Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-29

when il Is known that recent abIe
writer estimates that, win tho aid of
railroads, Napoleon would have con
quered Harope.
The Southern states hal invested In
manufacturing establishments fro1
which 70 supply the Southern armies,
about sl56. 700, $50, While the North had
! ia like establishments about ss73,-
! 5so,73l
/ The South, tnclT6h1g TIE border states,
contained population Of II ,4i1 ,029.
They were confronted by states con tain
/ ing population OF i9,5l9,lli. To add
70 this disparity. the Southern states
furnished 70 the Union armies more than
100000 men.
Let Il be further remembered, that the
movement wss made BY the leading
/ Southern states without an organized
central government, without an army or
navy, practically without arms, arsenBls,
Ammunition or artisans. This embryonic
/ poser OF poorly armed states was Auiag.
onized In the iucipieucy Of the movement
! By government thoroughly organized
ans equipped; with AZ least the nucleus
Of an army and navy; with magazines,
munitions aud manUfactoriesfOr supply
| ing all the implements OF war.
When the future historian snail con-
slider this remarkable inequality IA terri
tory, In wealth, In means Of Transports
ton, IN populatiOn--in all the circum-
stances surrounding the sections-aud
when he shall add TO these the still more
striking disparity In the numbers Of men
enlisted by each, he will be lost In
smazemeat that the struggle could have
been prolonged 70 four years Of Southern
resistance.
The official reports from adjutant gen
erals Office show that the NUMBER of men
enlisted In the Union armies during TIE
war was 2,S59,l32 The number enlisted
10 the Southern armies during the war, as
estimated by the war department, was
100000 men Placing these man against
1900 coo against the 800, 000-tbere
was hurled against the South more than
1000, 900 Of men In excess Of the numbers
she had enlisted
These official figures, absolutely start
ling In their disproportion, will forever
attest an unrlyaled courage and consecra-
tion by Southern troops. Let him who
can point 10 the parallel.
To the philosopnic statesman OF the ia
ture most interesting field for thought
will be found In investigating the source
Of this phenomenal power exhibited by
tuN pputls DDlH hTIHltH WtIt tOmpbrtu
principally OF free-born American citizens.
The ranks Of both were largely oiled by
volunteers and not by mcrcenary hire.
lings. Both gave allegiance TO govern
ments organized under similar constitu-
tions, guaranteeing political and relig-
lous liberty, trial by jury, taxation only
with representation, and all the funda-
mental rights OF equality and republican
freedom. Both gathered inspiration from
the example of the fatherH. Both were
impolled by the authoritative sanction of |
genuine patriotism; aud every soldier /
who fell on either side turned his pale |
face to heaven, a martyr TO the right ss
lac understood IL.
10 is necessary, therefore, TO find IN |
some other aud peculiar elewonts OF |
power the explanation for this unox-
Gmpled resistance made by the South TO
one OF the most superb armies ever mus
tered for battle, OF the same race born
Of q common ancestry, reared under the
came free Institutions, 1t would have
seemed safe to predict that with the dis
advantages under which the South l0bored |
abe would be compelled 70 surrender TO a
force not greatly superio, to her own. II |
Is true that the rural life Of the Southern |
people was prOmOtlve of individual indie
poDdepce, and this independence was
productive Of individual herolsm, which
was one II the marked characteristics OF .
the southern soldier But ON the other
hand, the Northern soldier was more
vigorous In constitution, more robust In
physical energy, and was reared under a
civilization and domestic institutions
which developed, In high degree, the
virtue OF selirelianCe. Where, then, are
A lnH tba nv - 10.
Ing fact that 1t required to defeat the
south 10 four years an enlisted force
more than twice as great as the entire
Prussian armies which, In seven months,
overwhelmed and Inundated France?
What Is the explanation, | again inquire,
OF the uueNampled record made by the
Southern armles2
II cannot be attributed 20 any want Of
high courage Ia the soldiers of the North
Independent OF the exhibitions OF indiyid.
ual herolsm by which all were Impressed
who met on that field, the ratio OF federal
losses In battle as compared TO the losses
of European armies, the rushing and oft
repeated ousets Of Northern phalanxes,
with nAed bayoheis, against the walls OF
nre from southern guns aud over the
dead bodies oi their comrades, piled Ia
ghSstly heeatomhs before Southern forts
Gni breRstworks, bear witness TO federal
courage and devotion which nothing can
ever impepch.
~ seeking tho source OF this marvellous
exhibition Of resisting power shown by
the south, II Is proper 70 take into the
account the fact that she occupied the In
terior lines Of defense. But to my mind,
the one sufficient eXplauation---th "causa
causinsn--is 20 be found IN the great, dis.
unctlye, primal thought that moved dom.
mated and inspired the Southern people
II the Northern soldier was impclled by
the thought that a disrupuonoi the Union
endangered the permanonce Of our free In
Slhntlons, and that TO save the Union was
To save republican freedom on this
continent, the South was moved. on the
other hand, by obedience TO "Namre's
Hrst law'--tho law Of selt-defense. II
she sought 20 sever her relations with her
sister states of the NORTH it was In the
oehei that she would find safety under
government OF homogeneous Institutions
Ter declaration OF desire for peace and
for continuance OF iriendlf relations
was emphatic and sincere II in the
progress Of succeeding war she crosSed
her borders and bore her banners north.
ward, IL was with tho hope OF forcing tic
withdrawal OF federal forces from her
territory aud OF comp lisg recognition
OF her Independence. The one control.
ling, all-penadng thought that throbbe0
through every hher OF the Southern brain
was that the rights Of the states, ths
security Of property, u home and of
liberty, were involved IN the issue. Tn
spirit Of defense, not Of defiance nor 0i Il
conquest, nerved her people Tnls was
her pauoply VI powVr; This toe tower ~ \
her amhging strengths this the individual
Inspiration that made OF her individual