Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-11-28
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
N. c., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1851.
II IS EVIDENTLY the object of the invaders this winter

IT Is EVIDENTLY the object of the invaders this winter
to surround shores with Gordon of posts points
comparatively inaccessible to u.s. but completely open to
them by means OF their navy They will hardly risk
any decisive contest in the open field but will rely more
upon the compressve process adopted by the boa con-
strctor than upon the open and magnanmous blows of
Of anything less serpentne They are even now at the
mouth Of tie harbor of Pensacola and have commenced
their fire upon General Braggs batteries as yet with
no known effect on either side. We think that the
General will be able to give good account of himself
and Of The invaders,
Texas will not escape vistation,-can we certainly
say that any part coast WILL and ifso, wbat part
We cannot be prepared at all points, but we must be as
well prepared as possible with our troops posted as
not only guard the immediate point which they are de-
signed to cover but ready to be concentrated at any
moment upon any point upon which the enemy may
bav. fallen or distinctly shown his intention to fail.
We fear that our people have rather underestimate
tp naval and military forces which the enemy have &C
tuan IN loot. They seem to have heavy bodies OF men
in nearly all quarters 1t is true that moving them by sea-
their aprolnt number is maguifCd by tbs power thus
obau,d BY body Of troops OF menacing several diff
rent points almost at the moment. Still we are
forced tie conclusion that opponents have been
dycoluI ulir III ans Of aggression with much rapid
ty ard 1T least some success during the last few months
Tt would be folly to shut eyes to this fact indeed
ii would augur The most moeke blindness not to have
anticipated it, we believe it has been anticipated by
tb- able u.u at The head Of lie Confederate government
The ,aurg Of small towns, islands and outposs is pain
fully aruoyioc 1t is the occasion OF great Individual
loss but cannot eject the final results of the war, MOI
4Lo ;r+or cf 4ho
Most Of their acquisitions will turn out Ike Hatteras
ILay will prove to be indeed barren victories The law
Of the Confederate States which prohibits the exporta
ton Of cotton save from Confederate ports, will be OBJ
served and no cotton will be carried for sale or ship
mcnr to any port point place Or city in the hands
the Federas
But it would be folly TO say that the people of the
frontier whether inland seaboard, whether in Ker
lucky Missouri and Western Virginia on the coasts
Of the Atlantic and Gulf States, do not great risk
o. having thcr hearths and homes temporarily occupied
or seriously Injured by the predatory hordes of the Lin
couics. They cannot hold them, permanently even il
the cases where they have already occupied them, ant
therefore we think as general rule, that it would no
be advisable for the people of any town or city VIII
might be forced to temporarily abandon SUCH to destro
any buildings permanent Improvements, unless som
greasacgc advantage would bepretty certain to resul
thcrctram. at the same time all military stores, pre-
visions cotton naval Stores and other movable pc
rslaba property had better be either removed, if re
movable or destroyed, in case ter removal could no
be effected.
Those are not pleasant specul4hons. They ma
never be more than spccuations We trust the
viii not, bat by looking at the matter on all sides W
will be tie better peDared to meet yeytrsus and bette