Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-09-05
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What shall do with them:
We have five Thousand Linconite prisoners aid they
have few of ours, unfortunately and most unfor
tunatey in estimation they have eight hundred
of our friends and fellow citizens of this State, captured
last week at OcracNke /
But we have FIVE prisoners of theirs to every they
have of ours. With the true brutality of genuine ty
rants they will neither relieve their men nor our
men by comp lance with the universally acknowledged
rules of civilized warfare, Of the most humane of
which is that which provides for exchange of prs
oners. -
The conduct of the execrable John c. Fremont in |
Mssour-hs atrocious proclamation and the conse-
quences to which his threats if carried out must Lead
shows us what to do with few of prisoners. We
must retalate or sink in the estimation of our own
people aud of the world who will place those who tame
" endure atrocty only less low than those who wanton
| ly and ferociously enact it.
The fact is that the majority Of the prisoners taken
from the LincOnites only fit to be hung. great
many of them ought to have been hung by the sherits
of the several counties from which they and tie
truth no doubt is that the Lpcontes hope to get rid OF
them and would not have them back if they could, save
for the information they might be able to give It is
remarkable how many former residents of the South
are to be found among those people at Richmond and
generally the most venomous of the enemies to that
section to which they once protested friendship.
But then it may not be necessary to carry out the
law of just retaliation in regard to many any of these
persons that other disposition must he made of
them.
The confederacy cannot afford to support in dereSs
and basphemy FIVE thousand 0f the most degraded men
above ground, for of such the " Grand Army" must
no booD SO i, in
so base in their g1ominous FALL their advance from
Washington to Bull Run and their shameless, cowardy
retreat therefrom, without parallel in authentic
history.
Why should these men live and tester in ideness and
the people of the Confederate States be taxed to sup
port them? They can all do som thing for living. 1t
will be good for them The Massachusetts men all
make shoes PennsyIvanisns are coal miners, perhaps
put them in the mines give them snug farms there
and let them practice J. arts o peace down in the
bowels of the earth. + of the Irishmen to hep
finish our coa-feId rail- Dad. 1t will comfort them to
g The wheelbarrow used for railroad en-
bankmens and cuts rather than for camps We need have
no squeamshness about employing these We can
readily see what the conduct Of the Federasts will be
to men, Il prevented by the fear of retaliation
and EVEN that viii have little power prevent them,
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made up of starving foreigners, who musdo something,
and for whom the Northern phanthropiss nothing.
We HAD THE PLEASURE Of meeting yesterday, Hons.
t e. o. Davis and VIM, s. Ashe, the former just home
. from Rlchmoud where he had been in attendance in
the Confederate Congress and the latter duty AS
sistant Quartermaster General charged With the De
partment of Transportation. Congress adjourned about
: midnight on Saturday.
Mr.. Davis looks thinner than when he lett. We
should think he had found that seat in Congress
e like that at Richmond was 20 snecure. 1t worked
hard and earnestly, anxously and tremendously There
cashng between it and the President, in whom
- the fullest confidence Was and is reposed.
i OF many things done Mr. Davis does not feel at lib
erty to speak, he repeat information obtained
secret session. unless in those where the njunc
st tion of secrecy has been removed.
1t The common impression in Richmond and among
p military men stems to he that we are the very
le threshold of the most stirring events. Everything
b seems to indicate this, and it is said that forward
H. movement is to be made all along cur lines in Eastern
st and Western Virginia This of course only report
rumor but it derives confirmation from the actual pc
to sition ard recent movements both sides Whel
Beauregard aud Mcclellan try :hems Ives in the tug
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all the resources OF their SKILL strategy and endurance
Neither, in this great dra ma, will Lee Johnston
lis bear any subordinate part The great field of Western
90 Virginia is we'll worthy of the first soldier in America
and it may be Jobnstons proud duty to first cross tn
Potomac and roll tie warcloud back towards the Sus
~ quehannah. Soon may that day come when tree Mary
W land shall rise up to take her true position.
u The last few months have worked great change il
Maryland That State, at the beginning of this diff
~ Guilty would have chung to the Union We believe,
left to themselves, majority OF her people would hav
voted against secession, fearing to be made rontie
- State, the battle-ground of conteDding armies. Th
brutal tyranny of Lncolns government has changed
" this. Even Northern Maryland is secessionist
- feeling. All Of manhood in every Maryland bosor
rises up against submission to such despotism. Mary
~ land is ripe nov for revoutiop-she wants but arm
and Confederate force around which to rally.
al Missouri Union State, but it Stat
nd The minons of LincoDism very nearly succeeded for
a tme in reducing Missouri to the position of conquer
ed province. They over.did the thing. Missouri
Nv secession State-she goes with the Confederac
~ by decided majority. John G. Fremont cannot no,
N. over-awe her people-he only exasperates hem-th
"a miserable ungrateul hound that be is Albert Sidne
n- tombstone has got to New Orleans and will soon be a
of work in the West. The " Pathfinder " will have t
be make tracks from the presence of genuine man.
lis Daily Joun nat I'd inst.
to A Meteor.
be We learn that about eleven O'Clock Saturday nigh