The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-09

The recent death of Gen. Pope recalls
the fact that he once wrote in the North
american Review, New England during
der nor O. great statesman" New England
produced John A. Andrew, war governor
of Massachusetts,. the man whose pre-
science outran the judgment of Lincoln,
Seward and Chase go far that In the first
week of January, 1861, he sent a message
to every governor of New England to urge
him to get ready for the war that was
surely coming. These dull men did not
heed his warning, but Andrew was ready
when Lincoln called, and he alone of all
Northern governors was ready. and his
prescience and preparation saved WASH
ington City and Fortress Monroe from
capture. Gov. Andrews influence with
Lincoln was so great that he finally per-
shaded Lincoln to Issue the emancipation
proclamation and no obtained permission
from him 10 raise the Fifty-fourth Massa-
chusetts eolored reg ment, whose success
| settled the question Of negro soldiery, and
Andrew made this regiment sure of sue
cess by appointing its officers from the
ranks Of white Massachusetts veteran
regiments who had won high reputation
in the field No man of the civil war out
side of Lincoln was as worthy of the name
OF statesman as John A. Andrew. Gov.
Curtin, Gov. Morton and Gov Morgan
were all able men, but they were laggards
in action and billiards in speech compared
~ he lad
Then as to the barrenness of New Eng
land in great soldiers. was she any more
barren than the rest OF the republic? The
superior volunteer generals were Logan,
Barlow, Beaver, Berry, Geary, Birney.
Terry, Blair, Brooke, Devens. Burnham,
Chamberlain, Conner, Cox. Lander, Low
ell, Osterhaus, Croker. Hovey, Miles.
John E. Smith. T. A. Smythe. Stannard,
Steedman, ordycke and A. S Williams.
Allowing for the fact that New England
was a very small territory and the West 3
very large territory New England shows
remarkably well in this list. What lead
ing general did the West produce who was
not West Pointer or an old army man
who owed nothing to the early education
OF his section and everything TO
his professional education, army train
Ing and experienced Burnside,
Pope. Rosecrans and Buell. were
men of Western birth and training.
Hooker's life and that OF Halleck and Free
mont was on the Pacific coast. Besides
Hooker among New England born men
were Nathaniel Lyon. David \. Russell,
Eustis. Whipple, Gordon. Fi'z John Por-
ter. Charles F. Stone. Ames, Sumner. Sedg-
wick, Isaac I. Stevens, William F. Smith,
Mower. William r. Hagen. Richardson,
Ransom. Grover, Couch. Foster and How
ard. Warren was = New Yorker. while
! Meade. Hancock, Gihbon, Parke. Hunph-
! revs, Franklin and Reynolds were Of
/ Pennsylvania birth. Upton and Miles
/ were Eastern men; SD WAS Opdycke.
I pope's theory WAS utterly fancifui. Stout
/ soldiers came from all sections. aud no
more from the great West, in proportion
TO its vast territory and population, than
| from the East-
| There we're no great generals outside
| % West Point. and within the circle of
| West Point il was natural that the men OF
| IVES. Point IN the Western srmies, edu-
| catsa unGeS Grant and Sherman would 90