The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-13

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our boast that one Southron was equal to ten OF
tho enemy Peace 80 soon, when we would have
forfeited the respect OF our own people, incurred
the contempt Of our foes, and have been regarded
by the civilized world as indeed unworthy OF IN.
depeEdeucel Away, away forever with the
Thought. Thanks, a thousand times thanks, that
we were saved from this disgrace and humllia-
ton by the ability, frmness and patriotism o.
Although the lives Of many brave and gallant
mon would have been spared BY an
earlier c.ose Of the war, better they
should lie beneath the sod, than that their
ed forever In dlshonor. AS It Is. ! am proud OF
tho hi1h regard he'd for the Confederate through.
out civilization. and prold OF the length OF time
we continued the struggle. Moreover, l feel that
had every right to expect it. had we but been
true to curse YES, to our principles, to our coun.
try. Hannibal, it is spid, after numerous appeals
to Carthage for additional means to prosecute
and her refusal to comply fully with his demands,
laughed at his countrymen when they were made
by the Romans to empty their treasures, and pas
slvely gaia upon their magnificent neet burn to
ehOuld deeply sympathize with our people, and
pity the blindness to which. In so great measure.
is 10 tie attributed the failure Of their cause. We
should not reward ourselves as conquered. 1t was
the misfortune OF the south, as 1 have already
stated, to be strangely insensible to It's IA e, be.
leving the North would prove magnanimous and
just in its deal ngs..
latlon Of about ten millions. there were
ony seven hundred and eighty.hve regiments
and battalions, or q little over six hun.
dred thousand men enrolled. The North. v It'll Q
population. at the beginning Of the war; of twenty
millions. brought Into the held over two mill ons
eight hundred thousand men; showing the gigan.
tic number Of more than two millions OF men In
excess Of the C0nfederates We must not sup.
poae the North had gr. ally the advantage through
frs faci ities 70 enlist foreign troops; the whole
number Of such reinforcements did not amount
to above one hundred thousand.
field ali the able. bodied slaves, the nnal result
would have been far different. We cnuld BY
emanclpe1lng the negro have used him with
greater ef1c e0cy even than the enemy, ns he 10
naturally subordinate, and We better understand
his char acreristlcs and the manner to control
him. IL Is erroneous TO sur pose tnat ne would
have deserted our ranks. or proved traitor In
granted him, he would have had nothing to gain,
and perhana much to lose. General Andrew
Jackson found him o good soldier on the plains OF
Unalmttte. One If the largest subscribers to the
defence o. New Orleans Ia 1851 was &C lored
freedman, and q regiment or more OF volunteers
Of that class proferei t1eir services about the
same time. Had we adop ell the plan OF negro
beloved chief appealed for such endorsements,
we would never have been so narrowed down In
territory, and 80 destitute Of all necessary sup.
plies as We found ourselves 1t the close or the
struggle. -
which pervRded the councils Of the enemy at Ger.
tain rpocns OF the war, when. notwithstandlng
our sma' numbers aud The manifold d1nculttes
we had to encounter. independ anoe was almost
should hsTs been ours. Our soldiers were supe.
rIor 10 those Of the North; In evidence
thereof. let ua glance at the numoer8 engaged
IN the principal battles, a. obtained from orncial
a4l nthar rotohta ann 1900 q faW I'M.
stances the numbers given are from necessity
only approximate. at nrst Bull Run or fist Man.
assas, the Confederate were thirty thousand (SG'
Oo0,J against Sixty thousand 80,o0o) federalsi u
aaines's d liz 70 Malvern Hill, inclusive, eighty
tbo ussnd fSo, 90 ~ against one hundred aud eighty
thousand (1s0, 0o0@ second Bull Run or second Ma.
nassas dftS Thousand t5o, oo0l aRainst one hundred
or Antlesaua the hardest conte sted dec of tre war,
thirty thousand So,O00,) against eighty.seven
thousand ts7. oooD at Fredericksburg. City eight
thousand (68, 0O0,) against o ie hundred thousand
fi6. oo0.J against one hundred and forty thousand
uio, ooi; ut Gettysburg, the scene OF the gtandest
battle OF the revolution, sixty Thousand 6o.ovo,l
battle OF the wilderness 70 the snrren1e Ter at Peters
burg less than forty i've thousand t5, 0o0,) Sgainst
one hundred aud forty thousand nio.o0o;l az Sht-
Ion forty thousand three hundred and nlcy 'nVe.4O,.
