Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-04-25
TDe "starvatiOn" Humbus.

linquisbed all hope Of whipping the South
into submission. They virtually sc-
knowledge that it cannot DO done, and
are now apparently elsted with tie
idea Of starving out the Southern Confed.
eracy, This is according to thei ideas,
most chiyslric mode Of beating the enemy
il will be remembered that the Abolition
lists vent into this war with the expeeta.
ton OF starving the South iuto submission |
in a mouth or two. They proclaimed it
tar and wide that the South was perfectly |
helpless, and could not possibly make a
resistance after the blockade was establish
ed. We combattcd this error ct the time,
and advised the people Of the utter falsily
Of the idea, and Tor doing so, was most
scurrilously abused and denounced Of a
traitor" We would not endorse lie,
and hence we were disloyal. The mssses
Of the people were deluded and really be-
lieyed the falss statements Of their leaders.
That belief has cost the country millions
Of dollars and thousands of lives Again
the starvation" bumbug is revived, and
one would suppose, from reading Aboli.
tion newspapers, that tbs war WAS about to
to be ended by starving the South ou."
What consummste folly The leaders
certainly know better. They wilfully and
wickedly impose on the credulity of the
people to enable them to obtain their sup.
port in carrying on this Abolition war.--
They resottedto this deception in the De.
ginning. to gain their consent and support
and they revive it now, for the purpose, il
possible, of bolstering up the sinking con.
csrn.
But the strsngest part is that people
go intelligent should wholly neglect to in
vestigats facts, SO important, concerning
the resources of a large part of their COM
mon county. We invite attention TO the
following statistics compiled from the
cen>u, returns of 1860. They should be
examined particularly by the exclusive
patriots who promise every three month'
| that the rebels will soon have to give NJ
. on account Of the scarcity Of food
Yinss- Of Hog,,
Free StAS5s 4v ~
Slave States e9l lsi
The Slave ststes therefore, hsvufS,s - many hog
ths fso s4'ss, and only hal es many people 10 es
: ''' B1AA, of L.1cn Corr,
Free SIX, ,6ls 1t1
Saye 4Si ,S3S ID,
7 slshSi' q Whsat.
Frss III 6s
save tVo1 w
The slave states beat the ne states IN corn and i
proPoTHon 90 population, Tated nesriy IS nuot
vaIa. - coaIrs Of sics Sioek
Free states,...,''',-- seo5 I, AL!
The yOlas ot southern lipS stock WAS nearly equa
- '''' ''' Naaiii,r Of NlsA c1,s,
. Free so e5
slave States Ol
Nlsl5er Wakr9 orsH.
g Fre9 s'etes-''..'''''.'..'- oos -
slave i,lIcS7
u NaDbsr q S5esP.
Free STAT %.
slnfe sueess wa Az
. orr G .t!s
l. nLn7e States ls7l 40
Asa, Ggd Males
:, Slave oaI Sc
4hs soath ass' snsrsioss' ''s" tunes 50 tssHy ssss
j. SHi muss As zoe North.
Iipmbsr sgR1-sE.
II res ssAsss.'' ~ V
oiafe stAtes, ,ots,sl
NIInssr e5 HVsAl' ef oats.
q Free aAl1
slave htatst =, ,AsA ~
b Nazabs u As .. v 6n.,rV.ai Land
lss sstsa '''''-' ~ 20 ss ~ ~
AAvs h'es A1Ssoe
- FSsI SHd Be- - ~ 9LssaiI.
a. sfse StAtsa y lst li
., aSaVS SlStsD sts .,
= pal1s9 AHlr,ols 81 u5htsrst
Free siAtss 'os so u
slAyS lvS 90 Vt
e These are startling hgurss to those wh
,e haVs never taken tDs pains 70 invsSIigst
I the matter. But this is not all. Sine
. the war commsncsd the product Of bread
: utu6s, aud Of hogs and cattle, has bee
Of greatly increased, aud il probably doubl
;. " hat it was in 1850.
Is wv. D. b." the MurfrSssboro core
q pondep; Of the Commsyeiai, under date
IN April u, says;
be The Chattanooga Rebel, OF the 18Th,
be bora 10 prove that tue Southern ere the be
II. food. producing states, aud dselsres that u
OF idea of subIugsung The South By DesUs
ny starvation 10 absurd, and shows lamentab
90 Ignoranes Of the true condition OF thins
or aud total pisOonesptou Ct the capacity 81
~ resources Of the HtAtss Of tbs SouInern CO
- r.derscVh - Part of tke above view Ia .