The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-29

| civil war produced. The Montreal TEE
graph pronounced him "the greatest gen
ersl Ct this or aoy other age. TIE
London Tim>s, io review of C2lonel
| Chesuey's biographical sketch of Grant.
ssys: This determined colder is not,
however-And Colopel Chescey agrees
with our judgment-to be compared With
HE greatest opponent ~ the highest
Attainments Of the military Art aoc As
Hannibal, notwithstaudipg Zams. towers
over the very Inferior ScipIo, the figure of
Lee eclipses Grant though Lee snccu N bed
to the Northern Chief And we might NIL
whole columns with sucA quotations from
high Authority on boIh aides Of the ATTAIN
tic. Since such. then, is the opinion which
the world holds Of Robert Z. Lee bic
silence the speere OF . man whom be out.
generated at every point and whipped
wherever he met bin, until At laei .!
mere attrigionn bis thin ires were worn
away and be Was ''coupel!ed 10 yield TO
ovefpowering Numbers and reso7rces-'
Nor would it seem Necessary TO notice
the of:-:efuted statement that "the South
had az many men under arms as the North
General Grants Affirmation is bat bald
repetition OF what bic military secretary,
General Bades0, wrote il the London
Standard several years ago, aud 20 which
General Early (see vol. /, PIP. %,
Southern Historical Society Papers
u o0C cp 0cHiIs hoSA
account for it's repetition Only from or
kno~ledge of the persistency with which
certain Northern generals ard writere have
endeayored to force this misrepresentstlo
of facts into history.
The census of 1850 shows that the feu.-
teen States from which the Confederaey
drew any part of its forces had 9 white
population Of only 7,946, Ill, Of which
2 49- s9l belonged TO Maryland, Kentucky
and Missouri, which three States furnished
more men (because of force of surrounding
circu mstanceet to the Federal than 70 the |
Confederate armies SO that the total pop
ulation upon which the Confederacy could |
draw was really only ), 44T ,220, while the !
United States had te1clusive OF Marylacd, !
Kentucky aod Missouri) q population Of
is, Oh $50. Add TO this the patent facts !
that we soon lost large portions OF o3r
terri tory, that the United States recruited !
very largely from our Eegro population,
and that by means of large oouuties and
other Inducements the Federal armies |
drew from the dense population OF Europe !
a very large proportion Of their levies, and |
it will be seen that the odds against Us
u net have been enormous. As for Gen |
erai Grants statement tIs. oar - 900 900 !
of negroes were the same soldiers, be |
cause they did the work IL the fields which |
" bite men would have to do it is Sufficient
TO reply that from tue drst the negroes
were epciceG into the Federal lines, that |
they were enlisted by thOusacds IN the |
F Federal armies, and that II was very com
mon for the young negro men to run CT,
leaving only the Old men, the women,
AID the children ss a burden the plan
tations ard Leavy tax 90 the planters.
Secretary Stanton page 81 of bis report
for l-G5} states that there were actually |
N ustered into the service of the United |
States from the 18Th of April lcDl, to the |
l4,h of april, l-65, = $50 .553 men. M.
Swinton, WHO had free access TO the Con
fedeTa;e archives several years ago, states |
that TOO coo men in eil were put into the
Confederate service during the same peri
cd, aud this estimate is very nearly correct,
50 tia: the Official figures show that the |
United States lad In service more than |
four tinss IS mauy men as tie CobfeGeracy |
! - . :
ME. S-aLlo1 sta.es 10 his report (paE7 s. !