Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-25
FROM EUROPE.
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN RESOURCES.
From tie LoaLoE Times. Aug 5

From thr London Times, Aug
Tho war has now lasted sufficiently long.
| and has been attended with loss Of lie sui.
hclenty great, t. tax severely the soldier
producing powers If wc may be p"rmi5te.i the
exprcssiOnj Of the Northern and SG!.hrro
populations.
The recent success If the Federal soyc.u-
mcnt have lei t. the bcl"f ;hn. he S,u.h
has 1T length he,un 70 exhibit signs o: .y-
haustlon, and it is important to determine
whether this be really the case IL may be-
| conceded that the population o;' the South ha.
been heavily taxed in order 10 supply up "a,
the present time the requisite quc;:. Of rroaps;
but II is vcryqueS,D ,Dnahle whether :iic soldier
producing power is not now much grcater in
the South than in the North.
Volunteering has long since ceased in the
Northern States, ami the hcavy boHnli~. which
twelvemunth since proved - otlcaciou- in
recruiting the Federal armies have ceased 10
prove attractive. The Government ut wash
ington are now driven to the alternative Of en-
forcing con>cr rtion, or else scc,,r thrir
armies totally melt away. In the Soulh tho
effect ot recent events has been % rccC>si.a,e
an almost universal application ui the priacip!o
OF compulsory recruiting. The Southern Pre-
sdent has alcd upon all citizens in the South
ern States between the ages OF eighteen and
forty-iivc, to place themselves in readiness to
to join the armies oi the State whenever call
ed upon. This in itself is proof Of the seri-
Gus drain to which the Southern population
has been uLjec;cl by tile necessities oi the
present war bur if the call is chccrlully re-
spondcd t., the South can with ease furnish
armies even more numerous than those with
| which she has hitherto struggled u secure her
| independence. That the Southern population,
| however, will continue to supply such tr0Ops.
| as may bc demanded by the Government, thero
can be no reason to doubt whereas ihat of
| the North has in the most unmistakablc man
ner manifested its refusal 10 Weld ccupli-
| ance TO Il measure which only extreme nec.s.
sity could justify. 1t is reported that the
Federal Government propose, notwithstanding
| the recent popular demonstration, 10 enforce
the ccnscription. II this report be well found
ed, then no doubt can exist that the fighting
population of the North is exhausted. Mr.
Lincoln does not possess the means Of conl-
pelling obedience 10 his decrccs. uni at the
moment when success appears most certain he
will probably be obliged to succumh. Regard
being had, therefore, 10 the producing power,
Of the respective populations Of the North und
South, for the purposes Of tie prcscn: war. We
the South 1t is in the popuou- cities Of the
Federal States tha; signs Of exhaus,on are
Enthusiastically apparent.
(From the London Herald Angus: g.
The contest is t" go OH, however. SO far rs Inc
two governments arc concerned, with unGiinin-
ishcd vlgor, and, wc fear, with increasing ie-
rocity. II Prcsiden: Lincoln rniorccs u draft,
President Davis orders q levy IN RG$sc, directing
1 hpt iyt. : 4.
repair TO the cGnscri pt camps--a measure which
indicates at once the terrible nature of the cmcr-
Gency and the iI-!omi:atle resolution of the
Southern people. 1t is pr"bnbIc tia: this man
date will meet with much mofc ready compliance
than the more moderate demands Of NJ. Lincoln.
To cmbtter this desperate struggle tp the utmost;
the Federal Government has thought proper 10
threaten barbaiism which We teiieyc 10 bc
almost unprecedented. Some time ago two Con-
T federate officers we're taken while or recruiting
service i'll Kentucky, and hung rs spies by Gen.
Burnside. For ibis cGwari!y murder the Con-
federateS threatened retaliation, selecting, accord
ing to rule two officers OF the rank rs thcmur-
dered men from among their prisoners. They
chose their victims by lot, and sent to the
Federal Government OF their intention. offering.
however, to spare the men If the Fcderaists
would for the future observe the laws Of civil
lied warfare. Tho answer of Mr.. Lincoln il
| ID stieCV thO OIuCcTs-o!Ic VI tUCLl
the gallant General I. Lee, near relative Of
/ the Commandcr-in-Chief, but not, we believe,
his son. Fitzhugh Lec-whom he threatens. to
put to death il the Coniedcrates carry out their
menace of retaliation. BY this dnstardly ac,
the President adopts the crime Of Gen burn
side, and the similar crimes Of Butler, Mcneil
and Milroy, and lowers himself to the level Of
the murderers whom he employs and delight
to honor. Of course, if such L threat be car.
red out, the war will become one Of extermi
, nation; no quarter will be given, and every
E victory will be followed by . massacre. But
amid the horrors of such strife, we shall no
forget to whom the honor Of originating thi:
system of reciprocal murder is due, nor fail u
bear in mind how long the Coniederatcs have
,, persevercd in extending the courtesie. o
Christian chivalry to Z foe who fights in Ii,
spirit of IN Indian seal alp-hunter or Sepoy
mutineer, whom no. .remonstrances can warn
and whom no forbearance can shame int
honor, civilization or humanity.