Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-10-09
Pertinent Questions and Answers.

The following communication was writ
ten by man of business, familiar with
the subject on which be writes, and our
readers will at least be interested with its
cute analysis.
Question 1. What are the requirements
of soldier?
Answer 1. Arms, and clothing. corn,
pork. beef.
Q2. Who furnishes the northern army?
A 2. White. men, make the arms! white
men raise the corn, tend the cattle. and
pack the pork and beef. one-third of the
hands required to make the clothing must
be sohue men,
Q.3. Who must remain at home in the
North employed in the ordinary concern s
of life, in order to maintain the credit of
the North?
A. 8. White men.
.. 4. What proportion of the men at
the North can be spared as soldiers with
out impairing the ability of the North to
meet the above conlitiona?
A. 4. Say one-half.
@. s.. Who furnishes arms for the
Southern army?
A 5. Arms have been furnished by the
con6scation of northern property. the pro-
ceecs paid in Europe for arms. If one
vessel in four succeeds in running he block
ade, the supply is kept good. If four are
lost. it is simply loss Of stolen proper
ty.
(The writer knows case where large
gUn factory in London was paid in advance,
in gold for all the arms it could make in
six moaths, by the agents of the rebels
The machinery for making the guns was
made in Springfield. Mass.
O. 6. Who raise the Southern corn?
A 6. Black slave scoman.
O. Who feed the Southern cattle and
hogs?
A 7. Black slave women.
Q. s. Who make Southern clothing?
A. s. Black slave wonen.
Upon every plantation of the South will
be found spinning jennies of six to ten
spindles, and hand looms. Upon these
simple machines are made the Lindsey
wolsey'' goods. afterwards dyed by the
slave women, and known as "butternut."
Q. 9. How many men must remain at
home to maintain Southern credit and in
duStry?
A. 8. Next to none, they have no credit
or industry to maintain.
Q. 10. How many able bodied field hands
can be counted FROM among the slave wo-
men?
A.1O. In 1000. 900 slaves, not less than
100000.
Q. III. What is the capacity of each a.
BILE bodied field woman?
ALL. The customary allotment Of corn
land j. ID acres, the customary crop %
bushels. say 375 bushels OF corn, enough
to feed the cattle and furnish bread for at
least two soldiers. In her hours not occu-
pied by field labor she has heretofore made
cloth enough to clothe all the negroes and
part of the white men. 1t may shurely be
inferred that the negroes will be allowed to
60 partly clothed and that she will clothe
at least two white soldiers.
Q. IL. What is the equivalent of one a.
bic bodied field woman?
A. II. Two white soldiers.
O. 49, What becomes of the black men?
A. 13. A portion remain at home to
raise corn for the white women and chill
iren; the balance follow the southern army
to perform all the heavy work OH the en-
trenchments. drive the beef cattle on the
hoof to the army. &C.. &C.. being promis-
ed their freedom as . reward for their
faithfulness.
N. B. 100000 black women keep in
the field 100000 Southern rcbels.-one
Southern rebel is equal to one Northern
soldier,-one Northern man must remain
at home for each Northern soldier in the
field, Mersfore,-although negroes are not
men. yet for all the purposes of war one
black Stare ,roman is equal to -four Northern
whae men.