Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-12-12
CHERAw. 9. c., Nov. 30, 1861.

To the Editors oft Journal:
Believing you patriots and lovers OF our Confederacy
was surprised and greved reading your editorial Of
2Gh inst, :" Is it Right I've ask South Carolina You
must been msnformed of the circumstances attending
the facts to which yOu audevz The refusal of persons
in the State of south Carolina to receive the bills OF North
Carolina Banks par from those brave men who came to
aid in defending coast from the common foe
That certain parties did SO reiu,e is unqueston
able but this the act Of irresponsible Individuals while
our cry be or SPea i
ask to concea! this fact from neghbors of the North
State, while the money Of which you complain published
to them The bahks of our State will receive from soldiers
the bills any hank in Southern Conederacy at par
We believe that thing which tends engender strife
between the States Of our struggling nation should at oEce
he explained il possible and when wrong has been e'ne
should be confessed and orsaken tkst with one near we
brothers be- The only sentiment we have heard ex
pressed with regard 10 the wrong OF which you IS
of unqualified regreat. Let lay aside al sect nal
strife. Ia spirit of love and friendship let Us beg our
friends of the North State to examine the grounds tor such
unkind feeling manifested in the Joana editorial
We have heard other times much Of the spirit but
had hoped that common cause, urged amid common
dangers trials and seltden ais had ia great degree over
the glory of victory shame of defeat II God gives to
kand and give BIN the go5y. Ifn His wisdom he sends
defeat humble ourselves, and say 1t is the Lord
ct him do what seemeth Him good :. G.
We give the above communication in full because
first we wish dc justice and because second it comes
from an esteemed friend and third, because We would
rather say publish ten good words for our sister
State than one bad word against her. We regret to
say, however, that our information came from those
who ought to know, and who would not willingly deceive
US or Others We would also say that we do not think
we are amenabIe the implied by cores
pendent of conceang the fact that the banks IN Charles
ton will receive from Soldiers the bills OF any bank il
the Southern Coaiederacy. But soldiers not il
Charleston ard cannot go to the Bauk Of Charleston
nor to any of the banks 10 that City; that this il
really however we-intended more OF an accommodation
in name than in fact. e would here remark that the
Marion S. Co., Star Of The 4th instant, makes the same
Observation-Disclosures says, about the shave
upon North Carolina bills offered by soldiers,
personally in Charleston, but at the points to which
they have been ordered and in exchange for articles
actually needed We do not think that any good mel
in South Carolina deliberately approve Of the matter
which we complained, and we appeal to the good ant
true men who constitute the vast body of the people
that State to see that the good of the common
wealth is not injured by the acts of irresponsible ndi
viduals Of course it better have things Of thi
kind corrected than to either deny or conceal what IL
truth undeniabe and of which the complaints reached
here after the action OF the city bank banks-aftc
our regiments had reached their present locations
Soldiers will write their homes. 1t is almost certain
that they will grumble it is human nature, ard, o
course due allowance must be made, but still it is sure.
best that no tangible ground should exist for thei
grumbling Believe u.s. fair and open understanding
will do far more to remove unkindness, by removing 1t
cause than will any attempt at suPpressiDg public ex
preston while the cause exists and is known to exls
through private channels of communication.
To the wishes expressed in the closing sentences Q
hcar iu nd in
deed we feel assured that the writer knows Us too vel
to accuse of any uniendy feeling towards his State
however we may feel called upon to censure acts whic
are censurable and which he and his neighbours depor
as much as we do