Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-02-20

Cyl Why, by meeting difficulty with firm front by
advancing against it at least halfway, we dsarm 1t OF
all its terror and more than half its danger.
When Major Craige ruled in Wilmington, when
CORVALLIS traversed the State from end to end, when
Charleston and nearly all South Carolina was in the
hands of the British when the Southern army of the
patriots was swept -way at Camden, the cause seemed
almost buried with DeKalb but it was not. The ban
nar was still held aoft. There were still those who
a0od not and did not yield to despair, although they
might feel depression and the result of their steadlas
ness is before the world Their childens children call
them blessed and their names are honorable throug
the earth.
With this example before u.s. who would doubt or
deSpond
Our ATTENTION has been-nOt- oaled-but re called
to the of the Virginia and South Carolina pa
pers in their references to the events of the war; With
these papers persistent pursued, even if
studied effort is not made, with the view of ignoring
not only the services bat at all times of trial the very
existence Of the troops from this State For days and
days after the affair at Roanoke 1ssand we tried in vain
to find in Virginia paper the mention of single
North Carolina Regiment, Company, or Individual
We telegraphed to Norfolk aud Richmond, equally
have seemed that there were other persons engaged
even near the scene save and except Capt WISE Com
mOdore Lynch, Capt. Coles and the Richmond Blues.
This only III keeping with the universal Of the
Virginia papers, who tried their best to give all the
credit of the Bethel fight to the Richmond HoWzars.
We have the'same complaint to make of the agent of
the associated press at Richmond who kept pourng On
US day after day. details about Richmond men and none
others.
The same course pursued at or rather after the
battle of Manassas, in which, although the number of
North Caronira regiments was not very large, the
conduct Of North Carolina troops not inferior to
the most arrogant Of those who attempt to throw her
in the shade.
We recOllect when the Queen Sisters" band Of re-
ally talented children from Charleston performed here
the original compositions they spouted trashy enough
in ali conscience were all about the Palmetto and
Hamptons Legion, and all that, that one would be
almost led suppose that Hamptons Legion had taken
all the batteries made all the prisoners repused all the
charges and left to the rest OF mankind only the part
Of quiet and unemployed spectators of their daring
achievements. Ia their programme North Carolina
had part, although some few sentences were interpo
! lated for Virginia.
! Now, this was all got up to suit the taste Of the
Charestonians and poor stuff as it was the
of the show had not gumpton enough, although play
ing in North Carolina, to nterpoate word for North
Carolina The South Carolina papers, generally speak
ing, are getting little better in their tone-the Vir
GINA papers getting better fast And why should
they Their way of giving all the credit to Virgin
ians, no doubt peases their people, and doubt
orth Caroniahs rather like it than otherwise, from
the preference they show for the Virginia papers
their own. This they have always DONE and will, nc
doubt, continue to do.
Besides, the Richmond papers have advantages il
giving tone to general opinion, by their position at thu
Confederate seat of Government, and this aiding he
circulation, gives sort of nationality to their mers oca
prOvincialisms. We may add that the leading Nort
Carolina papers at the seat of Government are main
ly political organs, and are hardly at all REGARDED
in cities, or main lines, general newspapers
Our own paper is probably the only one in the Stat
that in efforts to obtain the at the earliest moment
also in quantity of reading matter enters directly in
to competition with the issues of the larger cities of tn
neighbouring States. We say this without any dispal
agement to spirited and enerprisng Charlotte
temporary which also receives teegraphs, but these b
ing uniform convey only certain kind of informato
and give no distinctive tone to opinion.
Another thing. 1t would have been in accordanc
with desire to have been able to have paid
pondents to accompany all the larger bodies Of on
troops from the first but it would net have been With
the reach of means, and somehow our North Care
lima soldiers not very attentive voluntary
pondents, when they do1Nrits, most of them seel
quite willing to contribute their mite to the column
d of the papers Of other States as Of their own.
e But we commenced by saying that attention ha
been recalled to this matter 1t has been so by OF
having received a very intelligent and modest lie
e ter from a true North Carolina soldier on fu
IS Tough, who has been serving for long months
= Virginia soil, and who, seeking no fame for hinse
is jealous of the fame of his State We can say tru
that every effort in power to place the deeds of
soldiers fairly record shall be made Now, howeve
is the time to make history rather than quarrel abo
/ it.
lie No DOUBT there is panic on one side and exagger
ton on the other and therefore We think that fuller
tails will lessen the terrible force Of the blow ha
sustained in Kentucky and Tennessee, but there is th
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