Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-10-26
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.


THE WILMINGTON IVoI'rLnH'
= ==577:e55o55 =. G.. FRIDAY. OCT. ae, 1855.
r. Hard Shells, of New York are certainly
~ noonIe They have adopted platform a.
dorsuu every point and every particular Oh INC pun
,,rs,,ed bv General Pierce, and yet they bitterly
9o.o,nce General Pierce. They are furious Nebraska
.or thew saw. and vet knowing that tor It's favor
4otbo Nebraska Bill theIAdmnistration is denounced
h., So;lism at the North, they also join in the
denunciation. They are, upon their own showlnE'
ultra friends of the South, and yet signalIze tier
friendship by applying opprobrious eplthets to those
who have been sacrificed at home Tor their aonefence
~ III. constitutional rights of the States tortured by
L1;.; font;isn into favoriteism for, or subservi-
ENJOY &c the South.
What private wrongs these gentlemen may have
we know not-prvate griefs they certainly have, or
think they have, for the non.obainment of Office is
pretty much the burthen of their song of opposition
They seem to occupy position somewhat similar to
that assumed by some of the earlier Christian con-
verts from the Jewish people. They are much scan
daized that any of the " outsiders" any OF the gen.
tiles so 10 speak, should be allowed 10 into the
narty and be recognized otherwise than hewes of
wood and drawers of water TO their more favored
brethren the Hards of the original PANEL
Judged by their platform of principles they (the
hards) are good national Democrats-the only per-
fectly straight party in New York. Judged by their
acts, we can make neither head nor tail of them
G. G.. Burr" Rev" c. C. Burr edited the "National
Democrat the " Hard +" organ in New York, for
some time and abused the Administration so brually
and so reckessy that his own party could not stand
him. According 10 this veraclous editor President
Pierce was all of aboltionist and quite ready 10
become Know Nothing This very Z. Z. Burr
had ALWAYS been a Know Nothing and abohtonlst
himself in principles and within few briet months
after his abuse of the President, actually figured In
the K N. Freesoil State gathering at Bnghampton'
New York He belonged to the so-cailed Native
American party of Philadelphia in 1914 which
carried that city and burned certain churches
used to talk quite largely of native coored cltl-
zens," North or South,-of the duty of giving them
their full rights such in spite of Southerners or
contemplate foreigners.
Well NAV We in view of these and similar facts
which meet the practical observer on every hand,
turn from mans professions to their acts--be jealous
of new lights or large pretenslons-be deslrous OF
walking in the good old paths which have been trod-
den-trust in the men who have been tried.
II is proper 10 remark that the present Hard
organ-the &" New York Daily News'-is far supe-
rlor in tone and spirit to C. c. Burrs paper but IN
one particular of it's course it shows as rapid spirit
as the great disappointed James Gordon Bennett
Apart from this, the News " is good and an able
paper. "
BRITISH FAvoR1TE1sM.- Three English Generals
have recently been raised to the rank of Field Mar
shall, though for what good man can tell,
Al Al 1olj hav r.
vice for great many years except in the way of
iobbing and other money making TRANSACTIONS The
three new Marshals are Lord Hardnge, the present
commander-in. Chief Lord Combermore, (the General
Cotton of the Peninsula and Lord Sraford, former
ly known as General Byng. General Simpson has
been advanced from Lieutenant to the rank of full
General and made K. c. B. These promoted and
honored persons have actually done nothing at all,
but then they are Engiishmen and connected with
certain aristocratic houses.
There are Generals in the British service whose
names have never been coupled but with valor and
victory. Old Lord Cough, man the best fitted to
command an army of any man in the British domin
ions since the death of the Duke of Wellington; Si
DeLacey Evans, Sir Colin Campbell, both splendid
man; Sir VIM. Napier, General Eyre and Genera
Pennefather all of these far superior TO tn
promoted. They of genius, Of talent, and o
service, as we'll as of noble character yet they
are Cooy passed over without reward or recognition
Will the imbecile favorites of arisocracy pro
NOTED and honored. Lord Cough, general Penne
father ana General Eyre are Irish. Sir Colin Camp
bell, Sir De Lacey Evans and Sir VIM Napier ar
Scotch. General Simpson has the great merit o
being an Englishman, also the other promo
tions we'll as the possessors of arstocratic con
neXlons.
Even the English people themselves are gettin,
very tired of the system that squanders alike thei
monies and their reputation. They don't see VIII,
notorious incapables like Simpson should have pre-
cedence and promotion, and men of real characte
like Evans or Campbell be passed over and i'll treated
No wonder that the British armies cannot be re
Crued. The only wonder is that single soul coul
ever have been induced to enter their service
The REDAN AND MALAKoFF.-It seems that tn
only deviation made by the Russians from their usua
plan OF defence at Sebastopol was at the Malakof
and this deviation made for the purpose of addona
strength proved the real source of weakness and de
feat. Their defences were 4 system of redans con
nected by loopholed wall or embankment re
dan is work open in the rear, so that if forced i
front 1t can be commanded by the cannon of othe
works placed farther back. They fealed that tn
Malakof might be turned and it was therefofe close
all around. The French once in the Malakof coul
sustain themselves, because defended by the embanl
nents of the works while the Eno1iSh in tho Groe