The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-19

o,l.ons Picayune.
'l lttte practical use to discuss
srcnt or real causes OF the fall
W. ronfederacy of the Southern
,ha American Republic to gain
asoendeuce. In the war OF 1916;
! asle.s II is subject that VIII for
4 lime continue to be pursued with
it.
,Qs, the population OF the United
cas- about 30.O00,O00 souls, Of which
4 ooo or two thirds, were In the North
tstes and 100000. or one-third,
i Inc Southern. OF these 10000 900
4 eOonuO0 were whites and 4,000.0o1
4 rsoro slaves. In view of the fact
L. war was being waged TO a great
4 10 llberate the Southern slaves, it
4 he supposed that they would have
4 great source of weakness to the
8eru people engaged In the struggle,
A when the white men went to war,
Hsu beliDa them the 4,VO,UUO negroes,
4 could. II they mad been ably led
constituted dangerous enemy in
&sr OF the Southern whites who were
IN confronting heavy odds in the
4 and well equipped armies of the
4 supposed danger was never real
{howeyer, for the negroes staid at
I the regions occupied by them were
3led anu held By the enemy. Thcn
ktyes, for the most part, were set
In the military authorities. or as
4 free dom on their own account:
INVITA- the exception Of those who en-.
4 In the Federal army, they remained
&nlbatants From first to last there
s3, 400 negro troops In the Northern
n but much of the Southern country
Nor considerable time free from
"A Invasion, and there the negroes re-
IA at their homes and at work.
negroes were, therefore. by no means
1fee OF weakness to the southern cause,
necessarily many white men, who
fwise might have been with the arm,
Il front, were kept at home by the Ne
N for proper superintendence of the
1ng of the plantations.
Ia the opposing forces In the civil war,
fnstmeilts in the Northern armies
2SJ9,OUO of whom $1,000 we're ne
while the South had, from first to
5aDout 6t0,0OO men In the field. rle
Of numbers were about one South.
j to four and twn-thlrds Northerners,
5arly one to FIVE. Nevertheless, this
bot the greatest difficulty with which
fnthern people had to contend. Their
5serious trouble was their deficiency In
Nal resources The south was ali ag-
lDral country, destitute of manufac-
and dependent for almost every alti-
use exccpr food, upon the manufac-
Of the Northern States or Of foreign
hies. Early In the war the Southern
were blcckadc3 and supplies from all
De sources were. with the execution
pat was brought Ia by en- occasional
,entirely excluded,
connection with the matters men
\. there Is an Interesting article In the
4tic Monthly for December, 1901. euti-
tIhe Resources of the Confederacy,"
lillian Garrett Brown. Mr.. Brown is
fiye Of Alabama, born after the close
civil war. a student and professor of
n, and ut present assistant librarian
fryafd university. In his article MIR
p cites as sources of information, "A
felal and Industrial History of The
In the Civil War" by j. C. Schwab.
History OF the Confederate Treos
\ by Earnest 4. Smith.
Facts established are that, on the
Ineid, the South always gave n good
pr OF herself. Her field marshnls
generally up TO the mark of ability.
Iof them being the ablest in the world
Snen were brave, accustomed to the
A arms and We're matchless as shots
Paers. But the South had no money.
YaRer put IN circulation after the first
s"l'cs was male to the South's own
nau no DaS2s, and became steadily
pressing value until it had declined "a
d 20 to l. :"
r hour cost $50 to 500 a barrel and
L.aecesserles OF life rose to correspond
-, not alone did the armies In fine
eSInet' put the people who made IN
t s1a oouy Oh the population, with the
1ion OF the proprletors of farms. were
.caly reduced to restitution, since fine
earned by their labor did not in
70 meet the rise In the prices of
safes' and the paper pay which the
10 the held sent home for the SUP.
II ueir families proved to be pitIfuItv
10 supply the most urgent
'bsd cue soldiers at the front could
M Sny assurance that their wives
snS opeS were supplied with ordinary
ny clothing, there would have heen
lever sick men, while desertion
nave been almost unknown: hrt
lnen Knew that their darlincs had
en oIead, their heroic hearts thar
. tne storm OF battle and scorned
peIsonal priyation broke under thn
D Shu mus thousands were no longer
Y p pear their burdens and became me
|., diseases which hitherto their hearty
ana iron Wills had warded
s soIt had cotton and tobacco. upon
|rown oouiu nave been secued abroad.
|nsrt - .,soluates that the South had a
nj L.
|oa cotton OF the crop of 1890 The on.
pus million OF the crop OF 1S61 the
VI more Of 1862 and the half mil
| oma o, 1863 and 1864. The South had
~ hundreds OF thousands of hogs.
IA wpacco, grown In Virginia. North
r. r ana parts of Kentucky and Ten
holahe Confederate government conId
\ wsd these from the people nj
u tVn prices, and sold them in
In large profits. Here was the
prodn n..sV'Slass credit, and for all OF
have 49, ueIlvered abroad gold coin
blamed te authorities have been Sc
hovinne Tor not securing possession
Tyohg those valuable pTndncts MT
|aiiTooS most unjust. The south had
'niinr" ana these were mononlIzed
Ii ~, supplies for the army and in
a thmaVVops. They had ali t6ev could
ssi ~ way; and there was scarcely
ont repair those roads when they
shinn Iiiuch less TO build new lines.
|ths PSpp nagg cotton aud tobacco to Eu,
teV S pv,ioSckade maintained by the enc.
! in tSat any reliable and systematic
fbst 40 70 olockade-running Mr.. Brown
nIT NE government went into II OK,
az 'GG,rungn agencies Nike John Frazer
,roats ua rleston, by sharing the risks
.shin. ot private enterprise! and by
m ~, a. a. bureau and putting four
a 1890 MS own In commission. At the
shsS Bullock, head Of the secret
nd b,iaa' reported that thirty one
'a'es OF cotton had been shipped