The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-08
The desperate Effort Made BY the Re-

The Desperate Effort Made BY the Re-
BelIon, ana rs consequence.
Gov. Parsons, in his address to the
people Of Alabams, a few days since,
declared that one latR6red and trenfy-
Ap0 Molsond men Of hat State were en-
gagged in the war, and that o this mum
Der ssuerty thousand sre dead or disa
bled This is an extraordinary state
ment; and, If it be true, IL gives us a
new conception of the d-esperateness
With which the Confederate cause was
defended.
By the nsus Of 1860, the entire
numherc Of white males IN the State of
Alabama, between the ages Of fifteen
and fifty, was l26.567, which was only
about iorty-four hundred more than
were actually made Confederate sold.
iers. Yet what is usually called the
military age-from Is TO dis far with
in these Confederate figures. More
over, a very considerable portion of
those within this military age are usu-
ally excluded from service from physi-
cal Oh mental disability. In our first
draft, The proportions thus rejected WIS
about thirtyone out of q hundred In
our seeOnd,draft, in which the causes
exempting were greatly reduced, the
proportion was Al out tWenty-six out of
y hundred. In the French eonscrip-
tons, the proportion Of exempts by
disability is about t~hirty-two out Of q
hundred Thus only about tWo-thirds,
81 10 most three fourths, of the male
population between the ages of eigh-
teen and iorty-five are, ordinarily,
deemed capable Of military service.
Yeti Alabama, during the rebellion,
the CONSUMPTION included striplings
three years younger, and old men FIVE
years older, and still only about less
than four out of q hundred received
exemption. of course we are MOTTO
understand the Governor OF Alabama
NJ meaning that the number he desig
yates were actually engaged in the
heavy campaigning. We must suppose
that lighter duties were found for the
halt aud the feeble and the sick. But
the point is, that the jeff Davis gov
ftnment went TO the utmost possible
extreme in awaiting itself of every par
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On i S fortunes.
Gov. Parsons figures also enable as
10 appreciate better the difference in
the efforts actually put forth by the
rebels and the loyal States. governor,
buckingham, IN his speech at the Vale
celebration the other day, declared,
with g great deal Of Just pride, that
Connecticut had put In the field over
forty thousand men six Thousand
above her regular quota. Few loyal
States did so well rs this, in proportion
10 population. Now il happens that
there we're in 1860 nearly the same
number Of white males, between The
ages OF fifteen and fifty, in Connecticut
as in Alabama-lhe number in the one
State being l20,2l9, in the other l26 5S1
conneesicut. then, from about the same
supply OF material, contributed only
shout one third as much 10 the national
armies IS Alabama did to the rebel
armies. We see no reason why this
proportion should not hold good ia
reference 10 all the loyal States and all
the rebel States. We oyercame the
"Eeniederacy with two-thirds OF our
syailRble soldier material, according 10
he Confederate standard, still held in
reserve.
bu, more striking yet is the ratio Of
loss TO the men in service. II Gov. /
Parsons estimate IS correct, three-itths /
OF the entire white male population OF
Alabama, between the ages Of fifteen
and fifty, have been killed or disabled
in very many cases, Of course, the dis
Allotment was such IS not permanently I
10 iniure the physical constitution; bun
Eeepirg this in mind, il may be safely
estimated that Alabama does not to-day
have more than one-half of the able
bodied white male population that she
had in lS60. Alabama has suffered in
this respect no more than any other
Confederate State Ii is the universal
Testimony OF ali who have passed
through the South since the close OF
the ~lebeliion, that manned, crippled,
snd 6asied forms are everywhere 20 be
seen This Is the most impressive OF
I'll The different phases Of Southern
desolation.
OuF Nofthern people when discussing
the various plaI Of reconstruction. are
TOO att 90 lose sight ct The tremendous
loss of Southern vitality. They guage
Southern exhaustion quite too much 10y
pecunisry standards Il is true that
the South has been greatly imp0Yer-
lshed by the rebellion. Il is today al
most without one d@lar OF capital,
ayailable for the restoration Of lis old
prosperity. The utmost il can do is 10
gain lis Subsistence from day 10 day.
But far more melancholy than any
want Of capital is This want Of vigorous,
able-bodied white men 10 use capital
There is no virtue ia money Of itself 70
build up a State. the first great ne
c,ssity is men. A dollar consumed
nisy oon be wTung u OF the earth
AGAIN. But q man destroyed Is lost Tor
all time II 8 posterity, ii ne have il,
may milne take his place. But 3 very
large number Of those who were killed
IN the rebel armies were young men
who were unmarried aud ehildiess ise
cause Of their youthful vigor it Tell
upon them particularly to De kept / h
the front and 10 do the bloodiest fight
ing al the host Of such southern
youth who have fallen can be succeeded
by no Dew generation Of their Own
blood The South cannot for half a
century yet re-popullte itself up 10 the
mark Of 1860, il left entirely 10 lis
own he oIrces I aided 10y immigra-
ton -
This immigration ought 10 be accept
ed by the South as the chief remedy Tor
its present exhaustion. It's constant
aim should be 20 encourage an Influx
of fresh blood. But We indeed tell the
Southern people most distinctly that
such a prescription Of Union men as
many Of them now threaten, nay, IS
the Nifginians are beginning 10 put il
practice, ss is seen in the elections lust
held, will be no encouragement il
will be the most effective of all dif-
couragemeuts The Northern man
does not live who will cast his lot in
the South wish Any prospset before him
than that the South viii live in har-
moDy with the National Government
Every Northern man, 70 whatever party
he may belong, knows that the south
cannot prosper on any other condition
IL the South chooses toindulee ia pettv
spite, and % spurn or abuse The liberal
proifers made 70 il By President John.
son, Il win operate as an absolute crBssi
against any help wkatever from the
North, or from any other part of the
world Without genuine patriotism
there can be no security, aud without
security there can ben0 business enter.
prize. The South does not have il in
its power 70 get rid Of the Natinnsl