Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-03-24
from Ihe Y. Y. Tribune /

when our Civil War commenced in earn.
..st, .st, the Rebellion was in practical, substafl.
uai command OF the resources Of the glaye
otstss' Missouri had more men fgbt;no for
y thsn Alabama and Florida tooetber.
hen,ucky covered its weakest f,on,;er e.,
hundreds OF miles by her neutral;tv and
sent quite number Of regiments - ,ha
Secession armies before she esva ~ ~ 'uo W
those OF the Union. New Orleans v.S ' ~ ~
commercial and moneyed metronolis. NJ
folk, Nashville, Memphis, Vicksbnra
Natchez, Knoxville, Little Rock, 10. wars
ITS inland forts, rDanulaetories, and rscr,,;t.
ing stations. The entire resources Of oysr
Ten Millions Of People, of whom nearly
Seven Millions were Free Whites. were AZ
Its command while the Three Millions and
over OF slaves we're the doeile, uu1usstiop.
Ing instTuinents OF its will. Why sheuLl
they have dared or suffered, hoped or prav-
cd for the success of the Union? The
Union did nothing, and proposed to do
nothing tor them; while the Proclamations
and Orders Of McClellau, Patterson, Hal
leck, Sherman, DC, told them that We ex.
Eected nothing, wanted nothing, at their
hands, and would not permit them 10 aid
Us. 10 "crush with an iron hand" any
attempt on their part to throw off the yoke
OF their Rebel masters was McClellan's
threat and no one can doubt that he would
at least have tried to be as bad as his word.
We are near the end of the third year of
the war; and new aud vigorous mpsign
Is about to open. What does it promise
In how far does the experience of the past
warrant the hope of SUCCESS in the imme-
diate future2 We answer,
4. NO man can noto say that we have
made no progress. Of the region claimed
as belonging to the Southern Confedsracy,
We hrmly hold West Virginia, Kentucky,
nearly all Tennessee. Missouri, most of Ar
kansas, more than half of Louisiana, good
part OF Mississippi, with portions of old
Virginia., North Carolina, South Carolina,
florids, Texas, most Of the Indian Territory,
New Mexico, and Arizonia. Nearly half
the white population claimed as belonging
TO the Confedoracy are this day undsr the
federal flag, aud no longer subject to Con-
scrption to fill the Rebel armies. Our gains
within the past year more than half over
throw the Confedsracy az it stood when tho
final Proclamation of Freedom was issued.
Glve us one more years werk so effective
as the last, and the Confederacy will be pros
tratc.
IL The slaves, at first powerful element
OF strength to the Rebellion, are so no lon
ger. They now know that the Union means
Freedom, and they are uneasy. excited, anx-
lous, vlgilant, and insu5ordinate. 1t no
logger answers, as it once did, to leave three
or four hundred Of them in the care of
single overseer. They take to our lines and
our marching columns as naturally as duck
takes to water. The fslsshoods that once
repelled them keep them back no longer
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not trust them. They work ftfully, and
need sharp watching. As . whole. thew
have gradually and all but entirsy ceased
to be an element of strength to the Confed.
sracy. F -a'
III. There remain, then, but the Whites
Of the disloyal region to overcome and
their total number, less the fearful War
losses by diseases and wounds since the Re-
bellion broke out, are very nearly as follows:
Alabama ......5O0,OOO N. Carolina. 500, 900
Arkansas......l00,0O0 S. Carolina 300, 900
Florids........ 10000 Tennessee .....l0O.O00
Georgia. ...60O, ,000 Texas. 400. 600
Louisiana 100000 Virginia ...... 100000
Mississippi ..2S0000 Did. d Ky. say 10000
-! IotaL....-...........".. 100000
Such is, according to the Census of 1860,
the White population, so nearly as may be,
of the entire area held this day by the
Rebels; and it does not exceed the popula-
ton of the single State of New York.
& Out OF this population, it is barely pos
sible that the Rebels, by their merciess aud
sweeping CONSUMPTION, can have 400, 900
msn on their muster rolls; but this mast
include nearly every white male capable of
bearing arms, including those employed in
Government foundries, manufactures of
ammunition, operators of railroads, &c,
&c If the Rebels can put 800, 90 men &C
tually into the field, they can do what no
ether Four Millions ever did on earth, after
three years of bloody, exhausting war. We
believe Three Hundred Thousand to be this
day the extreme limit of their effecrivs,
fighting force And be il noted that they
are now at the end of their chain. As a
thousand fall, or are disabled by wounds or
disease, there are no more to take their
places. ..
Believing that we see evidence that some
of our past errors are to be avoided, and
that energy, concentration and skillful gem
eralship are to signalize thecampaign about
to open, We eIhort every patriot to regard
the future Of our country with hope and
cheerful trust, sS'-''
yol A Productive Farm.."t.1 s'
"a. @. Fultsn, residing near Davonpsrt,
Iowa, writes to the Prairie Farmer, that his
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