Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-12-22

side than the besiegers muster,-a fortress which
they have been able to invest, and which they
dare not storm if the breach was open for them to
morrow Our sympathy alone for the gallant men
in the Crmea, prevents wishing that the Russians
might cut off the French and English armies to man.
The time has come of which the beautiful olighar
chy which rules England and Expresses Ireland, was
warned when the system OF eviction " was in full
sway, when men turned out to make way for
sheep, and the roofs of the humble dwellings which
had sheltered themselves and families, stripped
from over their heads They have driven from them
the strong arms and bold hearts that had borne their
standard in many bloody field, and would have
borne it agan-that bold peasaniry,' for which the
miserable of Spitalfeld, the attenuated op
eratives, from Manchester, make poor substitute
1t but yesterday that the London Times ejoiced
the loss of Irish population by starvation the
exodusn day, in its bitter need the Government
feels it's weakness and its loss. Injustice and cruelty
work out their own punishment, even in the of
nations, and the time is inevitably approaching,
if it be not now at hand, that will see
The desolator desoate;
The victor overthrown;
The arbiter of others fate,
suppliant for her own.
And France, too, with her best Generals and ablest
in exile all of purity that the nation contains,
prescribed or standing aloof from the public councils
what real strength has her Government!
Does the old-blooded tyrant, who owes his throne
TO deliberate perjury, deserve TO be saved by the he
roic exertions of such troops he has sent to the
Cnmea ! Are his instruments in that perjured usur-
patton the men to lead such troops to victory! And
yet, whom else has he9 Who was St. Arnaud who
is Canrober? And these are the Immaculate allies
who take upon themselves 10 teach tho United States
what is right to lecture about Filibustering!
As for Russia and Turkey we see little difference
If there be any good in either of them it is exception
al. Grinding and irresponsible despotsims, both Of
them-sained with cruelty and Misunderstanding are
pretty pair to waste sympathy on Again we re.
peat but for the gallant fellows whom mistaken
sense of duty mas carried 10 the Crmea, we would
not feel the least hesitation in wishing every bayonet
Of the English and French army in the Black Sea,
and the Russians after Them
What will be the result! IF either Austria or
Prussia sides with Russia, the game is np-If France
and England fall out, the game is up with England
she is a second-rate power. No matter 1chat comes
she will be crppled-she must lose and cannot gain
The CONNIE, aud the Know Nothlngs
We I" don't know " whether the Editor of the Com
mercal belongs 10 the above order or not nor do We
much care-he, at least, assumes the advocacy OF
their upon all occasions, and takes every le-
mark made in regard the order, as though applied
TO himself. That, also, he has perfect right TO do
if be chooSes-he ought to understand his posi-
lion, for, if he DON'T we feel certain that nobody else
does. We beg him, however, in the excess of his
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our meaning. AS for instance the Commercial says
in an article in that paper of Saturday last, that the
expression, lawful citizens" as used by u.s. means
the Roman Catholics, or il means nothing" and fur
Their goes TO talk about the word lawful" as
though had used The word law abiding" or some
thing like it. Now must be permitted TO say that
all this is putting q totally wrong interpretation up
on our words. We ueed the term "awful citizens
in its plain and obvious applied 10 citizens
occupying that position in plain accordance with the
| laws of the land and the editor of the Commercial
must know that we care nothing about Sectarian dis
tinctons among citizens, and certainly nothing about
Catholics Why. therefore, does he always grumble
out something about Catholics to US? Will he he so
good as 10 explain his object =?
We fear very much that we have not got as much
religion OF any kind as we ought to have-none in
fact to talk aboutto parade in the columns of pc.
litica and Commercial newspaper. We know, how
ever that the great essential is to do unto others
would that others should do unto us-to let every
man worship God just he pleases-to recognise to
the fullest extent his "lawtu" rights, as a citizen IT.
respective of his creed, in accordance with the
stitution of the United States and of the State of
North Carolina. We shall neither attack nor defend
any religious denomination as such. We shall not
pretend to conceal opposition to the Know Moth
! ing movement, in which simply acting in ac-
cordance with the principles and usage of the party
that swept the Alien and Sedition Laws from the
statute book, and placed Thomas Jefferson in the
Presidential Chair; in accordance with the feeling
which in the Constitutional Convention of North Car
DINA removed almost the last vestige of restriction
from the State. We make our opposition openly and
fairly as Democrats. because believe it is right
and Democratic to do so Our columns never have
sanction any secret banding together of any class of
citizens to oppose Know Nothingism. The law on
ly recognises American offensive address our.
selves only to such and as such.
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