Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-05-08


To wait patiently until the enemy has made all his
preparations and secured all bis advantagesto permit
him to strike whenever it suits him. and retaate
save by accident, may be good policy 1t must be, we
suppose for it is that OF our leaders. The only difficult
ty about it is that it does not work we'll We might
have struck AID struck hardly 10 the Peninsula when
Mcclellan first went there now he is fortified IN front
as we'll as Magruder, with Fortress Monroe, Newport
News and the feet in his so that be can safely blde
bis time until his roDcad gunboats arrive to take cur
lines 10 flank both the James and YOrk Rivers,
while Banks and Mcdowell come down Upon Richmond
from the North A Il that is done in this way, however
barren of any good us, mGy be the most skiu strae
gy but if that be the most skiliu would Just by
way of change like to see little of the less sklfu
There may be great satisfaction to the professional
mind 10 being put to drah secundsm GTtem. The mere
unproessoua person would be stupid enough to prefer
living in a Datnral way. The natural and unsophsti
Gated sepse of the people is begnniug to give open ex
preston to suspicion that has been quietly gaining
ground for some time past. The doubt is DO longer
silent one that We have not had the right always
in the right place. Roanoke Island ought to have sufi-
GENTLY DEMONSTRATED the xStence Of the right
gy or judgment or fitness the part of Secretary Ben
amn and General Huger. Yet, there they still are,
and will not be parted with the total imcompeency
of Secretary Mallory is accepted TACT by ALL yet there
he is General Lowell acord be sent to New Orleans in
spite of all that could be said against sending him there
and dark cloud hangs him there and the more
light is tried to be thrown upon it the less that cloud is
dspeled and the dark features revealed. The
charge is limited that tie steamer Mississippi and Ohr
means for the protection Of New Orleans could and
would have been finished and ready had they been put
in hand the right time and in charge Of the right peo
pe bat that they were bungltd over at the Navy De
partment ia Richmond with the result Of throwing the
Job into tbs hands of rel4tive Of Secretary Mallory
Suppressi0ns or concealments will not do The peo-
pie mus! have light The departments have not met the
emergency to the satisfaction of the people, who De-
termned put this thing through to the last extremity
1t their war and their rights and interests and honors
are at stake The people DOT the property of sec
retaries nor of spectators, of doubtful command
ers They sc,H not be the property of L;pcoIndom.-
They shrink from no Sacrifices. Their whole hearts and
feelings were opposed to conscrpon but the assurance
OF its necessity for the vigorous prosecution of the war
has already sted nearly all opposition, and the natural
| feeling of the who had served out their twelve
months and wanted to get interval to attend tc
their domestic concerns has also subsidized in the view
and consciousness of the mmnency of the public peril
But they want to have the that their sacrifices
will not be misappied rendered useless by wrong
headedness, speculation ineficency and above all
they want to feel that all their commanders are men above
suspicion, doubt they class, highly honora
! be and brave men.
We would join in senseless camor but what VT
have here given expression to is already SOUNDED among
TIE people in murmus which, if not loud, are deep
The people, after all, the country, and the peopl
bear true and steadas and faithful heart. 1t depend
upon the course of the next few days or weeks to say
whether longer bear perfectly trusting and COD
fding one The government can we'll trust the people
Will they by trusting the people, enable the people t.
trust them