1857 against sixty Thousand (so, 00o;l atPerryvtlle
thirteen thousand nve hund ed Us 6oo.) against
forty thousand q o,oool at Mnrfreesboro, thirty
thousand six hundred and forty.tnree (S0,6tS,)
against seventy Thousand 10.G003 at Cnioamauga
tnirty.six thousand seven hundred and lnrty.one
i88, 74I,3 against slxty-nve thousand (6a,00o;l at
Missionary nidge thirtv.fve Thousand two hun:
dred aud twenty. five tS6, 1885, against eighty thou.
saul $50, oo0;) 1.-THE beginning Of the siege OF Al:
lanta forty eight thou +and 'even hundred ana
fny H8, 1907 against one hundred and twenty
thousand {l2o, 000;) at Franklin twenty-slx thou
sand rs 000,) agaiast thirty thousand go, 000j at
Nashville eighteen thousand (ls,ooo,) against Blk.
tn Thousand 100. 900 The disparity between the
numbers Of the conflicting armies ta, It VIII be
seen, about as great In the West as 1t was 10
Virginia.
This collation. OF numbers clearly proves that In
time Of battle one confederate soldier was equal
from two t., three OF the foe. Our generals likewise
rang with The mostillus:rlous OF the world. Lot rs
recall the Immortal herors Of Greece, made familiar
through poetic song; the noble sons OF Rome, so
grand In council, 30 eminent In War; Charlema9ne
and Napoleon, OF once glorious France; FIeae'
tie author and executor Of the grandest cam
paign on record; Marlborough and Wellington.
the pride Of Old England: Washington, tine latnef
OF our republic; and In no instance DO we nna
surpassed the military genius nor lts rare comDi;
nation with Christian virtue. which distinguished
II is almost as difficult to adduce q parallel
when 1 coutemp ate the exalted character and inc
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bold n conception, and as unnlnching IN Wnat ne
conceived 10 be right, as his mob commander.
IC Ia INIT tuSrice to assume, from his brilliant ope'
ratIons Ia the Valley OF Virginia, with q compar'
atIyely small though separate command, snat MS
Impress would have been still more DISTINCT anu
hIs campalsns till more signal at the head OF 9
large army. He made extraordinarily rapln
matches. executing successfully the most
di0icult movements 10 war; passed repeatedly
70 the rear Of the enemy, and causing constetDa.
ton amid his ranks, achieved marvellous results.
He was pre.eminent In this respect, tnat neoet'
ter understood the wonderful power o. enaar.
ance or the Confederate soldier; his ability to nght
thres DAYS and nights on scanty rations, and
finally at the moment Of ront, to pursue and reap
the fruits as well az the honor OF victory. IL
was one or his distinctive characteristics as o
solder 10 push forward after success, ana per
form the easy, most important ana yet seid dU
accomplished task durlDg the war, OF Csptut = ~ tshS.,
In addition to p'f5o0ers, BIZ 'ne
enemy. .a q, Ira oanoroI,v
racoon,ze superior talent when brought INTO con-
tact with II; and II not openly, they secretly &c
EnowI, dge It.. Now It ls more easlly olsceraea ia
the career OF arms than In any ofher; the triais
and tests are 30 severe therein as to make it more
niapiissf. You who have served az colonel! Of
e1imen generals OF brig8des or dlvi.
ATOMS. have often, especia ~ when de-
tached aud .burdened. with grave response.
b!llties, experienced thai indescrlole lmnnlse
curing the perilous and trying hour OF battle, 70
turn and appe Il to some one; but have wisely re-
raalned silent aud acted for the best, knowing
that 10 hesItate or waver was likely to cause you
to err and suffer co .sPquent disaster. NO com-
mander can ever escape at So b moments THESE
flashes through The brain. Lee and Jackson
we're farther removed from do BIT, In time OF
tercest conflict, than any generals Win whom
nave had the honor to serve. they possessed
that Intuition OF the true warri r, which makes