, 1861-05-16

STRENGTH OF TIE REPUBLIC
AND I1g ENkMfE8.
In calculating *thd probable magnitude
and duration Of the contest between the
Anerinan Government and the Confederate
relels, it is necessary 40 ascertain the rela-
sive numbers md resources Of tbs som-
batanta .~~
Without en.ering upon an investigation
Of the warlike reso1nces Of eAch side, We
will concede that they ere in proportion to
their respective populations This il Ger
tain]y liberal basis for the insurS Santa who
are notoriously deficient in mechanical
skill and proficiency. Battles; in modern
warfare, are won and lost less by the bray
cry Of the soldier than by the superiority
Of the instruments welded by enc OF
other army. Grant tha. the weapons of
the rebels, the skill in using them, and
the personal courage and discipline Of
the insurgents are sll equ&l to the correla-
tive officers, and attributes Of the loyal
forces. This Is coneedink more than they
are entitled to.
Everything else being equal IN kind,
what are the respective numbers Of the
patriots and tories! The Republic starts
With nineteen free States with q population
Of nineteen millions, against eight millions
of whites in all the slavs-holding states.
The Government has already added to its
columns Delaware and Western Virg gini..
And by throwing strong force into
Washington, has completely detached
Maryland from its adversaries and secured
its material resources and, to some extent,
its fighting men on the side of the Repub-
lie. The 4009 troops called from MARY
land by the President viii shortly be in
the field.
Northern and. Western Virginia per
e1nptorily decline to leave the Union, and
fla4y refuse to be attached to the Cotton
Confederacy The people Of that section
have held q Convention at Wheeling to
organize q new state and cut loose from
the decayed and slaye-breeding east
Missouri is h. much the same condition
as Maryland 4 part Of the people are
loyal from choice, and the remainder upon
compulaion. The State belongs to the
rreat West and il necessarv to ;ts develon-
mont and materio1 welfare The west
can not nFotd 10 1et:tf,e tories attach it to
the dominicns Of JET Davis. Whatever
.1.a Wv 10 +ha rea,,,t If tho wa, N;a.onr;
,,,,,.. -a.,.;n ,,nd.r the St,ra and s+rin.s
Kentucky eviuces no serious intention
70 ioin the rebel conederacy. To leave
the Union is to leave the institution Of sla-
very behind, and to utterly shipwreck her
material nnosnects Tuder the 1eadersbin
of The gallant Anderson. and with the
az:
powerful backing OF DMo, 1nd1anA hnd
J11inois. it ia believed thas tho loval men
iltinoA7' - oe.le'e>t 1a"' s-o .o@"t 1'en
will hold that StatB at her Union moor
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1Dg3.
Jr Eset Torre.saa TIN 1Tn;an stands RI
Ia still kept floating bY Andrew johnson,
E@a.aan Et,,s-;aae ] 49, s,otss .nd the
fme1soa hsnerags' nelson, osoAes "uo %ne
indomitAble P8rBOn Broynlow In " eat
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Tennessee the loyal men, though l.umer-
,,. ,.o ,.,o,o,.-oa h- ;,.,,-+.o.x+. ,1 !.
7airx, ~ tarror and hariabment ev;sts
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FOrthe present We classify Tennessee in
4t 1:,4 r. "a c+.+,. 1,1;o.+;,
=. ,~.ss1 - 1..11 ~. 20 49,"
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A124 >'>-4 .41o s''ose ~ VIC 1'epo po1'ne
WlGnGFeT L0e feQefM Government shall
<,.,,u,.7 Narnrh;s AND oxar+h~.-4h 49,.
~. I'D ,a,7or;.ta ~, Tho h.,L. ~ n. 1F;s
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