The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-06-06
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THTRSDAY. JINE q.

it doe. 10 a por;en5ous future. betOkenius
= bloody and terrible struggle If some kind
only whets the appetite for further rows ron
the scene of approaching conflict. Tie advice
brought by the io'a7gH on the 81 instant
published on oar next rage. arr only thra.
days later, and consequently throw iE- lit-l.
additional information on Tie STAT" Il affair
~ the South. One thing only seems certain
-lr1r sy ,g.ritat's. Tie t.Ie--II~ south o.
Washington are all cut IF, =, that very li,r..
authentic news is Published from thence. -zcerr
such as j. brought ~ circuirau- c.nveyauce-
The policy of the Southern Government j. ey.-
IDENTIFY TO keep IFS military ..l.u- a.. concealed
o. possible from The Federal Government. hon
Ing thereby Co gain some advantages IN any
which it may make.
There can b. 40 doubt ;hat before the lei
Of July. sIers viii be 40 least 100000 soldiers
under arms in the service ~: the General Gov
eminent. OF subject u rs call 1T g moments
notice This large force. or 80 much of IL as
may be- required, viii BE- employed IN various
IaEls u the border. mainly 70 act a. q guard
for defense. In ease Of attack from any quar-
ter. The New York HerqId gives the follow
Ing programme Of what the Government will
do. which appears very plausible. though the
number required 10 efiectuaIly blockade all the
Southern ports, will b. much larger than that
designated
FJrf--f corp, d'armse Of > 200 men Will be
collected in and about Washington FOR the purpose Z
defending the seat Of government, protecting the
nl'itI-y posts, controlling the Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay, and keeping open the commuuicltion be-
tween the North and he capital. Washington Will
serve for It, point f'GPpui, while Is line Of operation
will extend all along the LETT bank ofthe right shore
Of the bay.
Sseoad-A second corps. p, 1000 strong, will be
formed in and about 81. Louis. \ portion OF it will
be employed IN protecting the Union men and Feder-
al properly in that State from the violence ofsecession
sympathizers, and the TEST in holding Cairo, and the
junction Of the Ohio and Mississippi, the most impor-
tauJ strltegicll point in the West.
THirl-Of the remaining 4O.OOO-5.OOO are cx-
pec'et 10 be thrown into Western Texas, 20 form q
nucleus around which the Uniyuists u that State Will
gather
Fourh-25.OOO will be employed in a demous,ra-
tiOn for the relief OF Fort Pickens, and the recaptuIe
Of the other Qualifications about Pensacola bag.
FIfi-IO.OGO men will be kept lowering IL steam
transports between Charleston and Savannah, 70 wog-
~ the rebels by necessitating the presence Of e large
defensive force III both places, and effect - landing
wherever opportunity shall offer.
The army operations viii be seconded by a stric;
blockade Of the mouths of the Mississippi and all the
Southern Ports. Orders for n general blockade have
not as reported already, been issued, but will doubt
lessly lie given rs soon Is the steIIl-friga;es now fit
ting out will be ready for SEA-.
This programme reflects exactly " at the Govern
ment has decided 10 do, but will Of course be materi-
ally changed in case Virginia and the other Border
Slave States should secede. Washington, however,
will be defended, and Fort Pickens relieved Ut any
cost Of blood and treasure.
We cannot better I'LL our columns to-day than
by inserting another of the admirable let
tiers Of Mr.. j. W. SimontOn 10 the BuH,ht,
written from Washington, which gives proba-
bly, q better insight into the relative position
of the two sections Of the country, which are
- soon 10 be engaged in a war. The writer's
symPathies are, Of course, altogether with the
North, and due allowance should De- made for
that circumstance but many facts are given,
which Will be read with interest. and which
are necessary to q correct understanding of the
claims and position of the North and South
THE CIVIL wAH-NoH1H And SCUM CoxrRAs1Ep.
i shall be expected to say something in respect TO
probable issue Of the civil war, If il mu.j come.
Let me say n the beginning, that II cannot and will
not be 4 war . for the subjugnti0n If the South
but in dsfsHss Of the Government and 70 proven; Is
By the South. II J. the s~ecciiug States
rebel, and who seek % Overturn the Government,
which consequently must always have the advantage
that belongs 10 him who stands on the defense only.
The Government does not propose invasion Of the
south. but only 90 retaEs IT, own property wherever
it can. and 70 execute such Il tme Avs Of the United
States HOir a. will make II = necessity Of existence
the remainder snail be Voluntarily ODeyed by
the rebels by-lnl-bye. Thus, fr instance. they viii
the ports 81 the Seeding SJItes, III order 10
prevent smuggling, and execute the revenue law.
Similar guards against smuggling viii be instituted
IN the inland border and tine waters ;rayersing the
loyal and dISlOyal States These things done, and
supplies cut of from the Seeding States, the latter
must either return 20 their allegiance, retire from
heir assault upon the Constitution. or make offensive,
IHrGsire war against the Government. To 10 this
viii need twice the force which the Government
will need FOR successful! defense. The call OF the Gov
for 10000 men, has already brought forth
DrJier5 Of at least 100000, and II they are needed,
the States Of the North alone can furnish and seep ia
the field half a million Cd lIeI. Jefferson, after 3 ur
months II recruiting, has an army 81 $1,000 men.
True, the telegraph tells rs that be will call ior lJD,-
boo more. This i simply "a desperate brag, and be-
only his insanity or iusinceriJy. Nothing can
better settled than that the Confederate States are
wholly unable 10 raise any such force ~ thus pro-
posed. Their utmost possible force Of citizens able 10
bear arms, even for defense at home, Is 800 ,UOo-OT
their entire white popull;iOE-aud more
than nalf of these must Je kept ut other pursuits OF
to say nothing Of the force necessary TO keep the
slave population III subsection. y to arming, cloth
ing and feeding any such force - 10000 men, the
position : simply absurd. Each soldier in cam
Daign costs not less than 5000 per annum to the
government employing him, which, multiplied by
10000, gives an aggregate cost Of Slu5, 100000
for this simple item The Confederate
States have not been able to raise Slj,OOO,OUJ, even
IN forced loans, and moueycl men vii! not and can
he expected willingly to contribute their funds TO
he creation Of = state Of anarchy which destroys all
property values, and makes the rich man poorer than
he poor.
On ILe other hand, let me quote the late Secession
.rg4H, the y. \. HERALD, upon the strength OF the
North, a. that authority, speaking against it, own
HcIua;iOns, mast be admitted to tell no more than
he truth. II says:
The Northern and Western States have an enrolled militia Il
isady w." and 70 half millions o. men, a"-tol whom arr trained
3D. che USE II firearms, ami can maze p pretty -YI shot. and
many % them are regularly drilled and disciplined H or-lrizet
ouIauEa-- These States have also abundance % munitions OF !
sar. and money enough 49, command {, sustain q large fu-s- 800
De l-li- There exists. moreover. a perfect Gr4uirlly IS feel
Dol. g. Eak- All these resources available o. tire service sf tE-
It IS true that half TIE men ~hu are u.w hurry
~ Sa O. Washington tu NOT cafe who g. President many ,f f.
hem may De- opposed 90 Mr. Lincoln and E- party hG- tt'g f.
~ r4rs FOR the Ilfsgrtg. ns Ef.. rs g.ryH1Nsurg Df the
RsUuhiIr- and iu tts sentiment ~. PARTY predictions lI pre-
IdIels are E9S submerged
The North anu the South are equal in courage. If
itner mas superior endurance aui cOuluess il is the
whose Climate make the blood run slower,
,ut the pulses in whose patriotic bo~ams beat an the