Smyrna times., 1861-05-30
The Powes of Our Government.


There has never been, says the New Yorl
t'mes' an instance inhistory in which ma
''on' IN so short time, displayed such vac
: power US that put forth by the United Staie
WITHIN The last thirty days. From a condition
oil profound peace, more than 100000 men
thoroughly armed, equipped and provsioned
al arawn from avocations they were quietly
= pursuing have been put into the field. The
number might have been increased to 200, ,OOC
or 300, 900 had the call embraced so many -
r Within three months the number might be
c raised to 100000 men all eager to enroll them.
selves, who appreciate thoroughly the nature
OF the contest, and who are prepared, not only
TO hight, but to die for it. This Immense host
Is only the advance-guard of 20, 600 900 people
who freely proffer themselves and their whole
means ioF The contest. Such power is irse-
SiS'l'ie unless opposed by one similar in mum.
bers, intelligence, spirit aud means. which is
not 20 be found on this continent, and we ma y
say not IN this world AS we are fighting for
principle, in the ranks are 10 be found The
pest blood IN the land-intelligence skill, ca.
Pacty for military subordnation, and an ex-
Perlence in The use of firearms, 10 which our
people from their youth are habituated.
"A Government which represents such num-
oers and such qualities, backed by vast mate.
rial resources, aAd which is as powerful upou
water as upon land, has strength which no
other In the world can match, and of which
foreigners can hardly have an idea. There is
entire harmony in the intelligence and will of
2O,O0O,OOO of people, directed by zeal of which
modern times have furnished no example. The
freedom and intelligence that distinguish us
constitute our strength. Men press into the
ranks, and are almost immediately capable of
becoming the best kind of soldiers. Their mus
Ter has been greatly expedited by the exist
ahce OF our State organizations This work
has been divided among tUenty States, each of
which had amlpe means of putting their respec.
tive quotas, fully clothed and provisioned, and
many OF them fully armed in the field, each bav.
Tag an almost unllrAied command of means. N.
1ork has nearly twice Ihe population of all the
States at the commencement of the Reyolu
uonary War, and has ten times the wealth and
can alone put forth ten.tod greater power
Both OHIO aid Penhsy ylvania are vastly more
powerful than were all the old thirteen Sta,ee. !
Massachusetts, to-day possesses a greater DOW.
eF than the Revolutionary power could exert. !
Measured by the true test-the number of
men and amount of means that can be COM
manded, and the perfect harmony that exists
between the popular spirit and the policy ofthe Z
Uo'ernment-our own is the strongest Gov !
ernmeht IN the world. 1t rests upon the mos,
solid OF al! foundations. This fact has never
before been thoroughly demonstrated, and il
Is now regarded as conclusive of the whole
contest. La oil the loyal States it is felt that
there ca" De but one result, the complete tri
oInp" OF Government and order. The seeding
States proceeded upon the idea of united
South aud divided North. The exact re. |
verse is tie fact-an united North and a divi.
ded South. Two Southern States have aIrea.
dy proved their loyalty TO the Union. Two
more, Nilsson ri and Kentucky, will, in all prob.
ability, iollow the example Of Maryland and
Delaware. Virginia, if she persists, will have
one half OF the State seeding from the other.
widespread sentiment Of loyalty pervades
many others ofthe seeding States, which have
only to be encouraged and protected to produce
the same result that we have already witness.
ed In Maryland and Virginia. We have alrea.
dy the beginning of the end.
The North is not only unit in sen;imen,
and aims, but it would have an overwhelming
preponderance over the South in every ele.
ment OF strength, provided the two were eouoI
in numbers. The North is skiful, capable of
creating within itself every thing necessary for
modern warfare, while the South must arm from
the North or Europe. A people that cannot
arm itself can never maintain protracted con.
CT. The South does not produce it's own
food, and cannot Immediately, in sufficient
abundance for extensive military operations.
We can, with entire ease, close up every ave.
nue. t. the markets Of the Old World and our
own. All their surplus products have been
accustomed 10 1oat upon waters not a loot of
which they can now command. How can the
seeding States, whose available white popu-
latIon Is equal to only one quarter of those of
the loyal ones, with servile population which
at least mast be carefully watched, with the
products OF their entire industry at the mercy
OF their enemy, carry on anything like n equal
contest. They cannot: and although the strug.
gle may be protructed, and in the outset Wig.
Orous one, ii can have but one issue.
Federal Troops in Delaware.
The Ninth Pennsylvania regiment of sol.
dIers, comma ed nv Col n q Jooo,o.L T