The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1863-12-03
Total 53s SIS l.3il l35 4.s7o,o9S
Dixie 405o552 .52U,3l3 $50 $50

Dixie 1850 So , ,52O,3l3 $50 $50
Now it may be said that many Of the
seccssionists Of the recovered States
have fed with their slaves before our
advancing armies to the still REBEL dis
tricts, where they are now upho'lina
The rebellion We admit this, but in
sist that they are ontrumofred by the
Unionis!s (white and black who have
fled from the rebel TO fad refuge and
| protection in the loyal States, SO tina;
the four millions CT whites and two and
a half millions Of slaves above given
compose Just about the total pnpna
ton Of Dixie at this hour, less the waste
Of able bodied men by the casualties
Of war.
It may be said that the rebels Still
hold small portions of Louisiana and
Arkansas. We admit it.; but insis,
that the population Of these fragments
is far less than that CT those portions Of
Missippi, old Virginia, North and South
| Carolina, ard Texas, which arc firmly
held by the armies Ct the Union Thus
while the l-yal States are as strong to
day as they ever were, the rebellion i
certainly third weaker than it has
/ been.
The rebels began this contest, boas.-
inc hat, ii the Union We're maintained
/ IS arms, the war should be WareA, not
III the scceeled, but II the loyal States
They had no doubt OF ,l.eir aoiliy to
take Washington III g month, ana die
tate peace from the smoking ashes Of
pbilsdelphia or New York within nine
/ Is days. Yet from that hour they
have never seen the inside of Tasliag
ton unless az spies or prisoners, and
have meyer gained permanent footing
in any free Sta'e-nar even in Mary
lard. And they have not for months
yenturea to appear in force in any y,
n State.
1t is. then. the naked trn.h- scrutin
ize the figures fr Yourselves that
above one third Of the urea with nearl,
one.Ilalfthe white population IT The pre-
tended Canfe ieracy arc at this hour re
stored to thu Union.
| There renaill, then, the two and {
half millions ef slaves and, il any one
choose, to insist that they have beer
swclled to three millions by removals
from the recovered States by their rebe
masters, We will concede that number
They are worth something to the Cor
federacy while they can be kept fe,ter
ed and docile without too much trouble
When it comes to requiring one sonn(
white to watch and curb every three
able lodied slaves, then they bccom,
burden. Now these slaves, bcin:
necessarily drawn back from all I'll,
frontiers to preclude their escape I,
our lines, arc far more compac,ly locat
; ed than of old. They have moreover
been, and sill must be, cxtensivel,
shifted from place to place, increasing
their facilities for Accommodation
They now know. down to the woolies
and stupidiest child among them. tina
Union means Liberty for them tina
the rebellion is eternal slavery. Ca,
you believe those slaves longer an ele'
ment Of strength to the rebellion ? Once
they undoubtedly were but are they
now? How long is it since you have
heard robal boast Of their fidelity
or have heard Of their fighting fol
their masters =: Are not tho rebels
themselves clearly aware that the slaves
are their implacable foes !?
Then a. to supplies We do not
believe the rebels utterly destitute. We
know they connot be at thi season.