The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-07-04

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These depots are all connected with each other
by railroad. The whole number Of volunteers in
Virginia is SIS 200. OF these, about O.OO0 are now
organized, and the military council Is rapidly organ
izing the balance. In addition to the Virginians IN
der arms, about 5000 organized volunteers from
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky
have arrived. President Davis, in his message, an-
nounces that l6, 900 more from the Confederate States
are en- route fer Virginia There can be no doubt
-hat within a few days 100000 well-drilled fighting
men will be concentrated here for the defense of Rich
mond, Harper's Ferry and Norfolk"
One of the New York daily papers says that
/" the Southern troops are probably IN u more
forward state of preparation, and have more arms
and better officers, with the exception of General
Scott, who is a host in himself. They also fight
on their own soil, which is Of great advantage 10
them. They know the country, and the popula-
ton being friendly to them, can render them
great service by that kind of guerrilla warfare
which so harrassed and distressed Napoleon's
troops in the Spanish peninsula. But the num-
bers, the money, the credit, the munitions of war
and the resources are all on the side of the North.
Its navy alone is worth more than Il hundred
thousand fighting men. With such odds against
the revolutionists their ultimate success is almost
impossible. But the result of the first great bat
tie is looked forward to with anxiety, and Will
have a tremendous moral and political weight in
deciding the issue now at stake. If the North
should be defeated in the first great pitched bat
tie it would be 4 serious blow and discourage
ment, but it would not PROSTATE its spirit or end
the war. If De South should be defeated and its
army destrOyt, that would be the last of the
Southern rebeyi jon"
These fgurf and statements are sufficient to
indicate that j. is to be no petty war, if the two
hostile parties come together, as appears now
certain beyond n peradyenture. Some of the San
Francisco papers profess to discover signs of
peace in the latest advices received, but We can
find nothing Indicating it. On the contrary, the
North appears to be redoubling its energies to
equip and send forth such an arr>y as the Ameri-
can continent has never yet witnessed, to assist
the government in restoring its sovereignty and
authority over the rebel States. While to meet
these, and to maintain the stand which she has
taken, whether right or wrong, the South is
e~xerting its utmost resources, and will turn out
an army of not less than 100 900 men,, to meet
whatever forces may be sent against 1t. This
will be no child's play, but as affairs now stand,
promises TO be one of the hardest struggles for
supremacy that has ever taken place on the
Western continent. 1t is the onject and inter-
est of the Federal Government, to strike its
blows as quickly and as rapidly as possible, and
for this reason we think the next mail will an
nounce the conflict as fully begun. Its result
no one can accurately foresee, though viewing
the scene from u distance as VT do, it would
seem as though the supremacy of the Federal
Government, which Is the question at issue,
is simply "A matter Of time. If We under
stand rightly the issue, the Federal Government
is determined on restoring its authority in every
State where it is now denied and repudiated.
If it cannot do this, then Secession becomes a
fact, and the Southern Confederacy becomes 4
government, per Sc, and viii have a right to
act for Itself. If, on the other hand, 1t does
restore It's authority, Us we most sincerely hope
St NAV. then the rebellion will be suppressed,
Nleaders ried and hung for treason, and the
~States sill take that position in the Union
arcnms-uces and the legitimate will of
~llot TO rem. Il; may be tbal '
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