Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-02
WantOn Destruction.

WantOn Destruction.
Before blow had been struck in Virginia, and none
out defensive movements made anywhere in the socaled
Border States we find the Agents of Abraham Lin
coin burning public armed vessels trying to destroy
public property in the shape of cannon munitions of war
and other matsri and then gnomniousy seeding from
the scenes of their ipgorious achievement The same
parties that patered and atered and lied and prevar
Gated at Charleston are the despoers who
sought to ruin the finest Navy Yard in America and
did destroy some of the finest ships in the American
Navy AS Lincoln does not acknowledge the secession
of any State this wanon destruction of public property
within the limits of Virginia, nothing more nor less
than an act of war against the United States 1t was
ruthless act in which be traced the meanness OF Lin
coin and Seward with the proud seshness OF General
Scott The South, the whole world, In FACT Will hold
this infamous crew to a strict account and when that
crew talks about making foot the BILL the only North
ern bill we will foot will be Bill Seward.
FA1rHLEss, They CANNOT TRUsTED.--As will be
seen by our Geographic dispatch, in another column
Mr. Secretary of War Cameron is on his way to Rich
mond on some mission That mission has, no doubt
for its object the negotiation of armistice-the OBJ
tanment of truce for sixty days or such other period
as NAV be necessary to enable the Lincoln despotsm to
gather together its elements of power to withstand the
outburst of indignation which its fagtous has
aroused among the free and hghprited people of the
South.
The South cannot trust the Republican Adminstra-
ton at Washington. After holding out the deluslve
premise that on this that and the other day Fort Sum-
ter would be evacuated they then attempted to
reinforce it. They meant that al the time
The Confederate States seeing this took Sumter in &c
hours as they could have done BEFORE but they sought
no violence, but only to be let alone.
! On the Sunday following the capture of Fort Sum-
ter-hat happened on Saturday, yea, with prompt
tude that DULY predetermnation and prearransement
could account for Lincoln and Seward got out proc
lamation calling for force of seventyfve thousand
men, In that proclamation he said that these troops
were called together order to suppress certain comb
nations existing seven enumerated seeding States and
he further added that The first service assigned to the
forces called out would probably be to repossess the
ors places and property which have been seized from
the Union, ETC., etc. Now Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Seward
proclaim in their communications with Gov Hicks and
Mayor Brown of Baltimore thai their only object il
concentrating troops at Washington is the defence O
that CITY, ana lndL luey Contemplate no atIoPI oSoHo
the South So the first service of these seventy-fv
thousand men is not exactly what the proclamation sale
it would be. Can any faith be placed in these men,
any terms held with them? No.
B Dupin is right, as she always Isl and so is Samp
son. We cannot tell exactly the number of compane
raised in either county, far but we know that tn
efforts of their patriotic citizens will only be limited b.
their ability. One Duplin company, under Captain
KEENAN,, is already completed. The Sampson company
under Captain FA1soN holds itself in readiness and hoy
many more will soon be ready is difficult to say. 4
number OF free negro laborers brought down yeste1
day from Sampson under charge of Thos. Fl. Holmes
Esq. and they are at work.
Sundry companies have been formed in the interior
+ New Hanover, and we hear of companies forming il
Baden, though none have yet rendered themselves 70
actual service. AS far possible the calling of CON
panes into service should be regulated with some refer
ence to the planting of food crops The early call
uniformed companies from towns WILL of course, inter
ere much less with matters of this kind than the
of agrculturiss from the country districts at the plan
ing season. But in turn all must take their turn,
they wiU.