Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-02
TIE RICHMOND WHIG.
Prom tie Cincinnati Timer.
TIE NORTH AND TIE s0UTH-WHAT IS EACH


An exchange. In comparing tie exerion Of tie North
and toe South in The pending struggle, says that " n the
South with less than half the population OF the Eor
can -n out more men than The latter, she willsucceed
and deserves 10 succeed 100 II think more OF our
parsor Al comfort than d. liberties, we are unt
10 be-r tho naue Of frecmsn-snd the sooner we ere
'subdued BY superior power the better lev more
revsrses and shall have earned the right oil being des
o sed by the meanest power on earth.
AL houeh not wiling TO concede that the rebels
dssrge success or that the ethargy oi the Norm &c
serves defeat vet the former section con,iuuts iis g
rfn,c xertions and the latter does more thsnii has
done the Corsi:uton viii he oycTihrown, and the Union
severed by conttmptibe minority.
Making allowance for the divided sentiment IN me
border slave States Gnd this struggle is conducted by
seven millions OF people, fighting in the cause OF dts
posm and slavery against tgentY-oue m'ions ccn'che-
irr tor law order and constitutional liberty TIE iter
having az its command the entire naSy, ihe msJoT o.
the regular ssmy, s the best grain E'ips territory All
the nanu:ac cries, aad neeriy 81 the moiey "a iLe
co,rtry and vet the focman has always been able TO
crngr,r,e the l,rres. armies and OF course tewccn
mn Of equal courHgs tbs advantage must decide the
fate Of the day.
Tbeir armies are moved with clsTity from point to
point while KEEP; IDLE in the campo, TO DC ae-
mcraljz ID by inactivity few painted logs, or le'ge
sore upes and a regiment OF men, Is sufficient 10 keep
2sO 900 at bay while the main body OF the ehss 90 70
some oiher point Width large fotlis ut our COM
nanJ The Potomac has been closed st least batteries
have been erected so that be closed a. any mcent
necessary or eonyepant and yet 70 man e moved III
Ie treatoned drectiop and VIC are daily ted that cur
enemee have "a yet msGnsumcusy lct our ships pass
ard rcuass This they viii doub. continue 10 DO un
Il. they discover some pr - worthy an tfor'.
l. 'rue. cur ships have oscasioesliy 'shc!ed the
woods" and found rebel but OF what consequence
verc these pcure expeditions, If the disputed ground
was uroccupiedl They as senselesS as the chasl
aug Of the SEA by Xerxes.
There can 5e 30 longer any question tha we nave been
out gene fssd on tie Potomac II not elsewhere. NO
dcub, bu. our enemies srle when they bow easily
ee have been deceived concentrating our armies where
there was danger and leaving exposed points threat
ered by attack.
IL was no. by encountering Hannibal in Italy, but BY
carving the war iso Africa thattbe power OF Carthage
was broken; and it j. not by defensive, but offensive
operators that the rebellion can be crushed. The
sooner this Is realized and the sooner the government
mCkes preparations commensurate with the magnitude
of the iask before II, the better
II we lacked single esaenslo the prosecution OF the
yor there would be some excuse for delay Bui we co
not NcH England manufacturers can furnish e!o'aiue
ana arms IN abundance Pennsylvania and the North
west could feed all the armies OF Europe, and New loIk
t. aud indeed the capitalists I'll over toe coun
try have ioerally furnished money, and any amount
vi'cl nav be needed will be forthcoming.
As TO men see what Indiana and Iliocil, with live
Governors bsye done 0thtT Sta'es would bays done
a. WELL under the same ciIcums aaces suG-Ts should
I D.
From Inc lsfmercement the people haze mcniiesiee
he utmost willingness to volunteer but they rave TOO
often mt With, ouly encouragement, bus Sb,olue
| encouragement
Oa thS other hand not rebel has ofred his services
to the Ccned rate authorizes tu, he has been accepted
and whenever the voluntary sSstem failed, tfe rauks
have been filed by drafting With hut single line Of
railroad from the cotton States to Richmond an army OF
quarter OF million has been concentrated on the Poo-
/ nae aud In Western Virgins; and with comparatively
| Z a - k-., cn1 a,nd, had
Suppose the exertion OF the loyal States bad ben
equal in proportion TO their numbers and advantages,
with those of the dsoyal ores, does any one suppose
ta today there would have been the vestge OF the re-
beon remaining: Ii is not yet 100 late to retrieve "hat
have lost by inacyity but it will be too isse ere
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