The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-07-07
From the New York times.
Which Must Give Wav Firstl

''" Fo'NVs 10 W Nhlcn no human poWe
can stand indefinitely. Assuming thO
both sides are determined to fight
through, the question which will civ
way first depends SOLELY upon their rcla
tive vital resources, We say riioircsour
ces, tur ih" time has come when tho
alone are IN be taken into account.
The progress Of the war has wonder
fully simpliticd the problem. II hs
eliminated many elements which ouc
were Important, and by many cvci
decisive. Furciga in,crvention-civi
war in the North-scrvilc insurtcctiot
N The SouIh--starvatio o.; the South =
the wearing out of Southern Railroad
aud Hing 81, ok the ccssijn of Noril
C.rolina or other S'ntcs, from the " G. ,n
hdcracy the popular acceptance g
the Amncsty rrrclamation--thc bank
uplcy Of the rebel trcasury-thc ruin q
The rebel currency, no longer appear a
any par. OF the probltm. |, is seen tha
they never had any real hearing upur
The result; or, if they once had il, that 1
has all como to nuught.
What, then, nrc the clemcntsnow actu
ally iuvolvcdl On our side thcro ar,
only two mcn and money On the
rcbcl side only onc--mcn. This strug.
gle, IN other words, now turns upon whc
sha \ first fall--,hc men and money ot
the North, or the men of the South
Tha, is the real gi,, of the matter. All
else is "lcnther and puImcln."
lf'it be asked why we make money an
element on the Nor,h,r IN und not on the
Southern side, we have to answer that il
is settled that the South can and will get
alonI without money, while the North
canpt aud will not. II Is cusy enough
to say that there ought 10 he no differ.
cnce; but war il decided by the what is.
aud tot by the rhGi ought 10 be. There
IS Just that difference. The "Coufcdera.
cy" Hoes live without money. l.uxurirs
u does not need; and Il has completely
shut off their importation by act OF Con.
grcT, Those ul its necessities which
can Se found at home il obtains By taxa.
tion ~ kind, and bv arbitrary impress.
INT nj. There is no lack on that score
and nc'ct will be. Those Of its nccessi.
ties which must conc from abroad it pro.
cures bf cotton, run through our block
odc, which bringing in Europc enormous
prices. This cotton it can contiiu, TO
grow 70 any extent IL plcascs.
Morris there any cmthly probability
that tlcy will ever lose the power of
running the blockade. English vessels
swiitei than any in uur navy, will do
them The same service hereafter os here
tuforp II ia tr,,- al. .,.,tI 4.
cn0;ne hnil ding is equal to British skim
aud Ia naval cons,rnctiou superior. but
this is of no avail. Onr ""V"' "ph
men,Wni,hcr in lmbccility or knorish'
ness, il is hard to say wh'ch,-'s nope
lessly welded to persons, ana syste'ns'
rnd, inrn,,iapT., that render first class
nearly thousand vessels, and spends u
hundred and forty millions annually
but British skill will continue TO over
throw all lis tubs and junks, and scovs
and conicd, rate cotton will continue tc
lie exported TO the extent required by
those necessities of the Coniedcrucy
which nrc not suarlird ut home. 80
for, thtn "a the rebel Government is
concerned, there is no need of money
As foi the people they will easily enough
make shin To 90 their uu ual business
by barter and with printed rags.
On the other hand, money, or some
thing truly representing il, is a necessity
Il, the Nor h. The Government of the
United Sta,cs cannot, like that Of the
rebels, rob, il must JUy. ii cannot, like
the other, rcputiate; il must pay. Un.
like the Other, il has character which
it must main,pin. Its people, too, are
not 50 near the primitive state us TO be
able TO transact their business by barter
or with wamrum and cowres. They
must have currency, with either M
intrinsic value, or a sound basis of cred
il. With scant exports, most of who
they get from abroad must be puid for II
gold. The amounts they thus get from
abroad and very large-in nccessitic
much, in luxuries more. This cannot b.
prevented, perhaps, us furnishing goll
at the Customs for tho payment O
national into, est, and strengthening .
national credit, il ought not TO be pre-
vented, if il could be. This way in living
in government aud in people, requires
money, or form Of credit equivalent I,
money, aud TO the extent Of hundreds o
millions annually.
Again, then, we say, the question is
which will TAIL first, the National mel
and money, or the Confederate men!
First. as 10 men. On this point Their
is no possibility of mistake. Tho cen
sus figures cannot lie. The eleve
"Contcdcrate" States, including Tennos
see ard Arkansas. and excluding Mis-
.ouri, contained by the last census, .Gc
millions and half OF white persons. o
which one million and quarter wcr
white males between fifteen and fifty
w. make no account of the portion o
the population of those States now with
in our army lines. no longer available
for the supply of the rebel armies. Th
remaining States. By the same census
contained twenty.one millions of whit
persons, of whom little more thai
fye millions were white males betwce
fifteen and fifty. Granting that three
rourths between these ages are physical
lv incapable of military duty--which
= verv large allowance-lhere wer
IJJ ,Io,,...J men q