New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-21
mon of tho folloNlng

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Now Il may be said that many If tho Scces-
sionis,s Of the recovered States have fod with
their slaves before our advancing armies to the
still Rebel dlsiTic'.. whore they are now up-
holding TIC Rebellion. We admit this, bu. in
sist that they ar ogtnumbcred b. tho Union
ists (ahto and hlaok) WHO have fed lom The
Rebel 10 lind refuge and protection IN The loyal
States. 20 tina, tle -Four Millions of Whites and
Two and a ualf Millions of Slaves above given
compose iust about The total population Of Dixie
-, this hour, ic the waste Of able-bodlcd men
by the casuali.cs Of War
II MAJ be- said tina. thc Rebel still hold small
pc -i.ona Of Ioiisigna and hIkan,ss. We all
mt Z; but insi ;ha, the population Of the-o
fragments Is far less than that of those portions
0; Mississippi, o.d Virginia, North aud Son,l
|. arol.na and Texas. which aFo firmly held by
tbo ,.rinios Of The Union. fhas. Will. the loy a
STATE ore as strong to-day A. they ever we've.
the Rebellion j. cerisinly third weaker than Il
les been.
TIE Rebels began TAI, contest. boating
that, IL the Union were maintained by arms
tho War should bo wagcd not In the seeded
bet in tho loyal States. They had TO doubt OF
their ability Ia take Washington In month,
and dictate peace from tie smoking ashes OF
PHILADELPHIA OF Now-YOrk within ninety days.
Yet from tha, hour they have never seen
The inside Of Wa hlugton unless a. spies or
prisoners, and have mover gained permanent,
e.. IN. &c..
land And they have not for months Ycniured
10 appear in force in any loyal State
II j., then, The naked tu,h-acruiimsc The
Gcuros for yourselves that above one-third OF
.he area with nearly one-half the White poPula-
tion Of tho pretended Conicdcrh'y are at tins
hour restored 10 the Union.
There remain, then. the Two AID II Half Ill
lions Of Slayes; and 4 any one ohooscs TO H.
fst that they Lave been swellod 70 Three Mn
Hons by removals from the rccoycrd State by
their Rebel masters, We will concode that num-
bcr. They are worth something 10 the Conicd-
er,cy while they can DO Bept icitcrod nrd
docile without too much trouble. When II
comes t. requiring one sound vhlto TO watch
and curb every three able-bodod Slaves, then
they become burden. Sow the-e slaves,
being necessarily drawn back from nll the 'front.'
iers to preclude their escape to our Lines, are
lar more compaotly located than OF old. They
have, moreover, been, aud still mus, be, eSten-
slyely shifted from place 70 place, increasing
their facilities for iniecommunicG'ion. They
now know, down to the wooiiest and ftupidcst
child among them, that usIos means LIBERTY
iog them: that tho Rebellion il eternal Slavery.
Can you believe those slaves longor an element
Of strength to the Rebellion Once, uiey un-
doubtedly were bni are they now! How long
il il since you have heard Rebel boast Of their
iheir masters1 Are not the Rebels themselves
clearly aware that the slaves are their impaca-
bic foes
Then as to supplies: We do not believe the
Rebels utterly destitute. We know that they
cannot be nj this season. Their Corn crop il
inst made; their Pork is now coming in; their
Wheat should not be oil gone yet, nor their
Potatoes But OF Beoi, dead or alive, they
couf,sscdly have very little; ard il Ivust be
considered thai fhe S,ots M 10 The Rsbetiion his
sde Of hs Mississippi hare mec" yd g'opn thar
o,on food. (Tcxas is diierenli but Texas il
u,torly cut of and isolated from The main trunk
of he Rebellion, So that she can afford II no nid
Hhatcver.)
Now il il admitted that the crops Of the Al
| llantic Rebel States arc very short this year
not more than half M average. Then the wastc
# var Is terrible; and keeping on loot ard ~