Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-05-15
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For the Journal.
PersOmal Experiences 1n Lincolnd ma
No. II.
Generally speaking, the Regulars did not seem to en-
Ter heartily intO this Lincoln and We heard many
of them express their distaste of ii ard Others who
were Of what is called, the p p p OF permanent |
post party eioced that their duties did not call them
10 the field iog some old campaigners with John
SOD, b auregard, Bragg and Pillow. Recruiting for
the regulars vary uphill business and during our
stav only one obtained, ard be was caught in
New York CITY Thesr old soldiers ridcu!ed such com
nandes as Mcclellan, Butler, Sickes, Ell I'd genus opne
Part of the pris uers had been transferred to Camp
hase previous TO our arrival and the 9Th er who &C
compared the guard informed US that the military
prison that place not better than cattle pen,
and filthy beyond conception we'll exposed to the
weather We were very impatient OF our detention
here aud oar quarters being limited spent at least
tb Of the time 10 pacing up AID down, across ard
around cur cell; many and many mile measured on
thos. dngv boards Our friends in Cincinnati were
e,ailv beseging the q. ). Commissioner for exam-
nation or release at last day early in December
he prOmis thai If the first mail brought spec-
fcations OF the alleged charges he would dismiss the
case. After couple of days morning after roll
call the officer of the day. Lieut. Stetscn, OF Ste
eon OF the As'or House, New York, informed that
Major Eddy desired him ~ say thai we were at liberty
10 20 when pleased ard that is now, we answered,
for althO' under the crcunS ances worse might have
happened u.s. STILL the guArdhOuae Of Newport Gar
rise vas rot such attractive lace That should
choose it Tor winter residence Several Of the young
Ulcers, and all the non-c0mmissoned, wished US cor
dial farewell; al young Ste'soD hoped we might meet
ugdcr happier auspices. Grass did not srow at
heels in quitting Newport Ia Cincinnati we had
attack Ot ifh4mation OF the lungs consequent i'm
prisOImeDt and txp0sure. There many true South
ern men here Some Of them have been much annoyed.
friend of ours Mr.. Il, wholesale druggist,
had his warehouse bgs gfd by mob OF several EU1-
drtd, who came, as they sad clean him out. Oar
friend well armed appeared at the second DRY window,
which he threw up and after short address told them
that the first WHO dared TO enter his premises, he
would shoot down ike dog Il cannot" said be-
whip tie whole crowd o. you towards though you be;
but III take you by fifty at a time and whip the lite
out OF you" Finally the police interered TO restore
| order. He met the ring adler shortly afterwards on
80 street. and punished him that be was up to the
! time LETT, confined to the house. Mo0bng
qui,e fashionable they had attacked Vaandingham's
house in Dayton and burnt it, while be calmly adj
dressing the ineusa Z rabbe. When we passed through
! Cincinnati in Jane and July, it comparatively
! sale place for Southern man, if he did not
talk too loudly and wanted to buy goods These
were the pamy days of smuggling thrO' Louisville
and into Nashville every thing that money could
! buy then was the fraterDa season, when Southern
men esteemed and valued highly, because the
Nashville road was yet open the stars and stripes
paled before The aureae tasmanthe standard of their
called liberty trailed in the slough of greedy
Inst before the d Doredo aanda1d that greatest of all
| Yankee Gods. Do you suppose, if Aaron had been
Yankee, lie would have hum0Ted Maynard an re-
be!liOus israel by casting a GOLDEN calf? No!
Never lie would have given them wooden one gid
ed, base metal acQucred; the difference IN the
return being consideration for his trouble and nge
nuiGy Just the tranep rtation cut Of,
Il they became frantic in their loyalty, bitter 10 their de-
nuDclat0n of Southern rights and rem0rseeSs in their
persecution Of Southern men This same spectacle was
exhibited In every city OF the North ard West, imme
diaeiy on the stoppage Of trade they stupg TO
the quick-the only tender spot touched-and
those who in peace the warment friends to the
South in became their bitteest and most implaca
BILE The great cities and centres OF commerce
must do die. Consequently aud friendship, patriot
ism and justice 10 them but synonyms OF trade
here a gorgeous bluader commit ed
than the defensive war policy OF our rulers; never
more false and delusive estimate OF human character
than that which suplvened to LincOlas message
when it was given that there strong Southern
arty in the North, especially in New York city, who
if necessary would fight for the South ratGer than
her cOtrced 1t verify appears as 1t 1t had been de!0
sion OF the evil one, permitted to humble, by It's bitter
fruits that spirit which seemed to LOOK for aid and com
fort to man, Ignoring HIM who can ard will make a.
things, how dark they may APPEAR work togehe
for good to them that put their trust in HIM alone
Consequent upon this drefu nfauaton and the absur(
idea Ct foreign Intervention, before had done any
thing IN support Of pretensi0ns or had the smaes
the days of Don Quixote de la Mancha are gone ant
nations, well individuals, act> regret say les
r from expedency than from nterest-a ba1etul spe
It b0un up the energies of the government spreading it
g contagious masma among the peop and dem0razng
the army Our rulers taxed their ingenuity to pIac
Ambassadors at European courts fortified by every ar
gument that desire could express interest exact wht
they ought to have been building ships and manuacu
ring munitions of war, telling the world, by ACTORS
and not by rds, that they tVOuid be free while on
pI IfCT
II "ditcbng. fencing and grubbing operations Lincoln
proclamation ought to have struck the tccsin not
throughout the length and breadth of the entire South
is the gnal to commence rigorous defensive policy
to prepare for offensive one. We dsclam being
pGStprophet for to believe in eithe
OF those mOnStrosities peaceable separation q res
e toratlon of The Union ard consequently may be el
cused crtcising the past history OF events. We sa
e. past, because ath0ugh Go not know feel that
new policy is being inaugurated from which W
expect grand results. Now that most of Gu
Z seapOrts are IN the hands Of the enemy, with tn
Up prospect of others being speedily IN the sitl
h alton, AID that our young navy Is strangled il
h. birth, let lay aside pick.axs, spades and shovels
let longer burrow like scared rabbits in warren
q but let grid up lons anew and brace on our
afreh, aud, forgetting all Of the unhappy past bu
It's dearly bought experience, let up and be doing :
of Let the aggressive policy be let US marshal
forces in two grand armies leaving, if need be, but tE
militia and local companies to defend the soil, and carr
the war into the enemys county. Invade Pennsylvt
nla and strike at Pl6de phla with the army of Ii
o. North, while the other Simultaneously invades Ker
as lucky TO strike at Cincinnati. Pass by Washingto
ur ard LOUISVILLE waste 10 lime there. PENNSYLVANIA an
Ohio menaced Maryland rising in her might ca
n take OF the former, and Kentucky hersf at CT
- fell blow spintering the Lincoln fabric, rise iii
ne enthraied and purified Southern power The histor
OF the world, and the experience of every nation stru:
a. Cling for its eystooon belle their records if we hay
lS ske'chsd aa U1op If g.: h te- study IL
ttI the history, cred aId yton s. ur It