The hydraulic press., 1861-05-11
The DISPARITY.

The manufacturers of sensation dispatches in
the East, or rather, the South, take good care to
garnish them with due proportion of gasconade
One would think, to read the constant repeti-
tions of such language as-"Ben Mccullough
says he will place himself at the head of $4,000
troops and march directly upon the capitol ="
JEFF. Davis is expected to take command of the
army, and capture Washington within thirty
days J" Gen. Beauregard declares he will not
be satisfied till he plants the palmetto flag on
the Old State House at Philadelphia r'-one
would think, We repeat, on reading such terrific
missives, that the Northern country was sparse
ly populated with race of Liliputian towards,
and that the terrific Southern giants so heroical-
ly spoken of, lad only to grab them up, like Gull
liver. and ram them into their snuff-boxes, or
sneeze upon them, to produce humiliation.
Now let us consider the facts-and we perform
the task of reciting them in no spirit of malice :
There is white population of nineteen millions
north of Mason and Dixon's line, against eight
millions south of it. These nineteen millions
are defending the flag of their country. They
possess, with it, great moral power, besides the
material support of the navy, the army, the cap
ital, the different Departments, the greater COM
mercial marts, the soil for varied and abundant
crops, even during time of war, the financial
wealth, and, above all, a people strong in physi-
cal endurance as they are loyal in patriotic sem
timent
The inhabitants fthe South are brave-rashly
so-but they will hardly deny an equal share of
courage to those of the North. This admitted,
and, supposing, tor the sake of the argument.
their armies to be matched in numerical strength
with ours on the field, and mark the differencel
The ranks of the North are filled with men of
toil-with those who have welded the hammer,
pushed the plane, handled the loom, worked in
iron, bricks and mortar-whose muscle is deyel-
oped, whose slnews are strong, who can endure
fatigue and thrust the bayonet after their pieces
have been discharged. On the contrary, their
foes are men deficient in these physical qualities
who, from the very nature of the institutions
by which they are surrounded, have been reared
to efteminency and ease. What can they hope
to gain, then, in this war, for which they are d.
rectly responsible' Certainly not final victory.
That is impossible. Perhaps glory -and even
that is question yet to be decided
These are details which it appears almost GRIM
inal to discuss; and yet they are truths which
have been called forth by the vauntings of the Sc
ceders themselves, and which it would have been
we'll if they had considered, before rushing head
long into fratricidal war. We have purposelv
refrained from alluding to some other of the
prominent elements of weakness of the South
ern Confederacy The disnaritv of nonul,t;on
is alone sufficient to prove the hopelessness of
their cause when the sleeping fury of the "loyal
North" has been fully aroused. There is no in
stance on record, that we are aware of, showing
that nineteen millions of people ever to have
been conquered by eight! And as yet not
more than five out of these eight millions, have
joined in the war of aggression.