Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-09-25
Our Friends In the North.


sert in your columns the following from the New York
DailyN News, of August, 1861 after the battle OF
Bull Run. desire 1t evidence that in the midst
of our fendsh foes and amid the wild cries of war and
vengeance, beroc men have been found Standing with
unwaverng Or!itude the eternal principles of right
To Southern man, like myself who cannot hut detest
the Vile seehing Of Northern society, it relief
blue spot the black sky-tO know that there are
thousands upon thousands of Woods and Vaandg-
hams, Seymours and Richardson's ia the North-men
who will rejoice when Southern arms shall have hum
bed the contemplate despotism that cruahes out the
last spark OF freedom: T.
Psesentls,cnt OF tns Daily Eews by tn. o4apd Jury
of ihe United states Circuit Court.
Strenuous y, consistently and unswervingy, the Ddi-
ty NeJCS has maIntaineG-sirc the bOmbardment of
Fort Snmer-an i0r which the administration OF
President Lincola is wholly and solely responsible
/. That the civil war In which the country is invOv-
ed, iniquOus, uncaed for, ard destructive OF the
prosperity Ctthe republic, and that it has grown out of
wicked and demagogica catering to abolition fanati-
csn the part OF the authorities at Washington,
which caunot be ycrey rcpr0batei.
2. That every dIop q blood that has been shed in
the present has been calamity, and that every
life that has been lost has been murder, which might
have been avoided had patriotism and moderation pre-
vailed in the Federal councils
8 That the Increase of our army the expenditure
of mooey without permission OF Congress the block
ade q Southern ports the proclamation Of martial
law the suspension Of the writ OF hGbenS corpus the
invasion 0t sovereign States without summ0rs from
their executive or egislatures the overthrow Of the
authority Il local courts and the aDrOgatOn OF our
military aud naval laws have been utterly uncJnstitu-
tiOnal acts, committed in defiance and in violation of
the oath Of fife, Of the Chet Magistrate of the land
and Tor which he ought to be mpeached and deposed.
i, That it would be far better permit the tli8con-
tented portion Of the United States to depart in peace
and more in conformity with the views and intentions
of the original trainers Ct the Cons ui0n to suffer the
republic to Ne dV'ed into TWO ContedeTacies than to
array the different sections against each other in inter
strife and to blast the future prosperity of the
whole Union, by en- expensive Improbable and bloody
war; which must inevitably end in leaving sectional is
sues as unsettled as they were before it began.
The grievances OF which the Southern States have
complained, have been ma1ly, well founded, ard that
the compromise plans suggested by Senators Crtten-
den and Blgec in the thlrtysiZth Congress, and by
other conservative representatives OF the people in the
extra session of the present Congress, ought to have
b.en adopted
6. hat The acknowledgement by the Federal G ov-
ernment of the right Of slave owners to convey and
hold their property 10 the common Territories would
have been preeminfnty just and that the CONFEDERATE
States will do wisely 10 insist upon constitutional
right selfeVdfn, at all times and under all circual-
stances.
Z hat civil war is to be avoided and that amity
bewaen the several States is to be cultivated
s. That the pecunary prohigacy OF the administra-
i0n Of President Lincoln is utterly c0nd maable aud
that tie system OF wholesale pecuation ard puuder
which has characterized the different branches of the
government since the 4h of March, has no parallel in
the history OF country.
9. That We firmly and earnestly convinced that
the Of the people hostile to the President hos
tile to his Cabinet hostile to the cations OF the last
six months, and believe they must, if continued, end in
anarchy or a military de5posm
These have been the constantly reiterated views OF
the Daily Ne0s for several months past and if they
render our paper worthy Of indictment, have only
to say that we coVet no better fate.