, 1864-03-28
TEEE STATES AND TEE WAR.
The Promptness Of the West ConplI-
mcntcd bY the East.


In very sensible article on the relative
promptness Of the different States to furnish
their quotas of soldiers, the New York I.n,es
remarks that "thc States which arc delin-
quent may shut their eyes, If they please, but
postc1ity will not The record made will
stand as long as the Republic stands, and
will ever be q traditional glory or rcproacl,
1t will be taken as sure index Of the differ:
ent qualities Of the patriotism OF the different
States, In the time that tried mems souls"
- We don't believe 1t possible to ind any
solution In special Causes for the very marked
difference between the States In the prompt
itudc. Of their response to the calfs Of the
general Government. These Causes, weigh
them as lfberalIy IS VIC may, fall fur short Of
supplying satisfactory explanation Com
Ing generations, We may be eure, will make
very small accounts OF. them, even If
they: note them ut ALL e.Tncy will come
precisely TO the same conclusion that ne our.
selves do when surveying the old ,revolu-
tiaua1y records Of the supplies Of troops by
spectiye supplies criterion Of the earnest
ness Of the respective colonies In the revolu-
ttonary cansc. There is no perfect patriotism
bnt that which coustralns man to fight, If
need be, as we'll as talk and vote for his conu-
try. If nun who IL able will not flght
when called upon, We say that his patriotism
Is of poor quality How can we avoid say
Ing the same thing. Of n State that is able, and
and yet does not furnish Its supply at fighters
when called upons
The loyal States are divided into fourgreat
diyis1ons-thc Eastern States or New Eng
land. the Middle States, the West and Bor-
der states. In examining the table, we find
that previous to the cali Of last week, the
number Of soldiers duc on former calls from
the eiI New England States was 8, 8,50f-froM
the four Middle States, New York, New Jer-
say, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, 100, 4439-and
from the five Border States, Delaware, Mary
land, Western Virginia, Kentucky, and Mis-
souri,, 50, ,e67-whilt in the seven Western
states there was IN aggregate credit ef Jorfy-
one thousand 'ix Hundrtd nHd ninety. Regard
being had to the ratio OF the population, the
deficiency in the Border States Is about
In the Middle States about ten out Of thou
sand in New England about two and half
out ofa thousand; while the Western States
there Is a positive overplus Of nearly one in
4 thousand. 49, =;
This exhibit is most extraordinary. / But
extraordinary as. it Is it cannot be contradict:
ed. The data arc Official; the results are aa
certain as arithmetic. What do they meany
Is it indeed true TINT there is this gradatfon
In the quantity OF tho patriotism of the differ
ent divisions Of the so-called loyal part of
the country?' Must we admit that the West
is first In the earnestncss of her devotion to
the old flag; New England next, the Middle
States next, land next, too, with long in
70 hard, but that history will write the same
thing Of us. There is no possible way for
New York and her sister Oentrnl States to
avoid 1t, but IN. making amends for their
comparative hackwardness in tho past, by
redOnble1 eXlcrttons In the future