Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-09-13
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tits now Eve months since The bombardme ment
OF Sumter, and the greatest uprising, as It is
termed, OF the Northern people. How stand
wei The rebels absolute masters Of eleven
States, in half possession Of the twelfth, press
ing upon our borders, threatening our Capital,
and we on the DEFENSIVE, wondering when and
where they will strike! Who that heard the
burst of patriotic wrath last April, and the
great ralying cry that swept over every North
ern hill and valley, could have believed that
this September sun would have risen upon such
position2 We boasto of our great doings-ex
ult over the millions of money raised, and The
hundreds Of thousands of men armed, equipped,
drilled. disciplined; but, boast as we may, the
fact still remains that the enemy is at our thresh
old, and we are on the defensive. We have
talked loud OF our superior population, superior
wealth, superior credit, superior intelligence,
superior morality, superior physicsl condition
OF our armies, superior everything; and yet
here we are on the defensive!' We have heap-
ed all manner OF denunciation and execration
upon the rebellion, stigmatized il as the most
Defarious and accursed that human deprayity
ever conceived, sworn before high heaven that
IL shall be put down, and the priceless heri-
tage Of our fathers saved land vet here we
are, the rebellion looming week after week
right at our 'front.' and we on the defensivel q
Now we are not going to take up the insen-
safe cry for an advance, which, q few weeks
ago, drove the national troops to such disaster
and disgrace. Heaven forbid Our troops are
not prepared for an advance. There is not one
OF their commanding generals-neither Nc
Cleilan on the Potomac, nor Wool at the Fort
ress, nor Rosecrans in Western Virginia, nor
FREMONT in Eastern Missonti-Bho would be
justified in pushing forward his columns at the
present time; FOR there is not one of them who
would not De opposed BY o superior force of the
enemy IN superior position, and the stake is OF
too vast moment to be needlessly imperiled.-
But why this superior force on the part of the
enemyY How is IL that our twenty one millions,
after these five months, have under arms less
number Of soldiers at this day, than the eight mil.
lions OF the C0nfederacy2 We may say that
the Confederate Government has used con.
straint, while our Government has not. Bat
the fact Is that the great body, the immense
majority, of. the Confederate soldiers enlisted
as voluntarily as our own. Even were il 9th.
erwise, our question would still be unanswered.
IL matters not how JEFF. Davis has raised his
immense force. Thereit Is, and il has been
our business TO outnumber IL. No sane North
ern man will affirm that we have been una
bie;T-why then has il not been done We
have met reverse after reverse--Great Bethel,
Bull Kun, Carthage, Springfield, ,-haye suffer-
ed Missouri to be overrun, East Tennessee 10
be ltrodden under, have failed to follow up our
advantage IN North Carolina, and refrained
from all like demonstrations elseWhere.-and ali
for want Of sufficient number of men. And.
what ia still worse, there 10 not even now, when
all the hard Consequences Of the deficiency have
been brought home to US, any ADEQUATE means
in operation for its remedy. ,Coneress coutem.
plated and authorized the raIsing of Ave hun.
dred thousand men for the speedy suppre ession
of the rebellion We, hsye not one.balf that
humber on our rolls, all, told and !, az the rate
we are now enlisting, will not much, more than
keep good even that poor figure, against the
current casualties Of disease and battle. II
takes months, saa. we have found to our coat, TO
make .eyailsble eoldiers. 4 One would fudge
from the present progress of the North In en-.
listing, that H. had made up iis mind TO no
through she winter campaign with o. forcs not
materially larger than the present, and take the
Chances. II this 10 indeed 90, it reflects miser.
ably upon our patriotism. qlsif q tis sr.dT
Had We the hall million on foot, which Con.
gress Voted, or could We be assured of them by
ine hret Of ,December, u 10 morally certain that
!he rebellion would meet il end before the
meats Of the next sumner. With our present
lofce, no man can cay when IL will be effected.
Or indeed that Il will be effected Al Ali. I we
are simply fighting the rebels on equal terms,
with one quarter Of our real siren 9Th. In suob
Q cause 90 we, have--tbe very existence of me
nation at stake--the North ought to fiud mo
great difficulty in putting million Of men mn
der arms, The French Republic of ,93. with 4
population but little exceeding our free States
raised twelve hundred thousand men TO repej
the Epropean sooalitinnl which was threatebins
10 desnuctlonsl 10 b true they had Carnot In
the civil councils wholwas able both TO ipfuse
courage and lsnthusiasm'into the people, and
then 70 organize with the grandsst unity and ef.
Dfeot.y We have no such inspiring, command,
ing, ability innour public administer tou. But
we hsve7-Rhat. ought 10 bedwofth far hiore--s
people ofu unequaled intelli Eencs, who have
had fofthree generations, t1e richest experi.
ence Of the blessings OF constiturioual ffeedom,
|, kis Idle for the Nort6ern people 20 WhIt "a,
any nev impulse from high places. They oufhl
TO find their stimulus 10 duty In n cir own bo
SONS; OF, Il on external monitor be needed m,
mere sight Of the glorious stars and stripes. Il
danger Of being humblod- and buried forever
ought to be enough. This, ealissine must no
lag, as " 10 doing. /, The people must wake n,
70 the real necessities Of the Government. an,
rhlyst " the overthrow of its enemies. Tn,
present defensive poaition u shame ana n dan
gerssa We ought 70 have armies that can affor,
something Belse--armies before whose superio
strength Iehellioniwill quail and cover, ins.est
OF amazing the world, as 10 now does.s viii
proud defiant 'front.' We should rsmembeI
that every day this felltreason keeps In stand
is . day added toits prestige, at the expense q
the good name Of the Repablic sIIf we crush
thia syebellio lionowith onegquick,i decisive, over
whelmipg blow, we shall take higher rank thar
beyers epQpg The patiepse II We allowa waver
Iings dssggiags llngsring struggle le-4sciing cniths
defensive es long as We losn and i'm sttaci
! never assured Of anccess->w ne shall usdsthrouEl
dIahopoys and probably como out In dsfSSt
1 Triumph y pure II We wiz itbut wepust Shot
yourselves. more IN eafnest--must PM forth NOR
,,ef our strength. ,asHir eerc'ao--.bsiduob