Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11


Dssensions among ourselves if such exist carrot
fail to weaken Onr unit,d Efforts heart AMI u
long pull, strong pull and pull altogether" aIe
necessary to insure the safely of the ship II are
not always satfed that the best means have been u d.
or the best results accomplished that possible let
U.s. at least give the agent credit for inerdu do
the best; and hope for better succ SO Cexb time Let
Join bands n mutual AID c0G,m0n struggle for com
mon safety. U1iOn OF heart and union Of th)rt, u lly
of purpose and action Necessary to safety nov.
We can discuss comparative merit aid demsrtt oittE
are free.
But there are other reasons why we should thirk
kindly OF each o;her as people, and Stles uid
sections We seem to have 10 ffeLds u Il our Wu
family Our late c0Staes eXertrg all tLriT % SIR
lor our destruction. hose who have been aIjcs
| and members OF one body, with a common history,
laws, language, aud literature t w our
most implacable and cruel foes Foreign nations look
c0ldiy on and witness suffering and caiamtties nj
speculate to our future success defeat. We l"ve
| no allies abroai. In the wOrd-on this planet, We
stand alone pledged to each other by interest AMI e.
| tOn. Together we survive, or together peTsb -
Shoulder shoulder the men of different Stats have
stood on the field of carnage and death. The L9usi-
| anian and Virginau, the Missourian and Mississippi
an, tie Texan and Tennesseean the Arkansau and
| Georgian the Albanian and KentuckiaD, have
ged their blood the CORY field and sleep together
in the soldiers last resting place Let pledge to
each other over @hese m0urnfu and be r ends
forever. Let the border States and 0t States, West
ern States and Atlantic States be dear to other
IDer6 must Dc some w eStSrn states thtr must al
ways be some border States lei it be enough that
they are all Confederate States-Southern s .es
which arrayed themselves for constitutional liberty
Missouri is under cloud now ; so is Kentucky SO is
Virginia so may be Texas Arkansas and Tennessee.
An usurped government erected and supported by the
sword, assumes to govern Missouri. Such govern
ment assumes to gov re Western Virginia a mill
tary governor has been named for Arkansas another
for North Carolina another for Tennessee; 4 beast
regus New Orleans, and officials being select
r ed for Texas and Florida But govermant is and
must be integrity CT sovereign members member
must be considered as anything separate from the lite
OF the whole We sutler t0gether-we re 2 to-
gether. We find string in heart that ATTACH S 10
old Maryland as true and good as Old Virginia, only
less fortunate in her surrounding. We have shadow
of doubt as the Southern blood aud sUuherD soa Of
Kentucky. Betrayed by the m:nions oI abolition sm,
twice bought and sold, aud chained Ike sam s ~,
while sleeping, her strength has been lost TO
yet awhile but Breckenridge, BIckuer and pou ,aud5
OF other gallant SOUS, stand resp Dsoie Tor tn gJod
faith of their State, when circumstances permit lhAt
Slate TO clear her record
Missouri bleeds aud wri hes like s'ru ggng giant.
Her hatrtd to the abolition rObber is IRE kcuIy n-
than that of South CarulIa, becuus sh
fered more. Her sleep on the bID,d Fl d3 oar
strife in Missouri, in Al Kansas in VI ~sIpyi
+ ever The urd of battle have burned there ST. ep
the of Missouri. Long they gu rdel the gaze
this valley and wh3ood tue advance the foe now
they fight the battles OF the COuiederaCy III Of
Mississippi. Brave men Ole day we shall have our
homes We battle for the SUuJh-Uhe VIII lie Sou Ii =,
and all we ask the boon OF ndepeud aud that we
think kindly of each other !-ErcAange Popgr.