Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-09-24
Comparative Strength Of North and
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,whsn this psr a. broke ont the nonnnlation
of the North was, in in rouund numbers, say az:
event. .one No millions all free That Of the
sontb was twelve. millions, Of which four
millions were slaves Now let us. J., analyzef q q
little In order 10 ASCERTAIN what the real
mover Of numbers. so much u boasted of BY
tbee Nortberns Hickmaus is. in this CASE
W. sneak 1,5ffc If coprse with reference to tlle.
relative actual CAPACITY for raising armies
nosseessed by the respective r sections.
= First tbben-Of the ii 1 twenty ", one millions
Of the North. the population Of. California,
Oregon. the territories Of New Mexico, u
tah, Jefferson, and Washington, amounting
to at least "a million, is &c sgraphioally una.
yailable to the el Washington Government for
operations against the South. Deducsing
this item leaves twenty millions. OF these
twenty, millions one-half are females De-
ducting'these, leaves ten millions OF males.
From these ten; millions deduct four: mil:
lions necessary for agricultural purposes ana ?,
household service, and million and q nan
for filling the various public offices, tor con.
Quoting commerce ln its various branches
for ship-building, printing, the mar manage:
inert OF railroads. ana necessary meeean''
Cal WORK o. q hundred klnos o!ner slan
cotton. spinning and weaving: Inls aeooc-
tlon leaves four and hall millions. 1ake
from this all the male children under 70
years Of age and all the men over oO, (at
least two and half millions, and there IS
a remainder Of Just about two millions OF
the. twenty.one millions for lighting purpo-
ses, aud Of these thousands are unht from
disease and various physical anhrmisles LOT
military service - oosat the most Two NIL, Il.
lions OF white males between the ages OF
10 and 50 constitute the actual military
strength OF the North Tor offensive and De.
fensive war operations TX -. .
Let us now look into the Southern stats.
/ tics, The }3four millions of slaves suffice
for our agricultural purposes We, have
then left the whole white population of
eight millions against corresponding six
teen millions Of the North, after dedue.
ton Of the requisite number Of field labor
ers there and the population Of California,
&c. Out of the eight millions, deduct one
naIf for the female proportion. This leayas
four millions of males. Deduct from tfYs
Ithermales under l8 -and over so, say two
Dad,o, ,hnoa 6il;nc nnh,;o ofsoo. condno.,
49,, mo,oo -. nanorors of ra;l,
rosd. and ,noobs n;o. IS all t;rdo tvo bnn.
drea ana 6ftv thonsa,ndI, and .bers remains
ono million ssven bnndred and 6ftv thous.
o.J - a. .o,a.I It, s,ranatb ofl H.
sortb Ebs;no Ton1, t,,o S,,ndred and an,
thou;2n;a Iess ,6an tbs suuch uauut.d n,,zn. n
hers thot mere i oue,,obsz,,, as 50 aneeaiz,
ond 35es;xtzess7,, '','''.. -
Tbe .ho,gys 1o bol;a1s 70 be abont AZ fa;,
and corrooh . os,;moto of tho comnara.ivff
.tr.na,b &c ,ba Ivo .ao.;on. n sold;e,v a,
o.n So,j ho modo .nd onr ;neonIe sbould
he taipbt nv il how little real terror there
is IN Tho or1 of mann, bers which have beer
ro;sned 70 fr;obten tbem nv tbe bluster;ne
bra oparts Of the North Even if their ar
mics % outnn mberad onr three tonne we coulc
ho.t tbam hi ;f ve wers to, draw f,ll,
unon onr ,;, rnr.clo .ve c,nld meet them al
nnost nt mar for ~ - : F. =
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"a Glimpse Behind the Rebel Lines ,
Under this head the New YORK fr'0's''
draws aside the curtain, and makes the ioi
lowing "ghmpse behind the rebel lines
A little, drawing aside of the curtain
which has hidden the battle-6elds from oul
(Fsight has given us glimpse behind TIT
rebel lines. Words dropped, and stories
told by our men, who have been released
from captivity, and the. sad sight OF tn'
hungerworn tired, battie-worn soldiers
and the corroboratiog admissions OF reoe
prisoners, give Us sharper, somperer plc
ture of the rebel condition than we nav
been willing to make for. ourselves. Ih'
panic stricken wretches, who come frs
from battle and last on march, have beer
all along spreading stories tnat our ene.n.
was fresh when we were weary, we'll fet
when we went hungry, that he had all tai
ent for victory, all chances for success, anf
that from the Rapldan to the banks OF TN
Potomac he had crushed and overwhelmed
us.by his fearful supremacy of numbers.
Are miracles performed by God for th
benefit of the enemy?' Has he placed tn
springs of eternal youth by their paths, s.
that they can drink and be new men 1
it given to them and their beasts to liv