Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-10-10

laughing stock of the British press. They perished bv thousands from the hardships of war, without a shot from the enemy. Ahe prin- cipal part of the fighting was done by the French, who accordingly received all the glory. Here tofore, England obtained her fighting men from Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland. But, in recent years, from the depopuatiou of Ireland by famine and emigration, and owing to the hi gh prices of labor, and to the fact Of those districts of Scotland which produced the troops which won the field of Waterloo being cleared of human inhabitants, in order to make room for the vast sheepwalks and deer-parks of the Dutchess of Sutherland and other philanthro' pists, whose benevolence seeks all other objects excepting white men, Great Britian has lost her stalwart, hardy warriors, and now, instead ot first. ranks only second or third among the powers of Europe. A factory population, or mechanics, or clerks, or merchants, or those employed within doors, are not the stuff with which good armies are made. So that great numbers, as, for example, in the case of the Chinese do not always show military strength, which depends rather on the quality of the men than on their count.
 Tbat the North has greatly degenerated Tn military prowess, while the South has greatly advanced, is demonstrated by the incontestiDie facts and figures to be found in the otficial re- turns of the war department. In the war Of the revolution Massachusetts, then glorious Mass achusetts, contributed more than double the number of men furnished by any other colony. She gave 82, 2,206sss sssoldiers, which cannot be d. together accounted for by the fact that the brunt of the war was at first on her own soi Con necticut supplied 39,75l; New Hampshire A. 4l6; Rhode Island l0,04I, while New York gave 2l 0O0; New Jersey l6,7 40; Pennsylvanla 29,l28; Virginia 32, 900; Maryland lo,00O. All the colonies were slayeholding and all dld well. Now let us come to the ar of 1912 and l5. By the Northern States there were then furnished which served for three months, 49,562 by the Southern States 96.lS2, making majority of 585O2 in favor of the South. How many did Massachusetts furnish in this war? Only 5, 10; while New Hampshire gave 897; Connecticut, 397, Rhode Island, 637; Vermont l3l-in all, 5.I62-less than little South Corolina, which furnished 5,696. The States which furnished most men who served in that war were: Fir- ginia, 39,0l7; New York, 33,6o8. Tennessee 24,S58. In the two wars the troops employed in the armies of the republic numbered 4,O00 men, of whom the South furnished 287,o4G-- more than double the number of the North, which was only l37 900.
 How was it in the Mexican war? Massachu- setts furnished l.O47. of whom only two were killed and none wounded, and the rest of the New England States sent not man, excepting poor Pierce, of New Hampshire, who was made President for fainting on the held ot battle. No militia of the North served in that war; It was fought by volunteers consisting of a class ot men who will never fight against the South. The whole number of troops contributed by the Northern States was 23,O54, while the slave States furnished 45,630, or very nearly double. .ato hava "a popu!ation of the Southern. tie South has four times as many soldiers as the North in psopor lion to the population. The fighting element of the country, with the exception of New York city. is chiefly in the South. ths Southern pop uIation are all fighting men from their childhood. They are always armed with revolver, or bowie knife, or rifle. As for the desperate expectation that the negro slaves will prove an element Of weakness to the South is vain. In all the wars ot Greece and Rome with other countries, thelr slaves. though white men, never revoted againSt their masters. If the negroes had. even the will they would not have the means or the power. On the contrary, they gill prove grand source of strength, for they can attend to the cotton fields. the general cultivation of the soil and other labor, while the whole ot the abe bodied whites can devote themselves to war. How many able bodied men can the North spare to send South? Not one Of every three the South will be able to send North. Vast masses of the population of the Northern sea-board are reduced practically to the condition of white slaves, while considerable proportion are sick. ly and very unfit for an army.
 The South, therefore, is perfectly able to maintain the contest What she wants most is a navy. But she can build one in the Mississippi, and meantime she can hire fleet of prieateers, as did the colonies against England in the rev. olutionary war, which will do the commerce of the Northern States more injury than our war ships can ever infict on the Southern seaboard.