The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-09-11
FORT HATrRRAs.

There seems to be a disposition on the
part Of oar papers and people 10 underrste
he disaster at Hatteras. Let Us initiate the
Nutmeg. Chinese by all means. The Fort
has been taken. many hundred mrn have sur
rendered, valuable officers have become pris.
oners. q large amount Of powder has been
captured. the mast important part Of nur
coast Tor prisateeriag purposes j. IN the
hands u the enemy. and the gallant North
State is nov liable TO invasion and rapine--
still, il y . snail matter. II will take 30,
400 men 10 regain the Port--bat that's moth
ing. What De- We want with the Fort. IL
w.s built for TIM. evidently; else il would
have been perfectly manned and supplied
/ with ahun,lam ammunition. Had We been
! in earnest, same notice would have been IA
! KEN Il the warning given Us By Nnrthern
papers. But tie truth is. We didn't want 10
jhaId Hattrrss. The sole object 10 erecting
that fortIfication WAS 20 afford Piciysne But
Ter chance To retrieve his misforiunes AZ
Bethel. Unqae<tionably, there must have
been determination somewhere. bit not ~
hi-h qnar,er.-tu give the Yankees an Up.
purtuslty 10 low-r Sonthern pride and abate
sautAern cnnceit. We have been GROWING
aI,ogeiher too lpnslly u late. u was felt
bnt not by the ,ernment-ti,at this wa,
not sosd ior ~. Hence shut AID she'll were
permitted 70 lie Ill Nrwbem aud reinforce.
: ,nent. we're s,rrnao,sly kept back, until the
Fort WI. captured.
A correspondent ~ the Petersburg Express,
ha. put hlmselttn the unnecessary trouble o.
generating Coianel Walter Gwinn from al
blame 10 III. matter. The Tact y, nobod,
il IL blame. All admit that the Guserno
Of North fsraina = innocent. II would b
Z the height ~ laily and treason t. accuse an,
nrmber IL Ihc Cabinet ~ negligence 10 III
premises. We WHO 1--we al the ssat 81 Go,
ernmrnt know ioa well the superhpman co
ergy. the .l-eplrss vigilance and the miraca
I,us prompiitude &c every department. {
entertain Tor npinent TIE shadow " a shsd
NJ suspicioh ~ sns sharicaming on the par
81 INV one nearly Or remotely conneeie
with the Administration. BLAME" Tn
!. ward is rngslarly %, u place 10 this o. an
" other connection. since the occurrence Z
the FIRST railroad accident there has been n
use lur The word. u might 10 be dreppe
Z frpm the Eaglish Language. During the Ia,
twenty wears thau-a I'D. u mishsps, SINE ,
! them 81 the grass.t eharater, have occurred
I, and yet il remains 10 Dr. proven that any h.
!" man beng WI. 10 blame Tor them. lndisit
!" uaIs 10 private life may possibly be TO blan
I. tor this o. that; but persons hulding oitcc-
!. never A. Tor rminsnt officials living hur
dreds Of niles from the scene Of disaster
Y how caa they be 70 blame lsr its fhe ID,
I. Is absurd.
Plcayane BaIler esn now leave ss man
4, men as he plesses IN he Tort VI North Car,
I, lima. OF course, We wiIl whip them. Haysu
= We the greatest abundance Of armed militia
= There is no occasion for alsrms "Nobod
!, il hurt" Nothing 70 III danger. Let eve
!. true patriot continue 10 repose the most nj
!. bounded confidence IN the ralers Of the Cot
!. !, lederacy, and all will be well. even thvug
. Newbern. Washington and Charleston shou
I. be sacked. A sense Of perfect security.
feeling IL entire irTespunsibllity may resu
4 from this unbcunded confidence. " the pc
- pie think hey are secure, aud the Powe
/; that be feel they are irresponsible, VII
!. more could any man dssirsf Let Us peHe
y. our government in all is parts by Bill
m M and losing reliance. Let vs. magnify 0
\. victories and uaJerrats or defeats IL
:, The only way 10 get along. By all near
\, let Us 90 on pooh pooling the affair At V
~ Hattsras. Richmond Wing