St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-03-27
From the London Saturday Review, Feb. %.
Relative Resources Of North and South.


We pointed out few weeks since.
when treating "f this snhject. that the su-
pcriority of the North in warlikc resources
was rather apparent than real: that superb
ur wealth was only availabl. If its OWNERS
WEI: willing (" spend it, or could bc
i"lccd I" Contribute il: that superior hum
hcrs were only valuable if they could b..
organized, disciplined. paid. aud moved. j..
that strength ft defensive warfare was of.
ten the reverse Of strength for aggressive
enterprise; and that the undertaking in
VIII. Ia the FrdcTalI>tS are engaged was cS-
srutlally aggressive We showed that
lUp. .0U0 good mcu would he really more
rel. ;c, able than the 500. 900 morlcy
troops they have .un,n"n.''l to the field,
10th bccall>. they would .xhsust The
Treasury less, aud wnulI harass the enc
n.y more. We cunclulcI that an army
at halt "A million could not ~ any cnniri-
Nanc" be kept Oh t."'t ), G"vrrn,n,nt
that is slending .fl:!n 600. 900 a year,
, hen it only T. s>rs>"> 4l2.nu0 900. anl
en- only borrow 80 ,0nn. 900: and that
tier, fore. the failure Of thr North. an,l
disastrous and Iiscrciiiabl.. collapse. wcr"
~;.o>''Iuicly ccr.ain ultimately. aud might
- i'If:,' ns any day In spite Of the new
plan of Mr. Chase. ofraying in inc.nvrrli-
i':e paper-i, >pirr IT ,h" reported success
trs of the \"rih and their various men
nred cxpcdi'iorS-a an, III spite of the un-
questioned embarrassment aud privntion
at the Suui hrrnrr>. we ar" NOT im the least
degree SHAKEN as IL the correctness of our
anticipatins.
For, as wr showed only recently, the
Limits of really available paper m"n,y are
so"n reached; aud u...,sS lar gc SUMS are
raised by dir c, taxation -,f which We
sc no appearance aud in whi,h VIC place
no bcli, f-no currency rontrivaucrs can
long enable the Federal G"vcrnuicnt T."
lncct It's daily exp nscs. And a. >'"'n ~
the soldiers cease /" be pail regularly.
aud 10 hc ed well NC have little cpnl-
.,.escc in their zral nr s,ra,lilc>s. The
three months volunteers marched home
to The s"und of the cncm,s cannon" orr
the morning Of the battle. b. cause their
term was uur: the three years tr"p> will
, rubably do the Sa.rc. because th, ir con-
tract has been broken. In the second
place, We llace y,il little reliance OH the
ttat, mcmts either Of the formidable txpc-
.ituis " hi,h VIC arc assured are on the
point If ;. ting out to invade the South,
Ir of the succ, sscs achieved by these that
have already sailed. These accounts all
come to us through Fcderalist sources,
and most of them have air. ady proved
either wholly false or greatly cxagg, rated.
I he vas! quantities of cotton said to have
been seized and carri, into New York
Lave d~indlrd to an amount equal to
about a week. consumption. Indeed. as
was we'll known to all acquainted with the
trade, The entire crop grown in the district
occupied by the NurlLcrucrs only Consists
"f about o.0CC bags, and is not Of kind
fitted for ordinary consumption. being
Sea Islands and wanted chi.Gy f,r the
finest n.u>l,s. The expedition down the
Mississippi is .till talked Of. but We cannot
conceive it> being seriously undertaken by
leopIe i'll their s,l.scs. Ii really venturc,l
upon. "n :. scale lIk. ) to produce any
effect. it can only terminate in disasters
,iuilar tu those which overlook ourselves
at Walcheren, aud Napol. ON in Russia.
The ruror,d rxr si't'"n up the river -,
New Orb is i. gree less hazardous,
but only degree. Predatory expeditions
round the coast may irflict much l"ss to
property, and cause much exasperati"n to
feclirg. but can do nothing 70 suhGuc q
rcs"lute people. The population and all
moveahle wealth arc simply withdrawn a
few miles into the interior, whittier m
Invader eau or dare follow them.
The truth is ,ha, an agricultural p' "lle.
inhabi;iug an 'A''n-i,e, W ll-~"oded,
fparselyl' pulatci district. c"""% be CON
quercd or forced to yi'ld. if th, y only are
r, srlute and hearty in their Cause. Their
coasts may be ravag,d, their outlying
towns burnel. and their trade impcdrd or
destroyed; hu, they have only 10 retire. to
bear. and to ~nit They can get food aud
clthi g in abundance, aud with iuxurics.
if they are determined. they can easily dis
pcnse Now. there can be no dnnbt that
the citizens oi the Confederate Stutcs are,