Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-27
From the " Y. World, Sep. 18th.
MORE MINI MORE FORCE!

| From the n Y. World, Sep. 18th.
| MORE MEM MORE FORCE
Iy1s now five months since the bombardmcnt OF SUM-
ter and the great uprising n u termed OF the North
tru people How sisnd We, The rebels absolute mas
T. "a Of eleven States in hsf possession OF the twelfth,
pressing upon our borders Threatening GU. sno
| we on the Offensive wondering when aud where they
ri, stike Who heard the burst OF patriotic wrath
as April and heard the great rsyng cry over
every Northern hill and valley, could have believed tha'
his ssptau Der Gun would have risen upon slch posi-
| tom We boast Of great doDgs-eIul. over the
millions of ouey raised and the hundreds OF thousand
cf men armed eq1ipped drilled aud disciplined; but
hoast as vo NAV the TACT still remains that the enemy
| ut our threshold, ard we are on toe defensive! We
hsv. talked loud Of superior population, supr or
wealth superior credit superior intelligence superior
morality, superior physical condition Of our armss-su
terior every thing, and ye We ire on the defensive
We have hcaped all Of denunciaion aud execra-
ton upon the rebellion, sigmatz d Il a. the mos LEILA
rious aud accursed that human d'pfaviy ever con-
seyed sso,n before high Heaven that it shall be put
down and the priceless bersge Of our fathers saved
and vet here we are the rebellion looming, week sftsr
week right at our front, sndf~e on The deiensivsl
Now We are going TO take up the nssntste cry for
An advance which, weeks ago. drove the national
,roops to such disaster and disgrace Heaven forbid
Our troops are prepared Tor an edvance There Is
i not one OF their commanding General,-neher AcCsl
Ian on the Potomac Wool NJ the Fortress, nor R
cr,ns in Wesurl Virznia nor Fremont in Eastern Mis-
sour-who would bs usufable In pushing forward bis
column NJ the present for there Is not one OF them
.bo would not DO opposed superior force of the
enemy in superior position, and the stake is Of too vast
momsnt 10 be neediessly mperled. But Why this supe
rior force ON the part the enemy How Is 1t that cur
twenty one mions after these hve month"; have under
RIM, less nun bsr Of soldiers this d'y than the eight
millions of the Confederacyy We may say that the Con-
derste Government has used conssranb while our Gov
eminent has not
But the fact i, that the great body the immense ma
ory of the Confederate soldiers enlisted - volunsrJ
a. our own Even we're t otherwise our question YOU
ain Ia M answered IL matters not how n Davis has
rased mis- immense force There it Is, and 1t has been
mr. busint a. 10 outnumber It, No sane Northern man
will ali m that We have been unable. Why, then, has II
| not been donei We have met reverse ater reverse
Great Bethel, Bull Run Carthage, SpriDgt id,-have
,ue.ed Missouri to be overruu, East Tennessee TO be
,odden md, have failed follow Up our Advantage
in North Carroll a. and rsfrains from all like demonstra
ions else where-aud all for want OF sufficient num-
Der of men, Aud what is sii worse, there Is not EVEN
now. WREN all the hard copseqce1ces OF the deficiency
have been brought home TO any cd qrase means In
one alton for i;s remedy Congress contemplated and
,ttlorIed the raising OF five bundred thousand men or
| he sne.dy suppression of the rebellion We have not
one.haf that number en- our rolls all told and n the
rate We are eplstng, will not such more than keep
oood even that poor figure, sgas the current casual
ne, of disease aud bat 1t takes months, as We have
ound 10 our cost to make available settlers Ose would
ldge rom the present progress OF the North IN eDs
ug that had made up its mind 10 90 through the VIM
Ter campaign with force not materially larger thar
the present and tsse tho chances II this indeed 80
| II r ascls mser ably upon our patriotism.
Rad We the halt million foot, which Congress
voted or could We be assured Of them BY the hrst Of
December il is morally cersn that the rebs lion wond
me Ito end before the beats Of the next summer With
our present force no man say when Is will be Ell
sec,ed or indeed that 1; will he s cted at all We
imply feh,irg the reb equal terms with one guar
GER of our strepgth. Ia such cause as we bave-the
yery exsteI the nation at sake-the North ought
| o fud no great difficulty in outings million OF men
uuder arms. The French Republic OF 49, with popu-
alton but ts exceeding free States raied twelve
hundred thousand repel the European coalition
which was threatening is destruction. Il true they
had Carnot in the civil ella who was all, both to
infuss courage aud tnthu issm into the people, ard
then to organize with grsndest unity and thsot We
have no such inspiring commanding ability in cur pub-
iIo administration. Blu. We htve-1hat ought 10 be
| ,orb far mors-a people Of uneqused intelligence,
Who have Ind for three generations the richest expert
ere, of the blessings Of constitutions freedom.
II Ia idle for the Northern people to wait for any new
imnul.s from high places. They ought to fnd their
stimulus to duty In their bpsom or, an eIterra
monitor be needed the sight OF the glorious starr
and strips Ia danger Of being BUNDLED and buried for
ever ought to be enough This en.ting must not lag,
a. IL il doing The toople everywhere must wake up TO
the real recessites Of the government and rally to the
overthrow Of it's enemies The present defensive p,'
.ition is shame and danger. We ought 10 have az
mss that can ford something sse-armes before whose
superior strength REBELLION will qua. aud cover instead
Of anszng the world, il nov does with proud de6at
front. We should remember that every cay this fell
treaeon keep, ita stand. b day added TO II: pres.
tra a. the expens. Of the good nsms of the republic
II va crush this rebellion with quick decisive, over
wHtlnrg blow, We shall take higher rank than ever
amor 9 nations. If We allow wavering, dngsiog,
logrng strengthening on the defensive as long as We
can AID in attack never assured of SUCCESSIVE shall
wade through dishonor and probably e'm OUT in defeat
Triumph Is sure II we vii it, bat must show oursve'
m ira IA esrnes:-mus put forth OF our strength.
LyrrrR yRoN GEN BR GO -Wefnd la the Charleston
n,r;,r ha toowirR admirable letter from Brig. Gen.