripes.
The labor Of these four millions Of slay
supports the rebel side Of the war. 1t
ables the whole able bodied male popu
ton to enter the Confederate army. 7
slaves are left in charge Of the old n
and females and mounted patrols. tt
dare not rise to throw off their yoke,
cause the rebel soldiers they are told, y
= come back and massacre them On the f
symptoms Of insubordlnation.
They would doubtless make the atteu
and strike for their liberty, if the Cove
ment held out to them the slightest
couragement OF prospect Of support
seeing nothing in that quarter but chill
frowns, they bend over their daily ia
and patiently await the ripening
events.
Those four millions OF slaves sf-set
least eight s,iHons Of Northern viii
That many Of our people are employee
home in the fields and workshops, to s
port the soldiers sent forth to fight
rebels who are maintained by the sla
The actual resisting power Of the rebel
therefore, equal to that Of white pop
ton Of fifteen millions, with the great
vantage Of fighting On their own soil
TIE following from the Montgon
1Ala-) Adoertistr Of the 9th inst, sets
in few words, the tremendous assist
rendered to the rebels by the slaves:
Thetotal white population Of the eleven S
now comprising the Confeder.cy, is Elk mill
aud therefore 10 eli mp thu ranks Of the proI
atnY {CDU000) about ten per cent. of the c
whlte population Will be required. In any
country tAtu oEr OWL sECh draft could n
met, but the South=ru States can furnish
number of mcn ard etil not leave the ma
Interests Of the country in suffering condi
ThoEe Who are fucapscitatcd for bearing
can pyereee the plantations, and the n<groe
goon suadssturbsd in heir usual Ia19rs. 1
North the case IL diGereit; the men who joi
41my Of subjusation are the 1Eborers, the p
cers and the factory operatives, Nearly ever.
from that section. especially :hoae from the
districts, Ie1pes some brasch Of industry to
during his adseAcz- TIE Institution Of ss1r
TIE South a1one, esadlfs her to place in tte
fo7ce 50 much 1ayyea~ in proportion 10 Aev
population tton 1as North, or indeed any &C
which il dependant entirely on free labo..
INSTRUCTION Is A TOWER OF SIRE,
TO TEE SOUTH, PARTICULARLY IN
PREeENT CRISIS, and our enemies =
lkel, to f1d that the "znozal cancGr,''
which their orators are 20 fond Of prati1
REALLY ONE OF TEE MOST EFFEc
WEAPONS EMPLOYED AGAINST THE e
By THE SOUTH. NhateTer number Of me
beneeaed for this var we are eonhdent our
stand ready to furnish. We are Ill enlisted
war, and there nazst be NO holding back nn
independence Of the South is ful1y acknowl
This confession Of the leading sec.
paper Of Alabama, places the wholt
ter in nut ahell, and substantiates
thingwe h&ve said. TO all intents an
poses, the slaves are making WAT a.
the Union. They are theback bone
rebellion. They feed, equip, and st
the Confederate armies. They are
doing more for the rebellion than the