Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-04-03
For the Journal.
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wing walIowing in the mire of military censor
Now liza spectace to the world We are all aware
the press had long ceased TO discriminate between
rsrtv and license; thriving IN community prolific,
Irond measure, in law making, but notorious beyond
dent for law breaking it spurned the control alike
r dacancy and courtesy-where public virtue was
r,oz1 only by tradition, and private morality distn-
tished but the tew-where young and tender minds
o-a carly indOctrnated in all the mysteries OF crime
and cenliOusness, by the pquant details IN mlnu1G OF
me crime calendar OF vicious city-where immunity
Il. crime was graduated on sliding SCALE according 10
,ha capacity of the cup.it to pay--wbere the most
au es designations OF the professional rOue were ad-
y.rtlssd, side by side with Union prayeTmeetings
,.aacangs and such lke-Bhsre instead oil moulding
and controlling in healthy principles, the press pander
81 III tn. vlIest instincts OF u depraved people. Had
lincoln censorship been used to REFORM to sup
r., such papers il LII been righteous, il arbitrary
rroceeding hut lot so, it merely drowned out what
LrIe truthful fire was in them, and transferred the
onsiby OF their alsehO0ds from the editors SGnctu
m TO the White House Let glance at few Of the
nTiDcipal rapers All the world knows and apprec
ares ,h. Herald" All that be said OF this infa
nous sheet is summedup IN It's well earned name, "Ihe
Sa auc Press" The "Daly News" we never much admir-
dive did not fancy the Fernando and Ben Wood clique
g 1t fought manldy flor what accult reason know
ryt) for the South, and lighting, fell The Journal Of
commerce was vely respectable sheet, although
rather t0SsJerlOuS IN lis structure, favorable to the
south. Ii used to be said that any going South
required other Introduction Than Journal of Com
m ic. liz pocket aud " Presbyterian z" ia tie
o.h.r. he Journal is mercantile paper and Yeers
40 ur to suit the market. Sometime alter Sumter fell
lbs flee m0Jbed, it changed hands Ia commercial
DgC 10 view OF a reunion OF the Sates and up the
r.-t exraVagant amount Of Union bunting We must,
however, give old Halleck due credit for having been
the last to speak kind word for the South, but when
Gaze merchants seeing the golden tide Of Southern trade
rec drg and their fleets stranded high and dry in the
vista, Lecame LincoInes, the poor journal tell into
bad oiyr lost subscribers and IN dispar hauled down
honesty and consistency and up the stars and stripes
The" Times was once, we thought, very fair sheet
bat it got stradd.eI upon the spread Eagle and scared
uute out OF our sphere; now it IS rampant war and
" On 10 Richmond" paper The old white hated and
siyshOd Tribune speaks for itself. Ii old Massa "
had hJurlshGd in the Roman we fear he had been
more familiar with The L1ctOr than the Tribune. We
snail let the crazy old fellow aon, for he belongs to
The army Of the Lord, and HIS with John Browns
.7uls marching on" The Express " was ever
wing, quarresOme sheet we never could brook. The
Evening Posi-" was principally famous for dreamy
Ia poetic half puerIe nonsense. The " independent,
ousd poemcs and politics. was q spicey paper but it
wls much Beecher it run wild on Southern politics.
and was blood thirsty that his people got little
c0lcd and we believe the Rev. Henry Ward-ed off the
Storm by selling OUT thus losing lis paper but saving
his pulpit.
2. at fierce Red Republican Zeitung" bearded Lin,
cola aud all his 1t advocated the extreme radical
i.u OF revolutionary Europe aud fom it's influence
.m0ag the Germans, who form such an imposing pro-
portion Of the Federal armies, the Government winked
at much. his s clement which, II we are not
greatly mistaken, viii yet eat deep into the vltas OF the
N0r and be a more ruthless foe than Secession. Just
wait until the close of the war (aias how maby or how
.-u Of us may see it J and see what this million OF
armed men turned loose upOn bankrupt, ruined cOun
try vii. do! The polished aud COurtiy Courier des
El4 s Uuis fought Lincoln well and ably until hint
rom Seward to III. MERCER brought the Editor out in
u uho h.
could honestly express his opinions government poll
ly. he Fieitred entirely Ignoring American politics
aud 1t Is now simply literary Journal and mirror re-
lcglug French views. Both the Scottish American
and Albion came IN for fer share OF violent abuse
oa tie public aud their brethren Of the press Both are
o. lggre favorable to cause. The Courier a. En-
quI-r cary in the troubles merged into " The
WUdi whose sponsors claimed for it the character Of
senrclmnegcal, semreligoas daily, but, like many
11lr OusoIs beUre them, they lived to their pro
lg-e tier proXy-yOws. 1t Is rabld war-tothe
kIe paper and you know it could scarcely be peace
Iu on under The management OF that renowned
Gen Watson Webb! He buled Lincoln while bu
falling lis py1ce, and fearing William H.. be drew reiI
and cantered along with the Lincoln CaVacade
Tbs muzzlng The PRESS was a very bold stroke 0
that uppnDc pied nau Seward and proves one OF tw(
tlug8 either that the b0asted freedom existed o.
that the people bartered it away in their lust OF gain
patiently yielding up their neCk5 TO the yoke PrOUtdet
the Government would bring back their customers
What people, with just appreciation OF freedom
would and quietly by and see the military usurp th
authority Of the civil law dragged from their count
ing rooms, their families, aud sometimes out OF thel
BEDS aud consigned 10 military prisons, denied the wrl
OF hoje2s corpus counsel, judge or ury,den ed even tn
poor satisfaction OF knowing what Their crime was
pnt up during the caprice pleasure Of Seward, Chas
Or Mcclellan, aud then turned adrltt, marked and brand
ed having 10 recourse but 10 vince and bear 1t Id
Yankees may love liberty but they 1C0rSbip money an
all this balderdash about patriotism reduced to plal
English, sums up dollars. he idea IS simply this II
do put down this rebellion we lose our best custom
ers and New Yolk, Boston aud Philadelphia have t
be cODtendei with back seats on the theatre OF con
mCrce. Ii perfectly amazing to see how cove
down, like whipped ours, this people were. We sha
forget the CONSERVATION evlnced when MI Patrlct
the Banker, was arrested. \ one dare communlcat
MS thoughts to his hbor fearing perfdy None kne
whose turn was next. Our own steps were dOgge
from place to place, and received pain intimatoI
from suudry Offices where we had formerly bee
a welcome visitor that we had better not be see
coming for fear it might bring suspicion OF oil
LOYALTY on them. We were Stunned on the streets al
some parties with whom were Obliged to have int
course gave audience in out OF the way Places al
often under cover Ofnight Sometimes we were oollg
10 meet parties in other cities, travelling many miles
Railroad to transact affair which five minutes Int
view in New York would have accomplished. At !
time subsequent TO our arrest could entruS lett
TO the mail. There great gOrldCatlOn made OV
the two young French Orleanst Princes when they co
descended place themselves on McClellan's staff.
always thought that their HighnesSes-the Due de Pa
and lie Due de Chatres-rather t0Wered themselves
European estimation without q corresponding Anne
eau equivalent Probably so thought their tf1end LOT
Napoleon, for their career OF transatlantic glory WI
npped in the bud but SO chagrined were the Federas
that we scarce saw mention of their withdrawal IN al
paper. here was grand flourish of trumpets ov
the British Legion, ten thousand strong, about to
raised in New York we enqured of friend how
was getting on, badly, said he we got one man. out
soon drilled him 10 death The Trent affair dro