Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-06-05
Brig. Gen. Coming lst Div. Reserve,
Army OF the Potomac
The NO,Ihern Tyranny.

Judge GholsoD of Virginia, in charge recently ut
tered to Grand Jury in Petersburg says in reference
to the vile desposm of Lincoln
Lincoln can appoint whom he pieases a commanding
officer and that Cthc-r may establish such rules and reg
uIaCn3 as he please-susptnd the laws writ OF hobeuS
corpus, and all as he please, take up and throw prson
whom he please, and refuse tel friends, lawy, rs
officers and courts tor what where he has ncarcera
ted MIN.
And this enormous oppression is mstld d because i
is alleged that rUuels aud that all over the cOua
try there are persons VINO sympatDIz with Every
pllBt 10 the North which had The bOduess to question
the proprley OF tle waged against uJ and 10 ad-
v,se peace, has been hushed Every man whO has had
the spirit ras3 bis voice against tDer acts of tyranny
and oppression pas been iucar Grated La down trod
den MaTyand the Representatives, OF the people, who
mad not opeGtd their mUuts, selZ aod thrown it,
to prison tor fear they would advise resistance 70 tv-
rants." Aud TO crown all deuceless aud unUtfeuding
women have been arrested aud committed ruuS and
uuteellng I0Wdles heir pr son K epers.
Aud all this, not because The victims Of their inhu
manty plotted or desired the overthrow OF the GOvru
ment Of the United States, but cause they condemn
ed or opposed or were supposed Condemn and oppose
the War Wdgtd against the Southern people. Tue rU-
ltrs at " ashlngtUu, having determined our de5truc
ton, have bunted down aud imprisoned az tons every
man WbO dared Intimate that the upon US was I'LL
just There was 30 dis 1yay to the North-lhe otftrc
has consisted III dtsrlng justice tor the sou b.
In Comparison with such tyranny The Spanish Iuqu-
sition tolerabe. Religious lanat!csm could be
pleaded as some excuse for he 0n while the ty ants al
Washington cann0t Uter in exlenuauOn OF their bar
barties true purpose 10 serve either God or man.
Ia Great Britain, Bu:ke opposed the minis teria
measures which led 10 the American Revolution, and
then used all bis power aud elOqu 10 neal the breach
ct his loyalty to Gr>at Britain was not ques onad-
Chatbain Enga natchess orator. for mere lhau ten
years, opposed the arbitrary menness adopted towards
the Colonies and urged their abandonment and openly
declared, after tie declaration American Indepen-
fo,,f tEo 4
and his last great effort in Parlamen-t the theatre OF
his gory-was an attack GU the unjust aud mDoc
proceedings OF the Ministry towards the Cooaes,
the coSe Of which he tainted aud tel back wards and 10
short time thereafter breatEed bis last So that ii
may be SAID, he died battling tor the Colonies Yet bis
countryme0 doubted his llty but honored bin
with public funeral, and magnificent monuments were
erected to his memory IN Westminster Abbey and Guild
hall
Our enemies however, regard all who will not declare
our su! J6cton right and proper dlI ya, and hope
crush opposition by their generation Bat how vain
must such efforts prove. As long as God gives men
love ot freedom and stout Lears, there Will be rebels
against tyranny. We have protested before the wore
that all we asked was TO be " let alone" We have
deprecated war great Calamity, aud declared our
read ness to agree upOA fair terms OF separation. Oar
desire for peace has been construed into tm;dty aud
our propositions have btel answered with insult and
threaS. lhey tell Us We are ratOTs-that they have
the power AID will rcduc. US to obedieuc9 10 the
Union they say VS. owe indisSC Die allegiance and
SUBSTANTIALLY that they will make Us Unton4oving men
by invading our country, burning down houses,
turning loose our slaves-insulting and muir
dering our men. And it is with such people we are
now at war. 1t is not strange that in such contest
our soldiers should perform deeds of almost marvellous
beroism and that our enemies should be seizd with
panic and flee the battle field 10 the widst disorder
None but wicked rulers wage such war None but
misguided soldiers volunteer to fight in such battles
mourn with you gentlemen that in this unhappy
struggle gallant officers and brave men have fallen.
1t coud have been voded. Had we consented to be
slaves and to masters all the days Of our lives
We would have been 'et alone"-that ig, no armies
would have been sent among Us, except the army
OF tax gatherers to I" eat out our substance" STILL
while we mour1 our dead, let thank God that thus
far He has given us the victory. Liberty is the child
of oppression, and has been baptizd n the blood
of the brave