Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-09-14
rFrom the st. Louis Democrat
New England aud the War-"VFe Have Not
Yet Begun Fight"

! Yet Begun IA Fight"
Some of the papers are charging New Eng
| lind with want of enthusiasm IN the war IL
| is said thai she docs not cont ibute her proper
| share of men to the army, and companions
are Instituted between Massachusetts ana Ill
| inois to the discredit OF the former. NOW
while we glory in the patriotism and sell sacrl'
| flee OF the prairie state and would NOT puck
| leaf from the laurel crown of any gallant state
| of the northwest it is no more than Just that
we should bear in mind the following facts
First the one hundred thousand men, or
| more under Gen. Fremonts command, are, TO
| great extent emgrants from New England
| while not a man of western birth can be found
! in an eastern regiment. The nth is, the
| west has been for the last twenty-five years,
| diaining with wonderful raMdily the east ot
| It's young men, until now the population OF
New England consists largely OF persons who
are either too young or 100 Old Tor military
service. Second, it is safe to affirm, that at
least two thirds of the naval force OF the coun-
try are drawn from New England The TWEEN
ty or thirty thousand men who are manning
our war steamers and gunboats, do not make
much show in our public prints. And yet 1t
needed not the recent brilliant exploit at Hat
teras to demonstrate to men o. Intelligence,
that our navy must play an important part III
the bloody drama, upon whose first act the
curtain has scarcely Ialeh'
Third, a very large proportion Of all the
material necessary for conducting tie war with
efficiency and success is manufactured in New
England. Probably not less than fifty thou
sand men are employed in Massachusetts
alone, most of them night and day, in making
every variety of articles required by the
troops, from a haveock to rlfied cannon.
The Illinois soldier marches in Lynn shoes,
wears a coat OF Lawrence cloth, and shoots
secession traitors with Springfield musket.
We might mention some other cOnsidera-
tons pertinent to this subject, not forgetting
the liberal outpouring OF money; but these
are sufficient for our purpose. The tact, how
ever, is not to be disguised, that neither New
England nor any of the other loyal states has
yet seemed to realize fully the magnitude of
the interest involved in this gigantic rebellion
OF the slaveholding oligarchy. Therebutf at
Manassas, and the melancholy, not to say
needless, slaughter of the heroic Lyon, have
served to quicken the pulse of the war depart
ment; but. as might have been expected from
the crippled and exposed condition in which
the government was left by the perjured trial
tor Floyd, all that has thus far been done is
only preparatory. We hare not get begun to
fight
Prabably the bloodiest naval battle during
the revolutionary war was fought near the En-
glish coast off Marlborough Head, between
the English ship Scraps and the American
ship Bon Homme Richard, commanded by
John Paul Jones. Early in the engagement,
the vessels became entangled so that the Bon
Homme Richard was exposed to the deadly
broadsides of its powerful enemy, without be.
ing able to do any damage in return. Atlength
after hours of muTderouS slaughter, when the
American vessel had been rddled through and
through by cannon balls, its maSts shivered
into spllnters, and the STARS and stripes"
under which Jones and his brave seamen had
won many victory, had all been shot away,
the British Commander supposing that the
Americans had struck their flag, shouted
through his trumpet and asked if they intend
ed to surrender. The thunder of battle was
flushed for moment while Jones, covered
with blood and smeared with powder stains,
appeared upon the slippery deck in the midst
OF the CHASTITY heaps Of his dead and wound.
ed, and answered the interrogatory, in
voice which had in its imperial
tones no tremor, no culver Of fear or doubt =
Surrender! No! haze not get begun to fight"
The tide OF battle soon turned, the guns of the
Scraps were silenced one by one the red
cross of England was lowered to the obstinate
valor of republican patriots fighting for free
dom, and the expiring hopes OF American in
dependence were rekndled in the bosoms of
libeTty-loving men all over the world.
1t requires no prophets eye to see in the
conflict of the Scraps and Bon Homme Rich.
ard symbol of the conflict now raging be-
tween The loyal and rebellious. ,stat4s. of the
Union. The traitors flushed ...,,.- W 90
ION JOHN C. HAlNES, with their slight /.
successes, may shout 10 tn
amphe I" and in their infatuation expect the
federal troops to sue for peace and pardon at
he knees OF the august Davis, but the shadow
Of inevitable doom is already beginning to
larken their camps and hearth stones. Thou
sands upon thousands are rushing from every
valley and hillside OF the north, as if summon
I'd by the ancient fiery cross, to the support of
The government; and it is not mere certain
hat Justice and Right sit enthroned in heaven
han that the grand flag of our fathers shall
again float in triumph from the Aroostook to
the Rio Grande.