The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-15

70 which, IN 80 great measure, is to be
attributed the failure Of their cause
we should not regard ourselves as con.
auered. It was the misfortune of the
South, as have already stated, to be
strangely insensible to it's fate, belieyin o
the North would prove magnanimone
and just in it's dealings. We failed to
make proper use of nearly 1000, 600
slaves. Whilst we had population OF
about 10000, 900, there were only 785
regiments and battalions, or a little over
60O, 600 men enrolled. The North. with
population, at the beginning of the
war, OF 20, 900. 600, brought into the field
over 2, 800, 900 men-showing the eipan-
TIC number OF more than 1000, 600 of men
In excess OF the Confederates. We must
not suppose the North had greatly the
advantage through its facilities to enlist
Iorelgn troops; the whole number of
suoh reinforpements did not amount to
above 100000.
feel convinced that il we had brought
into the field 81! The abie-bodied slaves,
ehe nnal result would have been far diff
terent. We conld. by emancipating the
negro nave used him with greater eff
oiency even than the enemy, rs he is
naturally subordinate, and we better un-
mAn.
ner to control him. It is erroneous to
suppose that he would have deserted our
ranks, or proved traitor in the hour of
battle; freedom having alrendy been
granted him, he would have had nothing
to gain. and perhaps much to lose.
General Andrew Jackson found him a
good soldier on the plains OF Chalmette.
One OF the largest subscribers to the de-
fence OF New Orleans in 1862 was a
colored freedman, and q regiment or
more OF volunteers of that class proffared
their services about the samo time.
lad we adopted the plan of negro en-
ilstments even 30 late as the critical
PERIOD our beloved chief appealed for
snch relnforcements, we would never
nave been SO narrowed down in terri
tory, and 80 destitute of all necessary
supplies as we found overselyes at the
close OF the struggle.
Faint whispers now come to us of the
despair which pervaded the councils of
the enemy at certain epochs of the war,
when, Notwithstanding our small mum.
bers and tho manifold difficulties We had
to encounter. independence was almost
within our grasp. I, therefore, re-affirm
success should have been ours. Our
soldierH Wcrc superior to those of the
North; IN evidence thereof, let us glance
at the numbers engaged in the principal
battles, as obtained from official reports
and other reliable sources In few in
stances, tho numbers given are from ne
cesslty only approximate. At first Bull
Hun or first Manassas, the Confederates
were $4,000 against 10000 Federats;
IN tho seven days battle around Rich
mond, from Gaines Mills to Malvern
Hill, inclusive. $4,000 against 1S0, 900;
second Bull 1sun or second Manassas,
60,OOO, against 138, 600: at Sharpsburg
or Antletam, the hardest contested field
OF the war, 10000. against $1,000; at
frederlcksburg, 58. 600, against 100, 600;
at Chancellorsville, $4,000, against
l4o. ooo; at Gettysburg, the scene Of the
grandest battle of the revolution, 60, 600,
against $4,000; from the battle Of the
"iiuerness TO the surrender at Peters
burg, less than $4,000, against 100000;
Perryville. 1850, against 10000: at
Murfreesboro, 80, 643, against 70. 600: at
Chicamauga. 36.741. against 65, 900; at
Missionary Ridge. IS, 225, against 80, 600;
at the beginning of the siege of Atlanta.
1880, against 12O, 900; ut Franklin.
2G, 600, against $4,000; at Nashville.
$4,000, against 10000. The disparity
between the numbers of the conflicting
armies is. it will be seen, about as great
IN the West as it was in Virginia. This
collation. Of numbers Gle ,rly proves that
in time Of battle one Confederate soldier
was equal from two to three of the foe.
Our generals Likewise as body were
superior, and two of them must rank
with the most illustrious of the world.
Let ns recall the immortal heroes OF
Greece, made familiar through poetic
song; the noblo sons of Rome, 80 grand
III council. SO eminent in war; Cnnrle-
maSne and Napoleon, of once glorious
Franco; Frederick the Great, Of now
proud Prussia; Won Moltko, tho author
aud executor of the grandest campaign
on record; Marlborough and Wellington,
tho pride of Old England; Washingto
the father OF our republic; and in no in
stance do We find surpassed the military
genius nor its rare combination with
Christian virtue, which distinguished
Robert E. Lee.
1t is almost as difficult to adduce
parallel when contemplate the exalted
character and the horoic deeds of Stone
wall Jackson. He was as bold in con-
ceMion. md as unAinching in what ho
conceived to be right, as his noble COM
mander. It is but justice to assume,
from his brilliant OperntiOna in tho Val