Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-02-13

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We understand that the labors of the United States coast
survey conclusivey the mprovabiy of the
habor and showed that the bar at the mouth
the River might be deepened very considerably at
fling compared with the advantages to be derived
from the Improvement The growing trade of the place i'm
perativey demands that attention should be paid
matter which conceded by all to be within the legt
mate province of the General Government.
Weare much opposed any can be to Internal I'M
provements by the General Government tending squan
public money upon local objects and to build
federal works within the Statesby which the pat
ronage and influence of the Executive might be extended
strengthened at the expense of the respective States
and the risk of Capitalization But lighthouses, buoys
other for the promotion and safety of external
strictly within the jurisdiction of Congress-
appropriations for such purposes including the removal
of distractions similar to those at the mouth of river
been recommended and sanctioned by the most ortho
dox constructionists
If our mercantile community really desire any improve
in this matter they will collect such information
be necessary to proper understanding of the subject
and get up memorials setting forth the grievances and diff
cues under which the of the place labors. and
the Improvements which they desire to have made Such
memorials will strengthen the hands of representative in
his efforts for the promotion of the prosperity of his onstitu
ens and essential pelminares to the of any
movement for improvement of the River This kno
Although the Presdent-making Congress, think the
present will also turn out to be business session and feel
almost certain that people be to themselves
and make the proper effort appropriation for River
and Harbor will be included in the River and Harbor Bill
which will be passed this Unless, however,
effort made by ourselves nothing will be done by Congress
We have penned these remarks hurriely and somewhat
loosely but they embody facts and suggestions which will be
| found worthy of attention.
Bag@It is perfectly unnecessary to continue dis
cussion with the Commercial, which, in the columns
of that paper, is fast running into personality, and
therefore getting beyond reach If the editor of
the Commercial thinks that he can make any capt.
tai awaken any opposition to by his at for
egners and his aectation of exclusive nativeism, he
is perfectly welcome to avail himself of such means;
but if we mistake not very much the liberal feelings
of this community nsinuations of the kind ndu ged
in by the Commercial can have no direct influence,
and their effect will only be seen in their reaction
upon those who may be weak enough to indulge in
them. About the words used would merely re-
mark that the common consent of mankind deter
mines the meaning to be attached to words respect
lively. and that this consent has recognised
and fixed the difference between the ideas suggested
by the words intercesson and intervention applied
| to national affairs.
| The Fayetteville Observer in it's remarks up
article, does not pretend to deny that there is
a difference between intercession and Intervention,
but claims that the President did not make use of
these precise words. We never said that he did
We said that he COMPOUNDED the dissimar ideas and
things, of which these words the signs. AS we
have sort of wish to do the President injustice,
publish his reply to the committees We care little
or nothing about the words the facts and ideas
are what we want.
The piety of the deacon who prayed to the Lord
to q bless and my wife, my John and his wife,
us four and more, amen,' very much
par with the spirit of our cotemporarys article upon
patriotism. In unsophistcated innocence we
had supposed that there had been patriots before Co
lumbus sailed westward at all, but the Commercial
settles this summarily by the terse and sententious
remark why they were not patriots, they were
foreigners" All the lessons to be drawn from the
teachings of Grecan philosophy or the examples of
Roman virtue are % gone at one fell swoop" Those
old fellows were foreigners By the way apart from
its associations, think it speaks well for the must
cal taste of people that they already asham-
ed of the music of Yankee Doodle, which nothing
but the excited feelings of enthusiastic neighbot
could have led him to regard as one :of the finest
tunes ever invented by science, beloved and ad-
mired by patriotism;' and at any rate the tune
made by British officer in dersion, that apart
from its adoption by the American troops, whose
valor and patriotism turned the tables and made it
strain of terror to their enemies it has sort Of
claims either as American or Patriotic Hail Co.
lumba is OF higher order.
/ If we err in belief that Webster's Dictionary
is far from being IS English classic" we do so in
good company, since many of the purest American
writers-W Washington Irving among the number
reject its authority.
sour first best country always is ut home" and
recognise the claims of the country upon her eli
tizens, native adopted as ofparamount obligation
but totally discard that Japanese habit of thought
that would prevent us from admiring genius sym
pathising with patriotism and misfortune upon what
ever theatre of action they may be exhibited or by
whomsoever the first may be displayed, the latter
suffered The hottest oraces of religion were
delivered III the language of foreign people, and it
first founder, in his human capacity, foreign
or. The traditions of our law, and the richest trea
sures of literature to from another land
and the pages of Shakespeare and of Blackstone
) the Englishman and the American meet upon mu
tua ground. Religion and virtue literature and art
are the common affairs around which the people O
all nations may meet and mingle their oblations al
men, without sacrificing their individuality as cti
zens.
The Commercial. ~e'
Our contemporary ofhe Commercial his ofyeterda
morning, audes to the little controversy between
humoedy that feel constrained to meet him full hal
take hp hav