Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-04-11
Relative Power Of the North and
the South.

Inc new 10Ek I10Idiu III t'Piy ~
the Tribune's statement, that 2O,UOu
men stationed at New York could
hold the South in subjection, takes
occasion to show what the North and
the South has done in the last two
wars Of the Republio-that OF 1917.
lis with Great Britain and the more
reeen. war with Mexico. In the
war of 1912 there we're furnished by
the Northern States, troops which
served for three months, 1852; by
the Southern States, sc, ,1S2, making
majority af $500 in favor OF the
South. How many did Massachu-
setts furnish in this war? Oaly g.
lilo; while New Hampshire gave
897; Vermont l3l-in all, 5,l62-
less than little South Carolina which
furnished $500. Tie States which
furnished most men who served 10
that war were: Virginia, S9,0l7, New
York, 3S,63S; Tennessee, 24,oao
In the two wars the troops employed
in the armies Of the republic numbered
$4,000 men, of whom the South
furnished 2S7, ,000--more than doub-
ls the number of the North, which was
only 1877 900.
How was it in the Mexican warl
Massachusetts furnished LOAF, OF
whom only two we're killed and none
wounded, and therest of the New Eng.
land States sent not man, except
ing Pierce, of New Hampshire. No
militia from the North served in that
war. 1t was fought by the volun-
teers consisting Of a class os men
who will never fight against the
South. The whole number oftroops
contributed by the Northern States
was 23,054, while the slave States
contributed 46,630, or very nearly
double. Now, as the Northern States
have twice the population Of the
Southern, the South has furnished 10
the last war four times as many SOL
diers Al the North in proportion 70
population. The 6shting element
Of the couatry, with the exception
Of New York city 10 chiefly IN the
South. The Southern population are
all Sighting men from their childho ood.
They are always armed with revolver,
bowie knife or riffs. AS for the des-
perate expectation that the negro
slaves viii prove an element OF weak
ness to the South, it is vain.
In all the wars Of Greece and
Rome with other countries, their
slaves, though white men, never re-
volted sgaiuss their masters II the
negroes hac even the will they
would not have the means or the
power. On the contrary. they will
prove grand source Of strength, tor
they can attend to the cotton fields,
she general cultivation Of the soil,
and the other labor, While the whole
of the able bodied whites can devote
themselves to war. How many able
bodied men can the North spare to
send South? Not one for every
three the South will be able to send
North Vast masses of the popu-
lation Of the Northern seaboard are
reduced practically TO the condition
of white slaves, while considerable
proportion are sickly and very unit
for any army. ),
The South, therefore, is perfectly
able to maintain the contest. What
she wants most, is uavy. Bot she
can build one 10 the Mississippi, anc
meanwhile shs can hire a feet OF
privateers; as did the colonies against
England 10 the Revolutionary war,
which will do the commerce OF tne
Northern States more injury than
our war ships could ever in6ict on the
Southern seaboard.
We commend this array OF facts
and figures TO the special attention Of
those, who, like the New York Tri-
buue, are disposed to snesr at the
South and deny its ability to main-
tain an independent attitude.-
Most sincerely do We pray that the
day my never come when the North
and South shall be marshaled in bat
tie array against each other, but i
| such evil should ever tefall our coun.
1 try, the memory Of yorktown, o.
Clifford, Of Cowpens, Of Moultrie,
and of the thousand gallant spirits
which in former days bore alofs the
banner Of our country, and consecra'
ted its folds by their blood and tbei'