The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-29

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ENTHUSIASTIC PATRIOTISM OF THE NORTH
FREE WILL OFFERINGS rOg THE EXPENSES or
THE WAR.-We publish in another column ta-
BILE which proves more convincingly than any
thing else can do how much the patriotic feel
ing of the North is engaged in the present
struggle. 1t is statement of the amounts con-
tributed by legislatures, corporations societies,
and individuals, in sums Of 81, 900 and upwards,
as free will offerings to the government in aid
of the war. These are entirely independent of
loans from States or capitalists, and are abso-
Lutte gifts, entailing no future obligations or
responsibilities on the country. II should be
added that the list is far from complete, and in
cludes only such contributions rs we have been
able to hunt up from our files. Neither does it
represent the sum total in each locality as the
subscriptions are still being actively carried
on. The aggregate amount, as thus presented
is $1l 239 900, of which New York city gives
50, I55 900, and our State Legislature So 100000
And all this has been subscribed since the 18th
Of the present month.
Large as the amount is, however, il Is far
from representing the extent OF the free will
offerings made to the government by the North
in the brief interval which has elapsed since
the rebels commenced the war OF sums below
thousand dollars subscribed By private indi-
viduals, and Of which no mention is made in
the statement to which we refer, it is no ex-
aggeration to set down the aggregate at
S5,000,0 900. If we take the average expendi-
ture of each volunteer of the 100000 men who
aIe now drilling and under arms in the free
States at $40, it will give US further amount
OF $2,500,000. Besides these sums we may
put down $5,OOO,OOO more for the contribu-
Portable outfit and equipment Of such Of their
members as have taken up arms in defence of
the national flag. And of casual sums given
on the spur of the moment to applicants need
ing aid in rifles, money or clothing, and of
which no notice has been taken, the total is pro-
baby not far short of another S5e0o,0oO
These different amounts thus figure up
Contributions Of 81 oco and upwards :ss oo9
Expenditure 0, volunteers $50 each) 2sOoOOo
Contributions Of families to outfit. 500000
Casual contributors in money and clothing. 100000
Total. so, 900
Making an aggregate Of nearly twenty. nine
millions OF dollars spontaneously donated to
the government in less than fortnight Gould
the people of the South but have foreseen this
wonderful unanimity of feeling and patriotic
self devotion on the part Of the North, it is safe
to assume that the national flag would still have
been left floating over Fort Sumter.
What contrast do we find to all this energy
and earnestness in the fact that of the first in
stalment of S5OGO,000 Of the $l5.000,000 Con-
fcderate loan, issued more than two months
since by the rebel government, only eight
millions were bid. This does not show
that the heart Of the South is as thorough
IL with the action Of the Montgomery
government as it Is represented to be.
Here all classes are prepared to contribute to
the last dollar Of their resources, not for pur-
poses OF vengeance or determination, but
for the sustainment Of those glorious institu-
tons the influence Of which has done so much
for human freedom all over the world.
THE DOLLAR SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE VoLUS-
TEEas-A list is now open at this Office for
subscriptions in small sums, from dollar up
wards, in aid of the volunteer regiments and
the families Of the gallant fellows who are
Offering their services to the government in the
field, from those who cannot afford to con-
tribute more largely. We shall hand over the
amount contributed every week to the Union
. Ccnce Fund Committee, in Pine street, who
viii credit us with the same, and we shall also
publish tie names of the contributors and the
amount subscribed regularly in our columns