Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-05-30

Nineteen Millions in the Free States, Whiie
the a'ea pf the former was considerably
larger and its territory more compact than
iha, Of he latter. The Railroads and Tel.
egrsphs Of the Rebel States we're immense
" serviceshle TO that bslligerent who acts
on The defensive. aud who destroys aud dis
manles them whenever compelled 10 fall
bnck The scarcity of decent highways
and Of bridges throughout the South; the
inhospiality TO strangers of the climate oi
greater part Of l.; the fact that the Re
bel chiefs sitting at K Richmond could re
ceive aivices and despatch orders TO thei'
suhordinates 90 the Mississippi. the Ten
nessee, the Rio Grande, the Gulf, or the
Arkansas, any hour, while our Government
must wait 9 week often longer-for ndvi
ces of important successes or reverscs on
the coast or in the Southwest, gave an i'm
mense advan age to the inSuri ection, whose
troops, moving on interior lines and by rail
roads, could fight to day in Virginia aud
next week in West Tennessee or Louisiana,
before their departure from the Potomac
had heen sscertnned by our commanders
Then large majority Of that portion of
our people accustomed from their infancy
to the use of arms aud to eqnistrianism
were drawn into The Rebellion, including
probably most Of oar able, experienced. Of
fective military officers. In money and in
ships ouly was there decided superiority
on the side Of the Union; and these are far
less essential to the belligerent who acts
mniny on the defensive Nearly every ion
partial, capable observer made haste to I'd
judge the prepondersnce OF advantage in
the struggle to our foes, and to predict that
the South would never be subdued
True, there we're fonr Slave States
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, aud Mis-.
souri-which did not formally adhere to
he Rebellion, though the t~o latter are
claimed by it as having done SO, and are
consequently represented in its Congress.
Bat each of them but Delaware has contri
nuted heavily in men and means to sustain
the Rebel cause, while 10 all four the slave.
holding caste aud lis satellites, with rare
individual exceptions. ar, vehement parti.
sans Of the Rebellion Substract all you
can Oh this grouud, ane the strength of the
Rebellion remains not one short Of Teu
Millions of People, able to send into the
field (excIusve OF Blacks) no. less than
Que Million combatants, possessing a re
gion of scarcely less than Eight Hundred
Thousand .quare miles, and animated by
the sentiment OF caste, the pride Of race,
and the false but universal conviction that
they are fighting for their homes aud FIRE.
sides, the honor Of their wives and dangh-
lers, the safety aud lives of their children.
was not without reason, therefore, that
Hora,io Seymour, in his speech at the
Democratic Convention in Albany, Ja0.
1851, aud NJ b ooklyn. in Sept '62. exult.
ingly pointed To intervening events MS hav'
ny justified his original conviction
The conquest aud subjnga,ion of Ter
Millions OF brave, high spirited people
holding pOssession of SO vast and fertile a
territory. .nd trained to the use Of arms
are indeed weIl-oigh impossible. And when
SIX of those Millions have revolled against
their Government on the ground of com
mon devotion to Human Slavery and IL
their own rank and privileges as N superior
casie, there is just one way known to hu
,nan wisdom whereby they Can be reduced
luyul'y by any exhibition of force wilhIr
he talr capacity of the loyal Slate>--tha
:, by providing their -Four Millions o
oudmen with adequate iuducement t
eek and lubor for The defeat Of their mas
ers. With these Four Millions unanimous
y at heart, and as opportunity is affo de,
Ia ac' also, on the SIDE Of The Unon, tn,
SiavehoIder'S Rebellion may he suppre>se,
-''ruly he wise.
To lunpel The slaves TO desire the re g.
anli,hneul of the Unlon, il needs but t,
uff'r them Frerdnm; but to insure thei
,,onp', hearty, aud general co operation
IL The work, they must have Militia Y Pre-
lection. In other 40 d., ". canno, expec
the Blacks TO ri-k their lives in battle al
ray for the Unon, if we abandon them i
case of defeat aud capture /" the savag
1engeauce OF their incen,ed masters, allow
sug chem 20 be sold as slaves or execu e
As insu' gent tral ors This tru b is TO
plan 10 need calculation. We know, toe
py the ac lun OF the Rebel Cong ess an
The Proclamation of Davis responsiv
|, tnere,o that the rebels ,DW enslave or XII
, rW y black captured while in our service
unless they are deferred 10y the fear Of ter
y re- aiiatiun. 1t has berome, therefore,
val Necessity that ou' Government shouI
, declare It's purpose 10 require for all its so
hiSia bue pIo'eSttou VI tuc uu,DhutT INV
! Ji war, aud to visit with stern Ietaliatio
every violation thereof TO the injury or pei
II of any class or portion of its armed d.
p tenders.
The Government has just published III
:. slruciions for the government of Armie
Il III The Field prepaIe ed by Prot. Franc
y Lieber, l. l.. D.. and revised by a Boar
n OF Officers whereof General L han
!. Hitchcock is President. and approved h
g the President Of the United States. The,
e instructions are full aud elabor ate, an
e seem to cover every case which may ari;
Q between the bCligerents in the prosecute
y of war generally, and of the present Civ
ii War especially. They treat of Marti
IF Law, Civil War. Insurrection, Rebellion
Exchanged Prisoners, Flags of Truce. p,
d role, The taking VI Public and Prival
/. Property, the Treatment of Spies. Scout
e Guerrillas, Assassins, ETC., and from b
~ giuuing to end claim no immunities for Il
d soldiers Of our own or any established an
e. universally recognized government ov,
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