The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-08-05
Spirit ofthe South.


ings of the rebels under circumstances de.
cidedly adverse, we take the following from
the Richmond Dispatch of the 7th: This
article is evidently we'll charged with gas
and buster but it is proper that northern
men should know how The steam of the re-
bellion is kept up by southern leaders.
While Paul Jones, in the wretched Old
hulk of an Indlanan hundred years old.
(the Bon Homme Richard,) was enca ced
IN the desperate conflict with the Serapis. a
new English irlgate OF the first class, just
out Of port-aiter single broadside had
riddled her so completely that he was com.
PEELED to lash her to the Englshman to
avoid sinking-when nearly all his gIns
had bursted and half his crew had fallen
momentary cessation Of firing induced
his adversary to hail him and inquire
whether he had struck 1--WE have not be-
gun to fight" was the laconic and pithv
reply, and after two hours more of mortal
combat, he had the proud satisfaction of
walking the Englishman's deck victor,
under circumstances so desperate that at
one time their appeared no chance to es-
cape. Such is the reward of valor when
allied to constancy, and directed by an in.
dotnitable WILL
Lincoln, Seward and Halleck, and the
whole Yankee press are hugging them.
selves in the delusion that they already Sc.
the end Of the war, and that end is, to us,
the death Of our liberty, and the beginning
Of an interminabc scrvitude To their
taunts and sneers we reply in the defiant
language Of Paul Jones, "We have not vet
begun to fight" They think they have
seen pitched fields, but the hottest of those
they have seen are, to those which must
! comc, but as the freshness o. an April
morning to the fiery breath Of the dog DAYS
but as the snow upon the sides cf Hecla
| to the whirlling gulf Of flme within but
| as December to June-hut ice house
to furnace heated an hundred fold.
This peopte has never yet put forth its
! strength to half it's extent, furious as has
been the war in which it has been engaged,
mighty as have beer its struggles, glorious
| as have been ist victories, unparalleled as
have been the results. What we have don,
is scarcely type Of what we can do. Tn,
present situation, far from being desperate
is only trying enough to induce new energ,
IN the contest, to call, for new exertion
and new sacrifices, to remind our people o
the conflict, and the object of the enemy, t,
bring out our whole strength, and to let tn,
worln see OF what ws are capable. Whil
the Yankees think tfey have subiupated u.
by taking Vicksburg, we repeat in Tho
language of Paul jones, ave have not be-
gun to fight"
Such Is the spirit Of our people, such the
resources OF our countrymen in their own
determined will, s,lch the obstacles the en-.
eny will have to overcome before he can
ever subdue US. We have lost Wick sburg
and Port Hudson. What of that? Sup
pose we lose Charleston, Savanna, Mobile,
WilmnSton--all our seaports What of
that, we ass again?
ws,whst though the field be lost,
Ana s,ns, nU lost! The unconqu-raLls will,
| Al 10 revenge, immorta al hate,
| an Az .so1rage never to submit or yield:
All hese.remaiu"
lnese We would still have, though.
'ning materially were gone.
nu we are reduced to no such straits.-
va .n7 contrary, ives peak the solemn truth
VIZ" : We declare, that in our opinion, our
=. .aa ION, although it is one which calls for
.ae Utmost cxertion, so far from being des
p'i"'e. is not even gloomy. The enemy
mas 10 taken Vicksburg and Port Hudsod -
LIS he open the navigation of he river
Hereby? Not at all, as we showed the 9th.
:. day, and We think we showed satisfacto-
| lily. On the other hand, he weakens him.
self by the garrsons he is obliged to keep
, in those places, and he strengthens our ar
mics by returning the garrlsons which
have been so long shut up there. He
would do the same thing by taking Charles
ton, Savannah and Mobile. Having no
Ia l.t, n1,
army then complete the policy Of concen
tration which, but partially pursued, has
already been attended with such melnora-
BILE results.
Retiring to the interior as he advances,
we shall weaken him and strengthen our,
selves with every step that he takes on leav.
| ing his base Of operations. We have made
cur calculations long ag', that all the towns
within reach Of the enemy's navy would
fall; and given them, for the sake of argu.
ment up to him, we conceive that we are
more able to beat him without them than
with them. Let it not be forgotten, in the
meantime, that we have a powerful army
an army that has never been beaten, with
4 general at it's head who may rank with
the most renowned leaders Of whom histo
~ makes mention. Let the desponding
think of these facts, and tell US what there
is gloomy in our situation. For our part,
we see nothing whatever. We may be
called on to destroy more cotton and tobac-
co to prevent their falling into the hands
Of the enemy; out in our opinion, this would
not be the worst thing the government
could do, even Of its own free will. 1t
would recall the minds Of thousands from
the persuit of wealth to the defence of the
country, and that would be a pasitive
gain