Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-03-28
From the Baltimore Sun.

anu IN view OF the preValllDg sentiment,
even in what is regarded moderate republican circles
there nothing before but an unyeding hostility
1T IS an unwecome conviction, but an irresistible one
An instance is before of very date being no
other than deliberate arragnment of the border States
by OF the most prOessedY conservative of repub
can Journals on Saturday afternoon last-the New York
Commercial Advertiser. That paper, originally wbig,
and very cautious auxiliary of Americanism,' is
now moderate of the republican party. Yet, if its
views are the reflex of moderate rtpubcanism it exhi
bits nothing but the liberation Of superior for wrong
ed and troubled and suffering subordinate The tone
and feeling indicated by that journal well calculated
to embarrass and perpex with something more than
doubt to the relative position occupy in the
of the dominant party at large throughout the North
ern States.
The article to which we aude has the interrogatory
caption Are the Border States Loyal ?" and it pro-
ceeds to discuss this question after the following style
There has been great anxiety and corresponding ef
fort to ensure the fidelity of the border saveholdng
States to the Union. The voices of their Senators and
Representatives have been iseEed to with marked de-
ference; the summons issued by Virginia for
ton of commissioners for the several States prompt
y and avOraby responded to- time, labor and tience
bestowed in that convention upon every PROPOSE
tion that seemed likely to find favor with the border
States, and the conservative portion Of tie republican
press bespoke favorable regard for their deberaons-
As or motive for this cOncatOry course to-
wards these States it earnestly and persstently al
legged that their people at heart loyal that they
needed only assurance that their rights would be pro-
tected under the order Of things 20 declare boldly
unequivocaly and without further condition their &C.
termination to stand forth friends and defenders of
the Union and Of the authority of the federal govern
mert. That assurance being given. not we free to
say, much the citizens of the border States them
selves as by others in their and behalf, the
reason that their allegiance peTsstenty labored
for"
| Had this language been designed to nfict mockery
and insult upon the border States it could scarcely have
been better chosen for while of that character is dis
gused by an assumption OF consideration and tolerance
which We had no right to expect and should be duly
thankful for 1t is pretended that the proposition Of
Virginia which resulted in the Peace Conference" so
labor and patience were 6eoaced upon every propos
ton that led likely to find favor with the border
States" &c. but the TACT is quietly Ignored that
proposition securing any right tending any eGuita-
hle dusment of the difficulty approved by the re-
publcans. The Commercial goes on to say:
| by loyalty to the Union understand the main
enance of the territory of the republic unmpared the
pepetuty of the couederacy of the States and the sup
port OF the federal government in the enforcement of the
federal authority and laws and Of the obligations nGi-
vidual States owe to the conederacy."
That is to say the test of loyalty in the border States
consists IN adopting the coerciye policy of the epub-
party with respect to the seeded States and at
once giving unqualified allegiance the Lincoln ad
miuistraton And this, after having been treated with
dsdaln and suffering the ecuOn OF their moderate de-
mands in the Peace Conference and by Congress.
That we have not misunderstood the Commercial Or
in any wise misrepreseDt its views, there is additional
proof in is upon the sentiments expressed by
the Richmond Wing, which claims to be Southern
Union Journal and under the nonaction policy of
the border States. The Commercial thus deals with
our southern contemporary:
"The Richmond Whig, for instance, calls upon the
Richmond convention promptly and explicitly to de-
fine the position OF the State this subject, and make
it known to Mr. Lincoln and his administration that
any employment of force against The seeding States
will be met by Nirginans with Instant and determined
resistance 1t also says that the federal government
should forthwith give up the Southern ports as the only
hope Of preserving the peace preventing civil aud
recOnstcucting the Union
We must say that this is queer kind of loyalty to
the Union, and very different from what the country
pected when it made such mDgnGnmouS and persistent
efforts cOncate Vrgnsa and the other border States
Similar sentiments found public utterance in the
conventions and Legislatures of the other border States
and have hesitation in saying that such declara
tons are entirely at variance with those professions
which have been made by on behalf of the border
J States.
There is misunderstanding this spirit. Tha word
magnanmous" which have italcised, is m)sI ex
presslve aud significant And the idea conveyed IS SIM
ply that have been treated with magnanimty wher
might have been scOurged, and all because it was
supposed that should ultimately consent to scourge
our southern brethren The Commercial closes is arti
Gle with the sagaciOus conclusion =
Until better mind comes over the people Of tbt
useless lOr tnelr assistance
the preservation OF the Union and the feeling will grow
IN the public mind that they playing false to the
friends at the orth and only gaining time to join th
rebels OF the gulf States"
The suggestion which has somewhat prevailed in th
North to submit the propositions of the " Peace Con
gress to vote OF the people, is thus treated by th
Evening Post:
alt is little more than four months since the people
of this State, New York; by majority OF fifty thou
sand gave decision solemn it emphatic agains
fbo thotc clo ho
manner ostered by the national government The pro
positions Of the Peace Conference adopted only by
mistake, and rejected by decisive vote of Congress
PROPOSE to certain extent to the decisions
the people; and the common council wish 20 give ht
citizens OF this State opportunity to declare them
selves ew questions which they have decided
and again at every election for the last five years
But the Post objects to a reference of the subject tc
the people, and is thus close hit by the Express which
this amentable crisis has proved thoroughly copser
vative. 1t says
"Oh, how frightened certain republicans are of tb
people! Why thus tremble when the ballot is invoked
before we are preciptated upon the bayonet and th
bullet p
The NEW .. S. TARIFF.-1he Morrill, tariff j
creating mach dissatisfaction abroad The Parl
Moniteur, speaking of its provisions, says
This retrograde reform has been very badly receve
in England, and will be better liked in France 70
our silks, which used to pay nineteen per cent Wi
pay tax varying from twenty to thirty per cent, an
our wines, taxed at thirty per cent will be assessed
81 per cent Ii a reconclatlng should be elected
the United States which does yet appear to be be
yond hope, it is proper to surmse that the abolition
this tariff will be of the compromise clauses obtain
ed by the South If the Union be not reesablshed th
programme of free trade proclaimed by the South wi
open to trade and agricultural road to fruitful il
j. tercourse and large returns"
!, SECESSION OF A R1vER-Tbe New Orleans Delt
says the communication between the Red river and th
Mississippi is being gradually off, The former is ta
king itself off to the Gulf by way of Atchatalaya int
Berwicks Bay. Unless something is done to preVen
the Red river from seeding. New Orleans will lose
large amount of valuable trific. company is Ike
of to keep the channel open It is thought it will cos