The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-06-16

on which they lavish maeh thought and
pride. The rebels believe and affirm
that they have the best army and toe
bravest soldiers IN tie world. There
Is enough ~ truth ana enough Of ials-
hood about the remark no, 20 treat i
M jest. The military spirit and
power aud organization Of the South
is to nay mind something marvellous.
The wonder is not Vat they have not
done more, but that they should have
been permitted 70 DO 50 much with SO
little. Their sucres. tsueh SIS il isl
lies in our defect as much as Ia tbeir
excellence. The odds were on our
side largely in the beginning, but they
have really and palpaply lessencd
thcm--a relative gain. 1t IS true that
some Of their means have been ques,
tionahle aud such rs we could not at-
ford to practice, but this must be esti-
mated both as phenomenon aud rs
so much military capital Officers
pay more study TO the profession the
men arc like the French either more
easily inspired with martial zeal, or
like the Cossacks, less capable Of
choice or judgment The officers,
however, are more thoroughly wed.
ded 10 the use Of arms. II has become
the work Of their lives, This may be
by tie force Of circumstances, and on
ly the work IN which their energies
are bent, Oflhis necessity they make
virtue. There is an intense and
Ineyer-wearing talk Of war, warriors,
plans, battles, movements, iortllica-
tions. &c. Tho chief officers mani
fest a more intimate acquaintance with
the nomenclature aud lerminology of
the art than do the same ranks in our
army. The men have (blinder it
may be) but a more enthusiastic at-
taehmcnt 10 their leaders Gnd the
corps, amounting in the eye Of anout-
/ slider almost to a Gnalicism.
REcouRsFs or TIE SOUTH.
Circumstances also do much to
! keep them together as an orgoniza-
Ition. The confeleracy is one vast
camp. 10 every man Of sound limb
it is ones privilege 10 say. What
regiment do YOU belong to !"
MILITARY SPIRIT
That they should have been able 70
make every male between The ages Of
/ fifteen and fifty exceptions noted) a
soldier Of tie state, and drove into the
ranks nearly the whole able bodied
population is a remarkable stretch Of
power in The history Of republics, and
/ potent cngiae Of war. 10 any one
/ who has seen The wheels aud springs
/ by which this has been accomplished
/ it is not mysterious but strange. That
/ they have been able % carry and force
their men into many desperate battles
without more symptoms Of demorali-
cation is also remarkable rs is the fact
they can use 80 large a proportion Of
conscripts with SO much impunily.
That there is eriain aptitude for
arms among these people is true.
/ Whether this is 70 be set down to
their credit as men and citizens may
be questioned but rs a nalional or
! beliacrant GlYanlage il is undoubtel.
! The mass Of these aen loye fighting
more lban we DO. The people, their
provisions, their roads. their houses,
newspapers -all are at die call Of the
State. l. ke tie in5irusiye and pro-
teciiye system Of France tho govern.
mental finger III the smallest pie. -
What sympatlics could not be enlist
ed were few enougl. 10 be ienofed.--
All things, the las Itself, bend % tie
impelious military nee ssity.' In
material they commenced wish little,
btu have by one cxpedient and anoth-
er gotten agcr stock Tie first
Bull Run was goIseud to them !;
since then they have Imported large
and small arms aud ordinance stores
in quantities in exchange for cotton.
Clothing they still lack, bat 5ne can-
not but see that neither in the field Of
war nor society do the clothes make
the men. In equipments they are
short, but here again ihcy have bit
upon wonderful expedient to use
less. Medicines lIey arc scant of-so
much the better perhaps The health
Of tie men Al this season, although The
food Is coarse and sca1iy, On fbe
ayerase If good ogro'n.
OPERATION of rms BLOCKADE
Tie ilockid. las lcen and i 4
damaging iajury Ii I useless for
them to talk, ~ .hey D.. about tie de-
yel5pnent Of manufactures in their
midst All such ARE laeti'ous, and
will s1'side al the frsi dawn Of peace,
as il needs, no Adam Smith to fore
tell. The whole South !, living IN the
plainest way, ID mtny thing having
reverted 70 the uecessi'ie. aud prac-
tees II ile earliest pioneer settlers.
some commodities liurc are ID manu-
factures Which rank almost as neces
saries A spool Of thread, f9i exam
pie, costs doliar % ane part Of