...comprising the Confederacy is 6,000,000, and therefore, to fill up the ranks of the proposed army (600,000), about ten per cent of the entire white population...be met ; but the Southern States can furnish that mimber of men, and still not leave the material interests of the country in a suffering condition....

...prising the Confederacy is six millions, and therefore, to fill up the ranks of the proposed army, six hundred thousand — about ten per cent of the entire...be required. In any other country than our own such n draft could not be met ; but the Southern States can furnish that number of men, and still not leave...

...rebellion, was aptly illustrated in an article in the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser in 1861, which said: required. In any other country than our own such a...suffering condition. Those who are incapacitated for hearing arms can oversee the plantations, and the negroes can go on undisturbed in their usual labors....

...comprising the Confederacy is six millions, and therefore, to fill up the ranks of the proposed army, six hundred thousand — about ten per cent of the entire...for bearing arms can oversee the plantations, and t/te negroes can go on undisturbed in their usual labors. In the North the case is different ; the...

...Confederacy." Ten per cent of the total white population was required to fill the ranks of the army. "In any other country than our own, such a draft could not be met," said the Advertiser, "but the Southern States can furnish that number of men and still not leave the...

...comprising the Confederacy is 5,000,000, and, therefore, to fill up the ranks of the proposed army, 600,000, about ten per cent of the entire white population,...that number of men, and still not leave the material interest of the country in a suffering condition." The editor, with fatuous faith, did not for a moment...