, 1864-05-04

oohe OF our newspaper contemporaries cast
ward, take occasion to express both surprise
and admiration al the new proof of loyalty
and ea1nestness given b. the central Western
States, in thu recent pro1er of the hundred
days men. There has been no reluctance at
any time, go far rs observed among the
papers of the better class al the East. to ac.
knowledge that the West has volunteered
well, ard fought we'll AS true bravery is said
to be modest We have nothing to eay upon
ttat point, except to thank our friends for
thsif good opinions and apprectat " words
but VIC arc soHy we cannot rcciprocate the
compliment toward some, at least, Of our
Older ne'ghbors. To say, that there has
oeen disappointment, In regard to tbs readi-
hess o1 some OF the great Central States, to
cetef into this contest, is but to assert q
most obvious and common fact Yet 1t is
1ank injustice to blame one man
for the faults or rcmissnees of anoth-
eF. There Ia no loftier patriotism
nor more seH.dcnying zeal than has been cx-.
Mbited In Pennsylvania; yet that State is
largely. behind her obligations In furnishing
soldiers. The same thing Is understood to
be true OF New York. Nor eau the excuse
be In the lack Of men, IS regards either State,
Doth overflow with men Of the military are.
and esrccial1y Pennsylvania. That State
alone hes resources sufficient to fight with
m even chance Of subduing the Confederacy,
would she but put for h her power. Yet thc
common opinion may be wrong, that no one
commonwealth, as whole, has taxed her
energies less, with the possible exception OF
New Jersey, than the old Keystone State,
With regard to New England, there is real
md ecrions difficulty. After her long and
immense emfgrations, she lacks men. Yet
what is lacking In material is made up in zeal,
and though little behind rs to quotas, It can
hardly be said to be due to lack Of patriotism
or Of It's excrtion. New York too has the
plea to offer, that In an evil hour she was
cajoled by falsehoods and dlscouragements.
into the folly Of electing q Copperhead Cor
ernor. II We could think of dny excuse for
Pennsylvania, 1t should be mentioned, for
the sake Of the se1Esacrifcc and hcroism Of
some Of her sons and daughters forIt is not
for the sake Of rcprosch that these things are
mentioned.
But although it be true that the West ~ a
whole hus more men Of military age, in the
ratio of her population, than the East, yet
this fact alone does not conclude the case,
Tie difficulties Of getting soldiers are more
nearly equal through MI the States than is
often supposed
The extreme frontier was probably not
more in the ratio Of her people Of a military
agc than any other psrtof tue country. There
arc sections where nearly ali the population
consists of men fit for military duty, and yet
1t may not be easiest to procure soldiers In
such sections, on account Of the peculiar
structure Of society there There are men
enough, but they are men who cannot easily
leave their new made homes. They are either
newly married men, With their wives and a
child or two in tie frontier cabin, with whom
they must remain for support and protec.
ton; or they arc persons in similar coudl.
tion, and In the act Of removing their fami.
lies to their newly found residences. For
such men to 60 into the army is to peril not
their own lives nlone. but their families also.
For this reason probably the war has not
borne harder upon any section than upon
western Iowa, Kansas, Minnesot4 and parts
Of Wisconsin and Michigan It is not the
want Of patriotism, or of material, that
there has been an apparent slowness in re-
gard to these States .or sections OF them, in
fl1lug up their quotas -but Of this very diff.
entity. To ill the army is to depopulate the
frontieer.
With class Of States older than these, and
yet young, this difficulty Is obyiated.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, have not oaly an
abundant crop of men, but the basis Of Sta
bic society beneath them, which allows Of
their going to war houses are built, farms
cultivated, business arrangements made and
perfected, so that ali things can 20 on as
usual for time, even If the men 60 to the
army. A crop Of boys, now in the stages Of
young manhood, have been born on the soil:
and father and mother are hale and able to
csrrT on the farm, and see to the soldiers
young wife and little ono, while he is away.
Then the emigration from abroad-from Can.
ada and the old wor1d-pour most plentifully
into thcse States, and either join the army,
or I'LL the ranks Of business and assume the
demands of labor.
But these States have also their drawback.
They are curFed with the most c4ecrablc
types Of Copperhcadism, and filed up with
the allies Of the rebellion. These swarm In
our cities and lurk along on the borders of
the rebellion. and their trails run all over the
States In every direction wherever snakes
and dragons wiggle and cr1wl. They CON
sist Of men who foated ont of the slave
States, and have ever retained the idea they
brought with them, Jet which their poverty
forbid them to realize, that to own niyger
was the height Of human grandeur and tclic-
lty. Many Of them are late arrivals from thc
rebellion, and who have run away from Its
pains and perils; yet who, like the fools that
they are, strive to bring about here the very
turmofls from which they have once escaped.
Others arc old soggy politicians, who have the
idea Of seeing Soah's ark once more afloat with
lis olden freight, because it Aoated once to
the advantage Of mankind; and think in TINT
to see the realization Of eupremcst happi-
ness for the race. Others are iuportations
from John Bulls dominions--particularly
from the Green Isle, and to whom n,gur Is
tie type Of the being they have been taught
to fear, with cloven foot and horns; mud who
think the war is to turn him loose to the tee.
total abolition Of all noble Celts. These to-
eethcr block the wheels Of our endeavor-
eeethc, wrigglc, hiss, turn specklcd, and play
the snake in every known WY.
But our quotas are full in spite OF them;
and God helping MS, this battle is to be fought
through to success.
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